The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-03-05
Christian Advocate.

/ he unlon vi lIteI azure Win .,SndiIlE cnfls
tanty, at Il times important, IS pecullall ~ at
MS time, and IN TINS county. The enem a. OF
the Truth as 1t l, IN Jesus, usIng all thsh on
deatol- 10 maintain thcn cause and extend thtu
influence, ~ t. powerful anxllianea Of eluai
ton ana ta5it aud nth uutn DC ielt nakcd OF
dpl ear on il, careless OF sloHenly Cab, 1t
WI not be hkety to attract the attention aud
wlnthe carts OF that arse and important p"r-
ton oil toe community winch consists Of the
yoang, the cultivated and the aspI NJ. Ne
know, indeed, that su cess III cuitiVatinG evan
pelcal nth must come / ON Goo, and that
nothing but mo gtace viii ever change Il d Gle
human nesIt. Sit We ale not to expect mira.
cies ", aleo. ~ 10 eXl the snIIles o L. Ovi
dence, and the miluen, 4 al DlSIne grace, IA the
use oIvIsorous eNeiLiGns, and Ot means natu
rally ada ted 10 The effects ntcnded to be pc
duced. When the euemie, OF vital sodliness
asoIIl 1t WITH lea ninG, and wit, and taste, they
must b. combhtted with the Legitimate use ol
the -.rIs ,YhIcalhey auuse. In this ,e vice the
Christian Advocate a7pi Is totahe pat sen
sible, indeed, that L must be am h mhlc pnt--
IL pirea to be somewhat strume ntal III pie
venting he evil etfec t. of literature mi5app led ,
in cult a NJ and dlililsing sound btolical CT
itciam, II exposing misrepi essr tdtIon and SO
phi7lty, IN otaiD : the pu,e doctti. Is OF he
gospel III that chaste and alt active dress which
ney usc iuli sitecttu then native eta nls, III
andeayurmSto cherish the love ofIearning and
iustta5te among the you get clergy, AID o
4 pt omole, genei aiiy, among o,thoduS christians,
tina tone and aspect OF t;ue evangelical piely,
! which shall demons rat. thtt 1t 10 lot hostile
! but highly faVol able to - whalsuevti tumgs are
true, honest, just, pun lovely, and OF good re
port" n,undel the Divine blessing, Il IN I'll
! he found that these results, to any considerable
ex cut. have been p odIced by In pub, cation
1t vii hlvcrendeItd a ser, ice IN winch all who
,nallh We civ en- 1t then aid will have reason ior
eyeI to e)oice.
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CIV IN detail The EditH viii have cOnsta' H.
before him the b st relia Gus iscellanies ,whIc
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Statcs, and will enaeayol, as far as possible, -
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culal y, that al attempt will be made TO give
condensed ana compl ehc nsI,e VI W OF rehgIou
ultelile ence that thc readers oil the Chtl~ua
Advocate nay know the existing tate oil BIB
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l. the numerous publications., to which these u
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gwen occasion.
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ribs work, which IS continuation of
PRESBYTERIAN Magazine, began IN J"nna
}. la23
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