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' THE PRACTICAL C HR IST IAN. 39


BO$ toll, J1 uglUit, ] 840.


g el', th au to trust iiI a ll th e men, women and


enrnal wcnp ons ill th e' world,


May the Lord give us wi sdom to urge prnc- ;


ticul Christianity, individu al pi ety and person-


111 holiness. S. lMUEL S. GIBBS.


1\ li11ville, Muss., Aug. 16, 1840.


De~ r Brother Ballou :- \


I hav e had, for the


first rime, the privilege of tillly arteudiug one


of our QUllrt erly Conferences ; lind being so


situated in life, th nt r have to labor most ofmy


time, IIIHI part of it excessive ly , fo r the mai n­tenance


of myself and family, you Illlly well


suppose I hud n r ich for eta ste of thut glo rious


Test wh ich remain s fil l' those who are waking


it the chiefa im of life' to follow ill th e path onr


Great T ea cl. er has marked uut for us, And


whnt / I blessed a nd c heer ing thon ght it is, es ­pecially


for th ose of us who illive to luhor mHI


, to il 10' 1' th e support o f th eir ea rth ly and decay­Ing


nodies, lIIHI tho se we lire IIOUIIII to pro vid e


for, Ihat th e re i ~ suc h II rest p ro lll i ~ ed ns. ­There


th e lollu wers of th e Lamh " S hllll hHn­g


er nn more, lIeither rhi rst lIny more ; ne ilh er


• hall tllll JcIlin light' o'n the m, nnl' IIny heat; lor


t he Lllmh which is in th e midst of the thron e


IIhali le ell them, " nd s ha ll lead Ihem milo liv­Ing


fiJlln lllins Ilfwllters, lind God llha ll wip e


nwoy 1111 tellrs from th .; ir eyes." , p ilI' excess -


, iv e lllltor s e ' en lire 1I0t ", i, hollt it blessing lit­t


eluling ~ h e m , ilillSIIlIH: h li S rlw.\' give us 1I1110rll


, realizing ~ ense nu d I; lor iolls hope 01 lliil! " re_ t


wh ich rHlIIlliliS fill' th .. pe opl o of G~. I." Alid


not only do we rcj oi l ~ " in liolle of bOI/ ily resl,


hilt we rCJ" iee infin ite h more in bop e of spir­itual


resl,- tlHl rest o f ' the Slllll. H" re 0 111'


m ind s , ~ a llllUt he pcr ll, cl ly a t rest; fill' we ai'll


p. lucel! in II wo rld of sill all d temptation- snr.


tOlll uled wi lh .. vi i ' m d besl't widl l'Ilrl ' S lind


lri al~ ; hilt in tllat " Lcwd ofrfst " sorr;, w lin d


" Iligh ing will never e nte r. T lwre will hll no,


templat ion to Clllll illi t Sill" wb ieh i~ our ' I! reates t


ell elllY bere i nl! wi ll he Inn;, nlu l cOllsequently


_ 11 will he !. ll'ace nllli 11IlI'Inolly, IlIuljny . B les~.


eli tl ll'o ~ bl! il ' ev ell nolO fill" our liearl s wi th


j oy IInspeak" LJ lc.


I ' Oh, tliat ,. 11 might h a~ e with in them Ihe


-' M mly- ellTllb lisill'd liop e of entering that " LlInd


Of · l'est." Whut It Ilily it is, 11mt the exalllple


of Christ is 1I0t hel ll Ull ns th e way, hy th e


g reat ho. ly ( If profess~ ing Chri stian s, in stell/ I of


llfllilh, as ir is en lled, inst elld of II b d iefin sOllie


)' al'ti(' llInr lorllll/ Ia 01' creed. C bdst hns de­clnre,


1 hilll selfto he " the ~ ay, Ih" Imth a llil


tb e life, ll ~ l U Ihat 11 0 IIInn cometh to the F a ili'


