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God hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth. However widely they may be separated from each other by intervening lands or seas— -bowever they may be distinguished by a di- versity of features) complexions, and names ; and what- ever differences there may be in the several countries of the world as to forms of governmenti modes of worship, privileges, customs and manners } still all men have one Father — all men are brethren. This important sentiment of brotherhood is inculcated in the revelation of mercy by the Son of God. To im- press and enforce this sentiment ; to abolish those distinc- tions, rites, customs and prejudices, by which men of dif- ferent nations had been led to treat each other as enemies } * As this Monument will appear as published in Boston, it may be proper to preclude every suspicion of its being a work of self-applause. For tKis purpose only it is deemed proper to say, that the writer is neither one of the Benefactors, nor a citizen of Boston. Besides, as noble as the Mission was in his esteem, he does not regard it as a work of supererogation, but such an expression of fraternal sjoipathy, as d|,. ty required. The object of the Monument is not flattery ; it is to en- courage a spirit of benevolent entcrprize as a substitute for iiiilitaiy am- bition. 1 2 and lo unite the nations in the bonds of mutual affectioit and amity, were among the benevolent objecti of the Mes- siah's mission. While the christian religion was intended to reconcile men unto God, it was aho designed to recon- cile them to one another — to subdue their lusts and pas- sions — to inspire them with sentiments of forbearance, for- giveness, sympathy and benignity, that they might bear one another's burdens, sedc each other's welfare, and be. indeed the disciples of him, who, for our sakes, became poor, and went about doing good. The christian religion unites the duty and happiness of men. The mutual exercise of brotherly affection, and a cordial interchange of beneficent acts and expressions of gratitude, are accompanied, with a present recompense of delightful emotions ; and they prepare the souls of men for the enjoyments of the heavenly world. How greatly then do they mistake the road to happi- ness, who indulge the passions of avarice, envy, malignity and revenge. By this they exclude from their own bo- soms the purest enjoyments — take up with such pleasures as they can possess in common with beasts of prey — become exposed to innumerable vexations, and render themselves unfit for the society of benevolent beings in a future state of existence. The present age is said to be *• the age of missions j" ahd all benevolent missions have a two-fold influence. They tend to the improvement of character and increase of happiness both at home and abroad The late Mission from Boston to St. Johns, for the relief of suffering breth- ren, is to be recorded among the auspicious occurrences of our times. It has, we doubt not, had a benign effect al- ready on the mindsofm.ny thousands of our fellow-beings in different states and countries. To extend and prolong its blessed influence is the object of this MemoriuK The several documents relating to the Mission shall now be ex- hibited. >d Boston, March 6, 1818. The Committee appointed to appropriate the funds sub- scribed for the relief of the sufferers by the late fires at St. Johnsj N. F. congratulate the contributors to that charity on the safe return of the brig Messenger ^ and beg leave briefly to report, for their information, the course and highly gratifying result of their proceedings, by the exhi- bition of the several documents herewith respectfully sub- mitted. A true copy of record. *" FRED. W. INGRAHAM, Secretary to Committee. [No. I.] Instructions to Capt. Peterson. ^ Boston, December 27 1 1817. Capt. George Peterson, Sir — The brig Messenger, of which you are master, having been chartered for the purpose of conveying a car- go of provisions to the suffering inhabitants of the town ot St. Johns, in Newfoundland ', we desire that you will pro- ceed with all possible diligence to that place, and that, on your arrival, yoa will wait on His Excellency Francis Pickmore, Commander in Chief in and over the island, and request that he will have the goodness to receive the cargo now laden ors board your vessel, and dispose of the same in the manner pointed out in our respects of this date, and which we herewith commit to your charge. Every article on board of the Messenger being Ini .ruled for the sole purpose of relieving the wants of the sufFerers by the late conflagration, unconnected with any commer- cial or interested object, we have reason to presume that the utmost facility will be afforded to you in the execu- tion of the duties which you have assumed, and that your vessel will be promptly discharged and enabled to return to this place, or pursue such other course as the interest o\ the owners may render expedient. t-aKtr-;.-/:^^ f.^ It is particularly enjoined upon you, and through'you upon your officers and crew, that no article intended for •ale, or any property other than that ^hich is laden un- der our direction, and expressed in your bills of lading Ind manifest, be taken on board of the Messenger, and that in all your proceedings you are bound to avoid the smallest infringement of the laws of the c«untry to which you are destined. You will of course require of the Governor General a certificate of the delivery of your cargo at the port of St. Johns, to be transmitted to your owners as an evidence of the fulfilment of their engagements. We wish you a speedy and a favourable passage, and that you may be rewarded for your exertions to effect the object of your mission, with the thanks and blessings of <* those who are ready to perish." We are, in behalf of the subscribers for the relief of the distressed inhabitants of St Johns, your obedient servants, (Signed) james perkins, ARNOLD WELLES, JONA. AMORY, BENJAMIN RICH, TRISTRAM BARNARD, JOHN HOUSTON, !