here generally, and then may be written on the whole country, "Ichabod," the sad memorial of departed glory. In view of this, for the fate of my country I tremble. Could I so elevate my voice, I would sound the note of alarm, till it should be heard from Maine to the Rocky Mountains. Something must be done, and done soon, or the country will be ruined. Every right, and privilege, and blessing we inherit from our fathers, procured by their prayers, sufferings and blood, will be wrested from us, and sacrificed at the shrine of a most fearful despotism. There will be a reaction, tremendous, and awfully disastrous in its effects. There is no religion on the face of the earth, consistent with republican institutions, but the Protestant. Indeed, our civil government is founded upon our religion. When our ancestors were persecuted in their native country, on account of their religious faith and practices, they fled to this land, then a howling wilderness. Here they established a civil government consistent with their religion. And if any other religion than that which the Pilgrims brought to this country, and which is em braced in the different evangelical denominations of Christians should prevail, utter destruction will befal this fair republic-this land of civil and religious freedom. This is just what every Catholic sovereign desires and is now attempting to effect, by aiding and abetting in this direful work of spreading Romanism through the land.*

*As evidence of this assertion the following extract is made from a periodical, published in Paris, in 1829, entitled "Annals of the Association for the Propagation of the Faith," translated by a gentleman of this country.

"Most of the churches of the diocese of Bardstown, (Ky.) are very destitute of linen and ornaments; many, in fact, are in want of the objects most necessary for the celebration of the sacred rites. The Abbe Martial, whom Mgr. Flaget had sent to Europe in 1826, having shown the king of France the poverty of the Mission of Kentucky, His Majesty and Monseigneur, the Dauphin, condescended to present him the altar furniture for the cathedral of Bardstown; the tabernacle, cross, and six chandeliers are of bronze, gilt, and of excellent workmanship. M. Martial had previously received of the king of Naples six paintings, of the Sovereign Pontiff four paintings and the sacred vessels, of the queen of Sardinia an astensoir inlaid with vermillion, and of his highness the Duke of Modena an episcopal ring for Mgr. Flaget."

I would speak with the patriotic sentiments and feelings of 1776, the period of our revolution. The times call for alarm. Let the country be aroused ere it be too late to preserve itself from the iron grasp of him "who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God, sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself, that he is God." May Heaven in mercy forbid this dreadful doom. Let the prayers and exertions of Christians and patriots forbid it. The Lord Jesus Christ is King in Zion. He has displayed his banner, and on it is written, and in lines of blood, "King Jesus expects every one of his subjects to do his duty."

Appendix F.

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DISSERTATION VII.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OF YOUTH.

"TRAIN up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it." These are the words of king Solomon, who was celebrated for his wisdom. Dr. Scott, in his commentary on this passage, thus remarks: "When children are instructed from their infancy in the truths and ways of God; when they are inured to submission, industry and the government of their passions; when they are restrained and corrected, with a due mixture of firmness and affection; when they are trained up, as soldiers are disciplined to handle their arms, endure hardship, keep their ranks, and obey orders; and when all is enforced by good examples set before them, and constant prayer made for and with them, they generally retain their early impressions even to old age." Such are the observations of one, whose skill in this sacred duty was happily tested in his own family. All his children became hopefully pious; and at the time of his decease the same might be said of most of his grand children.

The subject of this dissertation is the religious education of youth. The nature of such an education, and the reasons for it will be now considered.

I. What is it to religiously educate the young?

A most essential part of this duty is to give them pious instruction. In doing this, children should be taught the being and perfections of God—the relation they sustain to him, and their dependence and obligations. He is their Creator-the Former of their bodies and the Father of their spirits the Author of all the perfection and excellence they possess. He is their Preserver-the Upholder of their existence; for in him they live, move and have their being. On him they depend for every pulse that beats, every breath that is drawn, every moment that flies. He is their Benefactor-every good and perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights. He is the kindest of fathers, the best of friends, the most munificent of benefactors. Children should be taught their obligation to love God with all their heart, to serve him with all their powers, and to render him the full homage of their souls. They should yield all their members as instruments of righteousness unto God. As he planted the ear, it becomes them to hear, and obey hist instructions. As he formed the eye, it becomes them to turn it away from beholding vanity, and to fix it upon his works and word, that they may admire, reverence and love him. As he gave them the organs of speech, it becomes them to speak of his righteousness, and of his praise all the day long.

Children should be taught the duties they owe to themselves, as the offspring of God, as young immortals, as candidates for eternity. They should be taught too, the duties they owe to their parents who fostered them in infancy, protected them in youth, and provided for their necessities and their duties to their neighbors and friends, with whom they have daily intercourse, to whom they may impart much happiness, and from whom they may receive much benefit.

Children should be taught their sinfulness,-that they have violated the law of God, rebelled against their Maker, and trampled upon the rights of those around them,—that "the carnal mind is enmity against God, not subject to his law, neither indeed can be,"-that by reason of sin their exposure to ruin is certain and inevitable,-that endless misery is denounced upon transgression-" the soul that sinneth it shall die"—" the wages of sin is death.”

Children should also be taught the way of salvation by Jesus Christ, that through him eternal life is offered unto all men,—that repentance and faith are the only way by which to obtain an interest in atoning blood, and secure the salvation of the soul.

In the religious education of children, they should be taught to govern their passions, and to restrain themselves from all evil ways to cultivate habits of temperance, industry, and obedience. They should be instructed to embrace the doctrines, discharge the duties, and exercise the graces of the gospel; and should be thus religiously taught by precept and example. Though precept has great effect, yet example has greater. It is sovereign in its influence. There is in children a native proneness to imitation. And this whole course of education should be accompanied with prayer. "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." Children, therefore, should be remembered in the closet, around the family altar, and in the public sanctuary.

II. Why should children be thus instructed in the way of righteousness and salvation?

1. One reason is, they will be likely to retain their early impressions. When they have advanced even to hoary age, and are tottering on the verge of the grave, the sentiments they embraced, and the spirit they imbibed, in their youthful days, will very probably abide, and affect