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VERMONT.

Middlebury, E. Brewster.
Rutland, Charles Walker.
Sharon, Chester Baxter.
Bennington, Stephen Hinsdale.

Brattleboro', Holbrook & Fessenden.
Burlington, C. Goodrich.
Springfield, Nomlas Zobb.
Norwich, C. Partridge.

MASSACHUSETTS.

Boston, A. Russel, 25 Cornhill.
Salem, Wnipple & Lawrence.
Newburyport, Charles Whipple.
Springfield, Solomon Warriner.
Northampton, Simeon Butler & Son.
Amherst, J. S. & C. Adams.
Greenfield, A. Phelps.
Pittsfield, Joshua Danforth.
Plymouth, Ezra Collier.

Andover, Jason Chapin.
Wrentham, Robert Blake.
Worcester, James Wilson.
Berkley, Asahel Hathaway.
Stockbridge, Oliver Partridge.

CONNECTICUT.
New-Haven, Nathan Whiting.
Hartford, Goodwin & Co.
Middletown, E. G. Southmayd
Brooklyn, Ambrose Edson.
Woodstock. George Bowen.
New London, E. Chesebrough.
Norwich, John Hyde.
Stonington, Giles R. Hallam.
Greenwich, Esbon Husted.
Lyme, O. J. Lay.

RHODE-ISLAND.
East Greenwich, John Brown.
Providence, Alexander Jones.

NEW-YORK.
Albany, George J. Loomis.
Kinderhook, Henry L. Van Dyck.
Onondaga C. H. Hezekiah Strong.
Auburn Seminary, Isaac Pliss.
Utica, Charles Hastings
Mount Pleasant, J. Dickerson.
East Ridge, William Stone.
Newburgh, J. B. Benjamin.
Rochester, Louis Chapin.
De Ruyter, Sylvester Aylesworth.
Geneva, James Bogert.
Lansingburgh, Elias Parmale.
Catskill, Joseph Penfield.
Union College, A. P. Cummings.
Venice, Sherman Beardsley.
Youngstown, A. G. Hinman.
Troy, William Pierce.
Syracuse, Pliny Dickinson.
Poughkeepsie, Sabin Lewis.
Sag Harbour, Henry T. Dering.
Buffalo, Sylvester Eaton.

Oxford, William Gile.
Ithaca, Jedediah Beebee.
Homer, Jesse Searle.
Fishkill, James Given.
Waterford, Elijah H. Kimball.
Napoli, Win. J. Wilcox.

NEW-JERSEY.
Princeton, William C. Wuite.
Bloomfield, Bethuel Ward, Jr.
Newark, John C. Nutman.
New-Brunswick John Liddell.

PENNSYLVANIA.
Philadelplua, B. Wells, 17 Franklin-
Place.

Huntingdon, I. Dorland.
Meadville, D. Andrews.
Pittsburgh, Robert Patterson.
Harrisburgh, William Graydon.
Braintrim, H. W. Northup.
Wilkesbarre, O. Collins.
Bethany, Jason Torrey.
Alexandria, John Porter.
Landisburg, Francis Kelly.
Lisburn, William Lloyd.
Carlisle, James Loudo, Jr.
DELAWARE.
Wilmington, Roberter.
MARYLAND.

Baltimore, John H. Naff.
Vienna, Uriah Medford.
Hagarstown, Howard Kennedy.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Washington, Reuben Post.
Alexandria, Reuel Keith.

VIRGINIA.

Richmond, Collins & Co.
Petersburg, A. G. M'Ilvaine.
Norfolk, Shepard K. Kollock.
Romney, John Jack.

Roanoke Pridge, J. W. Douglass.
Powhatan C. H. Thomas Scott.
Lynchburg, William Poe.
Charlotte C. H. John Morton.
Winchester, Samuel H. Davis.
Prince Edward C. H., A. W. Venable.
Otter Bridge, W. L. Bell.
Rappahannock Acad., B. Anderson.
Fredericksburg, Layton Y. Atkins.
Lexington, John G. Caruthers.