er hil t hy H im." And if,~ e hav e only II fnilh


tll at Christ wa!' th e SO li nf GoIl, lind thlll Be


~ lItfere. 1 nlld lli ed 10 rede " rn our lost lind mill­lruble


rllce, and 1I0t lll~ 0 11 fllilh th llt He WIIS


~, mt a s " teache r 1' 1' 0111 the F ltth cr to d ire ct Clld


lead th e way ha" k to onr F lllh er' s hO, lIse, 0 111'


lilith, 1 11m incli ne d to thill k, will do ' II ~ littl e


gmul. Chris t is pl: lCed c1eady hefi. rll my


min '!' ns lin example, IInll an y IlIilh thltt docs


riot prom pt 01' move llle 10 dn ~ ood IllI it did


Him- ill II \ V or i' , if it i, s nOI lI, y IIIlmt lIlId drill k


10 do rh e will of thll Fmher 11l: cOl'lJlng to my


ah ility , ll~ it wns Uis, I hilve 1I0t th at \\ ilh ill


which e nlthles me cOllfi dentllJ 10 hop e ' [ ~ h ll ll


elll ~ r th e " Lllml of resI," rhenlooocs ! lftl u: hlesl,


III1lI rhe ~ oc ie ry n f the jllst IIIlHte " erfect . ­Many


m'e rellfly to say, we arll ll epe ndin ~ on


goo ll wo rk : J 100 IIInch lor sa lvut ion. My lot


hilS been cust for mllllY ye llrs pust nmong ~ lIc h '


Ii clu ss of lteopl e, and 1I0lwith sllllHlilig I IIIIVP,


heltrd IIlnny Innd profe ssions nf lili lh ltn ll pi et y


slIIon g them, ye t I l~ lIi sorry to / lilY I IlIIve


( ound them, in 1II0re inst llnces tha ll one, not to


be the' mOllt!! Cl'IIllulousin th eir llelll ings wil ' h


th eir feli ow men , or Iwe ll wilh th " lr hr et hren


in the C h urc h. I have found th em not th e


m05t sc ru plilnus nbollt overreltching in n hllr­guill,


or injlll'ilig Ih e goo d nRnm n f the ir nei gh­bor,


wh o lIIi ~ ht hon est ly differ ~ ith thelll in


Illolters offililh. And ye t th l'se peopl e pr o­fel!


8ed to he filllo we rs of th e meek III1lI lowl y


JeHlIs. They co uld pnt 0 gnrh of sa ncriry 011


S" tllrdny IIight, IIl1d keel' it on possibly liII


SlIn llllY, nfter service ; ' h ut . from th en till Sat­urday


night clime rOlln. 1 ag ai n , a stranger, or


" ny on e else , wlluld hnnlly think th ey belong.


ed to a Christiun Chnrch, IInl et;" parlicular


pllin" Wel'e talt en to let them knOW• - I. I. I IIllve


seen Ihese persons ge t up in meeting alld ap'


