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conceive the thought of turning the most
enlightened of their opponents, and the
mum cruel of their persecutor*, into an
Apostle, and to do this by fraud, in the very
instant of his greatest fory against them and
their Lord. But could they have been so
extravagant a* to conceive such a thought,
it was physically impossible for them to ex
ecute it to the manner in which we find his
conversion to have been effected. Could
they produce a light in the air, which at
mid*day was brighter than the sun? Could
they make Saul hear words fiom out of that
light, which were not heard by the rest of
the company? Could they make him blind
for three days after that vision, and then
make scales fall off from his eyes, and res
tare him to sight by a word ? Or would
they make him and those who travelled
with him believe, that all these things had
happened, if they bnl not happened ?
Most unquestionably, no fraud was equal to
this.
Since, then, Paul was neither an impos
tor u>r an enthusiast, nor deceived by the
fraud of others, it follows, that his conver
sion was miraculous, and that the Christian
religion is a divine revelation.
It has been truly said, that to the treatise
from which the above remarks are abridg
ed, “ infidelity has never been able to-fab
ricate a specious answer.” “ Lord Lyttle
ton,” says his biographer, “in the pride of
jnvenile confidence, with the help of cor
rupt conversation, entertained doubts of the
troth of Christianity: hnt be now” (in bis
mature years) “thought the time come,
when it was no longer fit todoobt or believe
by chance, and applied himself seriously to
the great question. JUs studies, ef.i.nghon
est, ended in conviction. He fouDd that re
ligion was true.”
From the Family J'tsilor.
CHEROKEE IMPROVEMENTS.
A Moral and Literary Society wa insti
tuted in the Cherokee Nation last Novem
ber, having for its object the suppression
of vice, the encouragement of morality,
•uni the general improvement of the nation.
The Constitution, which is well drawn up,
was presented to the Legislative Council
of (lie Natiou at its late session at New-
Town, and received the sanction of that bo
dy. The funds of the Society are to be
expeodtd in procuring a Library of the
most approved works on Morality, Reli
gion. History, Jurisprudence, and general
Literature. The first general meeting is
to be held at New Town, the seal of Gov
ernment for the nation, on the 3d Monday
in October next, when an Oration, in the
English and Cherokee languages, is to be
r delivered by Mr. David Brown, and in case
of his sirkness or absence, by Mr. John’
Ridge, both of w hom are well known in the
United States as young men of fine (alerts
and education. —The following are the Of
ficers for the present year:—Col. Walter
S. Adair, President; Hon Ja. Damel.Jitt/g*
Snperiour Court, Ist, V President; Elijah
ilifks. Clerk jYa. Council, 2d V President ;
Lewis Ross, Merchant 3d V. President ; Ell
as B r in)inot, Corresponding Secretary; A
M‘Coy, Clerk Aj Com. Treasurer and Li
brarian ; John Ross, Pres. Act. Committee ;
Richard Taylor, Member of A'a. Committee ;
Cnpt George Hicks; John Ridge, Member
of Na. Committee; David Brown; Jos.
Crutchfield: David Vann, Member of JYa.
Committee; Wm. Williams; Sutn’l Adair,
Maj. Geo. M. Waters.
It will be seen by thp subjoined extract
of a letter from Jphn Ridge to the editor
of the Boston Recorder &. Telegraph, that
the Cherokee language is now reduced to
system, that thp. legislature are about to
establish an Academy of high order at the
capital, and have already begun to reward
the promoters of learning.
The friends of the Society conceived its
establishment would have a beneficial in
fluence on the citizens generally, who
were capable of enjoying the benefits of a
literary repast. It has been well receiv
ed ; and gentlemen of thp firt respectabil
ity have approved of it, and have enrolled
their name* in the li*t of member ß —The
word Literary is used as a part of the So
ciety’s denomination. As it is not intended,
it is presumed it will not be expected, that
eloquent dissertations on general science,
or literary discoveries, will emanate from
(his .infant society. Its disposition to im
prove; and hold ibe fond connexion of fra
temity with other societies io the U States
of the kind, will be an excitement to its
members, to drink as plentifnlly, as their
means will admit, from scientifick fountains
already opened, and as others shall flow in
future times.
The late Council resolved to establish a
National Academy at New-Town, the Cher
okee seat of Government. An ediSce for
(he Academy is to be built of brick, forty
feet square, two stories high, with lour
<;himni<=s and eight fire places. The low
er room will bp furnisheJ with sufficient
seats and desks for the convenience of stu
dents.
