204 ON THE EXERTIONS to hear that best news, the extension of Christianity to the extremities of the globe, - to hear that All kingdoms and all princes of the earth Flock to that light:; To hear That eastern Java to the farthest west, And Ethiopia spreads abroad the hand And worships! Compare now these inoffensive and quiet auditors, with the gay multitudes of their own sex which crowd the re- sorts of pleasure. Here, they are the peaceful listeners ; there, they are the busy performers. The others are not, as here, passive recipients of entertain- ment, but the entertainers, but the ex hibitors. Yet, who, among the worldly, censures one of these classes ?-who, among the prejudiced, does not cen- sure the other ? . So much for the difference in the act ; let us examine the difference in 6
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