The Litchfield County post., 1828-03-06

SntlFR history nt tnNt CNuutFN RaN uFesa ffthAe@ cuird wilh aaWonird zcal and aawoBted suc-
 cess and the result is. there IS more general
 information spread through the naiinn in re- ] gard io sll S"uihcTa Asa, than would have { bcra possessed for many years to come, with oui the attention and patrunag" of the mis-
 siOnary enterprise which produced it. The
 same is true ln regard tO our general knoNl-
 edge of th, Sandwich Islands. Had it not
 been for me Mission planted there, and the { interest fait ir it, we should have been to this i hou, almost asignOrant of tue geography, { geology, character and manners 0f the Sand { wich islands, as tine Islanders have been of Us. The interest created by an attention to
 the Mssionary enterprise and its patronage, has prompted enquiry, and enquiry has led to
 the knowledge we possess on this suhject.- ! And. Sir, ie; all our youth give to this enter 1 prise the attention and patronage which tho
 Teso!utionn contemplates; let them study it I in all its bearings aud they will read ,and they will think ;--they will find themselves soon in { the midst of an immeasurahle field, filled every where with materials of profitable and de- I iightful thought,whence they will gather trea-
 sures of inestimabIe value. They will grow l up to the stature of men in knowledge, when otherwise, ,hey may carry to their graves the
 moral nPotency of childhood.
 1 But, Sir, the attention and patronage of the enterprise contemplated in this resolution, cannot fail of exertiug happy influence in 1 impartng to our youth magnanimity of ] character "a nobility of mlnd, of vast inn portanca to them.
 | Intelligence is not all that is needed to rem l der men useful OF lovely. There is such l thing as intelligent n1eanness. And there are. 1 Sir. in human nature, certain qualities, which
 when exhibited in their proper proportions | and relations, cannot fail to excite the admi-
 ration of any mind. Among these, would
 name philanthropy,-selfde denial, ~-n0ral herOism. But the character must be l formed under such influences as to render } these qualities permanent traits and to de-
 Selope them as such. And the attentinn and l patronage ofthe Missionary enterprise by Cur 1 youth which the resolution recommends, con
 stitutes no unmportant part of this very mhu-
 "nce. For,
 l N turns thsI minds to tie contemplation of
 great and nobip objects. The influence of this contemplation is seen
 in the general facts of this case. For how. l Sir, are the characters of those men formed,
 in whom the noble qualities have mention-
 ct! are never exhibited, or deeply obscuTed 1 Search out their history, Sir, and you will 1 find the general fact to be, that they have ae-
 custoned themselves to the contemplation of ] small, ignohle objects. Their own interest, 1 and the means of promoting it; or the char
 acter, principIes,and modes of action, oi those
 who have successfully prosecuted schemes of | gain thece have constituted their general l topics of thought. Their synpatties you
 vii: find crar1ped and dea9>neL by the @nar- ! roWnes3 of the circle in " hich they are exer-
 r;@"d. and thus their characters are formed on
 tha model which is presented in the objects of their habitual contemplation, and nothing
 which indicates greatness of soul-nothing of
 thst nobility of spirit which all admire,is there.
 But on the other hand, ,ho@ --under what infiu-
 -nce are the characters of those who exhibit l most of these admirable traits, formed! Look
 into their history, Sir, and you shall find them ~arly turning their attentions t0. the contem- plation great and nohle objects. They have
 loved to look at men devo,ing their best pow CTS to the accomplishment of some great and good purpose; struggling with opposing eau ses with moral courage that yields to no diff fcutirs, and manifesting their greatness ir 'heir self denial, and ultimate success. You find their sympathies expanding over a broad circle. and gathering vigor from the freedom and conStancy of their exercise. And the
 Missionary enterprise abounds with these great objects. Hall and Newell, Sir, were
 men in whom philanthropy, self denial. and mora! heroism. shone forth in happy light. Under what influence were their characters formed They studied the Missionary enter prise. and they patronised it. and we see the effects. They sacrificed their all to the great object of preaching the gospel to the poor heathen of distan, cline. And when arri
 we'd in lnda,yDu see them tried and bafiied by the opposition of the government, but you do | not see them fainting under the repulse, and !imidly abandoning the enterprise. They showed themselves men of moral courage e. nough to look danger in the face, and you ad- mre them for the nobility of n4ind they ex- hibited. The same things ar true of Bucha- nan and Martyr. And they too formed their noble characters under the influence of stu dious attention to the Missionary enterprise. Mrs Richards too Sir,we have heard much of Roman virtue, hut Mrs. Richards, with moral heroism founded on the principles of revealed truth which in defence of virtue and righteousness could sacrifice life, stands upon an elevation which Roman virtue ne yer reach ed. But it was under the influence of the contemplation of the objects which the Ms slnnary enterprise presents, that she gained this commanding elevation.
 The attention and patronage of the Mission ary enterprise contemplated in the resolution, must have an important influence in produ- ding the Gevelopement ofthe admirable qual- lties have named. hV enrurjno c,,r ,to,ttS ,,n !