► Commit- tee. [No. II.] Letter to Gov. PiCKMORE. To His Excellency Francis Pickmore, Vice Admiral of the White^ and Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the Island of Newfoundland and its Dependencies ^ and Pre- sident of the Society for the Improvement of the poor in St. Johns. Sir— The recrnt conflagration of a great part of the town of St. Johns, at a period of the year when it may be impracticable to obtain relief from the parent country, and the calamity which must necessarily ensue to a large num- ber of our fellow beings, have been felt in this town with all the sympathy which they arc calculated to inspire. I |you for un« ling and the [hich tral a )fSt. Ice of } Bread. A subscription for the purpoxc of affording some imme- Jiate aid to the sufferers, has been consequently opened in this place, and the means of purchasing a quantity of suoh articles s are considered to b^ best adapted to the exigen- cies of the moment, have been readily contributed by a number of its inhabitants. The American brig Messenger, Capt. Peterson, having been chartered for the exclusive object of carrying this of- fering to St Johns, we have now the honour to enclose you a bill of lading and manifest of her cargo, consisting of the following articles : — 174 barrels Flour, 29 bbls. and 125 barrels Meal, 963 bags 11 tierces Rice, tvhich, in behalf of the contributors, we request that you will have the goodness to receive, and cause the same to be distributed among the sufferers by tha late conflagration, in such manner and in such proportions as their respective circumstances may require. We beg leave to recommend the bearer, Capt. Peter- son, to your kind protection, and pray that every facility may be afforded to him in the prompt discharge of his cargo and the despatch of his vessel. The cause of hu- manity alone, has induced him to undertake, at this in- clement season, a voyage which, under other circumstan- ces, he would have felt himself obliged to decline. We have the honour to be, with all due consideration, your Excellency's obedient humble servants. f Signed) JAMES PERKINS, AKNOLD WELLES, JONA. AMORYjjr. BENJAMIN RICH, TRISTRAM BARNARD, JOHN HOUSTON, Boston, Dec. 27, 1817. "I Committee of the I contributors for \ the relief of the distressed in- hnbitants ef St. John f. U I (J [No. HI.] Answer of Oov Pickmore. I'ort TowHshtnJf St. Jehfis^ Nftvfjund/and, •JOtii January, 1818. Gentlemen — I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th ult. acquainting me that a subscription had been entered into at Boston for the purpose of afibrding immediate aid to the suffereri by the recent conflagrations at St- Johns, and that a cargo of such articles as were considered best adapted to the exigencies of the moment had been purchased and forwarded by the American brig Messenger, Capt. I'etrrson, consigned to me as President of the Society for improving the condition of the poor of St. Johns. I have the satisfaction to acquaint you that the Messen- ger arrived here on the evening of the 16th inst, and hav- ing discharged the cargo agreeably to the bill of lading, is now ready to return to Boston. I beg to assure the Committee that I shall use my best endeavours in the distribution of this bounty to fulfil their benevolent intentions ; but I confess myself unable to ex- press, in adequate terms, on the part of those who?e relief has been the object of the humane consideration of the in- habitants of Boston, the feelings which their generous act has excited. Individually, I desire to offer my warmest ac- knowledgments to them } and .shall not fail to communi- cate to His Majesty's Government this spontaneous act of liberality, which in its effects I trust will tend to increase and cement more firmly the relations of friendship which now so happily subsists between the two nations. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your most obedi- ent humble servant, FRANCIS PICKMORE, Vice-Admirali and Governor of Newfoundland . To James. Perkins, Arnold Welles, Jona. Amory, jun. Benjamin Rich, Tristram Barnard i<. Joim Hous- roNj Esqtiircs. i I I I vu»<^;-a'*^<^gsi»V ■m Messen- ind haT- iding, is my best fil their 2 to ex- fe relief the in- 'ous act lest ac- imuni- act of icrease which )bodi. fid. jun. 0U3. ■ I- 1 f I [No. IV.] Resolutions and Adoress of the Inhabitant* of St- Johns. St, Johns, Jan 20, 1818. At a very numerous and respectable meeting of the In- habitants of this Town, called by public advertisement thi.s dayi at 1 o'clock, it was Rejohed, That Mr. Hoyles be called to the Chair. That an Address of thanks be drawn up in the most af- fectionate and grateful terms, as expressive of the feelings of this Meeting, and that this Address be despatched by the brig Messenger, Capt. Peterson, to the Committee In Boston, by whose benevolence and zeal, timely supplies have been brought to this distressed and unfortunate Town, That Messrs. Sabine, Cubit, Haire, Job, and George Lilly, be requested to draw up the Address of Thankg, and present it for the approbation of the Meeting. That the Address now read, be approved and received. That the Thanks of this Meeting be most respectfully addressed to Capt. Peterson, of the brig Messenger, and