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Heathen Superstition.
1 < f !,„•
Britain, doubtless, holds a high and distin- !
guished place among the nations, as to the civil
rights its Inhabitants enjoy; and when we
further consider her state as to Religion, as
being a land on which the Sun of Righteous- i
ness has long shined, and where its divine
effulgence is enjoyed, and in a great degree ap¬
preciated—this distinction is still more remarkable.
These high privileges, however, from the very
circumstance of their undisturbed and abundant
enjoyment, we are very apt not to value accor¬
ding to their immense importance ; and there is
nothing so much calculated to make us feel the
importance of these privileges, than making a
comparison of our circumstances with the state of
those who have not enjcyed the benign influence of
Christianity ;—where gross darkness covers the
people, and whose habitations are the abodes of!
horrid cruelty ;—having no hope, and without
God in the world. On such a contrast we
cannot fail to be made more sensible of the bene- I
fits we enjoy, and more grateful to the Great
Disposer of events, for casting our lot in these
highly favoured lands.
1 < f !,„•
Britain, doubtless, holds a high and distin- !
guished place among the nations, as to the civil
rights its Inhabitants enjoy; and when we
further consider her state as to Religion, as
being a land on which the Sun of Righteous- i
ness has long shined, and where its divine
effulgence is enjoyed, and in a great degree ap¬
preciated—this distinction is still more remarkable.
These high privileges, however, from the very
circumstance of their undisturbed and abundant
enjoyment, we are very apt not to value accor¬
ding to their immense importance ; and there is
nothing so much calculated to make us feel the
importance of these privileges, than making a
comparison of our circumstances with the state of
those who have not enjcyed the benign influence of
Christianity ;—where gross darkness covers the
people, and whose habitations are the abodes of!
horrid cruelty ;—having no hope, and without
God in the world. On such a contrast we
cannot fail to be made more sensible of the bene- I
fits we enjoy, and more grateful to the Great
Disposer of events, for casting our lot in these
highly favoured lands.
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| Chapbooks printed in Scotland > Religion & morality > Deplorable effects of heathen superstition > (2) |
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| Description | As manifested by the natives of Hindoostan in pilgrimages to their idols-burning of widows, treatment of women,-murdering their female children, &c. Dunfermline : Printed and sold by John Miller, 1828. |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2797(13) |
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| Description | Over 3,000 chapbooks published in Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries. Subjects include courtship, humour, occupations, fairs, apparitions, war, politics, crime, executions, Jacobites, transvestites, and freemasonry. Chapbooks are small booklets of 8, 12, 16 and 24 pages, often illustrated with crude woodcuts. Produced cheaply and sold by peddlars on the streets, they formed the staple reading material of the common people, along with broadsides. |
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