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It is a mark of peeuliar guilt and folly not to


forgive. The best authority teaches, that' an­ger


rests only in the bosom of fonls,' and that to


hate a man is to be a murdere r.'


THE PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN.


THE PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN.


MENDON, MAY 15, 1840.


and generous brethren,- each one faithfully fol­lowing


the liXht which shines on his own under.


standing and conscience.


EXTRACTS•


. .. It gives me pleasure to announce therecep­tion


of the first No. of the ' Practical Cbristian.'


I, have perused its pages with interest and etten­t~


on. I r~ gard it as a new sign of the times- a


sign of higher progress in virtue and righteous­n


• A paper of this kind is very mach need­ed.


And although I do not perfectly agree


wIth the doctrines laid down in the ' Standard'


yet I believe that 1 can heartily bid you God~


sp~~ d ID y~ ur efforts to keep alive the true


spmt of rational christianity and piety in the


hearts of your christian brethren•


.\ Ve are uiorully dead, and need to be made


alive, , W~ ure. cold and indifferent, and need


an enlivening influence to raise us above the


sordid tendencies of time and sense. I rejoice


to believe that you aim at the moral intellectn­~


l and spiritual elevation of human ' beings. It


IS the greatest office In the world to a waken


though~. He, who is instrumental in awaken­Ing


a smgle soul to a just perception of its true


wants as a religi? us being, is ~ orthy of a high­er


name than Philosophenor Prince. The Prae­tical


Christian is a periodical that will take as


the saying is. I believe that I could obtai~ II.


hundred subscribers iu DIy travels by improving


th. e opportunities which T have. .1 hope yo~


Will spare no pauis to obtain a sufficient number


t? warrant the publication, Enclosed is $&.


lor SIX copi. es of your . w~ rk. I cau wi- h you


110 poor~ r WIsh than unlimited success and pros­penty


ID all your temporal and spiritual con-cerns."


. N a C


. G-- 1I, April 12, 1840. . • •


Our beloved Br, John Calkins of South Wil­braham


has sent in the names of seven su bscri­bers,


with the money for the same, and 5ays: ­


· '. Go on my Br, with your little few, in the


strength of Gideon's God, and prosper."


The following is from one of our old and fast


friends, who loves the truth, and though not


prepared to subscribe to all our peculiarities 1M


not afraid to trust himself in the broad daylight


of intonuation. He is a Restcrationist of tho


right slamp,- and goes for practical christiani­ty


and the world's reform. God giloe us lIIuny


such auxiliaries in the cause of truth and right­eousness.


~ OTICE 0.' TilE LIBERATUR.


For the following respectful notice of our lit­tle


1V0rk, in the Liberator of May 1, we acknow­ledge


our fraternal obligations. II has made the


Practical Christian known to many friends, who


otherwise would not have heard of its existence


for a long time.


The Practical Cltristian.-\ Ve have received '


and perused, with no ordinary satisfaction, the


first number of a small sheet to be issued semi­monthly


at Mendon in this State, called • The


Practical Christian.' The regular contributors


to the paper will be Adin Ballou, ( Editor and


Publishing Agent;) David R. Lamson, Geo. W.


Stacy, Daniel S. Whitney, and Wn: t. H. Fish.


Its object is nobly set forth in its title- it is,


Practical Chrilltianity. [ Then follows an ex­tract


from our Prospectus, which we omit.) We


hail the appearance of such a periodical as ano­ther


cheering and important sign of the times,


and commend it to the patronage of all those who


hate iniquity, eschew sectarianism, rejoice ill


the doctrine of christian perfection, and believe


that the will of God is yet to be done on earth


us it is in heaven. It espouses the cause of


Non Resistance, Abolition, Temperance, Moral


Reform, ~ c.

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Ballou, Adin

1840