The Cherokee language is now reduced
to a system. Mr. George Guess, a Chero
kee who does not understand the English,
ha invented alphabetical characters, con
sisting of 86, each being a sound or syllable.
In this way the Indians now correspond
wish their Arkansaw brethren with facility.
The Legislator, in consideration of the
benefit which Mr. Guess has conferred to
the Nation, by reducing and forming the
language into system, resolved that a silver
medal, bearing a suitable inscription, be
procured and presented to him a a testimo
nial of their gratitude to him for his useful
discovery —The limits of a newspaper co
lumn would not be competent, to admit a
lull account of this Nation's improvement.
The eff-’Cts of the laudable policy of the
General Government and tfie Missionary
Societies of the U. S. are strikingly dis
p* *d in almost every family ol this Na
tiop.
I INFLUENCE OF AN INDIVIDUAL, j
A y oung minister of the gospel once said |
to and intimate friend, “My brother, you (
, and I are little men, but before we die, our
influence must be felt on the other side of
tbe world.” Not many years after, a ship
returning from a distant quarter of the
globe, paused on her passage across the
deep. There stood on her deck a man of
God, who wept over the dead body of his
friend, He prayed, and the sailors wept
with him. And they consigned that body
to the ocean. It was the body of tbe man,
who in the ardour of youthful benevolence,
had aspired to extend his influence through
the world. He died in youth; but he had
redeemed his pledge : and at this hour, his
influence is felt in Asia, in Africa, in the is
land* of the. sen, and in every corner of his
native country .-This man was Samuf.l John
Mills: and all who know his history will
say, that I have exaggerated neither the
grandeur of his aspirations, oor the result
of his efforts. He traversed our land, like
a mioisteriug spirit, silently and yet effec
toally, from the hill country of the Pilgrim’
to the valley of the .Missouri. He wander
ed on his errands of benevolence from vil
| lage to village, and from city to city, plead
ing now with the patriot, for a country now
growing op to an immensity of power, and
i now with the Christian, for a world lying
in wickedness. He explored in person, he
stirred up Id enterprise and effort the
(churches of the east. He lived for India.
! and Oivyhee, and died in the service of Af
Tic.a. He went to heaven in his youth;
twit bis works do follow him, like a long
: train of glory that still w idens and brigh j
tens, and will widen and brighten torever.
Who can measure the influence of ooe such
minister of tbe gospel ?
[Afr. Bacon's Sermon.
From the Christian Gazette.
LOUD PREACHING TO UNIVERSAL
ISTS.
It has often beeo said that “ Universalism
may do to live by, but not to die by”—
though I do oot bplieve it is fit for either.
That it will not do to die by, I have ofteu
heard of being acknowledged by persons of
that persuasion, when brought upon a dying
bed. I was informed yesterday of a per
son who had formerly been a Universalis!,
hut who, during bis present illness, by the
grace of God, has been made to feel the
awful reality of that explicit declaration of
tbe divine wordthe tvicke l shall be
turned into hell.” I was lotd (by unques
tionable authority,) that he had entirely
renounced Universali*m, a* “ damnable
heresy,” and looks upon those who propa
gate that doctrine, as those deceivers, of
whose cunning we have, long since been
warned—See Jude, verse 4. He now be
lieves that he is really in danger of an eter
nal hell. He has found that sin is some
thing more than a mere w negative, ” and
that he mu-d answer for it at the righteous
tribunal of Christ. He now sees that his
former views of the blessed Saviour were
erroneous, as well as disrespectful and wick
ed, and that Christ is verily God—in a
word, he has entirely renounced Universal
ism, and professes to believe the truth. I
went this afternoon to see him myself, but
as he was too weak to speak, I could not of
course desire him to answer any questions.
I however talked to him upon (he subject of
his change, and while I was telling him I
was glad to hear that God bad opened bis
mind to see the truth, he raised his eyes to
heaven with mnch apparent gratitude. I
affectionately cautioned him of bis danger,
(*hould he recover,) of losing the impres
ions which he now has, but be shook his
head and replied “ never .”
Permit me here to address those who
are yet dispose.d to believe a doctrine,
which, in so many instances, has been de
clared false, hy its own professors, upon a
dying bed. Tbe above instance of its re.
nunciation, should cause von at once to sus
pect the truth ol Universalism —it speaks to
you in language which should make yon
tremble—it i* a call, louder than ten thou
sand thunder*, to escape the wrath of Al
mighty God ; and if you can view it with in
difference, if you can resist its force, it is to
be feared, that you will never be convinced
of your mistake, until it shall be eternally
too late, to remedy its fatal consequences.
