Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1816-05-21

accompanied with the promised influence
aud blessing Of Heaven, the GosDel, with all
its temporal and eternal benz IS, may be
spread throughout the heather world"
his is momentous point. Let il once
be settled ir the minds, and brought home
10 the feelings, of the many thousands in
Christian Lands who prize the Gospel as
Heavens best gift to mankind, and wish
we'll to the highest interests OF the great
human family, tina, the pagan nations may
DC evangelised and the glorious confirma'
ion is made sure. The pagan world can
be evangelised six hundred millions OF our
fellow beings, sitting in da, knees and in the
shadow Of death, Can be enlightened, and
TUNED from their vanilies unto Inc living
God ; "the gods that have not made the
heavens and the earth" can be Destroyed
:" from the earth and from under tnese hra.
vens" All this can be- done,-must be-
d,ae,--will he done The mouth OF Jehovah
hath. saoken to this effect. This tn h
should be proclaimed in every place this
sentiment should be made 10 glow IN eve' y
oresst, where the VOID oil jehovah Is
known" They then observe tna, tnIs Is
nol to be done without means, without la
bOur, without expense. Some indeed
may regard it as TOO great TO De supported
an individual may think that his mite, his
dollar, his five, ten, or even his hundred
dollars would be no mo 10 the requested
Total sum, han q drop OF water 10 the OCEAN.
Let this Individual then think again, that the
ocean itself is made up Of drops" g. Great
as the expense must be, 1t Can well be sup
ported. The wealth of Christie ndom is sui
fcient, and more tnan sufh lent"
2 The extracts from the Letters OF the
NJ ssiona les point out several modes OF in
s.ruc,ioo--.he success which has already
atended the est ablisamen, Of schools. he
plsa.ue which the he .then children
take in the instructions given 10 them--ihe
smaiaess of the expense At which these
schools can be supposted-and the inpor-
lance oftnem in promoting the great mis-
sionaly object; as the children while re-
cciving the fudiments Of an english educa-
ion, vii; be continually in tue way Of re-
ceising religious instruction.
3. .he Committee .ficr giving some &C
count Of a number OF heathen youths HON
:he different islands Of the Pacific Ocean.
whom Providence had cast upon our shores,
.nd fot whose education some thing had b.en
done, and more contemplated tue
sanguine hope that "they will return. 10
their native islands 10 aid in dlffusiug ,ht
BLESSINGS of the gospel" and soliciting tn,
jealous endeavours OF their friends ofthe va
tious Auxiliary oocie les tor the advance
nent Of fund which they have insntuled
Tor he education oi heathen children and
youthby seplratg C Mt buttons and don tons
apd by promoting The formation of other
societies ior this par.iculas obJsct-conclude
with the following earnest address.
Dear Friends we repeat 1.-THE HEATHEs
WORLD cANAND MUST BE KvAsGE.IsED.
l his stupendous work, The greatest and
NOS important that can eng age the hearts
and employ the exertions OF men, must BE-
done, with the help of God by those who
are blessed with The gospel. Zoo long has
ii been neglected and immense gull, has
been Incurred by The neglect. We must
not he weary, We must not grow rem,ss ;
The work is but just begun. We mus,
perseverr 10 it win steadfsst purpose, with
glowing zeal, with inc reasing exerlions f;
and we must do what We can to gain to i,
the hearts snd the hand, OF all around u.s."