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number 218.] MONDAVy Juxe 28, 1802. . fvolume V.
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annul? of tfct CruScm of 3ototeiii <Toilcgc,
ISro THE PAT.COVS OF LITERATURE, THE Fk.FNDS
«F RELIGION AND MORALITY, AND THE WELL*
'WifcH ER8 TO TliE RISING GCM ERATIuN,
TO folicit charity is never an enviable talk : but in
^he pri‘frl** C,V|1 f<>r'cty* in fiances f eque tly occur,
h|n whirls, without the aid of the wealthy and charita
ble. iaflw'itn’tis cwIcuUtrd to improve the condition
■ 0j,,ian would often perifli in embryo.
The College eftablifhed for the Diftrift of Maine, in
feth e vear i 794 by ti»e I.tgtflaturc of Maflschulctts, how
^prtieiRs fuch an inllanee to the public ; and it* friend*
land jArverucr* cpiertain * h<pe to make it appear that
Pit* claim upon the attention of their fellow citizens, is
Lt hall as fir .ng as that 01 thole which have a: any
’teamed th-ir (Avar and affittanc*.
l i e Oiftt'A of Maine, being, as to all purpofes of
tomnwis canon and inteicourle, detached from the
kwher p rt of the State—*aod its progrels in popu at on
[tning rap d beyond calculation, its i habitants being
Ieady r.umeroti', and i!s ds(lance from any Un vesr
ror College, great; the Lerillatu e wife y contemp
co the necclTity of laying inc found*, ion ‘or a Col
e, dnlhin rs territory ; and bountiful y endowed it
;h fi vt townfliips pf land in the 7th and 8th ranges
tewnlhips back of the Waldo patent. From the Jc
laiore it rccivcd the name of 11 -wdotn College; a,,d
* ettabldhed at Bninfw.ck, about aj miles ditluice
m Portland, in a pleafaut village near 10 the mouth
ihc river Androfcoggin.
Soon aftrr its incorporation, the Honourable James
wdoin, of Bolton, was fo good as to become its
senefaiffor, by gencroudy endowing it with money and
and* to the amount of nearly two thoufind pounds;
ind he is Hid confidercd a* its friend and pation.
'hefe ieveral donat on* conftitut d the whole fuods of
he College ; and a greater part of them are not in a
condition to produce income
The permanent intcrcft* of the inifitut on feemed to
Bictate a de av of the fale of the lands beftowed by
he governmert, until they fliould have acquired the
Value to which, within the period of a few yea.*, they
Undoubtedly are deftir.ed. Bur an ardent dclire to
>pcu a fcialnary fo much wanted in the Diflricf, for
be reception of Hudenfs, hts fo far prevailed over
hat ccnlideration as to ir.duce the TrufkcRand Over
errs, to direiff ihe fade oj fo much as would yield a
utheiency to meet the ncceflary ezpence* of putting
he College into operation.
1 For this purpofc ncar.y one half of the lands have
icen lold ; and the proceeds placed in a liiuation to
ieid a li tie permanent intomc. bu' ue find that af
cr defraying the txpeiuc of cre-flmg a build ng tor
he ufe of ft u dent a, and a houfe for the accommodation
if the f.rft officer of the College .he rema ning income
1 hardy furtjtttut to lupport a 'Preli ient and one pio
uTor of languages—thefe officers have been appointed ;
ml it ii beitved that the choice hastal.tn upof. peifons
rho. rhvii'd they accept the truft will, greatly promote
ie fucctf of the inttitution.
It Is con temp, ated ;o commence the bnfinefs of in
ruction towards the ciofe of the enfuing fumixter ; and
Pt truft that with the fmi.es of providence and the
ids of the charitable, a few years will enable us to
Ipport the other nectfTa y inftrudfors ; a foundation
!tin^ already lod by our worthy patron for the fup**
nrr of a profefTor of philefophy.
| One of the grcatefl difadvaut tgrs we at prefeh! hive
i encounter, is the want of a library and phiiofophi
|1 apparatus; Rod it is put V to thefe Object tli.it
tch do.iat ons as may be received wiil be applied Is it
>0 much to «xpe*5t rhat among 'he num .'roa* individ
it, 11 tms rich an . pn fperous country, who abound
1| wealth, euough w* ti be obtained to ameliorate our
•refent (lender c rsumftinces ? The fmaitft donation*,
n hdoks. money or other things will be thankfn.ly re
Kcved.
