GENTLEMAN IN BOSTON, TO HIS BROTHER IN THE SOUTH, ON ORTHODOX POLICY, &C. "Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my Boston: PUBLISHED BY BENJAMIN JONES, No. 91, Court Street, opposite the Old Court House. ......... 1827. DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the eighth day of November, A. D. 1827, in the fifty second Year of the Independence of the United States of America, Benjamin Jones, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: "Cry "A Cry from the North, being a Series of Letters from a Gentleman in Boston, to his brother in the South, on Orthodox Policy, &c. aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitied An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned.' And also to an Act, entitled "An Act, supplementary to an Act, entitled an Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints. JNO. W. DAVIS, Clerk of the District of Massachusetts. The following letters were written by an orthodox gentleman in this city, to an orthodox brother in the South. The author, at first, addressed a few letters to his brother, concerning the religious state of things in Boston. On reading them to an intimate friend, it was suggested as an important inquiry, whether, it would not be for the general good, to publish them to the world? The due consideration of this inquiry, led him to issue the letters, weekly under the title of a Cry from the North. In coming to this conclusion, the writer would state, that, he has been actuated by a sincere desire, to promote the cause of religious freedom and evangelical piety. No man regrets more than he does, that there should be any necessity for such an exposure of facts, and no one more than he, would rejoice to find them successfully controverted. He has not written, from any personal benefit he expects to receive, nor to gratify any spirit of angry resentment. Such as the letters are, they are given to the world, "not for the good of one-but all." It is not from motives of expediency, any more than from motives of fear, that he is induced to conceal his name. He has no wish to excite the anger of his brethren toward him, but rather to 66 provoke them to love and good works." And as he has no wish to become their enemy by telling them the truth, so, he is willing to give them a pledge of this, by concealing his name. Nov. 7, 1827. The Publisher would inform the readers of the Cry, that though the present number terminates the first series, it does not terminate the Cry itself. The subject is too important to be relinquished, and our matter is so fast accumulating, by communications from every quarter, that it bids fair to be a Cry, not from the North only, but from the four winds. Whether the Cry will appear again in its present form, will depend on circumstances. But be this as it may, the subject will be resumed in a new Publication, under the title of A CRY FROM THE FOUR WINDS. The first number, of which will appear in due course on Saturday next. > A SERIES OF LETTERS From a Gentleman in Boston, to his Brother in the South, on AUGUST 22.] To be Essued Weekly. [NUMBER 1. ત Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.” Dear Brother, BOSTON, JULY 2, 1827. In the letter which you lately sent me, I find an inquiry concerning the state of religion in Boston. In connexion with this inquiry, I also observe that you have assumed many things as matters of fact, which are idle fabrications, put into circulation by a people, who are endeavouring to exalt themselves in the eyes of the world, though at the expense of truth and justice. Now as it would take a long time, to answer fully your inquiry, I propose to address you in a series of letters from week to week, until all the facts shall be developed which are in my possession; and then you may be enabled to form a judgment of your own, with regard to the orthodox movements in this city. I have facts before me, which, I think, will astonish you; and which if revealed to the world, cannot fail of doing some good. I know it is quite a common sentiment among our orthodox brethren, that you must never expose the scandal of a professing christian, because, such an exposure would give occasion for the enemy to triumph-A sentiment very congenial with the feelings of those, who think more of the sound of piety, than of its practical influence. Now I must confess, my Brother, that I have not so learned Christ. Did he ever fail of reproving the vices, as well as commending the virtues of his professed disciples? And did his Biographers fail of exposing to the world, the ambition of some, and the unbelief of others, who were numbered among his followers? Think you it would have been better for the world, if they had smothered the treachery of Judas, and the perfidy of Peter? Think you that more honour would have been brought upon the christian religion by the concealment of such facts? One would think that such persons were but little acquainted with the bible, and with its sacred precepts; far less, with the character of Christ, and the nature of his religion. How impossible for him to pass over the gross failings |