Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-05-15

s SatESuttltt GILL SSuissAJ1 -. -
to every complexion, religion, ana cli-
mate; encompassing and embracing, IKE
the vaulted arch of heaven, the whole nu-
manrace. Does not the same sun warm
us Does not the same earth sustain US !!
We breath the same air; and the sams
Sfrmament spreads It's glories around US
all! Nature points out the mutual COD.
Hexion; and the lawsof civility, OF rea-
san, and of revelation, conarm her lnvins
chile dictates!
The relation of parent and child, OF
husband and wife, of rulers and the Tulea'
must inevitably PERISH
a. And like the oafelels ta2rle OF yihoa
sfs Leave not a wreck behind
The sun may soon br darkened, and the
moon Withdraw her hight! SOON may the
heavens be gathered up, aud the .els aaents
melt with fervent heat but the endearsng
bonds OF benevolence can never be dis
solved. They will endure rhSelast comous-
ton Of the universe-i Benevolence IS con-
nected with time and with eternity. ex.
listed. in the Godhead at the tofmation OF
che world, and viii survive ats hnal DC.
struction. The consciousness or allie OF
pious philanthropy, will yield grateful
SUPPORT IN the hour of sickness; It VIII
spread ioysand serenity around the BED OF
death il will accompany the believer INTO
the world of spirits; and will be calm
pieader for pardon at the throne|ot Juag-
ment. when God shall be Ailin All!
- If there be among you. fsays the meek
and didactick prophet of Mount Snal)
poor man of one of thy brethren, thou
shalt nor harden thy heart. nor shut thine
hand from thy poor brother? "'. Can any
one who has ever :elt the conscious plea
sure of performing one beueveient &C.
ton, smother the inpulse OF charity or
require my feeble excitement ier his per-
severance Who command, who control,
the respect, the affection, the, veneration
of mankind ? the benevolent and theamer-
ciful Graceful is the tearSof sympathy
Endearing, ele,,ated, cand rap,urous, are
she feelings of benevolence they adorn
prosperity, & form the onlyre superiori-
tv derivahle from wealth. by enabling the
afnuent to enjoy themost exquisite rehne-
ynents of divine sensibiity to relieve the
wretched, to release the unfortunate, ito
support the orphan to make The Widows
heart sing for joy, and to smooth the de-
clining path of deblitated age. ] he @ac'
t,ons ct benevolence dilate and expand
every sentiment of virtue! they form a
vial part of our religion, and encircle 1t
with rays of glory, which render Christi
anity not only venerable but lovely,
20 perform duty and at the same time
render fellow creature happy might seem
ample compensation but actions OF be.
| uevolence nave still greater rewards they
constitute pleasures which are not to be IL
mit4d BY the@acs; they affordin reflection
a s,esh delight, a renewed felicity: they
flow bsck agaln to thai pure fountain from
which they sprang, the human heart, as RI
| vers EXTRA th-ir grateful t-ibute to the pa.
| rent ocesi4 from whence their fertilizing
streams had been exhaled.
Yet the rights OF humanity demand that
the distribution of charity bs carefully re.
i gulated, and forbid that it be ipdiscr'nie
| na,ely lavished. We should examine eve.
| ~ elalrr aponour liberaslty, so as TO give
proper direction to the current without in
terrupting It's course. The indolent, the
tirbufent, the vicious,s the ungrateful. have
no claims upon the bounty of the opulent !;
for there is no one exempted from active
duty and the chief aim Of each ,,dvldu.
al should be to discharge that daty, in his
particular sphere, with industry, with in
tegritv, and with honor. They who wiz
fully fail to perfoem theiratlosted parts,can
not be entitled to the bounty of the liberal
to the reward of the INDUSTRIOUS, the funds
of the orphan, of the widow, OF tie aged, or
ofsthe unfortunate; such persons are not
merely useless, they are noxious members
Of the community, and-desefvelike dIones
Ito be~cxPslled from the hive of society, for
pllterlnr alaepe norton Of its sweets While