Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-07-28

o,rnce NAV be cherished in every heart;
each being concerned to know for HIM
self in what way, consistently with has
private and social duties, he may EN-
nloy his talents for the good OF Others,
and steadily to persevere In what ne
NAV have rightly undertaken; with a
cons,apt reference TO the divine bles-
s;nq:-not with view to popularity
or ostentation, but simply as acting the
mart of a wise and faithful servant who
must give an account to his Lord at
his coming.
No subject of this description has
more interested our feelings, from year
70 wear, than the continuance OF the
Slave-trade and the degraded condition
of,hose who are kept in bondage. In
The course ofour present deliberations
the cruelties of this horrid system OF
Injustice have afresh called forth our
deem commisseration and we earnest
Is desire, Notwithstanding the slow
nropress that is made in this great
cause, that no encouragement may pre-,
vail. but rather that all may be melted
70 labour with greater zeal for the ut,
,e- ,ho;;t;on Of the Slave trade and OF
Slavery. :.
The importance Of rightly training
the Youthful mind in very early lie has
again claimed our serious attention,
and we cannot better convey our pre-
sent concern than by reviving the fol-
lowing pertinent counsel: "We ten
derly, aAectionately, yet earnestly, en-
treat such as are parents, or have the
care ofchildren, that they be very ear"
" and finn in eudeavouring to habit
uate them to due subsection to their
will; that having maturely weighed the
iniunctions which they find necessary
to impose, they suffer them not to be
disregarded and disobeyed. The habit
of obedience, which may thus be lndu-
ced, will render the relation OF parent
and child additionally endearing; and
as it will prepare the infant mind for a
more ready reception of the necessary
restraints of the cross, 1t may be con-
sidered, in part, as preparing the way
of the Lord; whilst those who neglect
10 bend The tender minds of their chill
dren to parental authority, and connive
at their early tendencies to hurtiul graf
;6cations, are, more or less, making
way for the enemy and destroyer.
In connection with the usual pro-
ceedings of this Meeting, it has been
reported that the sufferings OF our
members, including the charges of dis
traint. have amounted to upwards OF
twelve thousand nine hundred pounds.
With very few exceptions, they have
been incurred in support OF our Chris
tan testimony against tithes and other
ecclesiastical claims. We have re-
ceived Epistles from all the American
Yearly Meetings, and one from Ire
land, and can again observe that tins
mode Of intercourse strengthens the
bond Of fellowship with our beloved and
distant brethren.
We may thankfully acknowledge,
that after carefully reviewing the 81
tuation Of our Society, we have nc
ground for increased encouragement
in regard to the state of things amongst
us.-We have had abundant cause to
speak we'll of the goodness and power
of our Heavenly Father, whose banner
over us has been love, and in conclu-
sion, we desire reverently to "cOmmend
you to God, and to the word OF his
grace, which is able to build you up,
and to give you an inheritance among
all them which are sancti6ed." Sign.
ed on behalf Of the Meeting, by
JOSIAH FORSTER,
Clerk to the Meeting this Year