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] 4 TilE PRACTICAL C HR IST l fu~ .


COMMUNICATIONS,


THOUGHTS ONFAlllILY RELIGION.


E xtract of a ldter fl" o711 Charles Gl adding, to,


, · W. H. F.


" Where shall we be able to ex elt; Jplify the


spir it of Christ, if we eanllot in tl JIlt. , circle:


which is endeared to li S by th e s tro llgest natu­ral


ties? ' Ve may be able, perhaps, to go out


into the world and IlI'each what lIIany cail the


Gospel ; bllt I do lIot believe we shall be


move, l hy ti, e Spirit to proclaim the pure and


heavellly principles of Jesus; until they are first


imherided in the heart at home. And


where is th ere a hody of people that can man- ,


ifest th eir light to the world to mOl'e advnn- '


tag e thnll the devoted alld heavenly family cir­cl


e ? I feel that i have not realized the hal) ­pi


ness flowing from this source, so ' llll( y as to


describe ii perfectly; still I think I have real­ized


enollgh of ii to d esire more. ' W hat a


heal'en below it; thUl filmily wh'ere love I" eign~


TO CORItF.;; I'ONDF. XTS ANIl READERS.


T~ ltl letter from E , M. R ., Lowell, through


th e P. ' M: wit. h its cOflte nis, cnme safelY to '


hand. Also B. \ V's, ren, ittance ft'dill : t'L ever-ett.


Al so D: D's. fl'Ol1l Mllulll VCl'llfln, N. H,


' Ve did not withhol. lthe pllp er, It \\' IIS sent


as soon us published. \- V e had full confidence


in OIIl', f,. i..". H), D :- H " ", i1I- " ec- loi - I< JOkli'l'g


at dm es, why we have puhlish ed np to this


time only foul' numbers. \ Ve liave nllt Y( l't


hud things in a re gular trail); hlit , expect


hereafter (' 0 puhlish om work punetuall)' ahout


th e heginning and middle of ea eh , mollth, and


to ge t all J H1per ,;; iuto th e llIail in good season.


Our HI', May ' s lett er and ' nallI es were duly


receiv ed. We hope he will so on fullil his


promise to colltrihllte : to onr colunllls. Let


him not delay. We th ank our HI'. n. in


Providence, who suhscribes for sevel'lll cop­ies


to e ncollrage us; al80 all who have affOl; d­cd


liS similar enc ourageme n t.


Q]"" Our read er s will exc llse th ~ somewhat


IIl1nllturalarrangem ellt of our Editorial artic I~


In th e last numhel · . " Ve inl f'llllelllhat the Tract


s hou ld hnve heen !' rinte. l ' colllflllc, tly, lind that


tire 1I0tes shonld hav e followed ill their natu­ral


orde r. , \ V e trust however thut th e sagaci­ty


of 0111' friends wiil lIl'; I(; e the article read in


its proper cOlIIlP. ctiou.


Q]"" The arti cle ent itled ". J1ppetit( s obove


moral Sentiments," shollld hav e hau the illitials


" D. S. \ V." ulll\ ched to it.


a:: rW~ hav e pnbl ish ed in , this nu ' inher a


list ' of- Agents which wus mlld ~ out ill huste; ,


alld which we hope to elliurge by the llssi st ­a


u(~ e of 0111' Brethrell , wh ell we hear more ful­ly


fr olll dIem,


FALSE DEFINITION.


\ Ve cut the following serup from the Ne w


York Luminary: a Protestant Methodist pa­per.


If this Luminary sheds abroad such


light us this, we may well exclaim, O]""" If


the light that is in thee be darkness, how great


is thar darkness!"


WHAT IS RESTO! tA'I'IO'NISM?- A rejection


of th e meritorious death of Christ, and II sub­stituiiou


of the sufferings of sin ne rs ' us an ato­ning


sacrifice for sin, or the price of heavenly


glories.


W'e will give a counter ' de finit ion. Resto­ra


tion ism is acomplete and effectua l applicn­tinn


b f the atonement of Christ to all fot"


wh om it was made, III Sitch tillle as eac h indi- .


viduul is prepared 10 re ceiv e its benefit,


wh ether before or after death. Punishment


ca nnot at one lor sin. Hui- it mny he a means


of hnrubling lind snhdning th e soul so as ' to '


prepare it for regen erating graee .


