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Rh ror, think of depriving any, thing of life, and do not les repect it in the mallet incet, than in the huge elephant.

They hold there is but one God infinitely perfect; who has exited from-all eternity; but that there are three ubordinate Deities, namely, Brama, whom he'veted with the power of creation; Whitnow, the preerver; and Routeren, the enemy and detroyer of mankind. The upreme Divinity is often typified under the form of a Being, with a number of eyes and hands, to impres, the minds of the people with a trong idea of his penetration and power, and induce them to be very exact in the performance of moral