Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1819-12-14

lSlaDas tnOse NOMINATIONS are eXtiufL--
intantlcide is aboiished---lbeir prisoners
are exchanged--societ, is pow ceiuented
By The bond fbrolherho0d, aud the aceurs.
ed shrines that sireamed with human gore,
and bIazed with human unclion, now echo
the songs oil peace anil The sweet strains
LOT pietJ. In India, too, where Proyi-
dence, for some special purpose, permlls
these little insnlar specks 10 boId above
one hundred millions 10 snbjectlo,i-ap he-
Gomcna scarcely 10 be pataiielled 10 Ills.
liory-the spell Of Brahma il dlssolving--
the chains of Caste are falling of--the
wheels OF Juggernaut arr scarce ensan-
lsuined-the horrid custom Of sell immo-
iation is daily disappearing and The SD.
Icied stream Of Jordan mingIes with The
Gauges. (Great APPLAUSE. Even The
rude soldier, mid the din Of arms, and the
license oil the camp, makes (says our
Missionary the Bible the inmate of his
knapsack, and the companion Of his pill
Ilow.' Such has been The snccess of y our
Missions in that country, tlat one Of our
Iown judges has publicly avowed, that
those who left India some -yesrs ago, car
form no jus, estiulat, of what now exists
There. Turn from these lands 10 that oil
Africa, name | now eau mention with
cut horror. III sixteen OF their towns
aud many of their islands, We see The Sun
Of Christianity arising, and as il rises, the
whole SPECTRAL train OF SUPERSTITION vai,-
shing in air. Agriculture and civiiiza-
tor are busy 10 the Desert, and The poor
Hotten OF, kneeling at the altar, impiores
hls God TO remf nber mol The Save trade.
I applause. If any thing Sir, Could
add to the satisfaction that Ifeei, il is tie
Consciousness that knowledge aud Chris
|i.anity are advancing hand in hand, aud
that wherever see your missionaries
Journey ing. see schools rising up, as il
we're the landmark Of their progress.
And who can tell what the consequences
Of this may be in alter ages Who car
tell whether those remote regions may not,
hereafter, become the rivals Of European
improvement? w no shall place ban upou
the intellect derived from the Almighty
Who shall say that the future poet shall
mot fascinate The wilds, and that The PHI
losopiler and the statesman shall not re-,
pose together beneath the shadow OF thei,
Ipalm-trees This may be visionary, bu'
surely, in mora! peia, at sieM, the ad-
vaniages of education are eas visionary
/ "A long and continued burst OF applans,
followed this passage, ADD in its ardo
impeded the connection aud progress OF oul
Report, and prevented us from detailing
some most excellent remarks Oh the ad
vaniages of the cultivation of the human
mind. These, Sir,-the propagation o
the Gospel-lhe advancement OF science
and indusiry---the perfection Of the arts
the diffusion Of knowledge-the happi
ness Of mankind here and here aiter-thest
are the blessed objects Of your Missiona
ries, aud, compared with these, all hu
man ambition sinks into the dust the en-
sansuined chariot OF the conqueror panses
the scepire falls from the imperial grasp
the blossom witbers even in the patriot
garland. But deeds like these require
no panegyric. In the words of thai dea
friend whose name can never die, in thi
aIlusiop to his lamented friend, Curran
Mr.. Phillips feelings were evidently muci
affected,] They are recorded in tb'
heart frou whence they sprung, and 10 til,
hour Of adverse vicissiIude, If ever j
should arrive, sweet will be the odour 0
their memory, and precious the balm o
their consolation
s. Before / sit down, Sir, must taxi
the liberty Of saying, that the priucipa
objections which / have heard raised a
gainst your institution is with me tn
principal motive of my admiration
aliude, Sir, 10 the diffusiye principles OF
which ii is founded. | hare seen too much
Sir, Of sectarian bigofry-as mao,
abhor il; as a Christian. blush at it j
is not only degrading to the religion tina
employs even the shadow OF intolerance
but ii is an impious despotism 10 tn
Government that countenances it. These
are my opinions, and | will not suppress
them. Our religion has its various de
nominations, bul they are struggling t
the same mansion, though by differeD
avenues, and when / meet them on theil
way, / care not whether they be Protes
liant or Presbyter Dissenter or Catho
lie, | know them as Christians, and
will embrace them as my brethren. Thu
noble and liberal sentiment was received
with the warmest burst OF heartfelt sym
pathy and delight hail, then the foun
dation of such Society as this; | hal
ii 10 many respects, as an happy omen;
hail it as an augury 6 that coming day
when the bright bow Of Christianity, com
mencing 10 the heavens and encompassins
the earth, shall include the children o
every cline and color beneath the arch O
its promise and the glory Of its protection
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