134 NO VISIBLE OBJECT OF ADORATION. 



as the Redeemer of mankind ; and in whom 

 believing " there is neither barbarian, Scythian, 

 bond, nor free." 



' One song employs all nations, and all sing r 

 Worthy the Lamb ! for he was slain for us. 

 The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks 

 Shout to each other ; and the mountain-tops, 

 From distant mountains catch the flying joy; 

 Till, nation after nation taught the strain, 

 Earth rolls the rapturous hosannah round.' 



I could never discover that the Indians 

 among whom I travelled had any thing like a 

 visible object of adoration. Neither sun, moon, 

 nor stars, appear to catch their attention as 

 objects of worship. There is an impression 

 upon their minds, of a Divine Being, whom 

 they call the Great Spirit, whom they ignor- 

 antly address, and suppose to be too good 

 even to punish them. Their general idea is, 

 that they are more immediately under the 

 influence of a powerful Evil Spirit, Expe- 

 rience has taught them this melancholy fact, 

 in the trials, sufferings, afflictions, and multi- 

 form death which they undergo ; and therefore 

 their prayers are directed to him, when any 

 severe calamity befalls them. To avert his 

 displeasure, they often have recourse to super- 



