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no doubt, extend to the nations of the east, and embrace them 

 all in the arms of his mercy " who brings his sons from far, and 

 his daughters from the ends of the earth;" whose religion is suited 

 to all capacities, and adapted to all situations, whether high or 

 low, rich or poor, learned or unlearned; none can he too high for 

 its exalted promises, none too low for its divine consolations. It 

 has no invidious distinctions for the elated brahmin; no despond- 

 ing degradation for the outcast Chandala ! for it teaches that God 

 is no respecter of persons, but that all the faithful disciples of a 

 crucified Redeemer shall be accepted through him. 



We need not go for these consoling truths to the palaces of 

 princes, nor the seminaries of the learned; the humblest village 

 affords strikingexamples; because to the poor the gospel is preached. 

 I have witnessed the triumphant language of a domestic servant 

 on the bed of sickness and near the hour of death, after suffering 

 for years in painful and languishing disorder. I beheld her, with 

 the countenance of an angel and the fervour of a saint, thus ad- 

 dress the minister and friends assembled round her: " I have long- 

 experienced, and in this trying hour I know the truth, and sen- 

 sibly feel the support of that consoling promise, " When thou 

 passest through the waters I will be with thee, and through the 

 rivers they shall not overflow thee; when thou valkest through 

 the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle 

 upon thee: for I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, 

 thy Saviour !" 



Whither would not such a subject lead a philanthropist? As 

 a contrast to these delightful truths, I insert an extract from the 

 travels of that acute observer, Dr. Francis Buchanan, who was 



