The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-10-21
Christian advocate.

The union ol IA eia,uIe with S.n, Inc ,hrts
aniIy al ali times important, Is peculiarly SO at
this tiine, and IN this coumtly The enemies oil
the truth as it is Jesus, are Using all theil Ell
deavors TO maintain then cause aGu eStendt heil
influence, by tac powerful anHihaiie, OF eiudi-
ton and tdsse; and litne t,nth be lett naked, OF
appear on,y in careless OF sioveely garb, it
ilnot be likely To attract the attention aud
win the hearts ofthat large and Inpo tant por-
lion OF tue commu.ty winch consists Of he
young, the cultivated ana the asp' my. We
know, indeed that success IN culiNatlng evan
geicait nth must come T. DIN CoG, and that
nothing but his grace will ever change 81 gie
human heart. Still we are not TO expect MIRA
c,es we areouly to expect the smiles 0 Z owl
Deuce and the influence o Divine grace, in the
use aislgorcur eX, u ne, aud ot rlea IS natn-
rally adapted to the effects intended to be pro
.uc<d. When the enemies of vital godlness
assail It with ca Hing, and wit, and taste, they
must b. cumbattra with the legitimate use OF
tne rms WING they aOuse. In tins &c vice the
Cnristlat A v2cate aspites to take pat sen
,ible, indeed, that t must an II .mble part.
1t ,pircs to he somewi at strun. sttal IN pre-
,enting he evil effects OF lite attte msapplied,
! in cultl, IA Ing and dilin>ing sound btoica cri
Ii lsm, exposing Misrepresentation and SO
pms YIN ciotning the pure doct Tres ct he
gospel III that cha,le am ait act I dress whlch
mcy sise iul effect 10 thci, native eta ms, in
andeayGrngto cherish the love OF learning and
a.justtaste among the youHgei clergy, a'd q
/ p omoie, eencral., among orthod X christians
! thai tone and aspect OF tcne evan secal pietv
which shalt dempiis,rat, that it - not husti
but Highly favorable 20 " Whatsoever ttings are
trnc, honest, Just, pun e, lovely, and OF gooa re-
port u, DEF the Divine blessing, It shat
/ DE fou d that these esults, t. any considerable
ex ent. have been produced by tins publication
+ II will haeerendef.d ser ice H. which all who
sha ihlve given 1t then aid will have reason Tor
ever To ,ejoice.
The ls1ns innate which this publication
| witl coetain, It is not trouSnt nee ssa 70 spe
nv IN detail The Editor will have Constantly
before him the b st religious ,rscellaries, whici
are pnhi he'd bJthin Europe and the Uuit {
States, and win enoeavor, as Tar as possible, e
m del aad pr We his own work, by all tn
AIDS who he can derive from these sources -
It is only thouehtnecrssafy TO, nention part
cuar Y. that an attempt vii be made 10 give
condensed and comprehensive Vi oil religion
intelligence that the reader OF the Chri-tiai
Advocate may know che existing tate OF Bib
Societies, mis,il ms, and revival OF religion
without being at the expense and trouble. wnc
macy cannot atfo d, ofpurchasing and readn
the numerous publications, to which these ~
tercstin and important objects have recent
given occasion,
A number ofthe Christian Advocate shall
, ssued in the first week Of every month
One enth he profits oithi, work shall hel
c form fund to be app OPP lated annually I
Phristian charities by some members OF tn
ircsbyieiian Church, clergy and laty, impa
tally selected.
An communications on the subject ct n
work are to he post paid, and adore to tt
] publisher, Z" T.. LIrTELL, Philade pha."
his work, which IS a continuation oil u
p esbvterian Magazine, began in Januar
le23
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