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hereafter control our national fortGues, are
formed at that age when even the hunlble
lessons OF a Sabbath School may create !
lasting bias. The importsnceofthis insti-
tuition addresses itself, thereiore,to the pat
riot as we'll as TO the Christian and phi
ianihropist. No man who loves his coun-
try, can regard with indifference the foua-
tafns of popular instruction, because the
streams which aow from them are, even
now, corrupling or preserving our nation
al institutions. The contagion of inhdcli-
~ and scepticism is as impercvp,i5le in
its influence. w hereyer il spreads, it poi
sons the. life blood of civil liberty, and cor
rodes the very pillars of our national exis-
lance. is dark and deadly progress can
be resisted only by the machinery Of popu-
lar Instruction, of which the system OF
Sabbath Schools may be made under
Providence, and with proper management,
most important part. Many considera-
lions might be added, more exclusively re
garding the religious influence ofthis sys-
tenn, which are here omitted. not because
they are less important, but because they
are more obvious, and tess suited to news
paper discussion.