Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-09-03

But the great God,
Out of pity To maninkd,
Sent his first-born son
To come down into the wsrld.
His name is Jesus.
The Lord and Saviour of mon,
Who redeenis them from sin.
BY endurance Of extreme misery.
Upon the cross
They nailed his body;
Where he shed his precious blood
To save all mankind.
Three days after his death
lie rose from the dead;
Aud during forty days
He discoursed on heavenly things.
When he WAS about 10 ascend,
lie commanded his disciples
To communicate his Gospel,
And proclaim his revealed will.
Those who believe will he saved,
And ascend up TO heaven;
But those who do not believe,
WIN be the first to DC con-
demned.
Throughout the whole world
There is only one God (Shang te y
The great Lord and Ruler,
Without u second.
The Chinese in early ages
We're regarded by God;
Together with foreign states
They walkcd ia one way.
From the time Of Pwan-kco2
Down 10 the three dynasfialr A \
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oaSFss A, q 5 chsw' y
With the intensest feeling.
The inscription ON Tshangs bath
ing tub
Inculcated daily renovation Of
mind;
And God commanded him,
To assume the government Of the
empire,
Wan was very respectful,
And intelligently served God:
So that the people who submitted
10 him
Were two out Of every three.
When Tsiu obtained the empire,
lie was infatuated with the cenii: I
And the nation has been deluded
by the devil
For the last two thousand years.
Seuen (S) and Woo, (g) Of the Han
dynasty,
Both followed this bad example;
So that the mad rebellion increas-
ed,
In imitation Of Tsin's mis-rule.
When Woo arrived at old age,
He rcponted of his folly,
And lamented that from his youth
up
He had always followed the wrong
road, 10
Ming, (ii) Of the Han dynasty,
Welcomed the institutions of Bud
dha,
And set up temples and monaste-
ries,
To the great injury of the country,
But HWY, Of the Sung dynasty,
Was still more mad and Infatuated,
For he changed tho name of Shang
te God
Into that OF Yuh hwang (the pear
ly emperor IL
But the great God
Is the supreme Lord
Over all the world,
The great Father in heaven.
His name IL most honorable,
To be handed down through dis
tant ages;
Who was this Hwuy,
That he dared TO alter it2
VI was meet that this same IIwuy
Should be taken by the Tartars;
And together with his son
Perish in the northern desert.
From Ifwuy, Of the Sung dynasty,
Up TO the present day,
For these seven hundred years,
Men have sunk deeper and deeper
In error.
With the doctrine of God
They have not been acquainted
While the king OF Hsdes
Has deludcd them % the utmost.
The great God displays l3
Liberality us deep as the sea;
But the devil has injured man,
In most outrageous manner.
God Is therefore displeased,
And has sent his Son, Ii
With order to come down into the
wvfisf,
Having first studied the classics.
In the Tfng-yew year (1S3I)
lie was Received up into heaven,
Where the affairs OF heaven
We're clearly pointed out to him,
The great God
Personally instructed him.
Gave him oles and documents,
And communicated 70 him the true
doctrine,
God alec gave him a seal,
And conferred upon him O sword,
Connected with authority
And majesty irresistible.
lie bade him, together with the
elder brother,
Jesus,
To drive away imrish iiends,
With the cooperation Of angels.
There was one who looked on with
envy,