NATIONAL INFLUENCE OF THE


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What spectacle can imagination paint,
more sublime, than that OF a great nation.
destined to increase by untold millions, all
instructed from childhood in the Ianguag ge
and spirit of the Bible al taught to rever
ence and obey It's Divine Author, and love
theI. neighbor as themselves And can
he be a good citizen, who would IN any
way hinder such a result-who would not
inclulcate upon the young and rising mil
lions the sacred volume2 Infinite wisdom
has ordained, Thou shalt teach them dill
gently unto thy children, and shall talk OF
them when thou sittest in thine house, and
when thou walkest by the way" Search
tha Scriptures, for in them We think ye have
eternal life" And can he oe good sub.
Ject Of human government. who would des-
pise this injunction of the King of Kings
Infinite intelligence has testified, The stat.
utes fthe Lord are right, rejoicing the
heart; the commandment Of the Lord is
pure, enligh:ening the eyes the judgments
of the Lord are true, and righteous altogeth-
er; more 10 be desired are they than gold
yea, than much fine goId.' These senti.
ments are corroborated by the experience
and testimony of enlightened millions in
both worlds. Who, then. that loves his
country, his children, or his great benefac-
tor. would not. in every step of education,
lnculcate those everlasting truths which
TINS imParr light freedom, purity. and joy
which make good citizens. both here and
hereafter and which, in the sight of Hea-
ven, are more precious to man than noun
tairs of gold


Ought not all the children and youth OF a
nation acknowledging the divine authority
OF the Bible. to be trained under such influ-
ences? What change would soon ap-
pear on the face Of society2 What glad
dening multtudes of noble and generous
minds would be raised up to adorn every
profession and every department of life
The God of nations would then be our de-
fence. He would restore our Judges as at
the first, and our counseIlors as at the be.
ginning" And our glorious Republic,
founded upon a ROCK. and exle ndng and
rising above the mountains and peopling
the father west with happy millions, and
sustaining every where the hallowed TEN
Piles and ennobling Institutions of science
and re igion. would look forth, in moral
grandeur and beauty, the admiration and
Joy of the whole earth.