to his hardy and persevering Crew, for their attempting such a voyage at this severe season of the year. That the five Gentlemen who framed the Address, do, with the Chairman, wait on Capt. Peterson, with the Thanks of the Meeting and a copy of the Resolutions. That the Thanks of this meeting be given to the five Gentlemen who formed the Address. That these Resolutions and the Address be published in the Newfoundland Royal Gazette and rhv Mercantile Jour- nal— as al?o in the London Coi'-jpr anu Morning Chron- 'cle. N. W. HOYLES, Chairman . w ADDRESS To the Cuinmittee appointed l>y the Citizens of Boston f fir the Relief of the Sufferers by the two late calamitous Fires in St. Johns, Newfoundland. Gentlemen — The nature of your benefaction is such as to excite no common feelings of gratitude in our minds' — and to express, so far as we are able, the emotions which we feel i the purport of our present Address. We are aware that it is the peculiar nature of Christian benevolence, as well to shrink from praise, as to avoid ostentation-— but such are our feelings, that we cannot express our thanks e- ven to those to whom they are so justly due, without al- lowing ourselves to glance at those reasons which induce us thus to act- By awful events we are plunged into the deepest dis- tress. Our houses were destroyed — our provisions, and great part of our furniture and clothes, consumed. In the general calamities of life, it oft^n happens that the acute- ness of feeling is caused by the suddenness of the shock — and that mental anguish often lessens, as time enables us ta discover that we had not fallen so deeply as we imagined. Not so in the present instance. The full extent of our mis- ery, was too great to be at once comprehended by our minds. We only began to see the horrors of our .♦ituaiion when the ilrst violence of grief began tosubside. We saw ourselves surrounded by miseries *, and other miseries rap- idly approaching — Our sun had set in clouds and dark- ness and tempest were before us. — We had every reason to fear, that to the severities of winter, we should have to add, scarcity of Provisions — Providentially, however, our fears have, in this respect, been dissipated by the arrval of supplies in our harbour. — We mention this, because we know that such information will give you pleasure — but when we view your generosity, we view it, not so much in connexion with those circumstances in which by a kind Providence we are actually placed, as with those in which :,:-iqt«' -^.--■- 9 we expected to have been placed, and as placed in which, your kindness considered us — We regard your supplies according to the benevolent feelings which actuated you in sending them — We would consider them aa coming to as jn the depth of winter, and in the midst of famine. You. will not from what we have said, conteive that we are not distressed — the supplies to whJch we have alluded, have indeed removed th€ fears of absolute famine, but they do not afFord us the means of rebuilding our houses ; or replacing our furniture, our clothes, our fuel — or even our provision. It is here that your bounty appears as tru- ly valuable ; it removes cur fears — it does more— it sup- plies our immediate wants y and by thus affording us re- lief, contributes towards restoring us to our former stand- ing in Society. You heard of our distress : you pitied us ■, you relieved us ; we owe you our most gri»teful acknowledgments j but how shall we express our feelings ? Had your kindnej^s been less, we might have been able to say more ; but when we regard your bounty ; when we consider all circum- stances under which it has been given — the feelings in which the measure originated — and the manner in which it has been executed, we feel ourselves at a loss for word?. Our hearts are full. We thank you — most sincerely and cordially do we thank you. Allow us to express our most earnest wishes for your welfare. May taat Being whose f xaniplc you have imitated, whose commands you have o- Ijeyed — and whose bounty you have been instrumental in conveying, be,- in prosperity or adversity alike your friend. Signed in the name and on behalf of the Meeting. N. W. HOYLES, a',vnnr?r ^t. Johns, ?>0:h Jan. 18!S. 1 > I. --"jsrs:/ :» ,^ ^ .-'* 10 [1^0. v.] Resolutions of the Grand Jury of St. Johns. 4 Jury-Roow, St. Johns^ Neivfoundland. * January 20, 181S. Gentlemen — "We, the Grand Jurors of this town, im- pressed with the highest sense of gratitude toward the good Citizens of Boston, for the very handsome, liberal, and disinterested manner in which they came forward to the assistance of our fellow townsmen, at a time when the mo- tives which induced them to it must have emanated solely from the purest spirit of philanthropy, the true character- istic of all that is great and good in the human mind ; should think ourselves unworthy of the situation we hold in this community, if we suffered the Messenger of their truly valued donation, to return to them without our ex- pressing our sincere acknowledgments for their generous efforts towards our relief. We, therefore, Gentlemen, entreat that you will be pleased to make our thanks acceptable, and to assure them, that the arrival of the brig Messenger will ever be regarded by us as one of the most gratifying objects which ever en- tered this port, and we trust the recollection of their kind- ness will never be obliterated from our minds. We sincerely pray that they may ever remain strangers to such calamities as have visited our unfortunate town, and that their humanity may meet with that reward which the Giver of all good alone can bestow. We have the honour to remain, gen lemen, your mos^ truly obliged and grateful servants, NEWMAN W. HOYLES, Foreman. James Furgus, Francis Kenny, John Boyd, James Clift, Donald H. McCalman, Joseph Gill, Wm. MacAllastar, Wm. Bransconibe, James Murphy, Robert Brown, John Dowsley, Alexander Hain, ' George Niven, John Niven, Benj. Bowing, Patrick Morris, Philip Becnlen, Peter Lemissuiev I'o James Perkins, &c.