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| For . number Of years. il has been
usual on tho Sunday immediately proceed
log or succeeding the fourth OF July IL
raise collections in tho churches Of Virgin.
n. for the benefit OF the State Colonira.
ton Society. II is behaved that an at
tempt 10 remindyou Of this laudablc Gus.
tom will not be construed into an &C. Of
lrresumpiion. The writer INDUCES the
conviction that every member Of The dis.
,inguished order he addresses " in be faith.
ini TO this cause, which is fast rising on
the scale OF benevoieEce that expands
itself for the COOL OF nations.
The clergy have civilized Europe
Philosophers and historians have no, only
conceded this point. but they have pla.
ccd II above contradiction. Are We will
ling. then, that civilians, Legislators, aud
merchants should he eoniending in he
cause OF African civilization, " Thou, an ei.
Tort on our part TO reach the goal which
they have set up in the light Of the ,ro.
lpics?
| The cause Of Colonization has been
called clerical scheme. Some who
hare never examined The crusades in the
lights OF philosophy. have hkened its
agents TO The Hermit Of Amicns. But
ihis scheme was not invented by The clsr-
ICY. The men. who, in 1850, founded
the colony cf Sierra Leone, were OF the
laiiy. Marshall, Madison, Clay, Mercer,
and Tyler, belonged, and belong to The
same order; and by these men has our
aid been iayoked. Let US prove ourselves
worthy ofthe invocation.
The Colonization scheme has never
forfeited the couhdence Of any jenomi.
nation. The Episcopal Chureh has &C uit.
ted hersels well in this enterprise. Ii re-
quires but slight acquaintance with
history 10 know how energetic the Anels.
American Church has been in the execu-
ton oigrcat and good schemes. Every stu
dent understands aud spprc cia,es her con.
ncction with those events which introdu-
eed the Reformation. the number and
msJesty of her martyrs. The richness and
purity oil her literature, the solcmniiy oil
her forms. and the retreats Shich for ages
Sue ..as furnished 10 unpretending pieiy.
10 our own day Henry Marvin has trav.
ed Mahomm danism in the capital Of Per-
sia. and made the forms of Christian De.
vo,ion TO supIlant the muticriugs Of idoia.
try. AT this moment. Savage aud Minor
are onfuiling the standards of the Anglo
American Church on the confines OF
Liberia.
The ministry OF the Methods. Episco.
pal Church have been true 10 this great
cause. What then viii the Angels saw,
should they now relax their efforts, and
] permit those Christian colonies 10 die !
Will they, can they consent that the flocks
which missionaries have collected 10 Ii.
IBERIA shall be scaitered1 Will they per-
nit the green fold which their brethren
have reclaimed from the wilderness 10 be
given back 10 wolfsh pagsnism' This
tsennot be allowed by the successors Of
wesley. who, as a scholar, cnlightened
the university Of Oxford-who, as q re.
former, agiiaied pstions--and whose lie
was long drawn picture OF generous Phi.
lanihropy.
| The ministry Of The Baptist Church
have done much for Liberia. and :iey
vii accomplish more, presiding as they
DO over numerous congregations. There
are whole churches in Liberia Of kin.
dred order 10 those over " hicl they rule.
The statement Of this fact is enough 10
enlist their lest efforts, II not, let me
HA UU tDltt IDO~
dels Of philanthropy which have been
visible in Hall. Fuller. and Pearee. The
mantle OF Carey, who provided moral
germs which have borne ssIutafy fruits
10 India. has been deposited among their
archives. Stsnding among the vibrations
sof the chord which he struck. they cannot
DO indifferent 10 The desiinies Of Liberia.
To Tho ninisiIy Of nay own church,
the wiiier ia privileged 10 speah. Whea
did the Presbyterian Church draw back
al the call OF beneyolenee. or when were
her ministry startled al ans enterprise be-
cause Of the msgDifcenco Gifts design or
difficulty Of lis execution. History asso.
ciaieS your predecessors in ihe sacred
Office with the classic enyirons Of Geneva:
with the towers Of Tho ALPS, with the
sine-clad bills Of France; with lie Uni
yersiiies Of Hollsnd; with the literature
Of the Culdees: With the Shamrock Of the
North Of Ireland. and with scotland,
whose people live IN tic shadows Of al.
gust mounlsinG Will The pos,essors Of
such heritage achieve nothing fer L,be.
iisl
This brief address has not been diela.
ted by desire 60 escape those tolls " hirh
are incident 10 an Agency. Any tolls
are eheeriuIly encountered. whether on
tho east or west Of that mountain which
divides the surface o. TIC State. bot sup
plies from IL &c nous chain liaks II sui.
cieli power 10 unite this commonwealth
in sny great design. Nor has il been
dictated by desire 10 be conspicuous. Tor
tho fine Is coming when one dismond
mark 10 the temple Of philanthropy will
be worth intellectually more Than tie most
elevated niche in tho temple 81 fame.
THOMAS D. EALCH.
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