I • /N II I VV *_fL* L
Imwngiric numerous auu umvun iv,j
ed and adorned the world, few or none Invc grown
notice and refpe^t did:i‘y unafTifted by the h<md of
nlarty. The well groundt d,‘piiiton that nothing en
j am? me fo much to pollerity as the eftabliflnnei't
aftitations liftfo 1 to mankind, has been a powerful
jlu.to luch valuable uiukriakings Thothewca r !«y
great of annuity were ’cd to appropriate the fur*
of their wealth '0 the budding of ttmpics, pyra
i, and other works of fplrndor, but of little utility;
better tsft of modern timer, hat dirtdled the fame
Kiifitr to objects more benchcia1 and laudable
manes l»r the tnftrtuftion of youth have become
favorite children of the oppuJent acd charitable ?
ferely nothing can merit their attention, if they
i 4r»r the happinefs of being coufnicrcd as promoters
it m ft important advantage* to the human t ace.
rrvard College, almoft coeval with our country,
been an important nurfery of div.nes, ftatcfmen
heroes Yet this Coll ge would have been inngntf
., or come to no h ng had it not rt-cieved the fup
r*f thofe generous individuals wh fe names live in
rthives Its nrig n was as humble as that of Bow*
College It fauds were cent fmalkr than ours,
inhabitants of the wh ile Colony were not fo nu
nu> as now are thofe of the Diftnet of Maine ;
igh more deep'v imprtfTed with a fenfe of the ini
ante of the Arts and Siences. And yet from the
ilicent endowments of its generous patrons, it has
m te a great and flour idling Un.vtrUty : and to its
cnt. celebrity and ufctuliufs.
iay it not ihtn be expelled that 3owdoin College,
ited in a new and thriving cou it y at this advanced
oj of the nation, when the fucctfdu! operations
^■'culture ami commerce have tnriclscd fo maov of
itiaem.wsll alfo tic an objetffof benevolence f May
mthcperha: charity and public lpirit arc not tot*
■cxtmgu*thed ?
laving received fo much from one wealthy gentle•
i, of which we retain a mod grateful remembrance ;
wc not calculate that there* -re otters 10 Ik found
> pofiefs a p Htion of the fame bl*erai fp'rit i Arc ;
r ot to thit * there sre fome other* on the ftage, who,
io.,* ol *kt nob c deed* of a Hsrvard ft Hollis,
arcade, a tI,H*s.v S<t. an i f'om a laudable ambi.
to perpetuate their names bya&s ( f pub ic chari*y,
attend rothc cafe of our infant in.ritutiou, and d«* :
lor it which they will rtflctU wirh pkaiurr. We
not yet inuuced to bcl eve that tlm Co'hge is to
lilli a -ol tary u1 *..iie o* the difregatd and matteiilion
lu world to nurfenes of litcra u c.
.«! thofe who pn.Ttfs and 1>clicve the Chriftian Re
"a. of whatever d. nomination, be perfu-ded to put
I! ping hard to our deft n : For the caufc of Chrif
by. we teuft wi 1 be promoted aa well a* the eaufe
fviditiun, by this inftitutiOtt. And is it not the du
It ail the fo'Iosrrrs of him, t: ,-r st>r*t akvut
only to frith well, but to afford fame ftiftive aui to
i a esu'e, efptcially if divine providence has great
imfpcrcd hem ? l'he inftrution is on a hber.%1
» $ *ad IluJea ? cf ail denoou a; run* of Chriftiam
xv !J receive equal favor ; and it ic intended as a ourfe
ry of piety and virtue, si well as of literature.
Thole few £ent<cmrn who forme; ly put tl»eirname*
to a fubl'ci >p ion paper which had hut little fuecets
owing as wc think, to the uncertainty which then ra
llied of the College being put into cany operation, wilt
do us a particular favor by remitting the fums and
books they fublcribed to Di'Mmii Sewall, F.fq at
Bath, who is thcTrcafurer of (he Col'ege ; or to either
of the Truftccs, each of which is empowered by the
Board to receive donations
Subfcription pap< rt w ll be lodged with the follow
ing gcri itrrun in MalTachufetts, and Ntwhampftrrc
who are requeued tofolicit ana receive donations. In
BoJ}on — The Hon Mr James Bowdoin ; and the Rev
Dodler- Parker. Thatcher, Eckley and Stillman, and
the Rev. Mr Kirkland. In Poxhuvy, the Rev. Mr.
