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No elaborate work on charity in our language-Christian Charity

Explained, by John Angel James-Extracts from it-Mammon, or Cove-
tousness the Sin of the Church, by the Rev. John Harris-Extracts-
Three prize tracts of the American Tract Society

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THE SUBJECT OF HUMANITY APPROACHED WITH TIMIDITY IN

ENGLAND FROM DREAD OF UNSETTLING THE FOUNDA-

TIONS OF THEIR SYSTEM.............

Working Classes-Political Economy-Rev. Vic. Knox's works-Ex-
tract-Principles of Political Economy, by John Steuart Mill—Extract—
Extract from R. Southey's Essay on the State of the Poor-Barriers to

The necessity of observing the movement passing under this name

-Inquiry into its origin, and into its infidel tendencies-The errors of

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WHY HAS CHRISTIANITY MADE

SO LITTLE PROGRESS?

WHAT impedes the progress of Christianity? This inquiry must very often arise in the mind of every thoughtful Christian, and no one can over-estimate the importance of a right answer. Apart from its Divine origin, and its vital personal consequence to every human being, the triumphs of Christianity over all other religious systems assert its claims to the support of all lovers of order, of civilization, of industry, of art, of science, of literature and social well-being. Its triumphs are, however, thus far, greater in kind than in extent, The Christian world is distinguished immeasurably above all the rest in all these respects; but the Mohammedan and Pagan world yet greatly exceeds it in extent

and population. Eighteen centuries have been sufficient to establish Christianity over but a small portion of the earth; and even many of the conquests once made are now lost! Both Mohammedism and Paganism prevail now where Christians once dwelt. If the question were only-Why are not the advantages of Europe and America extended to Asia and Africa ?-it would be of unspeakable importance to find a solution: but the solution is of infinitely more importance than this would imply. How many in Christian lands are really Christians? Less, perhaps, than a tenth, or a fourth, or a third. The inquiry then arises,-What restricts Christianity to this small proportion? How comes it, that among the enlightened, upon whom the truths of the Gospel are urged from God's own word, where eternal blessedness is placed in the alternative with eternal misery, so few make their election to be on the safe side?-Whatever circumlocution may be indulged on this subject, the plain truth is, that men who neg

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