Whether changes of such magnitude as those which I have described, will ever take place upon an extensive scale, I cannot pretend to conjecture; but certain I am, that, if ever they should, not only the Fashionable World, but society at large, will be very much the better for them. Greatly as I wish the “Reformation of Manners,” and “the Suppression of Vice,” I see insuperable obstacles to each of these events, while rank, and station, and wealth, throw their mighty influence into the opposite scale. Then—_and not till then_—will Christianity receive the homage she deserves, and produce the blessings she has promised—when “the makers of our manners” shall submit to her authority; and the PEOPLE of FASHION become the PEOPLE of GOD. * * * * * THE END. _Lately published by the same Author_, THE CHRISTIAN MONITOR for the LAST DAYS; or a Caution to the professedly Religious, against the Corruptions of the latter Times, in Doctrine, Discipline, and Morals. Second Edition, corrected.—8vo. 6_s._ ALSO, THE HISTORY of the ORIGIN and FIRST TEN YEARS of the BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. 2 Vols. Extra Boards. Demy, 1_l._ 4_s._ Royal, 1_l._ 15_s._ This Work contains an Authentic Account of the Origin of the Institution, and of the several Societies in connection with it: together with a Chronological View of the Controversy concerning it, and other Matters of an interesting Nature, not before made Public. _The following are some of the Testimonies borne to the Work_. “The general Narrative is clear and manly, and in many parts rises into true eloquence. “There is one department, especially, of the Work, which is entirely _new_, and that is the History of the _Origin_ of the various Societies. We do not hesitate to consider it as in the highest degree interesting and valuable.” _Christ. Observ. for Nov._ 1816. “Mr. Owen, in detailing the History of the British and Foreign Bible Society, has conferred an obligation, not only on the particular Patrons of it, but on Literature in general.” _Gent. Mag. for Oct._ 1816. “We trust that every one of our Readers, who can afford to purchase the Work, will possess himself of this intellectual treat.” _Christ. Guard. for Feb._ 1817. _See also British Review_, _No. XV_. Sold by the same Booksellers; of whom may be had the other Works of the Author. * * * * * * * * * * _Tilling and Hughes_, _Printers_, _Chelsea_. FOOTNOTES. {5} For the geographical solecism of “a western _latitude_,” the author has only to plead, that the people of whom he treats, acknowledge no points of the compass but those of _east_ and _west_; and that the term _longitude_ has scarcely any place in their language.