pWT to he " ery ; c' I'I'y fill' th llir hnll con. lnct­ncknowletlge


th ey hnd done wrong, line! pray


Ihlll" G", I wonld ma kn th, ' rn hettel', an, 1 c lose


by askillg rhr. ir h re ~ h ren to pray for them. ­Bn


tllnc!' having be cn liC1' 8( llted from these


same people by tim e and distance, I hav e again


seen th em rise in meeting, lIgllin' l'lIY th ey


were sorry 1' 01' whnt th ey had done, again pruy


God to make them bett er, and again clo se hy


asking th ei r brethren to pmy thnt th ey lIIigh ~


be better, N ow" after ha ving been absent


from th ese pe! 1I, le ,/ lIlIny years, when I see


. them lignin and find th ey have 1I0t nd vnnce d


in gooduess - i- tbut they are us eas i ly irrituted


- thllt it tak es us little to arouse th eir pnsslons,


' even to th e rnn st violent p irch - i- when I find


th at th ey a re as se lfish as th ey we re ten years


ago- when I find th ey are n o more con cerned


nbout the temporal or s piri tua l COllllilitll! of


th eir fellow hein gs- no more anx io us to Reek


nfter ti, e lost, 0 1' 10 raise th e fidlen- when I se e


th at th eir' religion l~ OIl Si sI S mostly in words lind


forms - c- fiunlly, whe n I see few or 110 goo d


fl\ ! ils l'eslllting-( lIncl I hav e II right to judge


hy tl.. eir fruils) - what must I th ink ' of th eir


prolesslons- i- o f th eir fait li, about which they


talk so lou rl ? Mllst I not conclude, wi, lh e" ­cry


cIlIltiiai person, th llt th ey hllve no litith lit


all? For ' u nless W" hllve 1I filirh Ilml prom pIS


li S 10 good works, it is vllin, it is worlh less .


Shollid Ihi s . a lleet Ihe eye of llny who ha ve


n ev er t llk~ 1I C hrisflls th eir / rllide - ns th e way


hack III the hosolll o f Ihe ir II llav'mly F at III,..,


I ", ollid ur ge " 11011 yOIl 11111 illil lO l'lal lee of fill ·


lowill g II illl- ofdoing goo d, even ns li e did


g oor/. TlI ke lip yonI' C ross d. eertu lly lind fill­low


Hill. through e ,' il lls we ll liS rl, r llllgh good


r~ pol'l. Thcn, ' 11111 not lill then , will )' 0 11


hllve lI im fill'lIUl, 1 wi lh in JIl Il- the hopt. ofilll - '


mort al ~ Iory . T hen will yOIl he enllhled 10


pa~'$ Ih rollg h whatever trill Is lI! ay aWllil J ~ II in


th is va le of rellrll wi th compos llre , IIll,' i ng , llUt


li,' ing contidenl ' e ill YOllr ' ~ l ca\' l~ lI ly FlI ther


which wi ll enllh le )' o n to loolt hey a nti' the


grllve " 10 1111 inherita nce i n ~() rrn p tih l e, unde-nied,


und Ihal fllclet h 1I0t awa y ." S . S . B.


BF.,\ UTIFUL EXTlIACT.


T he foll owillg moving I'lIrllgraph is fi'om


II ' speech ' o f N. A. lams, or" Bos lnn , p" st or ~ f


E~~ ex s tree t Chllrdl , mad e hefiJl'e th e " P rison


D isdpl ine Socie ly," in ] 836. In thi s eXlrac t


Wll hll" o mllst- hel! Uliflilly -' enforcetl ' t he pow er


of mornl suasion. There is g rent trllth in the


w ord~ of the Ap~ stle, , oillO gUo. Jne s8 of th e


Lord lill\ deth th ee 10 rep enl an ce." How ma­I


~ y of our lost race wal1fler IIhom in co rm 1' ­rion


~ n d sin, withollt llyml lllthy lind / lid. 13m


no Irll e so ul 1' 1111 feel happy while one wltn, ler.


er is wit holl t Ih e ark of hOpll. , As we read


Ihis g rnp hie pi etllre o f th e pri" oller, may we


hies" God for t l", li lin islry of th at R ed eemer


wh o " c:, me to ope ll the pri son 10 Ihem wh ic h


are hounu, Itnd to let the'oppressed go free."


' e. w. s.