Porter. In Char ejion, the Rev. Dr. Morle. In Sakm
the Rev. D <5tors Bernard and Piince, and the Rev.
Mr. Bentley. In Brv*rlyt the Rev. Mr. M'Kean. In
NcTtbu'yport, the Rev Mtflfrs Cary, Ardrews, and
Dana, in ffnvetbiU. the Rev Mr. Abtx>i. \u^P\,rtf
mourb% the Rtv MefTrs. Buckininfttr, Willard and
Alden. In Exeter, the Rev. Mr. Roland, and Mr Pre
ceptor Abbot. In PoriLn?, ihe Hon. Daniel Davis,
and Samuel Freeman, and William Symmcs, and Sai
mon Chafe, Elquires. In Tbom^Jijwnt the Hon. Henry
Knox, Efq
Signed in Ub If of tbe 7*/ uf;et.
SAMUEL DF.AN,
ISAAC PAKKER,
We add wi.h plcafcire, that the Pev. Mr.
M’Kkan has accepted the Pifcfidency ofEorv,
do in College ; and Mr. John Abbot of the of
fice of Profejfor of Language! ; and that the in
ILtl atioi. of re PieUdcnt will take place on the
Firlt Thvrlday of September next; and ltudentt»
to be adn.i ted the day following.
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to &3irot of t%t J^ortlann Ca^ttx.
Elm Tress, 2dh Junet i8ci.
six,
I HAVE read, with very great pleafure, the
ordinatio fermon you were fo kiud as to f.nd
me. It is upon a fu! Jeff l have always wifhed
to fee treated more pa« t cularly, and explicitly
relriveto the nrctjfity of hum^n learning in a
teacher, than is ulu illy done in ordination fsr
mens. The fupp< fed d licacy of the fitu.ui' n
of The clergy may have ptevented thei- being
fo explicit, on this topic, as they other wile
might have been. Perhaps, toe, there yet re
mams, in the n.inds of feme, a contufed imx
pncable notion of divine aid be ns: impaled to
teachers of religion, different from the relnh of
the crcin'ry means of gaining k owledge :—
But if lca nmg and general i 'formation in rjrts
and fcio ce^ be ufeful in a teacher, and r there
are, in thefe limes, no fati^faflory evidence, or
at m; ft but doubtful proof of the Deity's in.
terpofiog to ilium mte the minds oY men to
qualify them to Cifpcr.ee divine truths to the
great body of »he people v/ho hive no more,
and pe haps lefs knowledge than thefe teachers, :
rt is high time for this dchcacy to yeld to a
mote rational principle 1 do not hesitate to
acknowledge that* with all the natural means
of gaining knowledge, in divine thin s, the
world is now pofTeffeJ ol, I do not fee any rea
fon why we fhould exptvft fp cial aids in thefe,
rad’.er than informati >n in our woridly affairs,
many of which, rt i» acknowledged, enter moft j
effentially to the g n r al happinefs of mankind I
When I consider the fituat on m m was pla. j
ced in at his creation there »s no queftion in my
mind but the Deity intepofed fir ft to teach hm j
what is included i i the aH of taking care of the j
body, bef re he a'tempied to lead the mind of j
this novice to Ipiritual loljcfts ; and it let ms
equally clear to m: that it the Deity had n t !
taught his firlt m tn or feme of his defee‘.dants.