&c. CommHteef ^c. I. 11 St. Johns. to, 181S. [is town, im- jrd the good [liberal, and ward to the Ihen the mo- jnated solely |e character- lan mind ; lion we hold ger of their ut our ex- tir generous ou will be issurethem, be regarded ich ever en- thcir kind- in strangers mate town, ;ward which , your mosf Foreman. [No. VI.] Rpio; 'IONS and Address of the Benevolent Irish Society. St. Johns Jan. 27. A Special Meeting of the Benevolent Irish Society being called, for the purpose of expressing its sentiments on the recent arrival of the brig Messenger, Capt Peter- son, with a cargo of provisions, which the humanity of the citizens of Boston had despatched as a present for the suf- ferers by the calamitous fires of the direful 7th and 21sf. November last, Mr. Henry O'Shea, Vice President, in the Chair. The follo^ving resolutions were unanimously adopted. Resolved^ That we hail with gratitude and admiration this -nstance of extraordinary benevolence. Resolved^ That as our Society has been planned and formed upon principles of universal Charity and Benevo- lence, we feel it an indispensable duty we owe to humani- ty and the subject under consideration, to manifest, in a peculiar manner, the high sense we entertain of this exalt- ed and praise-worthy donation from the citizens of Boston. Resolved, That in all our sufferings and deprivations, there is a glory and a prijde attached to them in the re- flection that human feeling and commiseration are on the alert to alleviate our pangs — and this by people separated from us by an immense expanse of water, and that they have taken prompt and effectual measures for our relief, through their godlike feeling and sympathy. Resolvedy That this unexampled act of humanity froni the citizens of Boston towards the sufferers pf this town from the devastating fires of the 7th and 21st November last, is of such a character, that we cannot command lan- guage or adopt an adequate mode of expressing a due sense of our feelings on the occasion, or the obligations wo are placed under. Resolvedy That in their entering so promptly into the spirit of our wants and miserable situation, and so speedik and unsolicitedly, sending us succour, was reviving tlir priitine age of true Christianity. Resolved, That in their doing that, they have evincevl more genuine philantlyopy, than we have exper'enr"i' ■>r witnessed elsewhere'. y^ jtesoivedy That although many of this Society have losi their all— still the reflection of living in an era that has produced such an instance of liberality and fellow-feeling, ha« assuaped their sorrow, and has caused them to forget the greatest part of their sufferings. Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting be given to Capt. Peterson, of the brig Messenger, and his crew, and that the be.n and warmest wishes of this Society will always attend them. Resolved, That the Resolutions and Address be printed in the Mercantile Jotirnnl and Ro^al Gazette, and in one London, one Edinburgh and one Dublin paper. Rtsolved, That in the lamented absence of our highly esteemed and worthy President, James Macbriar, Esq. the Vice President, fir.^t'and second Assistant Treasurers, and Secretary, be appointed to draw up an Address, fully ex- pre.-slve of our feelings, if possible, to the citizens of Bos- ton, for their late distinguished mark of humanity j and that the ifaid Address and Resolutions entered into this day, at our Special Meeting, be transmitted with the great- est speed, to the Committee appointed in Boston for the purpose of carrying their beneficent object into execution, HENRY O'SHEA, C/jainnan. ADDRESS Oft/be abfve Society to the Committee of the Boston Zubscrihtrs. St. Johns, Jan. 22, 1818. "The breast whifih happiness bestows, Reflected happiness shall blcps,'" Gentlemen — The Editor of one of your Papers under date ji2d Dec. last, introduced an article on the subject of our late misfortunes in this town, (which does honour to the heart that dictated it,) ajid very aptly and appropriate- iy headed the same with the above beautiful quotation, and we rejoice in the anticipation that you must and can- not help feeling the true spirit of that promised happiness in a tenfold degree, because the happiness contemplate J by the Poet must be secure, as your favor has been conferred on men alive and sensible, to the highest pitch cf your god-liice benefaction. Pursuant to the last ReF.olntion at the above Meeting, •A'shiM- now the honour of cnclofing vc.i the llctelution:; ■«.s if --^wi-i^lilSifer »*5**'u:. ^'^:^ is ' have losi that kais )w-feeUng, n to forget J given to crew, and will always be printed uid in one lour highly r, Esq. the siirers, and s, fully ex- ?ns of Bos- anity j and d into this 1 the great- ton for the execution, .hainnan. Subscribtrs. 