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joys with which a stranger internieddleth not; that he has meat 

 to eat which the world knows not of. To those who have not 

 enjoyed the refined delight of love and friendship, how can they be 

 described ? to those who have not experienced the consolations of 

 piety, in the sweet intercourse between the soul of man and his 

 God, how can human language make them known ? 



When Christianity was first promulgated, the glory of the world 

 had reached its acme. The empires of Assyria, Persia, Greece, 

 and Egypt, were annihilated; Rome reigned triumphant; the na- 

 tions obeyed her sway. The temple of Janus was shut, and the 

 peaceful olive extended over the civilized world. Art and science 

 flourished, and so superior was that sera for human learning, that 

 in the annals of literature it is eminently distinguished as the Au- 

 gustan age ; yet, so transcendent were the blessings of the Gospel, 

 that then the Saviour of the world was born, and the blessings of 

 his kingdom dispensed; then the angelic choir proclaimed, " Glory 

 to God on high, on earth peace, good-will towards men;" then were 

 those illustrious Romans, those enlightened nations, to be con- 

 verted to Christianity, and become the disciples of the Messiah, in 

 confirmation of the ancient prophecy, that the Gentiles should 

 come to his light, and kings to the brightness of his rising. Patran 

 •darkness was now to be dispelled, and their idols to be demolished: 

 then was that spiritual kingdom to be established, in which there 

 is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, 

 who is above all and through all, and in all ! 



Allowing, therefore, the religion and morality of the Hindoos 

 to equal that of the Greeks and Romans at this memorable period, 

 shall we deprive them of the divine truths and consolations which 



