Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-11-12
Tn. LAT-CUkA1r is nothing better than
mrre wording. He hath communed

with the /" simple ones:" ne hath been
drunk with "the wine Of violence:' ne
hath walked the path of the wicked
q. he hath turned at her reproof.' While
hut he hath attest heards the voice wisdom
he medna;es on the follies of his youth he
will speak in the language of experience !:
he will remember wherein he has erred,
and he will call upon others to avoid the
same dangers; although he may himself
stumble, he will endeavor to preserve o.
Tiers from falling: while be strives against
the inordinate propensities OF his own
heart, he will essay to regulate the desires
OF Others without pretending to any su-
perior degree of virtue in himself, he will
combat against the vices Of the world ::
In this warfare he will not presnmptiouslv
erect the standard otlpiety, but he will, fight
under the banners OF truth.
Fear not re who tremble at the sosterlty
of the Divine, the echoes ofwhose footsteps
the sacred pavement never returns; ne will
not awaken the tcrrours of conscience by
laundering in your ears :the curses de-
nounced against the perverse and the neg
ligent but he will seek TO make you dove
virtue because she is amlable! BE not
alarmed We tender and susceptible, if, him
self no stranger aux egaren'ens az occur
to the wanderings of the heart he should
pursuesyours when it strays out OF the mar
row limits of prudence, and urge its re-
turn from the devious path Of sentiment to
the straight Dad Of duty ne will probe
your wounds with the tendarness OF fellow
sufferer he will console you as one whose
breast has been exposed to the flowing tide
Of the affections who has struggled against
the :mpetuous current Of the passions; who
has been tossed upon the agltssed pillows
of love but without :beisg overwhelmed
by the waves !-Ye whose god is wealth,
do not apprehend that he comes to steal
. from you the palladium Of your happiness,
when he may exhort you to remember
fthe m that are in bonds and them that sui
fer in adversity": think not that he adj
! vises you to be liberal overmlch, whenhe
may counsel you to say unto your oppres-
sed neighbour, whom your abundance may
have once relieved, ego, and come agai n
and tomorrow will give" For these
are the true uses OF wealth, TO sapplyit to
promote the exertons OF honestly indus
trious, to wipe the tear from the cheek of
wrelchedness, to chase away the sorrows
lof the needy: then, indeed,
"---it is twice bicNcd;
' Il b;eGerh him that gives ard him that takes
Eye who revel in sensual qualifications
should he dash from your hands the poison
I ed bowl when YOU lips are prepared to ins
I bibc its contents, blame him not, tits your
good alone he wishes TO whomsoever
he may address himself, it will not be in
the lofty language Of command, but in the
|.sooshing tone of solicitation he may be
didactick, but his accents shall be mild, and
his rules practicable he will not set him
self up as censor moran, she will shcw
his opinion
! AS he is under no obligation to pnrsue
any regular plan, nor to appear at any stat.
ed periods, he may be eccentflck both in
time and manner. According to the hu.
mour of the moment, he may be disposed
] 20 lauSl Wish VIC ) " anu tAe hNocent' or
TO weep with the sensitive and the suffer
ing. Whenever he may think that hs Cal
to advantage admonsh his flock, he rher
will remember that his tongue hath spoK.
en- IN his moalho--;hcn, " he viii shew is
opinions" But on what subject he ma,
exaort, disclaimiAg all the advantages O
| holy ordination, he viii in all rh;ngs be
a LAY-LUR:A IL.