" YIlU hO\' e see n th e offimde rcarried to th e


S lat e P ri son . Of 1I11 the sig hts which th e ey"


o( mercy look s IIpon , th ere is IlIIrd ly one th ut


Wilkes " I' Slic h Ip. eli ngs II;; t h i~. He comes


fron i the " llh it: I" . und bi s arms a re pin ionell ;


th e otHeel's l! lad h im to th e in closllre ; the:


' JlII.: r gilIe opcns to reeeh'e him ; he Bwnds


withill, 1\ I l( ~ the pulisad es llre all arolln ll him,


~ o high rha t th e)' nr e tlr ead lill. GlIngs of con­vicls


ar e III wo rk in th eir I; arli. co! or ed dress; ,


the ' gllllrd s tan d over them wi th prese nted


nr earms ; th e c urio ns me n look lip us he puss "


es a lo ng, lind IIpon th e fll c lJ~ of so me _ of lh e n ~


is " grinning inl illll)'," lind npon olh er", com­pnssion.


He d ra ws near th e Jnil . honse ; ils


gl'llted windows fill h illl wilh honor ; Ihe iro n


door o pe ns with II noise; the 80111111 of hi s


first 10' 01 · filII in th e ent ry ec ho es a nd terr ifies


hilll; h is ee ll door [ l, ee ives th e key ; be ha s


gon e in. , H llge, lIIll3sy wall s opprel" s h im al­most


to ~ lIffocll l o n. Now he feel s Ihat he is a


con viel , if he d i, 1 not re a lize it befi' re. P er ­haps


he clime Itlong ohstinnt e ly , / lnd in a ngel' :


or ~ v it h desp erntion, sw earing profiultlly th at


he wOlild hr ll\' e nil Ihe terrors ofhis pnnish ­ment.


nllt 1I0W th e consc ious ness of hei ng a


con vict hns ton ched ' bis prond hearl. If bis


ce ll hilS a wi nllow in it, he lou ks out upon th e


bu sy, ~ lO isy , fr~ e, 141111 to h im huppy world,


/ Lnd th e l: onlrrtst to hi s own cond iliun mllkes


himfe er' IIgaill wh ut it is 10 he 1I con vict. - ·


P erhap s he hilS / L wilil; s he is now th e con ­vict


' s wife: th e pl ay ma tes of hi s lilli ll ' c hild ren


will thi nk , ifnot say 10 them, " Yon I' filtlll:" is


in th e S ruto Prison ." He rel'ull s the c irc n/ ll.


stall ces of , his trial; the looks nnll wordlil of


the witnesses ; th o Ilpp eRrance of th o jlJl'y,


wholl R l ii~ cl os ll re frum 1I willless u, udtl h is


guilt illlquesrionuule. He fe uls, t! fere[ u n"


that he is a n ab andoned sinne r ; th e law. iwith


remorseless lind iron hand, has cons ig ned him


to ete rna l ign ominy and in filmy nmon g men,


and hi s soul is filled with agon y, nnd hi s


IOnglle with loud dist ress, ' A . sound at th e


door di sturbs him : an eye is peerin g ill at him


throu gh th e hol e ill the top of the door ; his '


flrst feeling is thnt of sh am e; he ca n no t bear


th ut nny on e sho uld see h im in prison . Hi s


next feeling is th at of fear ; " A rt th uu come


10 torment me?" A kind voice udrlresses


him,- ul\ Iy fi'ielul;"- nnu afte r the interchunge


of saIUllltions-!' My fri end, God looks down


IIpon yo n with in fini. re compassion!" The


wa lls 01th e P rison keep si lenc e at su el: n wonl,


" YOII feel thnt yo n are lin ou tcast fro in men j


hl'll Go d, yo ur Mnker, hall no t CIlSt yo u off ; the


Savior ,' tilllt d ied for yo u, ha s mer cy for yo u."