It wonld be easy to convince you now that
you are wrong, if yon would only believe
the word of truth. Let any Universalis!
open the revelation of God, and peruse its
sacred pages, with the determination to be
lieve what he reads ; without endeavouring
to persuade himself, that God does not mean
what he says, and be will soon be convinc
ed, that “God is of purer eyes than to be
hold iniquity, with the least degree of com
placency—that he will by no means clear
the guilty, and that whosoever believeth
not shall be damned May the Lord dis
pose you to credit hi* word, and induce you
to “ flee from the wrath to come.”
February 16 th, 1825. G. M.
Rev. Lot Carey, a preacher at Liberia,
in a letter to a gentleman in this city, dated
16<h Jan. 1825. states, that the natives
were on friendly terms with the colonists,
and were manifesting their confidence in
them, by applications to receive and edu
cate their childreo. The writer had three
under his direction, who he represented as
fine boys. The schools, one of which is a
Sabbath School, were continued with hopes
of usefulness. Publick worship was regu
larly attended on the Sabbath by tbe na
tives. The means of grace had been so
far rendered effectual by a Divine blessing,
that nine had been added to the Baptist and
several to the Methodist Church.
Here is a little settlement, where a ray
;of light twinkles in a dark place—where
! tbe sons of Ethiopia begin to stretch forth
tbeir hands unto God—where the language
and arts of America have free scope—
: where the rights of conscience and the reli
’ gion of the Bible have not to encounter a
debasing, intolerant and deep-rooted super
stition;—a settlement which has imperious
claims upon the justice, the. humanity, and
tbe benevolence of the Americans —and
which requires nothing but the cordial and
prompt co-operation of this nation to render
it a blessing to us, nnd blessing to Africa.
[Richmond Fam. Visiter.
CAREY STATION.
Various letters have been received from
the Rev. Mr. McCoy, which concur in rep
resenting the state nnd prospects of the mis
sioo, ss ertcooraging There are now six
ty-eight pupils hI the school. The revival
of religion which we have already mention
ed, continued unabated at the date of the
last letter. Fifteen persons, eight of whom
are have been baptized. The na
live converts meet frequently for prayer,
and mutual exhortation; and the white
men who have been baptized, are devout,
zealous and prudent. We have been po
lilely furnished from the Department of
War with a Report from Jv.dge Leib, who
was appointed by Governour Cass to visit
the Carey Station, and to make a rigid in
spection of the whole establishment. This
report is pronounced by Governour Cass to
be “highly satisfactory.”— Col Star.
JERUSALEM.
The most beauiifnl building in Jerusa
len is the Mosque of Omar, which occupies
the site of Solomoo’s Temjde on Moriah. Ii
is a group of mosques, er cted at different
limes in an enclosure 1369 feet long by
! 825 broad. The two most magnificent
buildings are called el Aksa and el Sahara.
The taller is an octagonal temple having
eight sides of 61 feet each, anil is 159 feet
in diameter. It is surmounted by a superb
cupola elpvated 93 feet. It is built over
the rock Sahara where the Mahometans
pretended to show the print of their proph
et’s foot, protected by a cage of gilt wire.
They are taught to believe this rock is sur
rounded by a guard of 7(H),OOO angels
Near the rock, in the pavement, is a piece
of green marble fastened down bv four or
five gilt nails, which they affirm is (he gate
of Paradise. They relate that the devil
once removed some of ibe nails in attempt
ing to pas*, but was overheard and beaten
back forever. In this temple there is a
Koran four feet long and two and a half
broad Every night, 180 lamp* are lighted
up here, and 175 in the mosque Ak*a. No
Christian is permitted to set his feet within
the wall 9 of Moriah on pain of death.
When Jerusalem was under the dominion
of the Christians in the 12th century, the
Mosque of Omar was converted into a
Church, but after the city was retaken by
the Saracens, the mosque was consecrated
to God and Mahomet, and the golden cross,
which glittered on its dome, was cast down
and dragged through the streets.