12, 1818. ipers under 2 subject of honour to ippropriate- quotation, ist and can- d happiness :mplatc\l by n conferred ch of your 'e Meeting, R'-'JoIutiony passed, and we feel a particular delight and pleasure in as- luring you that the Resolutions therein stated, were re- ceived and adopted with the genuine feelings worthy of men receiving favors, and that the most copious language would apfjear mute in attempting to describe their feelings. We must confess that on many occasions we had to re- gret our want of ability to do justice to our opinions on many Interesting topics, but never in our lives have wc felt the force 6f our deficiency as upon the one that your benevo- lence and humanity have taxed us with. Gentlemen, what an extensive field your philanthropy has opened for panegyric and praise. Had we the power to command the pen or talents of our countrymen, Goldsmith and Phillips, your sympathy and commiseration for tiys ill-fated community should be blazoned and portrayed to make a splendid appearance in the four quarters of the Globe ; but in the absence of such means to promulgate your unprecedented act of humanity, we trust it will not fail of circulating with that increasing credit and honour to you as your merits in the case are so justly entitled to. Your act is of that nature that the De- ity must view and behold with an all-approving eye, com- placency and delight, to witness the exercise of one of his divine attributes in such plenitude of purity and excel- lence — an act that redounds to the everlasting honour of those Gentlemen who so gloriously embarked in it ; and it is the universal sentiment in this Community — that never was one performed that is more creditable to human na- ture. We have suffered much, and many of us have lost our all by the late conflagrations. These sacrifices are now in some degree ameliorated by the pleasing reflection that they have excited and elicited such generous feelings and emotions in the breasts of a brave and humane people, and we are almost tempted to say, that it is necegsary such cau- ses should happen once in an age, to alTord the glorious op- portunity of bringing into action the noble effects they have produced from you. If the fond affections, the heart felt obligations and ac- knowledgments of a grateful people can have suificient weight in the scale of your bounty, you are rich indeed in i^he returns they make. The recollections of your generosity sliall be embalmed 'n our min''-' ;in'' f"^t'^;Tib?i'l in our li^art.', tl-ifv shall be ^ . 1 ]i •IV u cAicfully instilled into the minds of our Children with .ui inviolable injunction to be transmitted with undiminished lustre to our latest posterity. Henry O'Shea, Fice President of the Benevolent Irish Society. Patrick Doyle, 1st Asst. Patrick Morris, 2d Asst. Taomas Meagher, Jim. Treasurer. John Dowsley, Secretary. • To the Committee appointed by the Citizens of Bos- ton, for the Relief of the Sufferers by the two late calamitous Fires in St. Johns, Newfoundland. TRIBUTE TO CAPT. PETERSON. Mr. James Milledge, of this town, has received the di- rection of a General Meeting of the Citizens of St. Joims, relative to the presenting a Piece of Plate, of the value of twenty-five guineas, to Capt. Peterson ; with the fol- lowing In.«cription. " From the Inhabitants of St. Jchnsy Neivfoundlandy to (■apt. George Peterson, as a Memorial of re'pect atid grat- itude for bis havingf at a severe season oj the year, brought down gratuitous supplies fr-om the benevolent Citizens of Bos- ton for the relief of the Sufferers Iry the Fires of the 1th and list of November^ 1S17. 'i % i- After perusing these admirable documents, the reader niay Tnd it difficult to say, on which part there has been 'he greater manife^tation of just and noble sentiment and feeling, or the greater share of mental gratification — whether on the part of the Benefactors in bestowing their bounty and in receiving the lostimonies of unutterable ^:;ratitude — or on the part of their brethren at St. Johns, :n receiving the unexpected donations and in pouring out their thanksgivings to the Divine Benefactor and to the instruments which he had employed in dispensing his gift?. On the principle that " it is more blessed to give than to i eceive," it may seem that the Donors must have had the greater share of enjoyment. But there has also been a ..ivtNr, on the part of the receivers which could not fail tc :1 I ■I I '3 ■■* > ■ 4 I "r- -«■■ ■m. with AM inishcd of the Society. f "1. 15 f^vftQizxi the cup of affliction and to augment their ovrn happiness. For in attempting to express their gratitude (hey appear to have given their hearts to supply the defect of language. Such correspondent expressions of sympathy, benefi- cence and gratitude, ennoble the human character, increase the aggregate of happiness, and become bands of friend- ship and brotherhood. In the exercise of such affections and endearments, men appear what they ought ever to be ; and the universal diffusion of such .sentiments and feelings would render this world a paradise. Such a Mission deserves a Monument of a very different description from what ought to be erected as Memorials of the exploits of bloodstained Warriors. To the reproach of our species, murderous enterprizes have hitherto been the principal subjects of eulogy. For the honour and happi- ness of our race, we hope that a remedy will be found for this mental disease. Indeed we believe that many who were formerly affected with it have been thoroughly cured, and that many others are in a convalescent state. A hope that the Mission to St. Johns might be made useful as an antidote to a malady so fatal, was among the inducements to attempt this Monument. In preparing for the Mission, the benevolent Donori, and Capt. Peterson, the Missionary, could not but recol- lect the recent state of things when $uch a Mis>'ion of" charity to sufferers in St. Johns, -would have exposed all who were concerned in it to the severe penalties for trea- son ; a state too, in which to have inflicted as great calam- ities on the inhabitants of St. Johns as they suffered by fire, or to liave taken the advantage of such a scene of confu- sion and distress, to add to the afilictions of that people, by storming and ravaging the town, would have been re garded ^^''■^ erlorinr^ e^■^l'^!