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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. [ NttMBFR 661. 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. ’.•?