ERRATA- Several lIul e errors hav e , occur-


: red in previous Nos. which however we'think '


th e good sense of 0111' readeI'll will ' c'orr ect. ­There


is on e in No. 2. Section 1. of 0111' Ex­po


sition which it may uot be amiss to rectify.


In th e first paragraph it is sa id there ure 37


books in th e Oltl Testament. It should be 39


instead of 37.


VISIT TO CINC INNATI.


\ V e understand that Br. Edw in 1\ 1. Stone is


\ lIbont ~ isi l i n g the brethren iu C incinna ti. ­'


Ve' wi sh him a sale anrl prosperous journey,


!\ lay he declare the whole counsel , of God,


and his labors prove a Insting blessing to the


people who sh all wait on his minist ry in that


c ity- of the West ,


NEXT CONFERRNCE.


\ Ve hope to be nbl e in 0111' next to announce


the place ofmeeting for 0111' Qunl'lerly Cou­ference


in th e latter ) Jllrt of'Jllly, or the fir st


01 August. \ Vill those who nre conceni ed ill


th e arraugem ent give us timely 1I0tic c?


bread and wine at S acrament with a pole is.


anti- christi au. Such are the lengths to which


he is carrying things. Ought he then to be


tolerated? Above all, ought tie t. o he appl'ov- ,


ed ! '


In the fifth place, he is ambitious. With all


his women, lind colored adherents" and 8


motl ey multitud e of congenial associates, rest­less


spir its from ev ery sect and party, he feels


hi s importance, and assumes to he the grand


Leader of th e Anti- Slavery ent erprize, lIe


tak es " 100 much" upon himself. \ He must be


pill down. There are other Anti - Slavery he­ro


es and generals fit . to ' comma'lId" as well us


he. Moses harl his Korah, Dathuu uud Ahi · .


ral il,- and Cresar had his Hrutus and Cassius ;


let th e usu rper beware! Ough; he not to re­ce


ive " d ellth for h is amb ulo u ?"


III tb e sixth plac e, de ar ' C h~ is t ia n , yon know


th ut Garrison is a . sortof sui generis Qoaker,


who beli eves th at all duy s ought to he kept


holy, and therefor e that keeping only ' Sul- hath


duy so, is not up til th e umrk of pure Christ­ianity.


He is 11Non- Resistant, too, uud deems


it , ami- christian t~ repel physical force with


physical force- s- evll with evil'. It is snid,


withal, that he is a P erfe dionist; and beli ev es


man, with the help of God, can do hi s whole


dllt.' tJ ill th e present life, ifhe will only tl",' 1 us he


ollght! AII thi s is passing s trang e ; it' is rnon­strolls!


Shull suc h a mall be suffered to go


on deceiving th e people ?


Finally, he is a " no- g overn ment , mall ." He


beli eves that nil 1II II lIao governments now ex ­isting,


howe ver n1Jcess llry utili good com pared '