^ nn'^ rtconUng to the u?3gc? o: wa'-. '/ id i Nor was the icconl state of things obliterated from the memories of our brethren at St. Johns, when they receiv- ed the unexpected supplies from Boston, nor when they poured forth their grateful acknowledgements. Governor Pickmore evidently had the late calamitous war in view when he said — «< Individually, I desire to of- fer my warmest acknowledgments to them ; and shall not fail to communicate to His Majesty's Government this spontaneous act of liberality, which in its effects, I trust, will tend to increase and cement more firmly the relations of friendship which now so happily subsist between the two nations." This anticipation of pacific effects was founded on the well known tendency of that charity which seekcth not her own, or that Benevolence which stretches forth the hand to aid and comfort the children of sorrow, and goes a- bout doing good. The proper expressions of sympathy and commiseration, from one community towards sufferers in another, and proper returns of gratitude, have a power- ful influence to eradicate those local prejudices which en- danger public tranquillity — and also to excite mutual love and esteem, the surest pledges of peace. How little of the property which has been expended and destroyed in the wrirs of Christendom, would have been requisite to pre- .«erve peace, had it been appropriated to reciprocal works of charity and beneficence between the different nations ? A thousandth part would probably have been sufficient to preclude every war which has occurred within a thoufand years, and to prevent the military murder of as many hu- man beings as are now alive in Europe and America. How then must war-makers feci, when their sins shall be set in order before them ! While the present friendly dispoi^itions shall continue between the inhabitants of Boston and St, Johns, how would their feelings revolt, should they be required by their res- pective governments to meet each other as enemies in a i %<*^^ " ^"gfcWt. •. ^^w\- ^^'fSA-^ ■-^-ft^-fSr.yA •"3«i«;^j«i^ s^Av*5g t 17 Eeld of battle ! How little it would seem to them like a "field of glory !" Suppose then, that in the course of the present year, and prior to any cause of offence between these towns, the two governments should again make war } suppose further that during the war — say next winter — the people of Boston should be brought into great distress by a conflagration of half the buildings in the town ; that on hearing of this calamity, a British fleet should be ordered to take advantage of the distress in Boston and sack the town; that the late sufferers in St. Johns should be re- quired to take an active part in the expedition, and con>e to Boston— and then, in obedience to their commanders, should actually destroy their recent Benefactors j what name must justice, benevolence and humanity give to such conduct ! But as shocking as such things may now appear to the parties, there is nothing comprised in the picture, which ia at all inconsistent with the laws and usages of modern war- fare ; nothing more unjust or antichristian, than much of the conduct in every war between neighbouring tfiitions — and, we may add, nothing worse than what will probably again occur between the United States and the British Provinces, unless something should be done to open the eyes of the two nations, and to destroy the popularity of war. Can it then be improper for people of every class and of every country, to attend to the following inquiries : — Is it ueasonable to suppose that the rulers of a nation have au- thority to suspend at pleasure the requirements and prohi- bitions of Heaven, either in relation to themselves or their subjects ? Can they, by a vote, absolve moral beings from their obligations to « love one another ?" Can people make war and multiply murders in the exercise of that love which workcth no ill to its neighbour, and without which all our pretensions to piety and goodness are vain ? What delusion can be more absurd or more fatal, than to suppc?e that fallible, and cvcfn wicked rulers of one nation car 3 r 1 .1 |l nuke it the duty of their subjects to hate and murder in- nocent brethren of another country ? Can a greater in- sult be offered to the understanding of an intelligent chris- tian than to tell him that a war manifesto can so fa? super» sede the Divine authority, as to make it his duty to act the part of a mortal enemy tovrards innocent brethren, to re- venge the wrong of their guilty ruler, or to gratify the ambition of his own government i May wc not safely afllrm, that no ruler of one nation has any more right to authorise his subjects to make war on the innocent people of another nation, than he has to arm the innocent in his own dominions, and require them to murder one another ? And if a subject is not bound to obey such a murderous mandate in the latter case, why should he be in the former ? In both cases it would be his duty to obey God rather than man, and to expose him- self to the vengeance of an unjust ruler, rather than to de- file his hands with the blood of his brethren. The same God who has required obedience to the mag- istrate, has ali-o required children to obey their parents j nor has the magistrate any more rightful authority over the subject, than the parent has over the child. What then is the duty of a son, twenty years of age, if his father re- quires him to murder his