The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-01-14 00:00:00, page 4

laws,
Forever bids us with the ftri&ft
care,
To ad with all mankid upon the
square ;
With true philanthropy it warms cur
breast,
With ufeful zeal to fuccour the dif
treft.
Bids us shew mercy when we have
the power,
And to the houfclcfs stranger ope the
door,
The naked with warm vestments to
infold,
And guard the ihiv'ring wanderer
from the cold,
To feed the hungry, bid them eat
and live,
And to the thirfly li, the cup to give
To visit wretches tortur'd by disease,
Make finnoth the bed, and pour the
balm of case,
'The widow's tale, the orphan's cry
to hear,
And from their eyes wipe off afHi£li
cn's tear,
To know each offer'd, each endearing
tie. F '
Os fuftey'd, heaven defeended cha
rity.
When to the Lodge we go, the hap
py place, , „
There faithful friendlhip finiles in
ev'ry face ;
What tho' our joys are hid from pub
lic view,
They on reflexion please and must be
true;
There we (in moral archeieaure.
Mill'd)
Dungeons for vice, for virtue tem
ples build, ....,
There on a pkafing level all appear,
And merit only, is diftinguilh'd there.
To you ye Fair, adorn'd with ev'ry
grace.
Tho' ancient custom has deny'd this
„ place,
'Tis not because we think you would
reveal, . . : . .
What we, as Mifons with you to con
ceal,
But we're afraid (and fore our fears
are tree)
Were you admitted, love would en
ter too,
That jealousy might then our hearts
inflame,
And to a rival's turn a brother's
", &amt,
At ^^x^wz/a
^CHI ^
'
SEAT of the MUSES.
OX CXU
An ELOGY on MASONRY.
THROUGH many an age,amidft
the ihocK of arms,
Religion's jars, and party's fell a
larms,
Mid folly's lies and dander's forged
Mains,
Still unfubverted Masonry remains;
Begot by wisdom, and upheld by
truth,
Still tells the vigour of unfaded
youth :
The mystic building stands mid envy's
flood,
And evil finds itfelf o'Crcome by good.
But what our order teaches, I will
show,
The lessons you mull love, when once
you know;
It always bids us humbly to adore
The Almighty Architect, by whole
great power
The universe was built, to his decree
Which wisdom ever guides design'd
to be;
It makes us zealous in our country's
cause,
True to its trust and faithful to its
Mr. PRINTER,
IT has lately become tery fashi
onable for those who are fond
of displaying their abilities, to in
troduce something that they think
new to mankind, in the public pa
pers ; efpeciaily those who wish
to be thought originals. A species
cf this kind has lately appeared in
your paper, under the fictitious
name of Alcand^r. He discard:
the idea of fuperffition, and ye
none is more involved in it than
I himfelf. He adheres closely tothr
Sentiments of his father Adam,anc
his mother Eve ; when they were
called to an account for disobey
ing the command of their Muker
Adam fays “ the woman whom
thou gav(ft,to be with me, (he gav^
n.; of the tree, and I did cat ;" in
like manner the Woman flung tip
blakie upon the serpent. Adam
exculpates himfelfin this way,arc
tails the blame upon God. Ant
lAlcander irfcad of bring a:
original, is only treading in th^
I steps of his father Adam ; only
Iwith this difference, he is rather
more bold and impudent, in af
fercing, that the most peifed, wif^,
powerful, just, and good Being
i cannot carry on his plan wihotr
I making use of lies and deceit ; he
that is infinite in all his perfecti
ons, could not display those per
fedions, without making use of the
greatest imperfections.
God has expressly forbidden man
to fin ; but this profound philoso
pher, who has founded matters so
deeply, has found out that God's
revealed will is one thing, and Lis
secret will another, or rather, what
was his fecrec will,until this great
man found it Out'.
People used to think, that their
Creator was just and holy; bu^
what will they think now; since
they are aflufed from Alcander's
infalible pen, that he commands
one thing, arid moves, nay causes
them to do another ? If this is the
case, my fellow men, we are much
beholden co the penetration and
genius of this modern fage—for
we ihall have nothing to reflect up
on ourselves if we are miserable.
Brt ifthis fhocld not be the case
those who Believe in him will have
reafori to curie the day that he wa.
born,dr that ever they saw his writ-
After he had afferfed something,
which'fe Joubtte'fi, supposed would
be ahaffaW. to the common sense
of mankind*; and for fear they
would not be believed ; *he lugs in
Job?, C@l-vi*;^s an advocate, and
mifconfttues a few leniences of his
writings, taken from Neab Wor&f
tor's letter, rind twills them, as he
does many texts in the bible, to
fopport him in his impudence.
His mailer did so before him,
when tie tempted du/ Lord, Matt.,
4. 6. Luke 4. it. In charging
God with being the author-of fin,
he is worse than the devil; for he
never difed to fay his fin to the
charge (if the divine Being, altho'
he hates him, arid would be glad to
get fomethinr of this kirid, with
which to impeach God, yet his
mouth has be4n chained up in si
lence until now; and will be fore
ver, unless this most profound, rind
almost infinite Philofripher, should
open his eyes to fee that he is not
to blane ; but ifpunimed drijuftiy.
If this ffiould be the case, all hell
yill (hout for joy ; for they will be
free from the punilh ment of reflexi
on and felf accusation.