T he n: lIn si ts down lit tile co nvic t's s ide , opens


tile Bible, rends 10 him of a wo rnnn wh o WIlS/ I


sinne r, th nt came to the S inne r's F rien d, a nd


, won ld ' 1I0! pour the box ofoinlln'ent wh ic h she


hlld hon g- Ill , perlmp8 wi tll her 1I11 , u pon His sa ·


c rel l ! lead , hnt Wllllt behind hirn as he sa t nt


mellt, and hr llke it IIponliis feet : andlhe S a vio r


look e, l upon her in COIllPlIssioli alll l mer cy, lIn'd


slle welli in pea ce. , T hen he [. rnys wilh hilll,


a'nd calms h is hgilu lcd min! l, , IllHI, liS he goes


awny, lIIrt1s do wn the leaf tl lllt hears th e name


of Mary l\ l agd nlpne, llIullhe pco itcllt thi et~ lind


8 11nl o f'Tal'sn8, lIIul lea ves th e Bihl e ill his ce ll.


Tile trut h wh icll th ese IIffee ting hislori es t: O/ ll­hinc


to mllke IIpon h is mind hegin s 10 ae t np iin


his lIellrr. Il is eye meel s tllat pussage, " This


is a , f'lilh titl Blly ing, nnd wor tl . y ofalllH: c" plll­tion


, lI, at Cll ri st J esn s Cllllle illlo th e world 10


save sinner8,- 0f' whom [ urn cllilfl:" Ami


lIgllin- i' \ V lierefo re He is IIhle to sa ve unto th e


ull ennos t 1111 tl lllt cOllie nllto God hy him." ­Be


qll esti olls wit II himself wh eth er lIe, is nOt


th e ulI el'lIIost lOwIIl'ds hell; ye t th ere is mel'cy


even fo r him. ' T heli love, th e lo ve o f cOlllpns­s


ion IIIHI goo d ,~ illfrom th e lips 01 h i" tench er,


IIl1d frolll th e , Bib le, lIeget s hop e, II n, 1 hop e


~ ro, ws up to eonfidell ee, nnd co nfide nce lead s ,


to ree onc iJial, ioll alll i pardon. And 1I0W, wllil e


ol' por llln itil's of sin are wilh he ld,' n nd res tra int


_ u l; on the in " o l ~ c n c~ , o f- 11Il8'; io lts , i~ cnntilttJe. 1i


th e gos pe l does ils work ; lind he, wllo went in


1I lion or 1I tiger, is oll e of Ihe lamhs of C hr ist !


T ho S pir it of God tu! tes np lIis ahode in th at


ce ll, lind th e dllwn of hem'en i ~ th er e. •


A Chl'islilln in the ''' 0rid , i!' lik e IImll" trllns.


a l~ tin g lIis Ilffitirs in th e rll ill. He wilili ot slld­,


Ienl y leav e I, is busilless heclluse it rains- hnt


Ihe Inom ent IIlilt hll ~ i n ess is ; IIIl1e, he is nfl:- as


is said in th e Acts of th e Apos tleI', " Heilig let go,


they went ( a th ei r OWII company. "


MallYlIave pu zzled the lllsel" e!! ahon't tile or i ·


gin of e ,' il. I alii co nte nt , to ohsel've Ihat there


is evil, ltlHrthal rl. ere is arl'alj of escape fj'() m


il, an, l with tlois I Ioegill luul elll i.


S e l, lo lll will SlIla l; CO lllfl tu IIChrist illn. nt


til's r, with a Kross lelllptlltiom . . A, green log


IIn, I Il'clIIull e may safely he left tog elh e r. nnt


bring IIfew slwvin:; s, lInd then son, e smallstick!,


IUlllthen sOllie larger, a nu soon y ou llIay hri ng


th o gree n log to nshlls.


I woulr ill ot gi,' e Il strllw 1' 01' that ass mll nce


wh kh si n will not dam! ,. I f Da\' i d hnd cOllie


li'om his ad nlt ery, lllik ing o f hi s ns~ u ra nce at


th at time, I shon ld have llespised his speech.


For 1m old Christirin 10 slIY to a yonng oll e,


" Sla nrl hi my evil lenl: e," is lika lI' man wh o has,


with IIllwh IlifficlIlly, climhed hy a Inddertli


the tOI: of th e hou se, cry ing to one IIi th e hot­tOIl1~"


Thi s is th e pla ce for n prosp ect ':"' come


np nt u ste p."