neighbour's children, to revenge some wrong done by their father ? Will any ruler say, that it is the duty of the son to obey such an inhuman command ? No, says the ruler, because the father's com- mand is manifestly unjust and contrary to the laws of the state. Admit such reasoning to be good, and what is the inference ? It is this, that a murderous command of a ru- ler should tiot be obeyed, because it is clearly unjust and contrary to the command of the Supreme Being—" Thou SHALT DO NO MURPER.' » * "^ In making war, ubie( do in tiuie of war, il' dc pie the most vile and n the Jiope ol'appluui-e fr Tliird. That the acg guilt and uiiscry whici is very sure to jii rs\iadi cted to the work of hu punity but the hope -of Fourlii. Thai it is jus j'or the crimes of a ruki mote from the governm •jven a pretext of wroni Iheir sovereign will be pi t!ie injuries done to his These are sonic o,f tli ed by men prol'essiug U Lot these principles bH( lU intjuiry be instituted esaiiy piinciitlcj of roi which ^vill allbi'd mul'c 2en'.'r.iti'ji!s '•• 1» itid murder in- n a greater in- itelligent chris-^ n so far super- duty to act the trethren, to re- to gratify the of one nation make war on he has to arm tquire them to not bound to itter case, why es it would be to expose him- xer than to de- • ce to the mag- their parents ; hority over the What then his father re- cn, to revenge any ruler say, an inhuman father's com- ic laws of the id what is the mand of a ru- y unjust and ing — " Thou •olvi; li;!j siibjccl.' lU sluilt love thv But what shall the ton do when his fafher positively commands him to murder a neighbour's children ? He should treat his father kindly, an4 endeavor to soften his heart, to sooth his passions, and to show him the injustice of his requirement — its contrariety to the laws of the «tate and the laws of God. If the parent, in such a case, will not hearken to reason, but persists in his merciless injunc- tion, the son may either escape for his life, or cause hii; father to be confined as a madman, till he shall " come to Iximself." But if the son can neither pacify his father's an- ger, nor escape from him, nor causie him to be confined, he should prefer dying by a parent's hands to embruing his own in the blood of his neighbours. Nor should he for a moment indulge the thought, that his father's com- mand wUl absolve him froni guilt in shedding the blood of innocent brethren and sisters, iieiL-iibour us tliyfelf." But do not ru!<.;rs wl)o assume tliis principle ar- fogate a Supremacy over tin. bii'RKMii Bkixg, and make his laws sub- ordinate fo thtir uwn ? Jricond. Tliat ^ubit•cts are not responsible for the injuries which the^ do in time oC war, if done by the orders of their rulers. On this prinei pic (ho most vile and malignant )»as.-iions of soldiers may be indulged, in the hope of applause from men, and impunity at the bar of God. 'I'hird. That (he aggressor in war is answerable for all the bloodshed, i;uilt and misery which result from the eonlest. Thi;n, as each party is very sure to persuade itself that the other is the agt,re.-5Sor, butli piu- eeed to the work of havoc and murder, not only with the hope of im- punity but the hope-of renowu and ble^siclnes^. Fourth. That it is just to inllict vengeance and slaughter on subjects for the crimes of a ruler. On tiiis principle, provinces and islands, re- mote from the government to which they belong, are invaded, without ■ ven a pretext of wrong on the part of the inhabiiantn, or any hope that their sovereign will be personally chastised or all'eoteU, otherwise (huu by '.he injuries done to his innocent subjecjts. These are some o,f the prineipks on ivhich war is made and conduct- ed by men professing Uie christian religion in the nmiici.ntk century ! I.ct these princii)les become the siiljects of serious rcllcctiou ; and let lU in» under no obligation tv "»bey the order of a subaU tern, which i« unjust in itself and plainly repugnant to » known command of hii general, so no man is bound to o- bcy any command of an earthly ruler, when the thmg re- quired is manifestly unjust to fellow beings, and plainly forbidden by the authority of Jehovah. Of all the acts of tyranny which have ever been excrcis* ed by the most inhuman de^:pots, there are none more un- just and abominable, than that of compelling innocent men of different nations to shed the blood of each other. Is it not, then, time for enlightened Christians of every najnc, to raise their voices against this species of tyranny and bar- barity i ;ind to let the rulers of nations inoiv, that they are determined to die as martyrs, rather than to be any more concerned in shedding innocent blood ? Is it not also time for the rulers of Christendom, either to renounce o- penly all pretenrions to the name of Christians, or to adopt some more equitable method for settling their disputes, vhan the uncertain and cruel game of war ? We blush for our ancestors when we read of the Ordeal dnd the Judicia! Combat^ for deciding the question of guilty, or not guilty. But these monstrous customs were m no respect more unreasonable, and they were far less de- structive, than the present popular mode of deciding the disputes of rulers- We have indeed exploded soi^e of the barbarous customs of forme ■ nges ; but the won. ij ....'