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Tiinr :foliars per annum.]
Voi.um* XIII.]
A HRII.I.IANT CONTRAST
TVuh tie Parishes is> Os gauds af the ‘
Last! j
71 the F.Dtron <f the Ekquiei:ji. •
Di.AU Sir—
The present situation )
*.f our public affairs, which cannot
fail to form a fubj-Yt ct Devout
Gratitude in the hearts of all true
American Chriftiar.;, together with
the pious request of the Mayor of
our city, rendered the religious ex
crcif'c ol ;he last Sabbath peculiarly
intereffing to the friends of our
country, and it’s precious cauf'e.
1 attended vvorfliip at tlie Baptist
Meeting-! loul'e, as 1 found that a
request had been preferred to one
of their miniflers to deliver a dif
courfo to afliit us in the exercise of
Grati’ude to the Almighty for the
iate fuccels uith which he has
crowned our arms on Lake Lrie.
The cxercifes of the day were
introduced by the venerable Pastor
of the Church and worthy old Citi- i
zen, the Rev. John Courtney. He •
made fevetal introductory remarks
on the signal manner in which the ;
Governor of the Universe and God
ol Battles had answered our re
quests, which were so lately preferr
ed in Humiliation, Failing and
Pr ayer,in compliance with a request
ot iur beloved Chief Magistrate,
He then fang the lit part of the
48th Pfaltn by l)r. Watts, which
appeared quite appropriate to our
circumstances as a nation. This
was followed by a prayer calculated
to draw forth thanktulncfs from
every heart to the Supreme Bene
factor for his kind interference on
;ur behalf, as a People. Heap
pealed to the Almighty, that we,
as an injured pimple, had taken ev
ery step to bring about an amicable
kttleimnt with our enemy, ami re
turned thanks, as our foes would
riot be reconciled, th„t God would
not fuffer then) to prevail against us.
The minittcr, Mr. Crioi., w!;u
was ri quelled to speak on the oc
ean on, then re-ad his text, which
may be found in the xt.vni Pfaltn
and 0:h Yerfe.— have thought
■:r. thy kving kind re:, 0 Cod, in the
midst of thy 1 ‘enplc- ”
DISCOURSE.
No longer ago, my brethren,
than Thurfdav, the tub of this
month, we met in this place in the
baracter of penitents. We profef
led to aiflict our fouls with the evil
v. c had done, and addressed the Di
vine Majesty in the language of
humble comriti ;n. We implored
pardon and lalvation for our weep
mg bleeding country. We did
more. \7i prayed in tlie Spirit
and emphatic language of the
Church of England, that it might
pi case the Almighty to forgive our
enemies, persecutors, and Hander
ers, a.ud turn their hearts. Prayer,
my Brethren, ij no vain employ
ment. It the* I.o: u’s anfwcrs to
our supplications do r.ot corrcfpoml
with our words, they will corres
pond with our needs; and c f these
he is the heft dmlgc.
PUBLISHED (w;:I.BY DAVID P. TIILLHOUSE.
WASHINGTON, (Geo.) —SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1813.
“He frees the fouls condemned tc j
death, {
“And when his faints complain, *
“It shan’t be Laid that praying
breath
“ Was ever spent in vain.
This fubjett is beautifully illus- j
trated in a Hymn (by the celebrated
Mr. Newton, minilter of the church
of England) entitled, “17ay or an- ,
rwered by crosses.”
1 am perluaded, my Brethren,
could we have heard that Britain
was difpnfed to accept of tfie Ruf- •
fun Mediation, we ihould have
deemed our day of humiliation well
spent. We have had no such plea
ling intelligence. But vve have
heard that fhc, who like fome earth
born giant, would lpread her thouf
anJ arms and enceinpals the world,
has had one of thole arms broken ;
to, that if fha is not difpuli J to live
peaceably with, file is Ids able to do
us an injury. Like: Luther, we
may again fay, come let us ling tlie
4'ith Psalm. “ (.1 >d is our refuge
and ftrengih ; a. very piea.'unt help
in trouble. I hereiorc will not vve
fear, though the earth be removed
and the immtuains carried into the
midlt ol the lea; Enough tii• * wa
ters thereof roar .".J Ivj troubled ;
J hough the mountains (h iuld fluke
with the lvveiting *h<rof. l‘.a
Lord of 11 >!l sis with y t !lC C? U
ol Jacob is our retime. The heath
i •
cn raged ; tlie kingdoms were mu
ved ; lie utter ~d lus voice and the
earth melted, Come, behold the
works ofthe Lord! vViiat del'ola
tions he hath made i:i the ea.rh.