with a worse state of things, ar e more or ' less


ullti- curistian in the spirit and poli cy of th eir


constitntions, and will fin ally ( lass nway UP- ­lore


the brightening, manifestation of the king­dom


of J esns Christ: that kingdonl whie\ i'i s


not of th is worl< l, bllt whiehis , Iestin ell to su ­pers


ed e a'nd swallow up all mer e hUlIlan ~ i n g ­doms


; ' that kin gdom wh ose law s .,. are writ­ten


o n th e heal'l , IIml whose jHdgr~ eul s talle


hold on th e inmost sou l ; that evel'l astin gki n~,


dom, which shall n ever I'll!'!; awaY,- in th e


flliness of whid. th e tahernacl e o'rGod shaJ I


lJe Wilh men, aud all hatred" sin,_ WIlI' --,", n­death


/ iJrevel' ce ase.-- 80' hewill- not fight with


carnal weapons for one country agllin st the


pe; Jple of another. He willllot acc ept office


nnd hind himself to ' ta ke the life, limb or lih­erty


of hi s gllilty hrother mall . He will not


vot e othe rs into offices which he cannot !~ o n ­sc


ie lltious ly fill himseif; 1101' sne lIIell at the


law ; nor dep end on th e pl'Otection of the civil


or military power for pe rsonal salc'ty. ! n fin e,


, there is nothing wi ld nnd ex trav3gnnt, a nd 1111­Jlopulnr,


illto which his fitnlltic ism has not


plullgell him. , E ven hi s lri elllls who idolize


hirn : lll1ow that he is lIlall, with slllll, 1ry 1, lInllin


weakness, whilst his ell en lies think th ey. have


good reuson to b l'li ~ v e " he hath a del, il," In


th e mid st ofllil thiN th e man has ihe h[\ I"() i­l,


ood to retain hi s rallk in ' th e An ti. Slavery


: trIllY, anti stoutly comen ds th, lIt he ong h t not


io be expcJ1led from among his oidassocillles­all


his re ligions an ll politiclil heresies to the


co rit;' ary notwitilstallding. He will have it


th at the olu Anti- Slavery platforlll is hroad


enough to hold him lind ' all othe r real Aho­litionists,


whether orthodox 01' het erouox, ­wllr


- m e. n or peace- lIlen, politicia! ls or nOli­politician


s, hUlllun go verlllllent- men 01' divine


go vern me nt- me n. But issn e hIlS heen j oin­ell,


divisiolr created , and se pa ration d1ccted. ­AmI


now'the cr y from " flew orgnnizlltion" is


down with ~ arrison, the infidel and ~ narchist !


Shall we, d eal' Christian, join in th e death­cry?


Let us first Jlans e, lool » nto the ftllure,


ami coilsider well whethel: at last, when all j'l­lusions


are dispelled, and truth comes fully to


light, and God si ts in judgm en t on hUIll1lll '


eOnd jlct, \ V. L. Garrison will not he fO! J1Id


nearer righl than those who have set th em-


, seh'es in array for his ove, · throw. Let us con­side


r that pride, and prejndiee, and envy,....:...


though inv eterate UlIII irresistable for II time"


llIust at last p eri~ h tog ether in the very pit


which th ~ y dig for the faithful witnes, ses of


hated trnth and righteousness. Think of


the f~ ture, thejusl and impartial future !


In th e ( illl, rth pla ce , he has bewitch ed ilem"


Iy all. t: 1e colored people, who sti ekto him lik e


hurl'S, and will not believe th ey hav e unother


such a fi'iend in the country. lIe is cro\ vd­ing


them on as filst as he can towards th e


drimlled consummation of an IInn atu ral am al­gam


ati on with th e whites; clurnoring on a, lI \- I


occasions that they'are real human hein gs­and


that th ey lire entitled to equal righ ts nnd


p rivil eges with other people: He mqin t: lins


thn!. the negro- pew is a rdiet, of Slavery , alld


that rea ching a colored commun ica nt the


rnun.


think it your duty to join in the cry- " away


with su ch a f ellow from th e ear th !" \ Vhat sa y


you , s ha ll he be el" Ucilied or ' not ? I n order


that you may judge, perhaps you wi sh to know


what ac cusations are laid against him. I will


ende avor to set them forth. _ •


In th e first place, he is a most dangerous fa- '


uatic- wild, visiouary, furious and uutamea­ble.


He has disturbed and agitated the whole


North American Nation on the subject ofRe­publican


SI. 1very,;- denoullcing . it as siuful


again st God, inhuman between mau and man


iniqnitous and abominable ' lIltogether ; U111i


contend ing that it ought immed iately to he re' ­peut


ed of and a bolished ; all th is by peac eabl e


means alone. Thus he' would annihlla te


$ 1200,000000 worth of pl" Operty at a stroke ,


and let loose thousands of ferociqus 11 utch e rs


to rava ge th e whole Southern- Country. . By


th e prolllu lgurion of such monstrous notions,


he ha s got himself mobbed ut th e N orth , fJllll'


do om ed a t th e So uth. to destruction, by lar ge


offers ofrew artllur ' hi s abducti on. And now • oug ht s uc h a fell ow to live in this most c hris-tian


a nd republican cou ntr v P Only ' consider ,


how many thousand men ~ l nl women he h; s


infected with this madness of immediate emau­clpatiou,


most of whom, but for his violent


ou tcry , would hav e slept in qu iet un consci ous


torpor on the ver y br ink of S lave ry'e volcan ic


c rater to th is day.


