Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-09-29

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/ pious advocate for the observance of the sacred
day that is not the least impressive, which proves
that by goirg mechanically to church, We shall
at length, go religiously there.
For these, aud other reasons, sermon on the
| season may be useful. WhateveF recalls man
fromIow cares to extended views shate YER rotiscs
sensbty and excites to gratitude and a love OF
| nature, is surely meritorious. The Lay Preacher,
since the commencement of his weekly lsbofs, has
seen, and attempted to norallae the natural ope.
ratidTis of January, Of May, and of June. The
beginuings and middle of t,voted year have pass.
ed IN review before him (; buI the rich mat2fity
remains to be considered, and extolled. Though
the curious and the dssipated of our cities boast
of their expensive exhibitions though with rap
ture, they gather round the tutored quadrupeds of
Lailson and OF ricketts,, SSH there arc fgbts,
easily and cheaply to be seen, which are neon
parably more amusing ard gorgeous. To the
beauteous show of the season, men and brethren,
You are invited, not by the advertisements of Al
adventure, notify inggler's devices, butby the
voice OF Mature. Her hckeb arc inscribed on the
dmpbnbeatre is opened to you without a TEE. Al
may discern, IN reality, what the Prophet sax,
in the obscuuJy of a vision, baskeI OF SLIM
ner fruit ripe and plenteous, tesvfying the
goodness OF the year, and crowmng It wl5h glad
ness.
Spring and Sursmer are periods OF expectation.
The farmer beholds the corn fall into the boiom
Of the ground, and the young ihoots rife, but
all is uncertainty, ill the produce IS gathered IN
to the garner. Many anxious look IS Gait up
10 the varying Ky, leaf the tofm.r ard tic latter
rain should TOO icantily, or TOO eoPonly deicend,
lealt the fun ihou!d too hatcelY glow, or mil
dewing yapours float on vegetation But, whcn
the grals is dried and leeused, when the mellow
fruit OF the orchards is melting into his cAiks, ana
the bqrvea moon lights his reaper TO the lait
wheat Cheat, tEen is folieitudc Appealed, and he
cxutingly exoams, have 6nihcd
The prefntis the very period, 10 which hare
yeA, that conformation 70 devolty TO De with
ed, by every huibandman, takes plsce. O
thofc diyincs, who ulc themlelyes TO preach &C
cafonal (e!moas, perceive II Is the pyattlce 10
paint and 10 praite he benefits Of that particular
year, in which its eulogium is compafed. But II
is nor the de6qn Of ks I.faouf(e 10 lpeek only #
the fruit y&et Of he Prcicot fealon. Or bai
kets arc always iui ours are thoic regular Il
terations al hsat and moiturc, which beg: plenty
to the hUlbandman, for we have a . lonth land
and fpring8 OF water, we have The upper and
the nehcr lprlngs.'
Al al times, Ane,ca feems privileged quar-
tsr Of the globe. Fuit. ever Astounding, ana
eaten in tranquility, marks our happy dlitintfion.
Thele,topics being Tightly conddered, the Pati
cnce of the readcf lhall be relieved by the clofc
of the iernon.
Whatever biRorical volumes, or yfem Of geo
graphy We pciufe, we dod that mott countries are
expoled either 10 b.letul yiciiItudes OF climate
or the capricious yiolence OF tempett, drought 81
inunda,ion In the hal!o~ed volume, aimoit
every ver(e, alluGve 10 the natural hhtoty OF "a
leRinc, in cid time, Contains iome memorial OF
the irrcgrlaTity OF It's fea(ons. Agrceablysa mo
dern travellers, the inhabtants ot mary parts ct
the Eat, fill fnarl under the fcourge Of me ele.
mcnts. In SYRIA rain is nos witneii2d for months,
and who has not heard Of the icofchng lands of
Arabia The Mic, the grand fertilizer of Egypt,
like an over fond parent, fometimfs imothefs thr
the Object which it cherrhes. Cairo, the may'
of nations, (ometmes bemcans in duff, her ican-
ty hayef,
{" Ind Mecca sad4ens al their long delay"
live survey regions of happier temperature.
still the journals OF their weather mark extreme
variableness, and in many years, the baskets q
summer fruit, are not high pied, We can sca'ce
ly look at a paragraph Of foreign news in our Ga
zettes, without remarkng melancholy narrative
Of tie scarcity OF corn, and Of famshed popu
lace, clanoring for bread. But when, my Cur
tryn1en, do you suffer these caamites? VIVA
year is such Egyptian seerlity, that you can b
asked the question proposed TO the prophet, il
my text, and not answer like hun! Ib9 rains
do not descend, nor the 70 IDS come, in such tor
rents, as to drown our plans. The green corr
IS not burnt by vertical sun beams, nor over