NORTH CAROLINA.
Newbern, Thomas Watson.
Wilmington, W. D. Cairns.
Lincolnton, David Reinhardt.
Halifax, Sidney Weller.
Milton, Malbon Kenyon.

SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston, John Dickson.
Camden, Thomas M'Millan.
Beaufort, David Turner.
Edgefield, A. B. M'Whorter.
Conwayboro', Henry Durant.
Lexington C. H., J. Meetze.
Sumpterville, C des Chester.

GEORGIA.
Savannah, J. C. A. Johnston.
Augusta, Andrew J Miller.
Riceborough, David Stelson.
Wrightsborough, Joseph Barnes
Hilsboro, Oliver Morse
Mount Zion, Joel Kelsey.
Powelton, J. H. Burnet.
Clarkesville, Thomas J. Rusk.
Athens, Leander A. Erwin.
Carmel, Isaac Proctor.
Milledgeville, Leonard Perkins.

OHIO.
Columbus, James Hoge.

Cincinnati, George T. Williamson.
Ellsworth, L. W. Leffingwell.
Marietta, L. G. Bingham.
Salem, Luther Humphrey
Morgan, J. B. Hawley.
Vernon, Harvey Coe.
INDIANA.

Salem, Burr Bradley.
Indianapolis, George Bush.
Barbersville, Timothy Barber.
ILLINOIS.

Greenville, Solomon Hardy.
Canton, Nathan Jones.
Vandalia, James Hall.
Jacksonville, J. M. Ellis.
Paris, M. R. Alexander.
Quincy, H. H. Snow.

KENTUCKY.

Munfordville, J. T. S. Brown.
Danville, Benjamin Shaw.
Henderson, James Hillyer.
Shelbyville, A. A. Shannon.
Frankfort, S. M. Noel.
Hopkinsville, John Bryan.
Harrodsburg, Thomas Cleland.
Augusta, Samuel Bonde.
Columbia, Milton P. Wheat.
Springfield, R. D. Bradburn.
Lexington, Joseph Ficklin.

TENNESSEE.

Knoxville, James Campbell.
Winchester, Adam Ochmig.
Nashville, R. P. Hayes.

Jonesboro', O. B. Ross.

Murfreesboro', D. Wendell.

Columbia, Joshua B. Frierson.

Shelbyville, Alexander Newton.
Lebanon, A. Bradshaw.

Hillsboro,' G. W. Richardson:
Farmington, S. W. Calvert.

ALABAMA.

Huntsville, William Leech.
Somerville, M. C. Houston,
Bainbridge, Henry M. Lewis.
Florence, J. H. Weakly.
Courtland, John White.

Shelby C. H., Thomas W. Smith.
Ashville, Archibald Sloan.
St. Stephens, R. Chamberlain.
Clinton, John A. Stebbins.
Decatur, H. M. Rhodes.

MISSOURI.
St. Louis, Hiram Cordell.
Fredericktown, Thos. Mosely.
MISSISSIPPI.

Natchez, John Henderson.
Pinckneyville, James Wilson.
Winchester, Dugald C. Shaw
Malcomb, M. Gilchrist.
McCall's Creek, James Calcote
LOUISIANA.

Baton Rouge, H. Alexander.
New-Orleans, William Ross.

FLORIDA

Pensacola, W. Hasell Hu.... ARKANSAW. Washington, Alex. M. Oakly. CHOCTAW NATION. David Folsom.

CANADA

Montreal, William Hedge.

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VOL. V.

SERMON LXXXVII.

Preached in Philadelphia, May 25, 1830, at the request of the American Sunday School Union.

BY FRANCIS WAYLAND, D.D
President of Brown University

ENCOURAGEMENTS TO RELIGIOUS EFFORT.
MATTHEW iv. 10.-Thy kingdom come.

