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 Drar Sr.--with tlis, forward you a copy of my aidress before the F. N. Socieiy. As had written oaiy skeleton, containing Ihe leading tcpics oi ,l,oo gh have foesl tt quite impossible recoec; ihc prec sc phraseoogy n which they were illustrated h ras Gcvegy. In ,his respect e may, and probably vii, appear those who heard 1t, tO differ nal, from the precise form of expression employed e delivery. l have endsavorcd to present the same thoughts and whatever variation may be perceived ia the language, must be attributed the ot the case.
 Mir. PRESIDENT
 When the corruption that vas spread over the nations had begun tOprey upon the vita!s of the Church of God, and the darkness deep enened over the earth, indicating the ap- proach of fearful curse, it pleased God to announce his determination 10 avert the threatening calamity, by uniting the hearts and efforts ofthe children to those of t',e fa- thers in spreading abroad the knowledge of
 
 ness :-a curse still hangs heavily over them, winch can he ayerted only by the Gospel and its institutions. And the union of the children with the parents in the great work of cnding salvation through the world. s.,s necessary now, as it was when the Most High amour ced his determination,by Malachi, to produce this union, for the purpose of preparing the way for the coming ofthe Lord Jesus.to bless all nations. AndFit is, Sir, in the hope of drawing forth the expression of this Society in aid ofa similar union, for similar pur poses, that l offer the following resolu- ton :- M
 v Resolved, That n the opinion of this So ciety, tue Missionary enterprise commends itsel / tits peculiar intersss to the stuaious attention andpermanent patronage Q frHE YeUNG."
 This enterprise enmmends itself to the attention and patronage of the young, be- cause.
 Such attention and patronage cannot .Jau to erert hdppy iSyqaence os tue JormatiOn of their intellectual character.
 Ineed not here, Sir. discuss the relative in, portance to the y'eng, of mental discipline and cultivation nor say. perhaps, that al most every thing in regard to the amount ol their future influence and usefulness depend. upon their character for intelligence. Thi. hope, Sir, is not the country where noble bloods to take precedence of mental and ,no ral power, nor where culpable ignorance and folly can escape detection and contempt. II our youth arc to rise up to maturity respect ed, they must be intelligent. If they are to spread over the. associations in which the> now move, cheering light, they must he in teIligent. If they would become safe deposI taries of the invaluable institutions end privi. leges which must shortly be committed to their hands, and send down to the generations that are to come after them. q healthful infln ence. they must be intelligent. But to be in telgent, hey must acquire general inJ formation And the attention and patronage of the Mis sionary enterprise contemplated ia this reso lu'ion, creates po,cerf ful stimulus to Mis acqui sition.
 One of the prime difficulties in the way of the acquisition of general Information, lies in the want ofa commanding present interest in its pursuit. To the youthful mind in love as it always is with excitement, the use of gene ral knwledse appears to lie so remote in the field of it's vision. that it is with reluctance that it foregoes the present pleasure of animal excitement from other causes. for the labour of thought andaacquisition. The command ing interest is felt to lie in the indulgence of a rapid and strong flow of animal spirits Hence it is not, ordinarily, until the youth has formed the general plan of his future life. and settled it's general outlines, that he is bro't to the voluntary labor of acquiring informa- ton. And even then, his inquiries are with great uniformity, confined to the objects that lie within the field of his future occupation; and to these, principally as they may be made ] to affect in dollars and cents. the prosperity of his future business. Beyond this circle, he finds little to attract his attention, because he feels no commanding present interest beyond it. That which is needed.is an interest which 1 shall unchain him from the contemplation of profits merely, and invite him into a much ! broader field of thought. And, Sir. the stu diOus attention and permanent patronage of l