in An extruordimry manner, that is, miracu
loufly, the great principle?, which revelation and
reaion now concur in declaring fo us, ought to
Tegulate t»ur fintimcfi's and aftetftions towaid>
him, we never could have dife vered them —
Hence what may be laid to have been fupernatu. ,
ral vo them may be cor.lidered as nafu al to us. i
Deifts have forne correft notions of religion, '
but they are all Je-iv d from interns t feme time j
or other, of the extraordinary and miraculous
kind. Chriftians lay. and far truly, they have
the knowledge of life and immortality by the i
g. fpel of Jefus Chrift : Some deifts detlaie Tat »
lo far as tins knowledge includes a belief of a
future date of exi gence, and of rewards and '
punilhm.nts beyond the grave, they have and
believe it alfa ; but contend that they got it,
and all men may obtain it by what they call
the ordinary means of acquiring knowledge and
fcience. There is one lei fe in which -his is
true; for this knowledge bcig vvrete in the
feripture^, what mme is neceflary th m for men
to read, or have thefe bo* ks read to them to
gnin all the know edge on ,his fubjj<51, that de*
ilt» have ? The enor of deifts toufifts in their
lUj poling thev have got their knowledge, fuch
as it is. frwni a fttidy and contemplation of the
works of nature and not out of thefe books —
Here I di ineu fh between the fimple knowledge, j
or conception of the ideas ol file and imnaor.
talitv, and an operative belief ol that doiftnne.
la th'S dtftin&ion will he f 'unJ a m^re fatal
error of deftm ; and into which all antirevelation
:fs fa 1- Experience w-U demonftrate tliat in j
the fenfe here explained, the knowledge of lile
tad i*mn rtaiiry a*» admitted by deifts, has very
little if any power over their lives A chriflian
t-aefur ou jh* n' t only to have this knowledge
as unbeliever* have it, but to be able to exhibit
a mva! d:monflrction% if I may be allowtd the
phrafe, of all the miraculous facts and circum
0>
flanges attending the firft dehvery of th? doe
trine by Jefus Ch ill and his apoitles, and the r
relation t * the dil'perfarion given by Mofes.
But let attend a little to the words of our
flrmonzer, and fee bow this knowledge is to
be expelled, an ^ by vxhac means Page 12 —
“ The fanatical teachers pretend, that tneyhave
44 thofe vilions and voices of Go I, of angel?
44 and other fpirirs, wh’ch the dci*ls demand f<tr
“ themfelves bef re they will believe. Both
,! join in oppohn^ she education, ttudy an 1 fop
44 port of common teache; s, but for d fferent
44 rea'ons. The fanatics, becaufe they pretend
44 to have ad qualifications direftly from hea
44 ven. w: huut any pams and ttu y of theirs ;
44 and the deilts. becanfe they want no minifter*:.
4 Bo h fay, 4 God can fupport hs own cauf'e
44 with' ut minilters 9 True he can And he
“ can give us bread from heaven, without huf
“ bxndxnen We did this, one while, f » Ifr.iel.
44 in the willernT. So he can fupport civil
44 fociety without magiftrates And he ha
“ bften executed judgment, n 'he earth, uim.
44 out magiftrates, to make his power and glory
4‘ known, as a moral governor. YVi h God all
“ things are pcffihle, and as eafily accomp illied
0 without means and miniftersas with them.— i
“ All thin, s fhe' n us f r his g ory, or in other
44 words, every gift, given u» for cur good, i? j
44 the work and caufe of God as well as reli
44 gion..God wifely gives
44 us favors, in the ufe of that attention and
44 exertion of ours, which are needfary 10 the
44 growth of every faculty and vbtue. And he
44 feems 1 ever to have departed from this me
44 ih> d, when our attention and exertion could
“ be ulcd. So here ; to teach mankind, what
‘‘they could not otherwfe know, on v-it i us
*• occjficns, requiring fpeciil new revelati ns,
4‘ he gave f me prophets ani apoflBs. But
44 that it might not he needfary to conr e down,
<4 v.fibiy, from his ni.'jeftic heighf, to e' ery
‘‘one, every wheie, at every hour, he caufed
rhofe levlatfons to be au’henricated. by figns
''following, and to be written for our learning —
‘4 Without thefe miracles of a prophet rr figns
41 of an apoffle. tha' is doing moils which no one
44 could doy except Gcd were Wt'h hirrty no cne was
44 received as fuch. The pi lefts and teaching
44 levin* were appointed, to recoTii, pr ferve,
•4 trarf ribe. expound and improve ihe deftrine
44 of the prophets, without bringing new reveta
44 tiom, In ! ike manner, pallors a ad teacher*.