A wi'!' e mu n looks upon men as he c10es on


horses- all their clIpar isons of title, wenhh and


plnc e, he cons idl/ I's hUl ns hnl'l1 ess.


SUIIIll Chris lillns, lit first g lance , seem ofa Sll.


per ior oraier, wh elilhey III'e nOI. They w / lnt


one qll alit y. At a flor isl ' s eXhib itioil , lhe Olher


fIllY, II ctlrtllin flower Wll8 determined ' \ 0 Ioear


the hell, but it was limnd tO, be nn art itie inl flow_


er. Ther e is , a ce rlllin qn lllily , cll lled growth,


which it hnd nOI.- Rev. John . lVellJlon. '


H ow TO Ll '~ E I'E AcEABI. v.- The Inte 1\ 11'


Cl ark", of F rorll e, hilillg nske ll" hy 1I ti'ien, l,


" Ioow 101' kept h imself Irum hei ng i llvo lved in


qll llrrels?" 1' I1pli'! d, " hy lelling th e an gry person


hll\ ' e all th e qu arr el to h imself."


I feel that repentell affl ictions come 1I0t 8S


IightniriK on Ihe s' : athed tre e, hlasling it )' et


more and morll; hilI, as the strokes 01 , II


fe nl" lor on Ih", lIlllrhl e hlock , forming it til th e


i image of life 1I11l1 loveliness .- .1! alfOm_


DRUNKAlID'S SON.- Mot her,- this bread is


very har d- s- why d on't we have ca ke and, Jn ice


things, us we used wh en we live'! in th e great


hou se ?- oh th at was s uc h 1I prettyho use, tuarn­,


n13- III; d I do love to live th ere so i yo u made


sweet music th er e, marna, with yo ur finge rs,


wh en pn wo u ld sing ; pn us ed to lau gh, then


lind rnke Ute 011 his kn ee, and said, 1 wash is


owndear boy. ' W hat mak es pa s ick , ma 1 I


wish , he wasn't sicl~- for it makes me ' fruid


wh en h e SI/ II UPS upon the floor, and BIIYS so


loud, George, go off to bed. SIIY, wh en will ,


heget well. nnd take me<! n his k ne e, and lo~ e


me, as he used lo? Hnt rna, there is a tear in


)' onr eye; let me wipe it ; th ere nn rither


co mes ; o h, an other! d id J make yOll cry th ese


tears, IIII1; nlllll?


DIED,


In 1\ 1 iI1' 01' 1I, Mass., on the 7th inst., nfrer a


vel'y short a nd d istr essing illn ess, M/ lry Builey,


wife of El iphalet Bail ey , IIged 37 years, The


ove rflowi ng sorro w of Ihe bereilvetl hll sb llnd,


d lihh: en and re la tives, is nss nagt,, 1 by a n hnm-


, hIe rel illnce on divin e nlercy, nnd th e c heel'ing


hop e tloat th e dece/ llled hus lIIad e II hap py ex ­d


lllllge o r worlils- to th e obrnin illent of / III in ­her


ituncll ulll on g th e Redeemed of Ihe Lord.


S he ha. 1 heen for lIluny yea rs in C hri s tian pro­fession


with th e 1\ Iethll. lis t E pisc opu l Chnreh,


nnd approved herse lf nil ex em p illry wife,


mothllr, li'ien tl / lnd neighhol · . i\ Iny her mil ch


ufflic! CII i.~ o lll l llll1io n, lind his lIloth erless lillIe


on es; he / lhlltlan t ly co rllfor re. l l ltJd snstlline ll


thl'Oug h nil their ad " ers ilics - lill hy th e ,' ari .


ons d iscipl ine of j ' lIlg lllen't RIllI me rcy nJloll ed


to th em hy th ei r heuvellly Fa/ her, they 811811


he Ihol'Onglll y prepar ed fill' a glorious 1111,1 ever


hlesse. 1 ) illlu lOl'tal ily . 1\ llIy th ey sl rive nfte r


nlJllallain 10 thltt ~ lIl1e of mind iu which Ihl; y


C8n fil ily IH: COI: r1 wi th Ihe grell t C hristian poct


quoted helow- hlessing th e nallle of lhe Lord,


whe the r he gi ve or ta kllllway,.


