Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1817-01-22

On earth Peace, good AZ toaaras Men.

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The following sensiments ass fiom the conclad-
ing part Of the Solemn aqpea to protested chris
| sians, noticed ia the last na0bsr
By what doctrine is christianity more distin-
guished from Mahometsnissl. than by that OF
| ! Peace on Earth and good sFiksa nka n b. what
precepls Il il m.re distinguished. Than by those
which eajoin the spirit OF hRnItg saietSaess far
benrance, .foYgiteness, ard iscs d caealcs I
| Shall thea tie ambassadors Id Ghs8st forbear to
incucate. an .ts uil oxleal lae distinguished spir-
il of the religion they profess shslt they in any
manner support casseais watch Sa9not exist Tar
.aoraent bal Nv dircs Yscsatloslot gospel priu-
cpies Shall they SITTER their hearers 70 be - de-
ludea, as TO tLislk they arc toidwilg Lae Messiah
white IN fact they are Following 9lahometP
snail christian parents negaEt 10 teach iheif
children he radical difference be<ween the spirit II
the gospel and the spirit Of var And shai The
want OF 6dcliiy The part on ministers and parents
expose our country 10 the desolssions, the egiaes
aad the horrors OF a Russian cargaign A. saaoss
hanas ffen uili ne 6tcad ds rsgeaese2
10 avoid guiss "a asial, aaa ~sFrraitics SO dis
sressi.g, shall not Christians 90 sdgry name lay
sian~1i party bitterness and alaeasaNa. saAefnate
II Eaferior topic aud consideration, and mite Is
&6fen, a. children vi che same i1efcisul Father.
ard a. disciples of TIC benevolent prince ofpeace
.1*.sss*ss@
promote the cause OF real religion, 70 advance and
secure the happiness of our country, than hss ever
Yet been done III the course Of century $50 our
children would. trained ap in the nay they should
20 God would bless and protect uss and peace aad
salvation Eli the land.
OBJECTION.
.'rwere li,couid yoa permit the world 10 live,
!, As the world pleasts. WHAT'S tho world % youD
ss aSswFK.
Mich. / was born OF woman ----
] ------ Nor can 1 rest,
A silent witness of the hcadlong rage
Ofbesdless folly, by which thousands die,
Bone q my bone. and kindred souls u mine.'
The las, article ia the third Number Of : The
Friend Of Peace il memorable aud ggtrirg conf
trasf.
Ii relates, on the one hand, tEAt In the peop-
ling OF Connecticut il was ordered by an English
court, held at Dorchester on the Tih jane iFoo
that every town should keep watch and De well
supplied with ammunition. Their circumstances
we're such that ii was judged necessary that every
man should be soldier
Previous TO the order of the court az Dofches-
ter some Of the settlers had been killed by the na-
Iiises. The provocaiion which The naaises receis-
ed il not mentioned. But ii was probably prove
cation enough 70 savage Indians, to people set-
tie in their country with all the signs and symp-
toms OF war; *ss War soon followed, The eeu-
sequences need not be mentioneds--sss Iran6aifs
Hia. Of Conn. page SIS.
On he ofAer hand. widely different was the sit
uation OF the settlers under William Penn. They
had 10 deal with the same savage Indians a. tae
other settlers sss hut : they adopted the policy
of the gospel instead Of the policy Of the word4ss
They spoke the Language Of peace to ihe natives,
and proved The sincerity Of their language By con-
Timing in defrneelssS condition fs*x and ii NAV
BE observed thst no quaker settlers, when known
70 be such, were killed. and further That the bar
nonious intercourse between the suakers aad shs
Indssas continues uninterrupted 90 the rreseat
day.
Comments are made on this contrast but il i jndg-
ed unnecessary TO Insert them here. The oonrla-
SION Is that ii is rather sinful rcwaldice, than
christian fortitude, Which induces ssa 10 arm
themselves one against another.