Jerusalem has experienced a great vari
elf of changes since the time of Christ It
was destroyed by the Roman*, A. D. 70—
no fewer than 1,100,000 of the Jews perish
ed, and a final period was pal to their na
tional existence. In the year 118, the Em
peroor Marian, being incensed by the tur
bulent spirit of the Jews, made a complete
devastation of the city, and sowed it with
salt. He rebuilt it id the year 134, estab
lished a Roman colouy in it, and dedicated
a temple to Jupiter. The Jews destroyed
the new city, which was called Aelta Capi
tolina, but Adrian once more restored it, nod
forbid the Jews from entering the city, or
looking at it on pain of death. In the year
326, Helen the mother of Constantine, the
first Christian Emperonr, discovered as is
pretended, the true Cross, in a- cave on
Mount Calvary and oidered a magnificent
church to be erected oo the spot, called the
Church of th? Holy Sepulchre. Jerusa
lem under the protection of Constantine,
became a splendid Christian city, and pil
gnmages soon rose into vogue, and have
continued to tie present day. In 362, the
Emperonr Julian, who hated the Christians
and favoured tae Jews, made an attempt to
rebuild the tenple, but was prevented as
some authors plate, by fiery eruptions from
the earth. In 614, the Persians took Jeru
salem, and almist destroyed (he Holy Sep
ulchre and tbe churches of Constantine and
Helena, and carried the true Cross, so cal
led, to Persia:—9o,ooo Christians were
massacred by the Jews end Arabs attached
to the Persian irmies. In 628, the Empe
rour Heraclius recaptured the city and res
tored the cross.
In 1637, Jerusalem was taken by Omar
the Saracen, tbe third in succession from
Mahomet. It was retained by the Saracens
until 1076, when it was conquered by the
Seljerkian of Egypt, 1095. In 1099, the
European Christians, denominated Crusa
ders, captured Jerusalem, and put 70,000
Mahometans to tbe sword. It continued
under the dominion of the western Chris
tians until 1187, when it w 9 taken by tbe
famous Saladio, Sultan of Egypt and Syria,
who treated the conquered with great hu
mnnity. It afterwards fell into the power
of tbe Mamelukes of Egypt who were dis
possessed by the Ottoman Turks in 1517.
The Turks have now had possession of the
city for upwards of 300 years.
Red Jacket. —This Chief is opposed to
Missionary efforts. The other Chiefs ol
the Seneca tribe had once called a coudcil
of their warriours to deliberate upon the
concerns of the nation. Among other
things it was known, that the subject of the
Missionary School would be discussed.
The council assembled, of whom a great
number were Christians, when Red Jacket
came staggering in, intending to make a
powerful sppech against the black coats.
As he was reeling to bis place, bis brother
Chief said, pointing to Red Jacket, “ Red
Men, would ye be Pagans like him, or Chris
tians, leading a life of temperance and so
briety ?”
INTERNAL CONDITION OF ENGLAND.
The following passages of a letter from
England, of recent date, word handed to ns
yesterday. Tbe writer is a gentleman up
on whose testimony reliance may be placed.
We believe that the intellectual improve
ment of which he speaks, is owing, io good
part, to the diffusion of innumerable peri
odical publications in which the subjects
that he mentions are so keenly and instruc
tively discussed. LNaf. Gaz.
Extract of a letter from England.
“ 1 hardly need •ly to you, who hear so
much Hbmit this country, that you would
with difficulty recognize it as the same.
The increase of its population in the manu
facturing districts, is such, as to present to
the eye of the traveller one continued town.
As you approach Leeds, Manchester, &c.
&c. hy night, the scene is wonderfully stri
king. Numerous manufactories, Trdm six
to nine stories high, and presenting sides of
one to three hundred windows, all lighted
with gas?, can be likened to nothing but a
general illumination. The industry, the.
activity of the fixed or moving population,
met yon every where; all art employed;
and as 1 passed through some of the largest
factories in Manchester, where from three
to five hundred ol both sexes were employ
ed, I could not help being struck with ttie
cleanliness of tbeir appearance, and their
satisfied healthful countenances. What
pleased me most was, that upon inquiry, 1
found the greater part had been educated,
principally, by means of ibe Sunday and
Lancasterian Schools, and lhat, whenever
this was the case, (heir moral character
was good.
“What would make the deepest impres
sion upon a person who had beeu long ab
sent, is the intellectual growth of ibis coun
try. Nothing but personal observation can
give yon any idea of it. The pen w ould
fail m the attempt to describe it. There
is an acuteuess and intelligence pervading
every class,which is toiaily at variance
iviih what I saw when last in England.
Among the merchants, there i a vast im
provement —formerly all was trade; morn
mg, noon, and night; now it is coutioed to {
the Exchange or counting house. The
moment you enter the dwelling, ether sub
jects, and those of the most intellectual
kind, employ the attention. Political econ
otny, general policy, poor laws, great na
lioual questions, or some interesting literary
discussion, are the con-taut subjects of con
versation; and so well are they studied,
and so ably handled, even hy men who seem
to be otherwise employed during the day,
that unless a person comes with his mind
full of matter, he must of necessity hold life
tongue.”
WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY.
We perceive by a notice in a Connecti
cut paper, that Noah Webster, Esq. who
is now in Europe superintending the publi
cation of his large dictionary has Secured
the copy right of the work in this country.
The following is Ibe Utle of the work:
“ A Dictionary of the English Language,
containing—l. The words used by the
English nation and their descendants, from
the age of Gower, to the present lime ;
forming the most complete vocabulary of
the language ever published. 2. A devel
opement of the origin and primary sense of
words, as far as these have been discover
ed, with anew exhibition of affinities be
tween the English and other languages.
3. Definitions of woids more full, precise,
and technical, than those of preceding
lexicographers; illustrated by numerousex
amples 4. The addition of new words
which the modern discoveries and improve
ment* in the sciences and arts, have intro
duced into respectable use. To which is
added iD a separate volume, a Synopsis of
the principal uncoinpounded or elementary
words, in more than twenty different langua
ges, alphabetically arranged, with numer
ous references to their respective affmi
ties.”
A NEWLY DISCOVERED ISLAND.
The last papers received from New
South Wales give an account of the discov
ery of an Island in the Southern Ocean, by
Caps. Hunter, of the Danna Carmeiita, on
the 29th of J one last. A number of the na
tive* in canoes, on seeing the ship, fled with
great precipitation; but a canoe being in
tercepted, one of the people was persuad
ed to go on board tbe ship, where having
received a present, which he exhibited to
bis countrymen, they soon dispelled their
fears and visited the vessel. These people
are about the colour of tbe Malays, but
have more of the European features. The
ship’s boat was sent on shore with the chief
officer, who was conveyed to the monarch,
who was snrrounded by attendants, armed
with spears. A shirt was presented to the
King, and another to his brother—and af
terwards a looking glass was given which
excited great surprise. The King gave the
donor a shell from his neck, and afterwards
accompanied him to the beach, where the
queen and other females attended. All the
men had their little fingers cut off by the
second joint on the left hand, and the wo
men had their cheek-bones perforated—aud
some of them were tattooed. A ram and a
ewe were left on the island for the benefit
of future navigators, and signs were made
to the natives not to kill them. The women j
wore a small covering only round the body,
and the men a mat, with leaves of trees wo
ven in them. The island was entirely com
posed of lava, in some places almost a met
al, and lies in lat. 15, 31 south, long. 176,
11 E.
* SLANDER.
Tbe Legislature of New York had a bill;
Before them on the 26th ult. introduced by j
Mr. Hulbert, authorizing any female to i
mHiptain an action of slander against nny ;
person who may charge her with prostitu-j
tion, though there be Do proof of special j
damage. After considerable discussion, the i
committee rose and had leave to sit again
Mr. Hulbert supported tbe hill io an able
and eloquent speech, and proved -himself a
gallant champion of the fair. According to
law as it now is, a woman cannot maintain
an action for slander against any person who
1 may charge her with inconstancy or prosti
tution, unless she can prove special dam
-1! ages.
It was held in the Supreme Court of New
York, that the words, “she is a common
prostitute, and I can prove it,” were not ac
-1 tioDable, as there was no proof of special
damages. It was held that charging a mar
ried wOman with adultery, was not actiona
ble, without such proof. Chief Justice
1 Kent, in delivering the opinion of the court,
used the language of Chief Justice Holt, in
a like case: “ the court would maintain an
action, if they could, hut the law ordained
otherwise” Mr. Iluiheri considered the
reason why there was no law iu England,
I on the principles of that introduces) by him,
i was in consequence of the existence of the
spiritual court, which had cognizance of
i such matters.
; Mr. H. considered it of the highest im
portance both as regarded the character of
the female sex, and the honour of the state,
that this hill should he passed. If a woman
is charged with theft, which is hut a little
crime in comparison with the loss of honour,
she can maintain an action, without proof
of damages; hot if she is charged with''he.
