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

kand from thy poor brother.
g Waen we cast our ewes round the.
world. aud oose the vast number OF those
who are deprived even of the absolute ne,
cesslries of life, can We repress our asto.
MS hmeas at the solecism that there should
be found even one being possessed OF hu-
: man form. warmed by blood circulating
through. a human heart, who could listen
with apathy TO, or turn with indifference
from, the petition of the poors houseless,
schTtd of want E. YET such there are; who
swhile revealing in all the Injuries that un-
counted wealth can procure, while satiating
their pampered apetites with every mis-
named delicacv watch commerce, or inge-
szlsisiity, or nasure can supply, not only hear
alanloved the bitter groan OF poverty, but
.evea refuse 10 spare crumb from their
table to preserve fellsw creature from
perishing. Often has the raoralist des.
canted on til. reciprocal obligations which
ANTE the family of maa; often has tAe
voice Of the divine exhorted the Christian
vosarv TO tbs. practice of beatvolence I; Oh
ten has theSemple of he Deity resounded
with denunciations against the hard hearted
and sgysracioas rich, who nnteellngly
! shut their hand from their poor brother.
However uaworthy TO tread III their steps,
or TO assume their functions the Lay-Cu-
rate cannot refrain from joining his voice
10 theirs. lie has lately visited the dark
abode of dispair; with MS scans pIstance
91ehas been able to sooth the immediate
) pangs OF suffering mature. The scene ne
-sayitrsessed has aroused some reflections,
such perhaps as every sympathetic mind
!. must have maze. HE would address them
) alike to those whose hearts and hands are
! eyer open to feel and to relieve the wants
of others, and to those who can contem-
: plate them with s.vage callosity The
s one he would e6hort TO perseyere; the o.
Their he would awaken to sense OF duty
: both he would encourage by the cheering
Gictum of God himself. blessed are the
merciful, tor they shall Obtain mercy y
Every investigation ofthe characters and
abilities OF mankind, every emotion OF the
human heart, and every page OF the h'sto-
~ of civilized nations, unite to convince
ais tina, Man is being formed for society,
and deriving from thence his highest tenn.
poral security and happiness. Weak. des-
titute, and improvidens is the state OF IN
: fancy inconsiderate schemes of pleasure
a of fortune esdaager our middle catser
of life; and, alshougn~laeen with irirni-
: sies and decrepituae, we are unexpectedly
overtaken bv cid age. Inconvenience
like these originally united man with man,
L. VI
/, and support. They shew,hos we are COZ
S nected with each other they call forth
the energies of the soul 70 mutual action !;
: they compose, they complete. the mechan-
ism of our complicated frames. General
wants aud reciprocal dependence thus LAID
the spacious and solid basis of civil society !:
and there evidently must have existed II
K Its formation, and viii continue until Its de-
cay, a necessity that we should practice
acts of support, OF mercy, and OF benevo-
ssience to Others, who stand IN snchne OF
a fhem ourselves.
Man, as a dependent being, owes, bound
less gratitude to the Almighty, for lm-
{ planting his own darling attrib1te of Mer-
cv.ia the human heart; and, after the d.
wine example, he owes to his fellow mortais
the exercise ofthis attribute ID the discharge
of the duses of berevolencs. Neither In
fraslve cares, nor indoleqce, nor negii-
.geace, should stile the suggestions of du-
tY, ner.check the emanadons of conscious
virtue. Feeble and helpless while single
ant unsupported, we. scarcely sustain a
pegesative existence but connected by
tbe.bands of mutual necessity and mutual
affection, we embrace, like the clustering
vine, the grea. trunk, Of society, and pour
forth profusion and com!ortto every object
:..aund Us. Shall feeting, shadowy :" tri-
aes light as air." employ the busy mind o.
man; and shall he neglect the cultivation
= of this heaven-born principle, which at