11 inakafh wars to cea hto the .a J
ot the earth; he breaketh tb. bow
and cutteth the spear alunder.”
He ‘peaks and it is dune; he com
mands and it ‘* mJs faft. “ Befliil
anj know t! i run God, I will be
suited am ...g tlie Heathen ; 1 will
be exalted in the Earth; the Lord
of Holts is with us ; the God of
Jacob is < ur refuge.**
Wherever it had been my lot,
my lEelhren, to have (pent this
Sabbath, I Ihould have deemed it
an unpardonable neglect to have
p tffed over in silence, the kind in
terposition of Providence vve have
lately witnefled.
”0 bless the Lord, ir.y Sou : ,
“ Nor let his mercies lie,
“ Forgotten in unthankfulncfs;
“ And without praises die.” j
But what I should have done as
an individual, I am now bound to I
do as a duty to the public, at the i
requelt ot the Deacons of this j
Church, which requelt was ail’o i
functioned by our venerable Pastor.
1 am happy, my Brethren, that this
victory has drawn forth an acknowl
edgment of an Almighty hand, e
ven from Lake Ihie, (tained with
human blood. Commodore Perry
has come forth worthy of bca-ing
away the Palm. W hat does he fay r
Good 1 a tune has performed this
exploit! Our military fliill and
martial fire have given uk the victo
ry 1 No, no, Not a word of this.
“It hath pica fed the Almighty, to
give to the 1 T ni?rd Stater a Jigr -.1
| victory over their eh:mica on this j
| L uke.” Vote him a triumph! J
, Crown him with laurels! and iet !
all our officers, civil and inilitaiy, j
I lilfert while he lings. “ The Lord j
| hath triumphed glorioufty, the horfo
j and his rider hath lie thrown into
the <ea. His right hand and his
, holy arm have gotten them the vic
tory. Ihe enemy fait!, I will pur-
lue, I will overtake, I will d’vide i
the lp )il; iny lust shall be fatisfied j
upon them : I will diaw out mv
, sword ; my hand ffia.ll Jeffrey thiin.
1 hv right hand, O L ud, is become ,
gl jrious in power. Ihy right hand,
O Lord, hath duflted in pieces lie
enemy.”
It is a pi. ..:are to fleet, i..y
h ethren, th a <he chief magiltrate
it) our city ..aa pubi.wi) applauded
the acknowledgment ot our Cotn
tu .dore, and rtcotnmends to u. a
public expreflion of gratitude to
the G.J of the Uitivcrle, the G and.
of on: country.
Ai\ iiretlnvit, tb.c Pfaltn before
u.3, n ii tliuught, was computed on
account of the deliverance of Jem
-1 and from tlie power and rage of
t rat id-altering bully, Senachuib,
who invaded the borders r! liVatl,
an ] threatened to carry every thing
before him. It you is.,id the ver
bs preceding our text, you will ti::J
ih m adapted to our htuatioii and
.. cu’.ntlances as a people, and to
the deliverance which vve this dry
w Lbrate. Our text affords us ti
general remark, viv—“That r,.i
ti in..! nitr.i ** :.n 1 debverr.ncts ns
j,, i ’-* .u'.ij .is o* dev Medita
tion arid p'.aite in the Chuidi of
God.” In pr. ffeuting tins i'ub
jeet, v.c fn ill
Ist. Conte:, plate fome in fiances
of the divitle, loving kin duds to
the United Siutts:—2nd, We shall
conitdcr the thoughts wc might to
entertain on th., fubject:—3rd,
l ake notice of the place where we
should Ik thus employed. Ihe text
fays, in the Lord’s ictnple.