, III th e second place, he is a loud - mouthed ,


l" Ou gh- ~ p o k ell , har sh- toned '.' VoIcE - cry ing in


ti, e wil derness;" H e has c lnlllo red " wolf!


wol f!" " fire! fire!" without any sort of regard


to delicat e ear s; or l! rowsy eyes,- und ha s lie­nouneer!


: ill th e " d umb 110gs that will not


hark"- el'ell all those rev er end clergy who


love th e wages of iniquity. He has Inid 1,' 0


fear of llIini sllirs or chu ~ c h es , uefor e hi s eyes,


1111t th~ at ed th e ' advOl'! lte8 al ul apolog ists for


Sl avery in the p ulpit, j us t as if th er e were no


suc h sacr ed place. And by this mean s he has


driven sOlue iuto An ti. Slavery, who will ne v­e


r forgive him: th ei r anti - Garrisoni st~ ' heiJ\ g


to th eir ah{ Jlitionism as , two to one. TIIl ~ s has


h e hatch ed a, brood to pick hi s own ey " s o ~ t


- or ut le ast to attempt ' it . An 4 " lig ht 1Jt


su ch ' ill OIaO'- to be anatbenmtized? , ' Da..


Christian, you cun ; lot imagine I how thi s lIIan


hIls thresh ed and winnowed " th e clerg, 1l !" ­And


he is st ill ti, e sUllie co ntulllacious ' Ilssa ii­nnt


of the priesthooll. Shall he be a llowed t


go. on ?


In'the thinl plac e, ' he has inveigle, l th e wo­men


Olll of th eir " nppr6priate spher e," and set


them ugog after th e righ ts ' an. 1 privileges' of


" rn eu- in soln ~ lch thut some ofthllm presullle


to vot e allfl'speak in the pnblic assemblies of


a boliti ~ n ists : I" t is e" en appreh ended , that


th ey lIIay be en lboldened to claim an ' equ alily ,


wi th men in a ll our volnntnry Ilss 0ci a ti on s.~


Nor can th e eni l of th ese things be for eseer:..


If th ey shou ld be ilUshe d to snc h extremit ie s


that th e llIen ar e forc ed into the peculi~' ' of­fices


of wives anti mothers, and all - the con­comitnnt


el ' ils of those relations, Garrisonism


will th en have consummated its work with a


Iwimess , Bnt th e niliv crsal opinion of the civ-


• iliz, cd world is ngainst th is in terchangeable


metalllorphosis of th e sex es j it insists that \~ O­men


shall keep their p! ac e. They may ' sing,


mid dan. ce, and de cla im , in that eelehrat ed


se h oa l of morals, th e Theatre, hut as to th eir


voting and sp eak'irg ngain, st Sl avery, in _ the


pnhlic mecti ngs of philanthropic ass oc iat ions,


it is intolerable, They may al so, if reli gl2.!.!~,


tl'llvet" the st ree ts a ntI circulate ' 1' ra et~; 01' tcncl\


in S unda y Sch ools, or do uny mann er of bns i;


nesss ass ign ed to th em by the c lergy, for theil'


person al adv antage and secta rinn aggrandize­ment;


hut oth erwise than tlt is, th ey ar e to


con ~ id er it the " ehi e/ end of a woman to g et a


husband," or ' at lea st a master. NOIV' all th is


conclusively sh olVSthat Garri son ou ght to be


si lenced at once a nd forever; he is a dangerous


THE PRACTICAL qIRISTIAN. ' ­iUen


d on , June ,15, 184 0,


FAMII. IAR LETTERS.


As on e method of entertain ing and instr; lct­ing


our read er s, ami with l( view to avoid edi­tori


al formali ty, we sh all frequen tly- add res s


film ililll- lett ers to th e Practi cal C hr ist ian - p er .


sonified. The adl h: ess wi ll gen erally ' be


~" Dear ' Christian." This, will affim] ' us


, ' I


oppo rt u nity to sa y many things in an casy,


pl easant m: nner , which might oth erwise weal'


II s tiff a l! d les s ag ree ahle as pec t. It will also


affiml vari ety of menltll exerc ise, both to ItS


and onl' readers. • \ Vo p rcsllme we s ha ll be


llIiderslood , U1l1i th at onr 1II0t ive will be aplH'e- '


cia tel!'