THE cause of Sabbath Schools, at the present day, and before such an audience as this, needs no advocate. If there be a God, a heaven, and a hell; if man be immortal and capable of religion, and if his present existence be probationary; if he be a sinner, and if there be but one way of salvation; and if moral cultivation may be most successfully bestowed in childhood and youth; then, surely, the importance of inculcating upon the young the principles of the Gospel, may be taken for granted. Supposing, then, these truths to be admitted, we shall on this occasion invite your attention to an illustration of some of the encouragements, which the present state of society offers, to an effort for the universal diffusion of Christianity.

It is the general misfortune of man, to be wise a century too late. We look back with astonishment upon those means for guiding the destinies of our race, which preceding generations have enjoyed; and we see how, in the possession of our present knowledge, we might then have lived gloriously. We forget that no man lives to purpose, who does not live for posterity. Should I then be so happy as to direct your views only for a few years forward; should the Spirit of all wisdom teach each one of us the responsibility which rests upon the men of the passing generation; we shall, through eternity, bless God, that he has permitted us to assemble, at this time, to deliberate upon the interests of the Redeemer's kingdom.

It will be convenient to my purpose, to commence this discussion by a brief allusion to the nature of the Reformation by Luther. You have all been accustomed to consider this as by far the most interesting portion of the history of man, since the time of the Apostles. In many respects it is so. Its results, although daily multiplying, are already incalculable. The fabric of ancient society began then to crumble, and a more beauteous edifice to arise from amid its ruins. Beside this, there is much of the moral picturesque with which every view is crowded. An imaginative man kindles into enthusiasm at the recital of every transaction. The leaders, on both sides, were men of VOL. V.-No. 3

consummate ability and of revolutionary energy. The fiercest passions of the human heart, in an age almost ignorant of law, stimulated them to contention unto death. Hence the whole period presents an almost unbroken succession of battles and sieges; of foreign war and intestine commotion; of brutal persecution, and of dignified endurance and all this is rendered yet more impressive by the frequent vision of racks and dungeons, of torture and exile; of the assassin's dagger, and the martyr's stake. It need not then seem surprising, if this strong appeal to the imagination somewhat bewilder the reason, and if the impressive circumstances attendant upon the change, too much divert our attention from the nature of the change itself. These violent commotions, like friction in machinery, rather disclose the nature of the materials and the amount of the resistance, than the direction of the force, or the celerity of the movement.

But let us now, for a moment, draw aside these attending circumstances, and in what light does the Reformation present itself to our view? Simply as a period in which the creation of new forces changed the relation which had previously existed between the elements of society. A new and most powerful order of men arose suddenly into being; and institutions, cemented by the lapse of ages, required no inconsiderable modification to meet the unexpected exigency. In the midst of all this, a new and moral impulse was communicated to society, by which these changes were rendered beneficial to man, and the blessings which they conferred were perpetuated to the present generation.

To illustrate this very briefly-You may be aware that at about the period of the Reformation, great changes were wrought in the physical condition of man. The discovery of America, and of a passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope, and of the use of the mariner's compass, opened exhaustless fountains of wealth to commerce and manufactures. Labor became, of course, vastly more valuable, and artisans became possessed of the means of independence. Hence a new order of men, a middling class, was created. Power, and wealth, and education were placed within the reach of a vastly greater number. The moral centre of gravity settled towards the base of the social cone. The rod of feudal vassalage was broken, and men were first acknowledged to possess rights which they did not derive from hereditary succession.

Beside this, the invention of the printing press furnished, at the same time, new means of intellectual culture. This astonishing instrument increases indefinitely the power of thought. It transfers the sceptre of empire from matter to mind. It enables genius to multiply, to any extent, the copies of its own conceptions. Hence the facilities for intellectual cultivation were abundantly bestowed upon this new order of men, to which commerce and manufactures had given birth.

But above all, it pleased God to raise up, in the persons of the reformers, men of a character equal to the crisis. They were men who counted not their lives dear unto them when a moral change was to be effected. In despite of every thing appalling in the form of opposition, they studied, they argued, they preached, they wrote, they translated, they printed, they employed for

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