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ie- produced by the introdiiAion of any or- 
-der of clergy amongft tbem. 
The people inhabiting tliefe reg;ions, are 
^deftitute of e-very intelledual acquirenieri^.' 
They have not the oioft diftant conccprioa 
of the exillence of a Deity, nor^ of fal urc 
rewards and puniihments. NotwithilaiKi- 
4ng this, if bimianiiy and benevolence coiifci- 
4,ute morality they are a people. I'hey 
Jikewiiepoffefs intelligence, but that teaches 
them to rejed, as prepofterous, every tiling 
that appears inconfiftent with their rc?^^^?. 
There would be little diiSculty. in con- 
vincing them of the exiftence of a God, be- 
caufe they perceive motion, order and rc- 
^'uiarity, throughout ipace ; nor would it 
'X^'c^ixft facer dotal learning to eltablifii on their 
minds a perfect conviction of a future life. 
Both thefe truths iliould be propagated, as 
their political and moral conduct v/ould, in 
a great meafure, be eitablifhed by their be- 
lief of thefe doctrines ; but here Vv^e mould 
ilop. The naoinent a divine began to preacli 
the fiibiime inyjieries of our faith, txi^ ^favagcs 
would be confuted ; they could never ima- 
gine that any particular fpot of this globe 
was fo immediately the objecl of God's fa- 
vourp as to be enlightened by his eipecial 
grace in preference to the reft of the world. 
They have fagacity fufficicnt to difcover that 
men of every country, colour and defcrip- 
tion, are his children, and, of courfe, muft 
be alike objects of his aire. To prefs, there- 
fore, on their minds, a doctrine which pre- 
