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Let but one ray of divine light break in upon the 
gloom, and the spell that bound them is dissolved. 
We then see the ancient Britons demolishing their 
Druidical temples, and foregoing their bloody sacri¬ 
fices—the hardy Greenlanders shaking off their frigid 
indifference—the natives of India renouncing their 
caste and their penances—and Otaheite burning her 
gods. And we trust the day is not far distant, when 
Madagascar too shall be free’d:—-when the Unknown 
God, whom her children ignorantly worship, and 
the mysteries of redemption, shall be irresistibly re¬ 
vealed to them in all their glory. We shall then see 
plenty crowning their harvests—peace flowing through 
her like a river—her chiefs respecting the rights of 
their neighbours—and her mothers no longer the 
murderers of their tender offspring; but training them 
up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Thus 
will they be again united to that church from which, 
for so long a series of ages they have been separated, 
and the glory of God promoted, in the salvation of 
thousands yet unborn. 
