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similar circumstances, they would not imitate, if not exceed them. Crimes, which once had among their votaries, not alone the dregs, the the ornaments of society, have now no existence in Christendom; & not even a name, in the language of polite intercourse. (((Infants are no longer shunned from the maternal bosom, to perish under the broad cope of Heaven, unwept and unregarded. The fairer pert of our race, no longer, as under other religions, the drudges of Man's indolence, the slaves of his passions, the victims of his caprice; are rescued from the vapid and degrading seclusion of the harem, and the blaze of the funeral pile, to polish & adorn society; to be the companions and friends of Man; by their mild & persuasive influence to recal him to virtue; to solace his cares; to partake his enjoyments & to bless by her prudence, and virtues, the sacred asylum of his home. If the gospel has not fully imbued society with its spirit; if intemperance, injustice, and impiety, still deform & disorder it; we)))

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