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THE PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN.


lUen d on , lllarch I, 184.1.


TO OUR, FRIENDS.


This is the 21st No. of th e Practical Chris ­tian.


No. 24 will complete th e first volume.


It is th erefore getting to he tim e to ascertain


who and . how many will he subscribe rs for


u nother volume• • The number who have 1" 111 ·


lied to ' Our SIlPP0r!. during the pam year, has


I I'~ nllzed our expectat ions, and en abl ed us to


carry on OUI' little work without pecuninry


embarrassment. It is tru e we ' have had to


. pract ice a rigid economy, a nd throw in out'


own poo r se rvices as Editor nnrl Publishi ng


Age rit; but this we expect ed to do. We ask­e


d at th e outset only to rec eive the ne cessary


pecuniary, mean s to pay for pap er, printing


and a few trifling incident nls. T he call has


been answ ered, and hy se ve ral rieur friends in


a most self- saerifi eing and gen erous manner:


we allude ' to those who cum e forward and


made themselves re sponsible for a con sid er u­ble


number of copies. We hav e not mad e the


paper ju st what we desire to see it, in respe ct


to editori al mutter, arrangem ent, vari ety and


attention to passing eve nts , and verba l acou ra­cy.


But co nside ring the paucity of our means,


the distance of our residen ce from ' th e place at


which th e wook has been printed, and ' th e


multitude of oth er cares wh ich require our at­ten


tion , we do not feel ca lled on for any very


labored upology. We . huve'don e about as well


8S we could, and rejoi ce ill the success, hum­ble


though it be, which by divin e fhvor bas at ·


tended th e enterprise. The futu re is fnll of


promise. If we do not entire ly mistake the


signs of the tim es, th e hrethren wlio co - oper­nte


in the cause of which our, p aper is the 01"


. gan, ar c soon to. occupy a. space, and to exhih­it


an instrum entality fOI' t he good of man, as


conspi cu ou s and influ entiul, as th eir lot has


heen in tim es past ob scure and ' unnoticeable,


Be thi s as God ordains, th ey are r esolute, full


of hope, and devoutly happy in their COUI'Be. ­Never


before were th ey so well assured of th e


' divine a pprobation , or so sat is fied with th e


moral asp ect of th ei r soc ial e l'l t'erprize. , The


Christian will un doubtedly. be continued, and ,


so far as we can judge, with un increas ed sub­s


cription list. But we wish to he th orou ghl y


apprised of the intentions of OUI' present suh­scribers.


We therefore request all w[; o in­t


end to discontinue, to notify us, or some one


of onr agents, lmm edint ely. L et th eni not


leave us in the dark, nor negl ect us till th e


commencement ofn new volume- i- thcn to he


informed th at su ch an one's pap, er is not tak en


out of th e office. Happily our subsc ribers ar e


nearly all of that class who will tak e pl ea~ ure


in doing right hy us . All who feel willing to


pledge or be res pons ible for pa rcel s of cop ies,


will we tru st make it it klJown a t th ei r earliest


convenience. A very few subscribers ha ve


Dot yet paid for the pa per, we wo uld remind


them that it is against our rul es to dun; hut


that if we hear nothing from th em we shall


take for granted th ey wish thei r papers discon­tinued


at the end of. the present volume. The


plan ofadvance payment ha s proved so con­.


venient, and is altogether so necessary, th at


we sha ll of course adhere ' to our old terms. ­The


character of our paper is well understood


• by all who ar e. acquainted with' it. It will re­main


unchanged. We are awar e that few


people, compared with the gr eat rnullitnde


have a taste for such reading ;' thouzh . we be- ,


lieve the number is increusln g, We do not


profess to cater to the taste of the many, and


therefore have 110 reason to expect their SUfi'


po rt. \ Ve sh all endeavor to do them . good


without their money or th eir prai se. Bun to


the pure and true~ the salt of the age- we


look with confidence, th at a goodly number of


them will cheerfully su sta in us. Above all


we confidentl y rely on t1; e countenance


and favor sf Hlm, at whose decree, " a little


one shall become a thousand, and a small one'


~ strong nation." _ _


TO CORRESPOND ENTS.


' Ve are greatly . in arrears, not only in res­-


pect to proper notices of public affairs, me et­':


in gs, discu ssions, & c. , but also as to the letters,


, remittances and communications ofour friends,


. I _


. We ' hope weshall be able in our next to clear


' a portion ' of our dm: ket':: We' have not room


in the present, . ,,' .


THE PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN.


COMMUNICATIONS.


CONF ERENCE AT MENDON.


n ed 1: 11 I, I INTOL ER ANC E.


It is Ii painful task, to write the history of


: intolera nce , The mint! s hri nks from recor­i


rlill ll'Ol'll fellow man ac ts nfhigotry lind pel"


I secuuon. It would fuin say ; " I pray th ee


I hav e me excu sed." Co nnected however as


I we ar c with one anm her, a sinfu l race, th ere


i will often he mutual, painful duties to be di s­I


ch arged. ' S uch is that now be fore me. Were


I it not fOI' the injul'y whi ch the err ing man


I would suffer from silence ) would not s pea k.


I The inj ure r, not the injured is the su ffering


man- s- the one claiming Olll' pity. They wh o


I suffer wrong for right eousness' sa ke lire pro ·


! nounced blessed hy th e So n of God; but


, wh ereis a blessing found for him who inflicts


I thi s suffering ? He must see k a blessing by


I partaking of th e hitter waiters of repentance.


I ntoleran qe nev er loses s ight of its prey, It


, i" eagle- eyed. It beh olds its mark from - a


distanc e, and ne ver lets an opportunity pas~ of


I pouncing upon it. We often see in small

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