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deprived ' thpnji of | fv BiboceBt ^ ti 9 X y ? fft s , Pf 4 a" 0 £ p £ < 3 irrefvcey ^ i ^ H ^ M ^ IPt ^ m ^ the 0 ther ^^^ IW ^ ^ M ^ ^ * n& $ w ® h : $ pp : m % * fti « * % * th ^ t , ^ o oe ^ sjMif w M # jr as anciently the g liaracteristic of its
pe ^ saniry ^ in the pUce of an io ^ ytrious ^^ nd civil race pf people , \ yjio lived in tolerable plenty and Jmro , perhaps as virtuous and
ash ^ ppy as their superiors , we now too generally see the lower classes ae $ dy > thankless , impudent ^ and prpf ^ oe ^ viewing the ranks above them \ with envy , unminglcd with
respect , and often devdid of those kindly feelings towards eacli other , which humanise the mind ancj mark man as the favoured work of an infinitely beneficent Creator . This is a dark picture of the present state of things ; but I am
persuaded that a great majority of those who observe and reflect will join with me in saying , that were I tp enter into particulars , its colours might be deepened by a thousand gloomy additions , without the smallest exaggeration of the truth .
Few , perhaps , will dispute the fact wtucl * I . insert , ' that both lu ^ ur ^ y . ^ nd profligiacy , have of
lute grefttfy in ^ riBasad , % re incr ^ asiug aad ovi ^ bt to be diminished ! Th ^ , me % ns then , the certain , the infaJUbleapdt ^ poiat ^ d ipean 6 to do tjl ^ a , afe \\\ our hands ! The pyro . ^ , ujja < 4 ult ^ ated doctrines of Cfirt&t are all-powerful to take away the sins of the world . Deep *
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ly prejudiced & w * m the Jewg agairot a tt * eek and suffering R € _ &tfe * cfer $ mitoto corrapt « s ^ ere both tff ^ r rfrid tM dtber nations to wfioirt the to&stles preached ^ still
vanities , pkrffetrre ^ 1 a&H ' -eifroltt , meiits 6 f tMs pftssing ^ w ^ tld 5 tiH the irivebtiofl ^ of ^ the Hjeatheji
converts mingled theHas ^ tves m \ h it , and by de ^ reeg ttb 4 ctered it ^ beatitifql % hli |> licity vitk- a . thick veil of my ^ teiries , contradictions and absurdities . » .- /• t
The advance < & biblical learning md 4 f ktiovkdge has happily op ( efi ^ dth 6 *" eyie 9 of some of us to perceive thisj and it ia our prime duty to try evifei-y poasibte means of communicating the light we
have received , that the doctrines of oxlr gireat'tfeachermaybe again displayed to the world in all their native beauty anfl usefulness The scriptures ate open before us > and the example of Clirist still
shines as a lamp to direct us in the path that we should tread ; why then ^ it may be asked , do so many who profess to be guided by it wander far oat of the way ?
why are some % o vain an * disstpated , others eo selfish and worldly minded ; so anxious to acquire the dross of riches , and s < rdisposed to look down ii ^ on those 0 / their brethren and sisters of th £
human race ^ whfc are placed in what they c « dl inferior wt «» ttond ? Why do those \ Aor to ^ tronatont In their attendance upcm * tli * out-
