Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-02-14

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\ 60 ana taken 10 pritou. Joel Barlow was with
me. and knows the fa4.
In the f-cnnd place. the people Of France
! were running hcadsonE into AIheitn. ard
! had the work Translated and publiiLtd n fh-ir
owl language, to nop them In that c5f-crs
| and FIX them 10 the fri article e. have be-
| fore faidl Of every mans creed, who has auT
creed AZ all, 5slisx. ~ Ca ! endangered nv
own life, IN the 6ril place. by cppohus ID the
/! Conytntion the execution OF the King. and
abcr.cg te fhcw they we're trying The racn-
zrchy and nor the nan, and that the crimes
imputed I'd him were the crincs Of thI mon
srchical fyNcnf; and endangered u f-rond
time by oppofing Atheiim. and yet fare CT
ynar prielfs, for do not believe that all arc
perv5rir, CRY ont. in the -r1r rr5oeo Of the mo-
narchiral pricil- craft. What an inhdcl What
wicked man j. Thomas Paine They might
= well add. for he believes il God, and i -
CAN'T fhrdding blood.
But all this zyar xrhsep of the pulpit has Tome
concealed ohi5a. Religion u not the cauic,
but i i The talking hori1- They PIT II for
ward I'd conceal thcnfcivrs behind Id. III L.
not = tecret that there has been party COM
| pnleG of the leaders or Fhc Frderalifls fer do
not include All Fsderalilis- with their leaders,
who have been working by various ntaas for
4cvcI al years pa!t, 10 cr5rurn the Federal
| Contribution. caab.inIed Oh the representative
| fyffcm, and place government Ill The new
world on The 'rorrnpt fyneEn nf the old-To
accomplish this, large Handing army vas
n1cehary. and Is a prcIence Tor fuch ~ army.
| The danger Of foreign invalioR mat ~ bel
lowed forth, from the Pu pit, from the PRES.
and by their public orators.
l | am not OF difSohtlnn inclined I'd fuf-
| picicn. Il il in IFS nature mean and cowara-
| ly PaiLon, and upcR the whole, even admit
| ting error INTO the cafe, II j. better, | am
fare II i more generous, 10 Be wrong on the
| tide OF confidence, than on The h5e Ut lulpl-
1 cion- But know a. iaSk, that the Enrltla
| Government diiiributes annually fifteen hun
| dred pounds ltcrling among the Prsibyfcrian-
| minilftrs in Eng and, and one thonE4nd among
i th0ic of Ireland; and when | hear OF the
| ttrangc difcourles of fone Of your rafnlfers
and protectors Of colleges, cannot, a. the
quzkers fay, find freedom ia my mind 70 ac-
| gut them. Their anti-revoluuonary doc
triues invite fufpicion, even sgainll ones will,
and 10 fpis- q ones charity to believe well
| Of them.
"a you have given me one fcripture phraf.,
| J will give you another for ihofe minacrs.
u 4 f4id 10 Exodus chap. -, verle as,
TB7u Trt aat rrviIs to- g,1s. ~ euyE tbs rsEsr
| oftty people," But thoic mintncrs, fuch mean
as Dir. Emmons, curlr ruler and people both,-
for The majority are, politically tie people.
and i i thoGc who have choicn the ruler
whom they cur!e. As to the hrff part Of the
verie, that Of act rsrii5Ag t5t sSd, il makes no
part Of my fcripture. | have but one Cod.
Sincc | began This letter, for write il bY
piece meals, . have ieiturc, have fren the
Tour letters thar paffed between YOU and Iuhn
| Adams. IN your fri letter you f4v, .lrt al
vines and philosophers, itateincn and pztri-
OTIS, Hnitc thIr endeavors 10 rrns-4f. tbr ~. ~
| inculcatiBg ia the minds Of youth RI. ts1r ~
f5e iss< sf tie Daiy 81 s-i5crizl a5il--tbya.yi'
Why, my dear friend. this u erartIv r7y rc-
lision, and i the whole ar H. That vou nav
have an idea that the -dgr y Rrsfa for be-
iieve you have nor read IT'D inculcatcs this rev
ereatiai fear and love Of the Deity, ~iIi give
| You paragraph.from I'll.
NH" Do We want to contemplate Ills power 4
" We fec il il the inmcniitY of the creation.
I" Do We want 10 contemplate bis wrldon
We feel, 10 the unchsaeAblg order by which
:" the incomprehrnilbIe Mole is governed
" Dove want 70 contemplate bis mUnihcence
n We fee II in the abundance with which ID
I" fills the earth. Dc We want To conter-
= plate bis mercy We rec il in his noe
4 Withholding that abundance even from The
unrhznkEui.''
AS am fully WIKI you Ia your frn Dart
thar rcfpecting the deity, 70 am III your ~.
cnnd, thar IF asiVtrfri ya5flzaihrvpy by which
| do not mean merely The detrimental Lsnevo-
Itncr Of Wiling vel bnt tbe practical bcner-
olcncc q doing good We cannon f-rvc H.
Deity ia the manner We fervc lhofe Who can
NOT 60 without that fervicc. He needs ~
lsTvice from is. We can add ncth;no -
eternity. Bat i Is ID cur power 70 render
ierviee afaStat4s 10 him, ard thai il no, b.
| praying, but by endeavorns I'd make liz cfc.--
lures happy. man does not ftrve CD
| when he Prays, for Il Is himIe.f he II t-vsry
70 ferve, and asvc hiring or paying men ~
pray, a. II the Deity resided initruciion. Il u
in my opinion an s5ominaiion. One sona
School Mailer isof more ufr and of more vi.
| nc than aload Of iuch PcrIons a DIR. Emr.u<
and fcrnc others
You, my dear and much rcfpecled friend.
are Low far in the vale Of years have rcr.
| 4 believe foric years in fore for have
good itatc Of health md happy mind, ana
take care Of both, by nourith:np the 6rtf
with temperance s lhe latter VII n abundance.
This believe. you viii allow 10 he the
true phioicphy Of life You win ice by my
third letter tothc citizens Ct the United Statrs.
that | have been crpofed to. and prefervsd
through, many dangers, but Infead Of buffet
ting the Deity With PRAYERS a. If diRrulfcd
him or muf dictate to him, I repofet r.yfef
| on bis protection; and you, my friend, viii
ind even in your laR momrnls, more con-