The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-08-10

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II is seriously stated that the M%issinriary
labegs had been abundanlly successful III
hume AID abroad. aud that The doubts ~
10 tie ppacileainiiy of .,angsifHing hafba'
F,ais iia;ions must forever '1sHnisii intp thu
slt." Jllrse assertions are nsade with Il
salrmnits that nauiI be ifr,.sistibly iIDpo-
slag, was il not notorious that they are an
sustained esra by unsubstaHiial bfsis "'
pliu-ihiiiy. fot he y arposr al aetermih.
lpg thu validity afthe claims % credit 10
past srrAises-and of the demands oil
support for future exertfons, ~, ponpously
SCI faith il Us necessary IL consider the
nature, Objects md tendency of their pro
pets II must be evident that the one or
tie other ri these are uujnst ana unTarrhn
liable. Tn atteupi To produce II fs,elation
IN The r,ligIun 81 amy people, II, my III OPT
pIon, of very eqdisoeal propriety, justice
and morality. The obvious moral inn os-
sihdIIy of succeeding IN such All attempt,
ought 10 strike every one and II the TACT
n'.rr not continually passing before our
tyes, II would be wholly incredible that
any onr could be- - infatuated As 10 think
otherwise. But IL il characteristic of the
spirit al the church 10 despise impossiblli
tps In all the nrtssiindes ot IL existence.
II has accordingly pursued lis schemes OF
wealth and power with lnilring activity
and restless ambition. II some nations are
j%ralons nfihell Liberty, all are So "a regards
th,lf r%el,elon aud ali attempts to produce
ii general cliangr Ia the halter must everts
snlfln reaction and disaster. There urser
WIS, and there never will be, II mtlon
without n %r,llgion-it is ~ natural as civil
government Itself, aud Ia. records of all
human nature, establish the fti, that
whenever the social condition IS entered
into, religion Is the necessary aud univrGsal
cuuenmilant. Whatever this religion may
BIZ, nhetlitr Oh istian, Mahointtan or u
9fict, among each particular nation, II
Is ll,e object 81 the deepest attachment aud
retefcuf"-it Is lhat iustltullnn winch, of all
others, they are most unwilling to see al
of protantd-and IN the language Ola
great writer, " IL survives Tie rise aud fall
pl rtnpIr"s. Tue people cling to it with a
holy ardor az their greatest and their best
Iiope-1he) see IN ia pledg. of 81. curiiy
at II perpelnlly of happiness
Ii becomes idrntl1it 4 and mtrr-
IN with thslr affections aud tasueiaiinnz
and nrilhrt lnfcc nor persuasion ran ever
nduct them IL abandon il. f. 1t nut unjust
'ed uiirishteops - labor Systematically 10
i1ake tins moral ailcgiJnce-and To outrage
heSc natural Feelings aud prrjudic.s OF II
Nhu!e nation ?" Sarr,tcs, that wise and
'%ifittnus heather, Was condemned on n
mere suspicion ot IT, my 10 alter the rcll.
slo1 ol his country iuen-aud eau II be
that Inc bigoted llinduo, the E5us
dted Chinese, or the savage Indian, are
more susceptible of conversion Than the
'ollle Intelligent Athouians ? The En-
lrfnr ri Japan formally condemned the
Christian Religion, and expelled the Mis-.
from his Kingdom as mtschicsou.
mposIors. And AN intelligent Catholic
BISHOP states, tn an account at his missinna-
y experiments, IN thu Elst Indies, that he
'omPlrt,ly fn!rd-md that all hl- prcdc
'"ssul5 IN the same quarter had met with Il
late. A. Ia The American Indians,
Il stated Ia The Report, that remarkable
success had attended it.c LIST lahours-aHd
Ilr gelcfdl conversion ol the indians il
confidently affirmed to follow. Bot what
sttr" cSli"nc"oftai frcmatkablc succcss?o
" that a few ciilcfs are CONVERTED, and
= tbs ia" o,rrn h~rlulug result oiile long.
iclt'e 9nd efduous ial,ots Of Missionaries
tmoag THESE rcd tenants of the forest ? 1t
IS, ho""scr. undeolahlc in relation both 10
Indians of America aud the natives of
tnf Last, tha, even "A partial success with
el u nature calculated To Great
doubts "hflc they d, not exist, aud To
r"h'ifm them where they do, of the WIS
dom aud justice uf al such schemes What
~ The iaci Z Why that unl, thc most worth.
of them can be- induced la turn chris
and hat they are unrormly worse
alter than before their ,1nNersion-Thr
rrltslon 81 Christ Is indeed adopted-hut il
IS adopted only 10 be disgraccd. With
these lacts, asccrtainrd aud acknowledged
by the Missionaries themselves, can any
que he found blind "hongl, to advocate so
l"p'less a PROJECT ? lnfaet it never has,
nd He,er can Succeed. The Missionaries
may preach TIL they preach their tongues
~ hnt unless thcy had lie power of Car.
IL Ainaeaes, who baptized lily thousand
VI ours Il, cNce or would adopt the meth.
cd of HE Spaniards who baptized the ma
indians Of Jamaica, and cut their
Il save tllrm from apos,ary, their
aud their serN ices Viii be u%nproduc-
ife and Nalo-their PROMISES Of reward
and Recommendations of punishment will be
dlstesarded and despl,cd. 1t will no doubt
lie sud, # christianity has been ostah he'd
III s"elc countries, the salue thing can he
IN others bot ii must he rccuIlcctrd
tuat II has ue,er yet hech established in
any of those COMMITTEES by the aid of Mis-
Slohary rNCrliuns. IL has made is way
by. aud indFppnlsnt nf fh.n
Religion Ia the moral world is like water in
The physlctl-i il will invariably seek lis APP
IroptIa q ,irsceiimu- Let us then leave il
10 nah rs ~ wal-lo be Judged by its
fnii-to be estimated by its own
merits. But while the Missionaries are so
actively engaged IN exporting religion,
II not be be,ttf 10 supply all their
roltntry at home VIM are without IL i?
.rt Hs, then, Convfrt oWacltcs before we
30 To otlwrs-let us commence u,th the