Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser., 1803-01-17

sPINTExT. NO. III.
" haaasj dJs7 Gak5e hurt, molsned, or rsR,aiz.
Cd m tiiPefsn, Liberty or 1fafe. fer quo.)si3mg
nas' N fbe name, an1fsefa mse agreeable 70 tbs
d'f71frs Of BIZ Ozvr confidence, tor BIZ religious
fssf11ian Q, }rfisserfs oyovis'ed Be dyt5 not djE
i1r6 '6s pubic peace, afr.ts Others in their re-
l.gio.s roo5Is,P
sLlGiOA ~ IS q queQion between man and
bis Maker porais between man and man
: God iudgeih the heart,'' and The man who
cc1iires hls neighbor, ought TO e1aISme him
tslt, and be fure ne does ii with clean hands
pure haars He flioult feel conadent that
he was hiInieh immaculate. ard that he had a
right I" 10 can ihs EfR fone FL heard a
Jew II Bolton. damirng Tom raneas an in6-
del-iamenting has religious creed, and alert-
rs be ought never TO have been fuffered to
i4nd on cur flores ! Pray, MIR Ifaacs,
what DO YOU believe III believe in Mofcs \
No rlatter--Fhis IeN was FtderalIfl-tferr-
fore, according to modern logic. was Chtif-
tian. True he kept Saturday, he violated
Sunday- Who no,ieed il I, What feI.raf e5ry-
lin blamed him' This verv lew is indebted
tp- the Tree exercifc Of his worfhip, 70 the car
~ e1ertions OF Paine in the c4uie oi freedom
The clergy exclaim " the church Is n danger
do they tremh C. for the honor of God
or are they apprehrntve for their fat livinss
Has Paine becnaas injurious to the chriftian
reheion as may OF our modern divines
fheis mtn have violated the org g,naf innitu-
ton OF their ordcr--have frequently turned
their godiinefs INTO gain---and, like anctionccrs
ioid their prayers TO the higheA bdder--Can
y &c neceflary TO mention the REPEATED fwrbffss
which have been made, In the capital, of
eiergymcn from the country who. with
great readinels, have quirted the care Of ,1,Gie
Par5Ibioners, for fattcr flock, in more elcva-
ted ntnstion !--ls this conforming to the ORR
glnai charge OF ChriH, TO the frlt minilcrs os
the new teltamcnt Z" Freely We havs receiv-
cd ; freely give, provide neither gold or fiI-
ver or brais IN your purfcs nor fcrip for
your luornry !; for the workr m is worthy OF
his meat." The clergy of the day have en-.
hfled ;hemfelyes under the banners Of a sss-
hgaaai Ps,ty-and they con6dcr that any man
who = OF their political creed, Is preeminent-
y entitled 10 fxivation.--" BY their works We
fhaii know them" Why did NOT the pulpit
sbsHssy aaatbsauas againf Hamilton Why was
6is name rolled as " a fluesf suor,d under their
tongues, at~a time when the prcient pref
dent OF the United States, was not conhdercd
BY them as fubject Of prayer, Why was
that ayowed aduiertr feaned in our capital,
when man much better il exccratcd on bis
landing on our flores, and the rites of hofpi-
tality arc aimon denied him !--'s Father for
give them, for they know not what they do
-" Peace on earth and good will toward,
men wasthe glorious proclamation of Angels,
20 Fcgenerated World on the birth of the
prince OF peace Why then do his difciplcs,
inttead OF inculcating the above Gudlke, con-
c'!lating ientiment, endeavor by their private
convsriat4oH, and public iniructions, 20 ronfc
he indignation OF the citizens, .Egainh their
fellow nan--a man who, let bis belief be what
II may, has done more 70 fccure 10 rhe United
States free exerciie Of their civil and rei
gious liberty, than thoUland modern cler-
symen Should any man doubt the afTer-
t'on-I cali on him to look back 20 the com
mencemert Of our revolutionary war-when
cur draref rights and mon fIcrcd privileges
we're violated by the hands OF rapnc and law
lefs opprehion, when our cities were reduced
TO aihes-when the temples or The mott high
were prrphaned by the hireling troops Of
Britain, aided and fupported by their chriiliaa
and believing king and parliament--when the
body OF our nation was iick--wheu defpnn-
dencc even rc lethzrgy, when dcfpair even to
madnets. bad ieizcd our citizens, and fmiIe
en- the face paied, like the funbcam on the
ocean, which the next unduiation Of the wave
taAccs! Al this important moment when
the horrors and dreadful ravages OF civil war
threatened Us on one hand--on the other,
laverv, with ghaflly exuItation, extended her
chains, e0mman jsnjs, written by the pen ofthis
Tom Paine, this rvrsfss, this isfisf this ujr
srsans Of tho tory federaliiis, appeared il The