Letters on the American Republic

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Excerpt from Letters on the American Republic: Or Common Fallacies and Monstrous Errors Refuted and ExposedTwo visitors extraordinary from this city have made their appearance in the New World. One of these, Mr. Patterson, assures his cousins in America, that the people of this country are in favour of the war for the Union and the other, Mr. W. H. Newett, has been lifting up his ¿ag Of union and peace on behalf of the two great Protestant nations, England and America, in the midst of that fearfully corrupt and demoralized national convention, called the 'young Men's Christian Association of America and the British Provinces, ' - an association which has never disfellowshipped the negroohater or negro trader, or protested against their abominable frauds and crimes, or detestable wickedness, and yet, for sooth, churches and evangelical bodies of Christians, who receive black spirits and white spirits, red spirits and grey, and cry, mingle, mingle, mingle you that may, except what they call 'strackle-brained aboli Oh! Yes, churches and bodies, such as the above, are to go hand in hand to evangelize the world What a coalition! Should such be realized in the present condition of our churches and conven tional organizations in America, to use the softest sentiments Of charity, they cannot be clear as the sun, fair as the moon, or terrible like an army with banners, against the modern infidelity Of the age, or the outside heathenism or barbarism of the world. If such a union is designed to be emblematic of the Christian principles which control and beautify every thought and action Of the Christian's life, there must.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.