“ of ;he JoJUine of Chrilt and his apoftles are
44 confi to that dt <5t ine a«. their law and tejli
44 monyt according to which, if they fp al ncty in
44 Head of having a better iiy^h. and inftruftcfr,
“ asfome boall, they hi'e 1 o light in them.—
“ All ex rao»dinary mmifters muff have finifhed
“ their tdlimony and ceafeJ, ever fince thofe
44 miracle* have ceafed, which were neceifary
“ to prove their million a* d meflage from God.
But a« Chritf ha? pTcrn?fed 'O he with his min
. . • • . r > f iis*
•• tjttrs always, evtn ro ire ena o; me woria, lomc j
“ minifters »nuft continue fo lot g ; and who aie j
** they, b it thole palters and tea'ch:rs or ciders,
w whs were to be ordained, in every church and city,
"* and who were alike uieftil in all tiincs/’-i
This paragraph, in my eftima ion, contains the I
founded phil< fophy and harmonize' with reve- ,
tevelalion. 1 wifti the Baptifts nd Qurkeis
would candidly ex4mine this fubjeft, and read j
with attention thi - letmon. 1 always lamented,
and it i' among the greatert o’ jeflio^s I have to 1
the views of chriitianity, fo far as 1 am acquain
ted with it, entertained by thefe h. nelt and in
creafing lefts that they both feem t > undervalue
hum in learning and lcieoce — The latter rarely
educate their children at coheres and femina ies
of learning eftablilbed in all nations and appro, j
ved by the praftce of ages—an 1 the torrmr
too frequently eleft very ignorant persons for
their te chers in ie igious fabj.ft . That peo
pie may be good, virtuous and boneft, though
ignorant, i> not doubted ; but lomething belides
thefe qua! t es are requilite to make a good
teacher. The fubjeft of th.s f.rnvm is an ini
portant one $ and it lhail be taken up again
hereafter, as it is connrffed with the Conftit i i
tion of this S'are. In the meantime Ifubfcribe
myfelf you s. &c.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
/h a meeting of the ODaffarljulftt!* Contention of
Congr^attcnal 39imtlrr$, at Bojion, May 26,
i8©2—Voted,
THAT the following Addrtfs be ptiblifhed, and
that the members of the Convention be required to
communicate it to thefe concerned, in the way which
thev judge inoQ expedient.
PETER THACHER, Iide.Urattr,
John T Kirkland, Scribe.
ADDRESS.
THE Convention of Congrcgitional Minif
ters feeling a tei dei concern for the mural and
religious inltruclion of the riling generation,
and pervaded of the importance o! leading
thorn to an eirly and intimate acquaintance
with ihe facred feriptutes, cannot oblerve wi h
ind fference, that the praffice of reading in the
Bible in our fchoo.s is growing into difufe in
various parts ef thi> Commonwealth, and in
fome ph.ecs is wholly neglcfted Should the
opinion enteitainrd by fome. be admitted, that
the Bible has, in time paft, been vn^loye 1 as a
^bool book too exclufively ; and in a manner,
That has produced irreverent fan.iha’ity i t e
youiiiful mind j yet it will by no mvan^ fol.ow
that total dimiflion from onr fchods would
not be an ex’renie ft 1! m 'rc pernici ius in if!
tendency and cfFefts. There i% ieafon to be
lieve. thit wee cwtr children denied ihe privil
ege dr exempted from the fohuary necefiity of
read'ng the Bib'e and gaining lbrrie acquaint
ance with it in fhe conrfe of their education at
fcho* J, m my hf them, through the inconiii«
eratioo of cnil. hood, and the negletf of parent*,
would grow up almuft wholly igr.O'arr. of it*
facred contents.
The acknowle dged authority and intereftinfc
matter cf the lac red Writings, fender them
peculiarly adapted to make a deep impreffion
on the minds of children, and to give a virtu
ous and piou-i dir rflion to their lives The
t equ-Ht and ftated reading of the feriptures at
fchcol, n.uft ferve to ftore the memey with
hi important'lifts and truth, Commands and
prol ibitions, promife and threatninjs of our
D 'i e Relig'on, there oi'e&ion of which may
l»c expected >o pr ve uf.firl, through life, for
eflr.i nt in temptation, for corfolation in trou
ble, and for guidance and encooiagement in
| duty.
