Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-12-18

,ia,i,y, should be extensively known and pro
mulgaled.
AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL Union.
On Tuesday evening. December }, Manner
Gus meeting was held ia the hrsi Presbyterian
Cturch in this city, with a view TO promote
The objects OF This inrerc. ing institution. Ro-
bert r .ls on, Esq. was appointed chairman OF
the meeting, which the Re. Dr. Green opened
with prayer The Rev Robrri Baird, Agent
Tor the Union. r. ad sta,emen, Of he present
condition Of the Sooie y. from which II appears
that il is indrbed principally TO some Of its
own spirited managers TO he amour, ofS4o, 600
for La blic a,inns issued besides the balance due
for The Union house IN Chrsnat street.
The speakers al this meeting were John
Sergeant, ESQ WIN. I. Dwight, Esq. the Rev.
Wm T. Brantly of The Baptis, Church, The
aodore Frehnghuysen, Esq. Senator Of the y
S from New Jersy, aud the Rev G. I. Bedell,
OF h. Proestsn Episcopal Church.
II would give Us pleasure 10 present our
readrrs with each address delivered on This &C.
casion, for all were truly excellen; out i, is al
presehl out of our power. Mr. Sergeant con
sidered it an unbeatable fact, 'hl, Sunday
S, hools have been mote successful in PRODUCT &
sEf; CT in our coaatry than any other kind Of
schools; aud he could account for It only by the
ClrcQmSlaute Oh 'heiT CODbtAAou WIN ttHSIOU
Providence. he said, has sc, His bread seal of
appreciation on the American Sunday School
Un;on; while the it6dsl attempt to promote
III, education Of children according to sys.
ten WHICH proposes wholly to Danish religion
from all connection with the instruction of
youth has completely failed. He cons dered
tina, the effort, which are openly made to dis
card every species OF religion, ought 20 prove
8 powerful indu@"men, TO support Sunday
Schools with energy, especially since they have
been proved 20 BE- he bcs nean, OF promoting
a nations virtue and prosperity.
He ,rus ed thai the open assaults now max
ing upon Chri,tisnitv by he advocates Of If
dehtv would prove the ocr aston, ius,rumen,sl-
", Of the more vigorous d,ience Of the Trn,h;
,Ist as It proved, that when, in Re,out onary
France, one Of the most degrsdtd objects Of
fallen human na,uIe was en,hroned in blood as
an Object Of adurz,inu, MIR. Wherefore was
producing work which then produced effect,
and mas con ;inu, to be feh eve, since. In me
course Of mis- speech. Mr.. Sergeant paid very
handsome tribute TO the memory of thr late
Judge w .shingtoD, whom he considered an
ornament to this Socic,y, 10 the bench Of Jus
,iee, aud his Country "a man in whom The
child like implicitly Of the Gospel was blended
with all the dignity Of profound civilisn
Mr.. Fr.inghuysen spoke in a very natural
and persuasive manner. lie is really ore Of
NI,ure's orators, who daIes to vindicate the
cause Of Christ in any company. We Ameri-
cans, he said, are a free people This is no
an empty boast. We are a. tree as the air or
our mountains. Instr d Of being ensiaved by
laws, the People make and u"make cuns,i,u
lions and laws al their pleasure. We s'e not
Cove ned by prisons. arme, c 'urts, or halls Il
leglsla ion. Nothing hu, public sentiment rules
tese United Sia'es For his ,s ason, he cou
sidrrrd il essential to our continued f,eedos,
from Nranny, snarrnv. and every oppress"r
that the peoDlr should IT, we'll iniormrd. Sat
o,'h Schools exert themselves to rerdrr the
diffusion Of knowledge Common and universal;
and The reason Why thy ave Hourishen l.,
that they are founded on the Bible. Tha, book,
he conceived, had done more and wnuld do
more, than all other causes combined, 10 pro
mole our civil aud religious liberty. The gol-
den rule Of nar Saviour Iha, we should do TO
others as we would thai they should DO 10 us
is more terrible to tyran's, aud all Invaders OF
human rights, than armies and Treasures for
they may be met, force resisting force; but the
doctrines oi Chris, are irreslsiblr IN their ope.
ration sgsins, all who may ne leAgued agains,
the liberties Of mankind. The Bible ,eae he's
all the children Of Sabbath School ,h.,r
righ,s and their duues ana those wuo feel
the power OF divine truth, and aoi sgIeeably %
il, must be rRsENsN, and the supporters Of
civil and religious liberty
The R'v. Mr.. Bedell expressed his grea,
sa,isfscti.n at having 6eard the cause Of true
religion and the best interests If our country
ably sdyot atrd by statesmen, who are above the
suspicion Frequently attached to e,e,gymrn,
that they are peculiarly interested in thr offence
Of virtue aud mnral,'y I nigh be- exnec ed
OF him, ne said, from mis- prof ,siopal o,cupa-
lion, tina, he Should follow their example, but
he had merely risen TO Fer remark N Sab
ba b Schools, with reference TO the prevention of
paupeyism Our country il is well known. r,
c.ises psupers, as yell as all other classes If
persons from Europe; and il is a subject of
de. p interes, whish is of,en proposed. how we
NAV ape 40 increase of our poor iaxes
From his own personal observation, he
though, he might senrnr- 20 assure the audi
snee, that Sabbath schools are the best means