" The denr delights we here enjoy,


And fondly call our own.


Are hUI snurt fa ~' ors borrowed now,


To be repaid anon.


' Tis God'i hat lifls o'ur comfort. high,


, Or . ink. Ihem in Ihe grave­I1egiyes,


apd, blessed be hi. name!


, , He lillIe. but what he gave.


Peace, all our' nngry pa! lSion. Ihell­Let


eRch rebelliuus sigh


Be silelll at his sovereign will, '


And e\' e ry Illllrmur die .


I f smiling mercy crown our live.,


Its pI''' i. es shaII h ~ spread­Ane!


we'll ado re', lhe jnstice too.


T hat . trilles uur comfurt_ deud,"


In Boy lstoll , l\ l u~ sl on the' 1 4th i n ~ I., quill!


, MIHllie u ly, W,: nd; d Ph illips, inl;' nt so n of Geo.


W. Slue)', lind : Suruh, his wifll, ag e, U4 month: J.


L I S'l' or A GEN'l'S • .


:\ di n Ballou , J> uhli shiug' uge lll, 1\ Iendon, l'IJoss.


D. fl.. Lalll son , ' Vest Boylston, ag en t a t largo.


D. S. W hi tn ev, tlo. do.


G. \ V. S tnl' y," Bo ylsrnn, do .


Will. H. Fisl/, . Millvill e, do .


W ill. 8l'arrdl, Bos, to u, 64 Corn hill . ,


Rev. Salllu el J. 1\ Iu)', Smith Scitua te.


Eli jah 1\ 1. Reed, Low ell.


Dr. BUller Wilmll rt h, Levere tt.


. JIIO. Cll i ki ll~, South, \ Vil hruhalll .


Charles Gl ad, l ing, Sonthboro.


Nllthllniel <). Chuffec, . Graftou.


E dmnnd Q llin cy, Deffhll lll.


K n. Druper, S; llIgus.


Miltou Hoh lle", No rth Attlehoro'.


Re v; Lynlllu May na rd, Sonl h I- Iinghom.


' fho lllus Hnsl, ell, Glou cesl er.


Alex. T. T e mpl e, Hopkinton , l\ la ~ 8.


W . C. H. dme, 292 N. 1\ 1 : sl . P i'ovillell ce, R . I.


WashinqlOn Melleu , Ha rtfill'll, Gt.


Sl uith R. S ihley, Sta lllfill'll, Ct.


R ev . Samuel C. L ovelallll , Rending', VL


\ V car e T np l'nn. Esq ., n l'lulfonl , N. H.


Ilnvid Dillion . 1\ 11) 111 ,1 V. m'lln , N. H.


1'~ 1< 1. Joseph E lliol, F l'llIIkliu, N . H.


SECO N )) ANNUA L ME ETI N G O F THE


NEW- E NGLAND NON- IlESIST ANCE


SOCIETY.


The Second Annunl Meeling of the New- '


E ng lnnd No n · Re~ ist u nce S nci ery, will he held


in th e d ry of Hoslon , on WEDNESDAY,


S epl, 23", ] 840, 1I11l1 will pl'oLIIlI, ly eollt iuu8


tw o or three dnys. Friends of th e , e llliMe in o/ J


parts of Ihe country Ill''' eal'n llstly Bnd affuc­tion8tllly


invited to he I'r eellnt.


By Or! lllr nf the Executive Committee:


MARlA WESTON CHAPMAN,


Rec: See'y.

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