, crime of prostitution, which is of the deep-
I esl dye, and which blasts her reputation and
1 ruins her prospects in life for ever, she has
no remedy. A roan cannot support an ac
tion against the wretch who may charge the
wife of his bosom with adultery:
Mr. H. said that the reputation of men was
. guarded mud) better than that gs women. The
strong sex had taken care of themselves, and
paid but little attention to (lie weaker, whose in
-1 (crests they were hound to protect. A justice of
the peace can maintain an action without proof
of damages, against a person ho may sayuhe is
unlit for his office but if hix Wile is united an
adulteress, there is no such remedy—so also if
you call a lawyer a dunce, a physical) an un
learned luan, ®r a tradesman a sorry fellow, who
pays only six shillings on the pound ; but no re
-1 lief can be hud for calling their wives adulteresses,
or their daughters prostitutes.
That these things are to, (said Mr. H.) is a
stain on our character as gallant and honourable
men. How can a woman prove damages for
such charges ? We cannot look iulo her heart,
and see it pining and withering away iu conse
quence of the (horn placed therein hy the assas
sin tongue of the slanderer. We may see her
wasting away under disease; and the accuser
1 may say it is sickness caused by the hand of God.
Not so, (said Mr. H.) it is her wounded feelings
, caused by the Upas breath of the slanderous vil
lain. Take character from a woman, and it is
like separating the flower from the stem ; it with
ers and dies. ‘Hie female character is easily des
troyed, and if once- gone, it is easier for the Eth
iopian to change his skin or the Leopard his
spots, than to. reguin the bright gem.
Mr. H. said he would whip to tbe marrowbone,
i the vile wrttch who would, to gratify his maligui
i I ty, slander an innocent woman ; and who is
I there, asked Mr. H. lhat has a wife anil daughters,
and sisters, and has the feelings of a husband, a
father and a brother, that would not? and who
( is there that would not hold him op to the raerit
, ed contempt and indignation of the world, and
: would not give every opportunity to unprotected
! | woman to assert the honour ofher character?
Mr. H. said he had seen the tear of the slander*
.{ ed orphan girl, and the silent, but marked sorruw
j of her widowed mother, and he could emphalical
: ly say if ever there was heart rending suffering, it
was (hen, wheu the pestiferous breath of the te
, | viler approached the presence of the lovely ob
ject which it was intended to destroy. This is uo
fiction, said Mr U.
And where, asked Mr. H. is the sufferer to fly
i for relief? To the temple of justice ? No, that is
’ closed against her. To ttie arms of her father?
Alas! the clods of the valley cover hie besom.
, Where theu can she go for comfort ? She can on
ly look to the grave, where the wicked cease front
troubling, and the weary are at rest.
Mr. H. continued for seme time longer, but wc
1 cannot now write out our uotes. He concluded
by observing that if there Was a person opposed
to this bill, be couid not be a descendant of Ad
am, who did not find happiness in Paradise, till
there was given unto him a woman. *-fet he
hoped if there was a member of the bar Wwho
would vote against this bill, he would be polished
by forever receiving the frowns of beautiful and
lovely woman.
Tbe above is a very weak and imperfect sketch,
of Mr. Hulbert’s remarks. He was listened to
with the most admiring attention, and the pas
sions of resentment at the reviler, and sorrow for
the reviled, were alternately strikingly predomi
nant in the breasts of the heurers.
Mr. Adams made a few remarks in which he
expressed his entire accordance in the views of
Mr. Hulbert.
Messrs. Hascal), Cunningham and Jordan,
spoke against the bill.
‘CTIEB
MOUNT ZION, MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1825.
The kingdom of Christ upon the earth is a king
dom of means. This fact is established boj(h by
the precepts and example of its glorious founder.
Whatever construction man may have placed
upon the commission which Christ gave to his dis
ciples when he directed them to “ go into all the
world and preach the gospel to every creature,”
it is evidently no less obligatory upon those who,
in oor day, have ranged themselves under his ban
ner, than upon those who originally bore it from
the lip* of their master, and who, according to
the measure of their ability, executed their high ;
and holy trust. Its unrestricted application to
every age, cannot for a moment be doubted.
What if ten thousand generations have slumber
; ed over it, it is still a law which never was repeal
j ed, which cannot become obsolete, which is equal
ly binding as at the instant of its first promulga
; lion. He who pleads for himself an exemption
from the force of this law, may as well plead that
’ he has no interest at all in the concerns of Christ,
and that none of his laws are obligatory. The
time may come—nay we have every reason to bej
lieve the time will come, when the disciples shall
return to their Master with their commission and
I say, “it is done as thou hast commanded” the
I whole world is filled with tbe knowledge of thy
; glory. All, from the least to the greatest, have
| bowed to thy sceptre, and humbly acknowledged
thy away. Yet we have no reason aoon to exp p - 1
1 1. Too large a portion of the earth is shrouded