Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-06-12
President Dv;ght on Dsei;iag.

az uuehinG. Ia the progress OF the discus
sion, he has ably rsfused the arguments by
which dusilisss attempt 10 vindicase the bar
bayons and Gothic custom. The follow
ing extract concl.ries this elegant aud
valuable discourse discourse which
ougat TO be possessed, and attentivcly read
BY every gentleman IN the community.
AL these thingsreasona aud numa nity, and
religion plead; yet how often, even in this
infaw country, this couatry, boastings of its
knfwledge and virtue, <shey plead in vain |!
Dpcisin great nu,n5srs are foaghs; revenge
isgluited and the miserable victims OF
w1 9Th and ina lness are hurried TO an I'M.
finaSly end. Gone then, thoa surviving,
sid in thine own view, fortunate aud gio-
Tious champion; accompany me- 70 the
scenes of calamisy. watch thou hast Great.
ed, and survey tae mischiefS Of ditelfng.
Go with me 10 yonder church-yard.
Whose is that newly opened grave? Ap-
preach, and read the letters on the yet I'm.
covered coffin. Ifshou canst retain stea-
dy eye thou wilt perceive that they denote
nan, who yesterday beheid and enjoyed
theiighs OF the living. Then he shared all
tk- blessings s hopes Of life. He possess
ed health, aud competence, and usefuless,
aud reputation. He was surrounded by
neighbors who respected, and by friends
who loved him. The wife of his youth
fouad in him. every Joy, aud the balm of
every sorrow. The children of hrs bosom
hung on his knees to receive his em-
brace, and his blessing. la thousand de-
signs was he embarked, TO provide for
their Support and education, and TO settle
then, usefuily aud comfortably in the world
HE inspired all their eRjoyments he
lignJed up all their hopes.
Yesterday he was himsslf a creature of
hope, probationary for immortality. The
voice Of mercy invited him TO faith and re-
pentsnce in the Lord Jesus Christ TO holi-
ness and TO ,heaven.-The day of grace
shone, the Smiles OF forgiveness beamed
upon his head.
While this happy day lasted Godwas re-
coacilable, his redeemer might be found,
and his soul migat6e saved. The night had
not then come upon him., ID 1vhicb no man
can lpork.
Where is ,hcnow? His body lies moul-
dering in that coffin. His soul has ascend
ed to God, with all It's sins uponira head,
TO be Judged and condemned TO wretched-
ness, which knows no eud. Thy hand has
hurried himto the grave, TO the Judgment,
and to Summation. He affronted thee and
this is the expiation which THY revenge ex-
ac.ed.
Turn now TO the melancholy mansion,
where. yesterday, his presence diffussd,
tenderness, hope and JOY. Enterahe door,
reluctantly opening to receive the most be-
loved guest. Here mark the Affecting group
assembled by this catastrophe. That ven-
cradle man, fixed in Inotibnless sorrow,
whose heaFy head trembles with emotions
nnutterable. and whose eyes refuse tear
10 lessen his anguish, is the father who be-
gat him. Thatmatron wrung with anguish
is the mother who bore him. Yesterday
he was their delight. their consolation the
staff of their declining years. To him they
looked, under God, &c Tighten the evils OF
their old age ); to close their eyes on the bed
of death aud 10 incI ease their transports
throughout eteraity.
But their comforts and their hopes have
all vanished together. He is now corpse,
tenant otthe grave; cut off in the bloom
of Life, and sent 'unprepared to the judge
ment.
To these immeasureable evils thou has;
added the hopeless agony of remembering,
while they live, that he was cut off in a
gross and dreadful act of sin, and without
even memeniary space of repentance: a
remembrance which will enYenom life, and
double the pangs of death.
Turn thine eyes, next, on that miserable
form surrounded BY cluster of helpless
end wreiched children, See her eyes roll
ing with frenzy, an6 her frame quivering
with terror. Thy hand has made her WI