Bat he has riot besn'able to find
Break all our bends, annihilate our
j°>'>
And soon our ancient custom quite
destroy.
We know your worth, your excel
lence we prize,
We own your charms, the magic
of your eyes ;
The wretch who loves not ydu, up
on this plan.
Forfeits the name vfMzfcn ±of Man,
ALL persons having de
,mands bn the cflete of Stephen
Dole, late of Atkinson, deceased,
life'deriv'd to exhibit their Accounts to
tie folffcriber — and thole indebted to
said eftaxe, to make immediate payment
to—• Sarah Dole, 7
Moses Dole, f r '°
Alkin^n, Dm 2|, 179<.
✓/L L perjons having any
== claims against the Eflate
0/ JOHN DUDLEY, late of
Briritwood, in the county of
Rockingham, gentleman, deceas
ed, are desired to exhibit the
fame to the fubferiber, Adminifo
trator, to said eftate —and all
persons indebted to said estate
are requeued to fettle the fame
immediately.
Benj. Dearborn.
Exeter, Dec 27, 1791.
rHE Nonresident owners
^ of Land, in Exgter, who have not
paid their taxes for 1791, are hereby
informed — that unless they pay them to
the fubfe/iber in two weeks from the date
hereof, their Lands will be advertised
for file.
Shackford S. Bennett, Col.
Exeter, January, 1792.
this out altho'he has been in hell thou
sands of years.
Take heed how you believe this great
and wife man: He may be falible ; and
if he fhculd, you will be found the au
thors of your own fins, consequently of
your misery.
Take heed how you hear and
JAM in possession of an excellent re
cipe, by the means cf which 1 am
always happy, 2nd being ever ready to
contribute to the re ief of my fellow
creatures, shall, without hesitation, com
municate it to the public. It consists of
cwd drachms of region, three ounces of
virtue, mixed with a large dose of good
honour; this admirable medicine keeps
my fee's and passions in proper calm,
a^d : ^ he mJft of folendour and wealth
1 tai- dxj? from the pangs of envy or
he tumults df ambition.
I rife every morning with a heart full
f gfatiude to the supreme Being ; I
call on myneighbeurs and friends around
^%di them my thoughts, my desires
and urge them to perform the duties
icir different nation, in life exad of
'hem; the ioca of tomorrow never trou
bles me, I r gard i. as an uncertain be
ing on whom I can have no claim, and
which it may please the author to refofe
me; I lock on every moment I pass
as awarded me by his bounty, and thus
know the value of time ; if sorrow knocks
at my door, I am not a: home ; are I in
want of money, 1 invoke Providence as
my only banker, and am never dify
pointed ; am I ill, temperate diet and
erercife soon aura me ; am 1 in danger
of dying, I feed no dread, a good man
soon prepares for his journey ; If any
one tells me the envenomed tongue of
calumny has made free with me, I con
tent myfelf with telling them it is my
turn today, it may be theirs tomorrow ;
if we afflift ourselves at being spoken ill
of, the whole world may go into mourn
•ri,.
CAS H,
GIVEN FOR
FLAX
AT THt
Duck Manufactory
in EXETER.
Idea of a Happy Man.
[Written by bimfclf.]
believe.
Almanacks, for th e
year 1792,10 befold at
this office, very cheap by the
groce or dozen. Dec.l79.
Dr. Watts' Plain and Eaf,
Catechisms jor Children,
,&f pnblifad— and ready for sale at this
Office. o^2l.
/'ASH, of Writing-Piper,
given for clean Linen, or Cotton
and Linen RAQS, at this Office.
Exeter, ,@u. 1792.
also,
Large and common Demytimb
Crown and Foolscap Print
ing ditto. —and a few reams
of Wrapping ditto—which
will be fold cheap for Cash.
7y? Pubhjbed^
Divine hymns—or,
SPIRITUAL SONGS,
For the use of Religious Assemblies and
Private Christians—being 2 colledion by
Joshua Smith— and others.
The Fourth Exeter Edition corrected —
containing in the whole, 145 Hymns of
various metres.
Printed and Sold at the Printing-Of
fice in Eteter, by wholesale or retail—
Sold allo by M\ Samuel Sleeper, at his
house in Poplin. Odober 7.
VARIOUS kinds of Took
fcap and Pot Writing-
Paper,to be fold at this office.
LL persons having de-
A mands on the estate of
Stepben Thing, late of Exeter,
deceased, are desired to bring
in their accounts in order for
settlement—and all persons
who are indebted to said es
tate are requeued to make
speedy payment.
N. B. The last Monday of
this and the three following
months will be appropriated
for settlement of the above
accounts, at the house of laid
deceased, from 2 to 6 o'clock
in the afternoon on each of
said days,
Jekß. Bachelder,
Administrator to said tJlatc.
Exeter, Dec'r. ij, 1791.
qpHOSE Customers wh^
' have engaged WOOD to
the printer hereof are inform
ed, that a few loads would be
very acceptable at this time.
A LL persons having any
' ' claims against the estate ofjosiah
Fogg, late of Raymond, Esq. deceased,
are desired to exhibit the fame to the
fubferiber, Administratrix to said efiate
—and all persons indebted to said estate
are requeued to fettle immediately.
SARAH FOGG:
Raymond, Dec'r. 19, 1791.
w .„Q AS H
Will be given for a few
pounds of
Hogs' Briftks 3
in Exeter.
w oTTdT
WRITING-PAPER.