GAR RISONISM.


fl eaI' Clllistian ;-


I read n gren t deal in t! 1C


pap ers, anI] he!! r a gre at deal sa id, lrom tilll e


to time, ahom Gm'ris onislll . It is represelll ed


hoth by pro- slavery and anti- slavery men, as


a most no xious, hat eful and horrible com­pound


of mysterious - anll ind iscribable mis­chiefs,


whkh mu st be put down, or chnrch


! lnd s ta te, religion and govemment, will be


slIbverted by its pot ent influen ce. But, my


uear Christian, yOIl would knolV what this


' same Garrisonism 18. \ Vhy, th ey say it is in­fidelity


in religion, and Ja eobinism ill politics ;


that its drift, is to destroy ' the , Ch urch and an­archize


the State- to put dowil the clergy, ai\ d


rlisband civil magistracy- to rend aSllnd er all


the ti es orflUman society. Now SOll'le peopl e


are very anxious to know wh ether yOIl are go­ing


to endorse Gllrrisonism, or oppose it. It


is suspect ed that you ' a re a littl e tinctured with


this odious ism, and at any rate ihat yon will


1I0t be very forwa; d in denonncing its repllled


a u th or. Nevertlleless, there are those who


ihe Scriptures to need quoting.


, , 4. Of revel ation by indwelling ligllt, or in ­t


ern al inspiration, we have , on e perfect ex­ample


in th e ca~ e of J esus Christ. He had


" the spirit ' without measure." God was wtih,


hiiu and in him, He always did uud said


wh at pleased the Father. " I n him was life,-; ­ami


that life was the light of men;" " the true


light which lighterh every man that cometh


into the world." " I am in the Father, " sa id


he, ~ ' a n d the Father in me." He was th ere­lore


guil ele ss and ' infallibl e- b, ei ~ g in a con­sta


nt communion with God. The most ex­cellem


oft he jiro phets and apostl es were iin­perfect.


They were holy men compa red with


, oth ers, but not always under th e influence of


th e divin e ap iri t. It sojourn ed with th em ta t


tim es nnd se aso ns , but iiwel1 permanenib] with


non e of them, Nevert he less , whnt th ey utter­ed


evide ntly fi'olll th e impulses of that spir it,


we are' to receiv e as divine rev elation by int er­nal


inspiration. \ Ve nre also to allow gr eat


weight to wh at th ey ' ordin arily snid without


_ I'o s i t i~' e " ins pira tiou , ' ns th e words . of men


whose hearts were pure, and whose lives wen,


emine ntly exe mplar y amo ng th eir conte mpo­rari


es. I f th ey had fau lts , defect s, a nd errors,


it is ce rtai n th ey were as read y to co nfess unrl


, amend th ern , as we cnn be to det ec t ami mag ­'


n ify th em. ' Had th ey acknowledgeri no


weaknesses and ! ilUlt~, th ey e ither could not


have been hnman, 01' e lse bein g hu man, we re


not hOliest eno ugh to own th em selves snc h. ­So


tim! , theil" lIdmittell imperfel: tions only


comme nded them to 011 1' mor e en tire respe!: t


lind eo nfiuence. They w ere th e ver y men, of


a ll oth ers, most fit to be th e or gall s of divine


co nJlllun ica tion to th e Ula~ s oflllank ind. And ,


since; superadde d to all th e rev el at ions made


t hr ou gh them, we ha ve the pelf eet one made


th rou gh the on ly Bego tte n Son of GOII, W! J


may co nsid er ourse lves tt; or ollghly fUl'llish ed


wi lh all the kn owled ge necessar y to our pr es-


, en t and etern al Illlppines s.


Such are th e se veral principal met hod s


wh er eb y God has Illad e the complet e revela­tiuli


of which r have been treati n ~. And how­e~


e r olhers may v iew these suptlrn atll1' lllllnu


miracu lou s matters, I feel that as a rational


man, governed by th e 1' llles of evide nce, I am


' bou nd to I~ gard' th em as rea lities. \ Vfthout


, supers tition; th erefu l'~, 1 m,; st heartil y a nd


: fi rmly beli eve th at th e Bible co ntains a COlll­,


p lete re velation of th e divine perfe cti ons, of


, h uman duty and of th e future s ta te .

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