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Does any one doubt, that the whole population of the 

 earth, shall be enlightened, and purified, and Christian- 

 ized; let the powerful moral causes, now in operation, 

 silence that doubt. 



Let the two hundred Missionary stations, the thousand 

 Christian Missionaries, from the United States and Eu- 

 rope, scattered over heathen lands, and the islands of 

 the seas ; the fifty thousand hopeful converts from hea- 

 thenism to vital Christianity ; with the five hundred thou- 

 sand heathen children in Christian schools ; all the fruits 

 of a few years ; silence that doubt. 



Let the three hundred thousand copies of the Bible, 

 issued by the United States ; the seven millions and a 

 half, issued by the British and Foreign Bible Society ; 

 printed in missionary presses ; and in most of the langua- 

 ges on the globe ; and all now open, and read, by as 

 many millions of immortals, put that doubt at rest. 



Let the eleven millions of tracts, issued in one year ; 

 and other uncounted numbers issued in previous years, 

 by the London Tract society ; the two hundred and sev- 

 enty millions of tract-pages, issued by the American So- 

 ciety ; all wafted, as by the breath of the Almighty, over 

 all lands, like the leaves of the tree of life, " for the 

 healing of the nations," command that doubt to " be stiW^ 

 The whole earth shall be filled with the knowledge, and 

 glory of God. 



Secondly, A good husbandman will make the best 

 use of his property. 



As a steward, he will feel this to be his duty. 



]. He will not contract debts. This is making a bad 

 use of property. Contracting debt is pledging all to the 

 creditor ; a stake too fill of hazard. It is also staking 

 personal liberty ; at which nature recoils. It is barter- 



