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Excerpt from The Methodist Magazine, Vol. 6: For the Year of Our Lord 1823 When we turn our attention exclusively to the religious world, we see much to strengthen our faith, and to animate our hope, but something to humble us, and much to call forth more vigorous exertions: Extending our views to the Old World, we hail with pleasure the gradual progress of Christianity on the scorching shores of frica, the land so long destined to be the sport of Eu topcan despots, and of American peculation - Even the despised and depraved Hottentots are included in the circle of Christian benevolence. sia, 'once the cradle of literature and religion, but long since shrouded in the darkness of superstition, and op pressed by the boldest of impostures, is now witnessing the return of gospel light and peace; and although, through the powers that be, and the deep-rooted prejudices of the natives, the labour is great, and the progress of the gospel slow, yet an earnest of future success is already given, by the manifest sanction of the Most High to these incipient attempts at evangelization. The south-u Sea Islands are echoing with the liberating sound of salvation in the name of Jesus: even eta-holland, the depot of the wretched and the guilty, is not forgotten before God; while the W est-in dies, where the wretched captives from Africa, so often the cruel sport and prey of lordly task-masters, are rallying round the stan dard of Immanuel. - How long shall the name of coke, - lhe zealous, the active, the disinterested Coxn, - be associated with those institutions which are instrumental in conveying the Chris tian's cordial to the depressed sons of Africa! And neither will sia soon forget that the broad ocean, which divides its extended shores from the islands and continents of Europe, entombed the body of the man, who was traversing its waves, to preach Jesus and the resurrection to the deluded sons of Mohammed. Even now, the effects of his exertions are seen blossoming and ripening in the three great qluarters of the globe; for while we trace the h steps of the ittle Doctor, on the continent and islands (of urope, and follow him to his watery grave in the Indian Ocean, we would not forget how often he oated across the At lantic to the favoured shores of America, more favoured still on' account of his errands oflove. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Excerpt from Methodist Magazine, Vol. 6: For the Year of Our Lord, 1823 In presenting the January number of the Sixth Volume of the Methodist Magazine to its friends and patrons, we ask the liberty of taking a brief view of the events and transactions which have passed before us, and which may have a tendency to excite our gratitude, and to animate our zeal, as well as to stimulate us to perseverance. That we live in a very eventful period of the world, seems to be a general impression, especially on the Mind of the Christian community. That agitated state of the civilized and political world, which so convulsed the nations, and was productive of such disastrous results, particularly in many parts of the Old world, has been succeeded by that tranquility which is peculiarly favourable to scientific, moral, and religious improvement; and this political calm appears to be seized upon with no small avidity, by a very great proportion of the Christian and literary world, to extend the boundaries of moral and religious knowledge. By following the impulse thus given to the human mind, the horizon of true science is becoming more and more luminous, and through this perspicuous medium the Sun of Truth emits its quickening and renovating beams over the provinces of the moral world. One most happy effect of the march of science and religion is, the weakening, and, in some instances, the breaking down, the thorny hedges of sectarian prejudice and jealousy, so that the different denominations of Christians not only look, but sometimes leap, into each others folds, and partake of their respective pastures, without the danger of contracting a disrelish for their own. And thus the pure streams which water Immanuel's land, instead of being claimed as the exclusive right of one, are considered, like the literal seas, the common property of all, the sects. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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