true safeguards of a republic. Interfere with the exercise of no religion; but let no one system of faith control your government. Frown down every effort of priests or clergy to meddle with politics. Then shall we avoid the errors of the past, preserve our present union, and hope for the spread of the true principles of liberty. With education will be united true piety, each assisting the other, no matter what the peculiar system of faith. Do away with secrecy altogether, and let every blessing that knowledge can confer, be devoted to public information, and the good of all. So, shall the abuses of secrecy be done away with for ever—and it shine forth only in the holy sphere to which it should be confined, to modesty and domestic virtue, religious meditation and prayer, and prudence in the transactions of life.
THE END.
Notes
[1] St. Matt. xi. 28.
[2] Montgomery. Hymn 134. Book of Common Prayer.
[3] St. John, Gospel, iv. 44.
[4] Mal. i. 2.
[5] 1 Corinthians ii. 7-10, 12, 13, 16. Ibid. iv. 1, 5.
[6] 2 Corinthians iv. 7.