Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-10-15

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cert certain nobleness with every tnng winch =
r usrn;tted to occupy our time"
4 being, therefore, the unquesatlonapls =
bl;gation Of every true Christian to kesp
~ stsadily = view the promotion Of Gods glo-
~ and the best interests OF mankind Do.n
,enperal and eternal, can any reason De a.. y.
ledeed, why in the exercise OF his hlgnesse
80 o;ss;l nreropative, why, in the exercise 81 I
-. sleet;ve right alone, these sanctions OF
la s4,l shar,a be tisregarded: Isnot the spi-
r ritz ofparty, which blials Christian IN sucn
an ilafsortant fune1@s as eulpa1ie a Pime.a !,
NE of action as hose which mislead hin on
Other I'll oee asioas Or can he 50 lar forget ms
bal,, ,rat3ss|6n. or mistake its duties, as to
10y H. b;n's authorized, in this instance '
ONLY, 70 overlook what he owes TO God TO
society, and to himself. A CHRISTIAN must 1.,
acknowledge, that /" righteousness exalteth
n,f;on . that "by the blesslngof the up
rioht the city is exalted: but that it,s over
tb.,own Nv the mouth OF the wicked With
what inemtroverrible evidence therefore,
doas i not follow, that to promote tins
r;ghteo,,saess must be the bounden duty OF
every = Christian citizen, and 10 contribute all
in his power to place those upright men o.
Der the city, by whose blessing 1t may pros
Der, ard to remove those zvacsea men BY
,ghssc a.os,th ii IS ovsrthfoum VIII zeal
ous Christian make it the last, or no subject
Of his enquiry, how the candidates for hs
:, ts,.,o o. stand Effected to the Lord Jesus and
his religion Surely when called upon So
iempiv to confer upon fellow citizens the
power OF electing to the highest station a
.inong Us, the faithful Christian ought 70 re-
feet, whether persons Of his choice will, be
likely to promote the glory or the service OF
God: whether they have ever exhibited any
proof OF their belief in the great Redeemer.
or vencration for his religion. And, when
a person who has never done this, is made
the ruler of a nation, or the elector OF such
a ruler, bv the united and voluntary suiira-
pes both of unbelievers and OF Christians,
viii the latter Aatter themselves that their
religious conduct In other respects can ex-
elnpt them from the national guilt incurred
in this ? For, that national guilt attaches to
the deliberate national choice Of supreme
magistrate, who is known to pc, or IS sup
posed to be an unbeliever, or to an appoint
nlent Of electors, who, previously known,
will make his choice, no consistent chvis-
tan can possibly deny. In tact, what great
er insult can be offered to the majesty OF
God, by q protesting Christian. than 70 sane
ton any influence in society, which may
tend to the contempt or REJECTION OF the
Great Messenger Of Salvation There
can be no greater infatuation than rot 10
perceive an insult of this nature ; no great
er folly than to rely upon Providence ~
our national concerns and yet deliberately
assist In raising those men 70 direct them,
who are hostile or Indifferent, to Him,
whose & inheritance are all the. nations or
the earth - $ and vet this ,ntatuatlon, says
the saeacious Or. hartley, "haS everattend-
ed al falling states. The kingdoms OF Ju-
dah and Israel, which are the types. OF all
the rest. were thus infatuated: and Chrlsten-
dom IN general seems ready to assume to
Itself the place and lot OF the Jews, after
rhev had rejected their Messiah, the SAVIOR
Of the world. Let no man deceive himself
or others. The presesent circumstances OF
the world are extraordinary and clitical BE.
yond what has ever yet happened" When
DR.. Harley, as Or. Knox observes, speass
OF the consequences Of rejecting the hieasi-
all, he 6 may, perhaps galn~the attention CT
modern philosophers, as he happens to De a
favorlte object among some OF their lead
crs j." and ne goes On to observe, !" thar the
present calamitits of the world are derived
from the neglect and contemPt OF the Chris
tan religion, is an opinion perfectly consist
sent with scripture, and that greater tlanhave
yet been experienced, may be dreaded from
taersectio1 Of the Messiah" Nov, let me
AK any Christian who pays the slightest AZ
tention to observations Of this kind, Whe,'ivr