| Show THE DECLINE OF A corres correspondent corresponded t of the new york journal 0 of commerce says Tha has been a remarkable decline ili in matters of af religious interest for about ten years past especially ally in the northern states the tile last a s I 1 feature of this decline is the faithful ministers of the gospel ifancy if any one doubts this we can send facts fraats and figures we attribute it almost entirely to the fact of a large portion of tle ill the people e and a corresponding pol pot coition tion of the clergy and religious presses dresses being absorbed in the tho ever annoying theme of antislavery anti slavery eejay daan gaan old author says 1 I have cleaned my m y mirro orand rard rand fixing my eyes on it I 1 perceive so many defects in myself that I 1 easily forgive those of others 1 |
