The Daily Cincinnati Republican, And Commercial Register

Fifty-nine tons of Bibles have been shipped from
England to Antigua and Jamaica, 'for the use of
emancipated blacks.' "Do you make good use of
your bible, Cuffee?" said one of the class readers.
"O, bery good, massa-I trop my razor on em."
Religion is like liberty--it cannot be conferred on
those incapable of appreciating its value. Upwards
of £20,000 sterling have been raised in England
to educate the negroes of the West India Islands.
Every thing for their souls--nothing for their bodies.
Instead of being taught the mechanic arts, the
use of the plow and harrow, the plane and adze, the
awl or needle, the anvil and lap stone-instead of
practical industry, temperance and integrity, they
are taught to read their bible and sing hymns. They
all begin at the wrong end-they attempt to finish
the superstructure before they have laid the foundation.
But the movers of this grand religious
scheme feel strong in the faith--they are sure that
God is with them. They raise 100,000 to teach
the negroes religion, while thousands of their own
poor in Ireland are perishing with hunger, actually
dying with want--they must die in a land of plenty.
because it is deemed more charitable to look after
the souls of the blacks, than to feed the hungry and
clothe the naked whites of their own soil, and this is
called religion. It is delusion-it is fanaticism. The
great atonement for sin on earth. is to relieve the
wants and distresses of our fellow beings.
N. Y. Star.