Ihe lirft thing that claims cur
coiifiJera'.u.u is, a contemplation of
fome inft.mccs ot the divine loving
kindnds, and particularly to the U.
States .. And here the firlt on which
1 (hall fix my eye, is the firuation
which the Governor of the Universe
has given to us on the face of the
globe. Adopting the language of
the psalmist, we may truly fay,—
! * Beautiful tor firuation, the joy of
! the whole earth, is America, the
i Eat of freedom, lcieice & virtue.”
| —Far removed from the troubled
; shores of the eaftcra continent, that
i are altnoft continually Hooded with
human gore, we have a peaceable
habitation and quiet retting places.
Yes, my brethren, fome ol the fair
ed fields that ever met the human
eye, that ever rewarded the husb
andman’s t. il, are at this moment
trodden down by the prancing fltcd
atjd ft revved with tile bodies of the
fi iin.
The country Hes m,fenc’d, unt’i’d,
And deloiation tpitads the fielu.
Americans I what a pleating change
of profpedt do you difeover, ! v :ur
y “*• attention *c your d-^r
[Payable half yearly.
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J native land ! A happier land dii
never the fun view in his wide < ar
i r.-cr—A lovely ipot for all tha: lift
j can afk—lt turnifhes every tl mg
! neccffary for lift arid fualth—lt a
bounds in iubftamial blessings and
even in luxuii, s equal to thole of
any other country on the lace of
the globe.
I “ Rejoicing still in tamefl hope,
: We Hand, & from the mountain top
View ail the land below—
Rivers ot milk and honey rife,
Delicious fruits in large fup| lies,
And constant plenty grow.”
God lias given us a country in
which we can happily live indepen
dent of all ihe world bolide. lie
bn.- placed us at such a diflanoe
from the caffern continent, that vvt_
arc no ways mtertfted in t! ii dis.
putes and have no fearful apprehen
sions of any great injury w hich vvt
can sustain by any war hat they
can wage against us. “ The Lord
hath done great things for us--
whereof we are glad.”
‘Ehe second inftar.ee of divine
loving kindness, may be contem
plated in the government lie hath
given us. Ihe rev. Mr. Gcldfn.ith,
v.bo is now a clergyman of the
church of England, fays, “ the Uni
‘‘•d States are justly celebrated for
the excellence of their conffitution,
which provides for political liixi.y
and individual fer.mity.” But go
vernments, my brethren, an at the
dhpofal ot the Almighty. IF; put
tell) down one and fetteth up ano
ther; so that this precious privilege
!• to be acknowledged as a diilin
guitliing favor of Jehovah to these
United States. \\ lier.ee is :t, my
brethren, that while European? arc
driven like* Haves, and r.s fhcep to
the Hang! iter, just as the caprice or
politics of their tyrants ordain—
whence is it, I repeat, that vve en
j >y ail the- privileges of men, who
volunteer in our own cause, and
fight our own battles ? The only
reaibn vve can „ftign i-, “ l h L >: J
bath done giest things for us where
of vve are glad.”—“ ELir rock is
not our rock, our enemies them
helves being judges.”
The thitd instance of the kind
dealings ot the Almighty I fhaM
mention, is, that a long fe ifon oi
uninterrupted peace vve enjoyed,
previous to the present calamitous
war. The poor unl.aj py ill-fated
Europeans have fcarrdy time to
breath, much ltfs to recover front
the wounds and luflerings of one
war, before they are precipitated
into another. We have been in
tlie l.abit of hearing of these wars
and rumors of wars ; hut they came
not rear our dwelling for nearly 30
years. W* (food (eouro on th.
mountains of case and proiperity,
and beheld the fhatterul lyftems oi
the calLm governments toil* and up
and down oti the tempefluc iii mai:.
•id v ..r and dilcord. But our ptnc •
ri.) brethren, was not owing to cm
i*. coivittg nr> provocations—These
v ere multiplied ft; abundance, fb.t
God hath hitherto given us pueifi:
tn.ti and me; lines ; he hath ordain
ed ■•r.iC'* for us. Nc! ,s. ’.•?