The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-11-12
Christian Advocate.

The union oil literature with genuine enus
hHy, al III times important, is pecuiiaiiy 50 At
bellne, andin this country. fhe eneune5 oil
tht Truth As It is in JesaS, are 1>in9 alithtn en-
delyors To maintaInthcir cause and eNtehdthcil
j hhence, by tbs powerful anSiliatles ol eiu'h-
j ton and tisle. and lfthe Truth He ltit naked, OF
appear only i, Il calrless OF sloYenv gafb, II
pl.lnot be like Y to attract the attention and
wnthe hearts oflhlt LARGE ard important por-
/ hon OF the commantv which consists oi the
Young, the cultivated and the aspiring. We
knaw, indeed, that suceeS- IN cutiNaing evan
] gelcalt nth must come T. ON Sod, Hio that
Eno.hns but his grace will ever change siagie
hanal, heart. Sill! we arc not ,oeXpect mir"
eles-we ATE o,ly to cXpectthe smile Prov
dehcc, ana the influence OF Diyintgraee, IN the
use olvlsoroas eXeii,cns, and oi means natn-
nlIy adapted to the effects intended to be P'o-
auced. When tue enemies oil vital goodness
|"ssltWlth learnIng, and VII, and tasle, they
must be combatted with the legitimate use oi
ue arms which they abuse. In this 'efFtce tht
Christian Advocate mes totakc apart sen
sble, indeed, that / must he an hnmdle part.
Rapres to &c somewhat i strumentalTH pre-
Venting he evil effects of llteralne frtSappled,
N eaJiHa ing and di!lu in. sound bfhlical cal
fc'nl- IN expo ing tnlsrcIn esS'It4ttoh ana SO
fehy,l N c othiag the pure doclthscS oi lht
gospel in that cha, and attr active dress which
. neY ave full effect theiI native CHAINS, ia
aldsyofnrto cherish the love oIlsarning and
alnstta5te among the youraei cief2y, and 10
Promote, 5encra,iy, imong UfthudnN h,i5lians,
IN tone and aspect Of true evangelical Piely,
Which shall dean us rat, that it j. not hasI!e
Cut highly favorable 10 whats lever tiIngs are
aae, honest, iast, pare, iovcls, aad OF GOOD re.
port A,nuder The Divine blessing, t hal
ne found that hes ere,uhs, to any considerable
ex.eot hayc,e-n p' odaeed by tbs publication
hw!l haeerendered service is which all who
Nadhve given il thcit aid will have reason tor
"er to rejoice.
The aia.s ofmattet which this publication
viii contain, t Is not Thought necessary to spe-
l'y IN detail. The Editor viii have con faat'Y
''9is hin the b st ret lou, nisc7 li.iIcs, ~ hen
ZssspHhh3h:d bothm Earope and The u1tcd
Gates, and VIII en- eaver, as lar Il, possible, to
@,d'I I'D npraye his own work, by all the
'a' Nhlcl. he can derive from hcoe sources -
"smy thought necessary To mention patti
ma, that an attempt viii be made 10 give a
@,e'sed aud comprehensive visw oi rel ious
Rorhce, that The readers Of the Chti stan
s,',o,@'e may know the existing state oil Bh'e
:Nt"N', mss ~, and REVEALS OF reliatHnt
."0% a'ag at the expense 'dttouhle ,weirf
~, ""'S cam afford, ofpn,caa.ing and rcaiin2
n..l7e'oq'p publications., TO which these ia
%.e'''ns and implltant objects have recently
gwen OCCASION
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