a theme

For instance meetings at theatres and
there brothers operas and others are all generally
pernicious if not in one way in another— To people
who have nothing to spend those which to
them are long nights theatres may be useful for themto give something
to as to two senses seeing and hearing but when it is
seen they feel more tired and lazy than they did
before In short public meetings of this sort are pernicious
But such a meeting as this is extremely useful
more than useful good But then to be sure
what is useful must be good. Now have there
is a good use of money however good their
intentions may be they cannot be of any use
unless money seconds them and would it not
be much better to reserve that portion of our
money which would otherwise go to obtain
places in theatres buy useless trinkets
and keep carriages when our feet would do
much better & for these good purposes were it
that portion only than to throw it away
upon these useless things. That money
which

in any case

might procure us an hour or two
pleasure or get us a useless trinket might

on the other

perhaps hand to save a a soul from everlasting
torments What a dreadful state
these poor people are in who think
that they are right and yet are wrong
what a truly charitable purpose it is to
bring them to the true religion. Almost every one of
the nations which inhabit this world believe in
a god and have their gods and their rites. but only
a few acknowlegde the true god and of those
who do acknowledge christ their are some
who are partly wrong and partly right so
that very few are really of a right religion
What a blessed thing it would be if the whole
world were of the true christian religion
but I am afraid that considering all
the obsatcles that may never be.

now even
now

However with patience and perseverence
all things may be accomplished and if
we send the champions forth
from east to west from south tonorth
this great undertaking might thoughextremely improbable
be accomplished and the greatness
of the object ought to furnish patience
perseverence to all the missionaries
. . . ever have or ever will think
of it.