Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-08-23

winch taey can exeri. Ii caunot be denied that
aFePuoiican government Cannot prosper where
the great mass Of its members are sunk in VICE
and corruption; and il, is as entirely plain that
there is no other guard against this but the
preaching of the Gospelin its purity and sim.
phcity.
"The Pulpit
On the sober use
or its legitimate peculiar powers)
Must stand acknowledged, while the world
shall stand,
The most important and ~effectusl guard,
Support and ornament of virtues cause.''
"A CONGREGATION EVERY DAY"
In the year 1890 an enumeration of
all the Inhabitants within the limits of
the United States was made under the
authority OF the General Government.
and the whole number was found to be
~S,924,328. From that time 10 the pre-
sent, the enumeration has been repeat.
ed, after every interval of ten wears
and from a comparison Of the four emu.
merations it appears, that during this
long ~period,the population has uniform.
ly increased at the rate of three per
cent. per annum. The total population
at the present time cannot be far from
100000 II we take three per cent.
on this number, it gives US as the in.
crease of the present year, Chat is. the
excess of births over deaths') $50 900.
or, IN round numbers, one thousand G.
eery dnyi
Is it possible that we are increas-
ing at this rate? Is it possible that
since our last paper was issued. rbe-
SIDES the number necessary to up.
ply the loss by death tsecen thousand
souls have been added to on ponuIationS
Newark contains $500 souls. New Ha-
ven city 7.le0, Hartford 6 900. New
Brunswick 500. Can it be, that the
addition to our republic every week is
equiValentto the addition of one Of these
cities! History affords no example of
a growth so rapid If the nations of
Europe were to increase at this ratr for
a series OF years, their politicians would
be terrified with the apprehension of
famine, and would see no preventative
but infanticide. Happily for us, we
have no occasion for such fears. Let
The population increase at the rate of a
thousand souls a day for four centuries
to come, and the wilds of the West are
fertile enough and spacious enough to
feed them all, But although we have
nothing to fear on this score. there is
one view on the subject which we confess
does excite aiarm-When we think that
every day adds to our number one thou
sand immortal souls, one thousand be-
mgS who will be forever happy or for
even miserable, and then reflect that in
the providence of God, their destiny is
IN an important sense plac ed in the
hands of Christians in these Atlantic
States, we do ask and we ask with fear
and trembling, what provisions are we
making for their spiritual wantss-A
new congregation is cons itted to our
care every day. Is the American Edu-
cation Society adding one TO the num-
b"r of hhal pastors every day? Is the
Bible Society printing a thousand bibles
every day? Does the Home Missionary
Society add to it, list one more mission
airy every day? Alas! the whole num-
Der OF young men assisted by the A.
merican Education Society In all the
various stages of education the last
year, was only l56,-and the numbel
Of their benefciaries who will enter til,
held Of ministerial labor this year, i
probably less than sO,-less than will
make no allowance for additions b.
the emigration OF foreiFreTs because It has lee
sa'jsf ctorily sscertsiued that the hummer O
u'e-e eutPrants is too snAll to produce an
Sensible effect upon the calculation Il IS evel
Questioned. whether, in some Years, it has bee
S HicicHt TO hsilsnce the number of our ow
eo'GtIy aen who emigrated to c di
a. I. Dos.