The Convention fherTore, cannot firhear to
call '.he atten ion c f their brethren, of the peo
ple a. large, and efpcciaUy ofthofe who a e by
law appointed Vifitors of our Schools, to this
Intereliing fubjefl ; at the ftme time earr.eftly
commending them, and their < flhpring, to God
and the woid of h;s grace, which is able to
build them Up, and give them an inhentaace
among all thofe tvho a e far.ft fied.
Philadelphia, Juke 14.
ONTuefday the iftind. the General Aflem*
bly of the Prefb/terian Church in the United
States cf An erua, elefed :heir feiEors in ih:#
city. During this meeting they hid t£e moil
fluttering account of the pregreflive ftate of
religion Within their lim ts. Agreeably to a
cuilom lately adopted the Afibmb'y devoted a
day to an exam nation of tius fu je&, when
each member communicated his local it forma
tion to the Affembly. The refnlt w.ll be heft,
ex} leflhfci in ,hcrr own wo ds. It will be pub
iHhed to the world as. a paitt>f the J mrnals t £
the AiiemLIy. But to gratify the impatie cs
of a pious cuiiolity, v e take the liberty of anti
cipating the contemplated judication, by pub
lifting this i terefting artic e, as follows :
*• The allembly havi -g heard from e^ch of
their mem er*, a ci cumftantlal account of the
Rate of religion, jn thole places to whrch his
t ble vatii.n hud extenJcd, are happy to ftate,
as the refult, that the e appears to be caufe of
mur-u.ii congratulation.
1 nougii vtce ai d immorality itul too much
abound, and though in forne churches, luke
warmnefs and formality prevail, yet in genera1,
appealancts are m >re favourable than ufual.
1 he i Huence of Chnftiamty, during the iatl
year, appears to have been progreflive, and in
m ny paces *1 e ordinances of the gofpel, have
b.en attended wi h very extraordinary fuccefs.
Fiomthe eaft, hoci the welt from .he north,
and from the louth, the moft pleafing intelli
gence has been received. With joy have the
afl'embly heard 'he glad tiJing-. of the out pour,
mg of the oivrnc fpirit, and of times of rifreflu
inft from thep efi.nce of the Lord.
%i Revivals of a more or lef> general nature,
have taken place in many of our Frefbyteriei.
The pious have been qu ckened, the daring
arretled, the haughty humbied, and many, once
thought:ef» tinners, have been added to the
C‘ urch.
*• In f me parts of the ftite of Virginia and
N r hcau-lina, the fpi-it of God h »s. we iu's
been poured cut ina. ertaor irary miner}
and by accounts received from lv ntccky and
TentidTee, the uuufual work there, cf which
the aflembiy h^ve been hereto! re intermed#
appears, iluiing the lall year, to h .ve been pro
grefls e. Doubtful as the i atu/e of the revi.
val there at firtt jpprareJ, from ih* very lin
gular circumliances that atte Je 1 it, the al-cm
bly do eiccedingly rejoice, that >n its piog-c s,
abundant evidence has been given, that it> au
thor is G d and its effcdl deniable. The uf
pe6l of an extenfivc o untry has been changed
from levity to ftpoufnef*, fcoffe s have been
fllenceJ, and ihouian *s convinc d '-of Jlny cf
rtghttsufuf>, ar.d of the julcmtni to com ” In
thefe iht gs the affemb.y ti ace the f o ftrps of
Jehovah, and recv gn ze the operation of his
p.'onmfed fpi it.
Though in fome of the mid ‘le ar.d fouthern
P»\lbytcries, appearances are not lo fjvor <b!e,
yet even from thefe, the afTembltr ate h ’ppy
to learn, that in many churches, there i> an
increafing rtfpeet f« r the inffitutions of religion#
and in fome, a hopeful attention to ita impor
tant concerns.
The influence of that va’n philofophv.”
which had rp ead its i. i <2ion through m tny « f
our cities ; and even i- 1:nil ted iti If into lie
remote parts of our Country, corrupting f ci.*
ty. and poifori g the very pr nciples of moral
a&ion. has b*ea g:e< K oimtarlhed. Infideli
ty. which a few ve «rs finer, threatened by its
artful ie luff ons to undermine the found atio- s
of virtue, aid by it-, open aifiuitf to break
down tie barriers of religion* is now' fici font
heard of in m ^ y of ihe con regatiotn within
our bound -. of its champ.cc Lave becu