Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1806-07-11

reached the loftiest pinnacle of human
glory, had climbed tothe Proudestheights
Of mortal ambition, had routed armies,
burned fenced cities, desolated provin-
ces, ana spread our fame to III: furthest
pole. In these times, and in the con-
yulsed statesof the world, an admoniti-
on of this kind is but too necessary i.
since we are unfortunately influenced by
notions the most peryerse and fatal with
respect TO our true happiness and best
interests. We keep our attention too
much awake to pubic concerns and ex-
ternal matters, and too little directed to
our private. duties, and the regulation ct
our own hearts. A Like the mistakenly
sedulous MARTHA, we afe I" careful
:" and troubled about many things" and
forget the " one thing. needful. We
suffer our peliticssto interfere with, and
obliters,e our religion. We busy our.
selves with unremitting anxiety about
fleets and armies, our political eonse.
quenee and commercial aggrandisem |;
and are cold and careless, indifferent and
nnmindful, with respect towhat imports
Ms Infinitely nnere-,hc terms OF our sal
walton, and the state Of our souls; for
getting that this life il but moment,
compared with that which is to succeed
il; and that allthe concerns oftime dwin.
die to d point, when brought into the pre-
senee Of eternity. The changeableness
and confusion which characterize eve
ny Thing on this side the grave the
uncertain tenure by which all our posses.
sions are held, & the pertaining nature Of
whichthey all partake ,strikingly point out
their vanity and worthlessuess ! 4 >stho'
there be neither voice nor language
"heard amongst them,n yet in the ear OF
reason they pour the most eloquent per-
suasions against violent attachment TO,
or secure dependence upon, any thing
that IL mortal, Take the volume Of his
tory perusc is contents, and attend to
the awful lesson they afford. There you
viii read, moi oalyof kings and princes,
Legislators and heroes, who are blottrd
from the book oflife but You will see
even the empires which they governed,
aud the kingdoms they suhdusd, gTadu-
ally declining into insigni6canee, and at
length into ruin. "a IL, 4
II The widely-extended nations and
mighty powers which, ia their turns,
havsastonished the world with their ma
jesty and grandeur. exist now only in q
book. They have long since vanished
from the esrth-.hey sleep among the
dead--they are fallen to rise no NJ ore ;
and their memorials have well. nigh pc.
rished with them. In the same manner
shall we ourselves, and the states By
which We are united, in the lapse Of a
few ages, be rent in pieessss and our pla.
eesbe occupied perhaps BY People, and
tongues, and languages who know us
not. Allbelow is mutation and disqui-
CT, and bearsin its bosom the seeds of
It's own destruction but the Kingdom
of God, the country to which We io1r.
ney, shall stand fast for ever and ever.
Its deep foundations were laid from ever
lasting, or ever the earth was made, or
the heavens created and should the
world be wrapt in flames, and the lights
ofthe sky fall aud be extinguished, our
blessed inheritance will flourish ID per.
feet beauty, and !. immortal youth, I'M.
= hurt amid the war Of elements, the
!" wreck of matter and the crush OF
:. worlds. ~ The inevitable stroke az
death must quickly dissoive the relation
We bear TO every earthly government /.