{ Wi. have retained, embellished, and idolized. These censures, however, should not be passea with un» mixed severity. Some palliation may be derived from the ell known fact, that the present rulers of Chrlstendomi I i »l f'a'l WO Mth un- |rom the Itendomj as well as their subjects, descended from barbarous ance<« tors, who associated the principles of war wit ha professiou of Christianity — but too much excluding a regard for ite spirit and precepts. This I "terogeneou ^ compound ot darkncKS and light, has been transmitted from father (o son, •4own to the present time It has had a jcrniciuus influence vn the modes of education, and bewildered, to an awful ex- (.ent( the high and the low, the rich and the poor. Such h:^vir. been th« case both with rulers and subjects, the ;^rf:tt object now should he, to illuminate the public mind, vO kiiav'ge public opinion, and to convince all classes o> picn, that the path of wisdom is the path of peace. In addition to the general diffusion of pacific principles, there should be unwearied endeavors to cultivate a benev- olent spirit, by the influence of education, and by the in- terchange of beneficent oflices, between people of neigh- bouring states, under the same government and under dif- ferent governments. In this way a Barrier against the danger of war might soon be raised, of more utility to the United States, than a Chinese Wall as high as the Ande-? and as extensive as our frontiers -, and more useful than ,\ fleet of as many ships of war, as could float on the water: between New-Orleans and Newfoundland. Only reflect for a moment on the expense, the peril:. :ind the effects of a military expedition, to destroy and plunder the town of St. Johns, compared with the expense, the perils and effects of the charitable enterprise. On tht one hand, behold a fleet prepared at an expense of millioni.- of dollars, freighted with the horrible apparatus of ven- geance and man!'J^ The lion aiul tlic lamb, lie down togetlier, riiy presence breathes out iVagrante — and thy handu Scatter the fruits of Plenty all around. Uniteil in thy blest and holy hands May Albion and Columbia ever rest. I/ar from the minds of each, 1)C horrid strife Tor evermore. Till taught by llieir example^ \11 nations lay aside their arms, and war "lie known uiiiong tlic bona of men no more. HOMO. wx^%%^^ The following is the language of the London Morning Chronicle on hearing of the Beneficent Mission : *' May the period soon arrive in which Britain and tho descendants of Britain shall be found engaged in no other rivalry with each other than what has for its objects the comforts, the happiness, the improvement and indepen- dence of all the nations of the earth." — Let the heart of every American respond— Amen. Oh ! first of human blessings, and supreme — Fair Peace I how lovely, how delightful thou I By whose wide tic the kindred sons of men Like brothers live, in amity cornbin'd. ThOMI'SOS. Xp^-W w-vx^ DIED, since the publication of No. XII. Caleb Gannett. Esq. of Cambridge, aged 73 — Samuel Salisbury, Esq. oi Boston, aged 78. WVVWW t'MINTENDED OMISSION. iiev. Jo/in Bartlctt, Marblchead, was omitted m giviiiy iiic list of Members of the M. P. S, in No. XI. IMr. Thomaa Arnold was omitted in giving the names oi ihc Trustees of the Rhode Island and Providence Plajita- .«ns Peace Society in No. XII .'i w rnhk-sm .i^Am^m^:^ fi "• ,V, ' '■:^f.;-:j".-..',rr Music, selected from the Songs of the Temple, witli.^:;}y^ ireference to Belknap's Psalms and Hymns. Also, '^| .^ the same, adapted to Watts's Psalms and Hymns. J;^'^^v J^oth printed in small volumes for the-pocket|^. , -^\,/_^0^f:;i^ f' ■■'„!••'•; ?^A , ■ i^ "'lUerum atierhi^ atixiliQ eget." ' " '•■■*',t ••. "\^»:mK*;/''^C^^ ;.;A -■■•'■■^1, f I:- ;vVlvt'' ■ ^'•' ■ ■-" PREFACE , '-^'^ Tt is evident to tnost people, wlio attend public worship, and. ^i'^^Al^iri^: especially to those, who unite to true devotional fceliijg a chaste - 'i 'x"-!iil^ musical taste, that, among the vuvious choirs m our religious ''^:^^^yif'^:. assemblies, there is a great want of proper adaptation, in the-,;^-, 'fV;|^t • tune sclecicd, to the psalm or hymn read from the desk. There ^-'I'Tif^^^: is often such incongruity, qontrariety, and combating, (if the .^^I'lt; *"'''- expression be allowed,) between sound and sentiment, that the ''*>';■,•* ;^ serious and devout, particularly those whiq. delight in the " sa-;i;';ii^^"^;r, ' , cred song," are highly wounded and disgusted. Some chor- '" . A- V^:^ istcrs have supposed, that a right metre and key were the only '^^^ aI^I' ?v requisites in selecting the music, not once thinking that the IvHV'^ 50und should " seem an echo to the sense." It is tinie an at' 1^1 tempt was made to cure this evil, and 'the present work aims at j. f vX such an object. Whether it will in any degi'ee be successful,,. ""■VV tem.ains to be ascertained. Certainly there has been no lack;' ';4f -of industry and'attention in the unde|toking. 1 It will be seen that the numbers and metres only pf the psalms . and hymns are inserted, with the names of such tunes as are ', -' ihought to be suited thereto, averaging about six to each. Drs. ^'^^fj * '.' ^'atts and Belknap have been selected, as being more in usq '#:%-i|^;,t.,. ^ ' than any other psalm or hymn books. The music may all be j ■; VfU^*-, ^ iouhd in the So7!gs of the Temfi/e, Here it may be well to ob- jv, i^erve that all fanciful airs and clamorous fu&ues, all wildly- J^> warbled slurs, graces, and laboured cantabiles are totally in- ;onsistent with divine worship. " Procul, O ! procul cste pro- fani !'* Let no sacrilegious mockery be offered up in solemn praise and adoration to the great Jehovah. 'V: To some, perhaps to many, this humble production may be •tijought of no importance ; yet it is sincerely and devoutly ^opou^itHat, in some measure, it will be. effectual in regulating and improving our taste in the most exalted and ino'st delight- fu). of ?.!! employments. <■'>*■■%-' >■ .s^ k