WHOEVER reads attentively the page of History and the book of Human Life, will perceive an intimate connexion between the religion of the New Testament and the moral and civil condition of man, -a connexion so intimate, as to authorize him in placing Christian Principles and Human Happiness in the relation of cause and effect.
Though, with the great majority of the human family, judgment and inclination are at variance; though immediate gratification, at whatever hazard, is commonly preferred to future advantage, and the concerns of the present life are suffered to outweigh the considerations of eternity; yet, if our temporal welfare be so closely allied to our religious belief, and this belief involve our final destiny, whatever tends to confirm and inculcate the doctrines of Christianity must promote the best interests of mankind, and be entitled to their highest gratitude.