The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1826-09-26

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In proof of the Indians being thus descent
ded, MFR. Adair adduces the following argu-
ments, which Mr. Smith has cited in his work.
I. Their division into tribes. 2.Thcir worship
Of Jehovah 8. Their notions of a Theocra
cy. 4. Their belief in the n1inistration of an E
gels. 8. Their language and dialects. 6 Their
manner of counting time. Z. Their prophets
and high priests. 8. Their festivals 'fasts, and
religious rites. 9. Their daily sacrifice. 10.
Their additions and anOintings. IL. Their
laws of uncleanness. l2. Their abstinence
from unclean things. Is. Their marriages. d.
vorces, and punishment of adultery. II. Their
several punishments. Is. Their cities of Ief-
uge. 18. Their publications and ceremonies
preparatory. II. Their ornaments. Is. Their
manner of curing the sick. 19. Their burial Of
the dead. 90. Their mourning for the dead.
81. Their raising seed to a deceased brother.
20. Their choice of names adapted to their
circumstances and the times. g3. Their own
traditions. -
The history of the Indians which Mr.. AdaiP
and others have given of late, is singalarly Gu
rious and interesting, whether they are the
descendants of Israel or not; and we ought to
feel highly interested not onIyhin their history,
but as it respects their civilization and chris
tianization. TO them we owe MUCH. Too
long have they had reason to lament their
prospects i; and too often have they had oeca-
sion to remind US of our treatment towards
them, as did a sachem once, when in New
York, 1.-the white people," he said, 'cames
hnr
into the wilderness, far from the water the fish
and the oysters. They have destroyed our
game. Our people are wasted away: And
we live miserable and wretched; while you
are enjoying our fine and beautiful country:''
Our dealings with these people, heretofore,
have hardly exhibited the character of chris
tan nation. 1t is time for us to cancel cur
wrongs and our arrears of charity. Their
civilization, their conversion to truth and right
eousness, constitute strong claims upon our
exertions. 1t is with pleasure contemplate
those efforts toward this object which have al
ready began. May they continue yea may
they increase until the Word of Life shall
wind every stream-ascend every hill, and
visit every cabin and every heart, and convert
the song of the war-whoop of death into a
halleujah of prayer and of praise to the Babe.
of Bethlehem. The period is approaching.
when these natives of our western forests, Will
hold conspicuous place in Zion when their
idols and temples will be displaced by schools,
and seminaries and churches, dedicated to the.
King of kings.
Prophecy is unfolding an era, the most in
teresting and momentous to the church and
to the world. The day-st is rising in the
East, promising to umine all the beniShted
nations of the earth when the HindoO and
the Hotentot,-the African and the the Jew
fEa hvcipian nd tho M and
nation under heaven shall be seen rallying
around the standard Of that Cross, which was
planted upon the sepulchre of the Prince Of
Peace Prophets, Apostles, and Martyrs, and
the witnesses down the long lapse of time,
fhave looked through the vista of ages, and be-
held in faith the great Sabbath Of Joy, and Of
Rest to the Church,-the dawn of which, we
anticipate, we NOW behold. The angel, with
the everlasting Gospel, is to be heard flying
| through the heavens, and the mourning of the
Church, we trust, will soon erd.-The day is
approaching, when she will be beheld emer-
ging from her wilderness state, and take her
stand upon Mount Zion, presenting herself to
the world, fair as the moon, clear as the san,
! and terrible as an army with banners" It
must be expected that great and interesting
scenes will intervene between this, and the
| ushering in the full blaze of that millenniai
Day. The mystick Euphrates must he sub
verted,-Judah and Israel must be assembled
from the four winds under heaven, and the
great battle of Armageddon must take place,
and then, If our view is correct, according to
the chronological order Of events in prophecy,
the Millennium will commence.
How far the natives of our country will APP
ply to the prophecy, respecting the q Kings Of
the East" 10 their return to Palestine, Oh
whether some other people will be more in
unison with the prophecy, may attempt to
show in some future numbers, should the Edi-
tor feel disposed occasionally. to devote cor
ncr of his paper to this subject.
YPSILON.
The American BOARD Of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions, convened in this city
on Thursday last. With the particular
deliberations of the Board, we are uaac-
quainted, and can only speak of the pub
lie exercises.
On Thursday evening sermon was de-
livered to large audience by the Rev. DR..
Griffin, on the subject of Foreign Missions.
Fhe preacher illustrated and enforced with
much skill and power of argument the ne
cessity of evangelising the heather, and the
imperative obligation of every Christian to
cooperate with the divine Author of his no.