Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-09-22

60 the cross and Ourtcu tiiHi III 'Hs S."'
NV Brethren, {" Let the same mind he IN
gou, which uas also in Christ: z0aAk as tie
also zralked."
1.-THE views ofthis great prophet ottru'h,
this perfect example OF righteousness, con
corning this subject, are every where ex-
pressed in the gospel, in vast variety OF
forms, with singu force, and with unri-
vailed beauty. Among them you have Of
ten read the fine parable ofthe sood oanla-
ritan. Which of you, while you wereread-
ing, was willing to become The heardess
! Priest, as the stupid Levite ? Which OF
you felt, that himself could have come
oddly up TO the sgonlzing sufferer, and,
surveying his miseries with tllny eye, and
brutal bosom, could have bcssed BY
on. the other side ? Whose conscience did
not thrill, whose heart die not glow, whose
! tears did not fall with ingenious sympathy,
when the benevolent stranger came up TO
! the miserable sufferer; and, although hated
| by him and his whole nation with q singular
/ enmty, refused the common civiities OF
life, and styled dog, bour me his sOoanas
the all and sVi'e, which he had brought for
| his own sustenance, place him On his beast,
convey him to the inn, and there at his
! own expence provide efFectually for his
cure? My brethren, you are daily passing
| BY the children of distress. They are not
| Jews: itty are net enemies. They are
! vour fellow citizens, your friends, your
kindred. While, therefore, you read the
delighted slo,y of the Samaritan; while
| your consciences approve, and your tongues
CONNIE nd, his eharming evangelical exam
! pie, "G0, and ia Hkezvise."
Education Of 1outh.--The great LOCKE;
! who was a most curious and critical obser-
! yer Of mankind, asserts that nine tenths Of
the people are, what they are, coed or bad,
| by edulatier. Admirably to this purpose
speaks the celebrated NJ. De Vattel, in his
Lac Of Mature and Nations. e In the ten
der wears Of infancy we easily receive the
seeds, Of good and evil. Hence the educa-
| ton Of youth in one at the most important
| affairs that deserves The attention OF govern
| nlent. 1t is mott be entirely LETT 20 fathers,
! fer the most certain wy ct forming good
! citi2rus is TO found useful estvbiishn1tnts
| Tor public educ cation TO provide able mas
! ,cis, 10 give ,h,m wise di!sotcus. srd 10
| laLe such mild and p,ude Mt measures that
| lie ci,.zers VIII nos neglect to take sdyan-
tapc Ct them. how admirable YVES The e.
tlucalicn OF The heYans IN The hourisf;ng
! agts Of that republic, AID how admirably
| WIS i. tsIcnatrd to fern great mon The
young NJ Il put themselves LII der TIE patro-
| rage Of ecme i!Iuatr'ous person; they wait
ed urcn him at bis fcuse, crr&nied him
wherever he W, N, and equally improved
| hy has instruction and his example Their
very SPOTS and an1ust mer's were exercises
! proper to !o,m soldiers, We see the same
&C Sparta, ard this was ere OF the wise in
s,jiu,iors Of Lyeurgus. That legislator ard
! rhiloscrher entered irio the particulars OF
! The coed education Of youth, beng per-
suadCd that en- that d,rcndrd The p,osEtli-
,y and glory fhis rep,be.'
Professor Richardson, Ct Glasgow, is
ret only an admirable poet, but as prose-
writer may be ranked with Goldsmith and
Ma,kerz!e.- read with great delight
the ensuing extract from enc OF The most in
resting Of his performances. The Theory
ol its accomplished author is perfectly cor
ret, and it is supported by all the powers
or elegant ard beautiful il'ustra,ion.-Port
Folio.
Minds differently fashioned, ard under
I the influence Of different Passians, receive
from the same objects diss:m'lar impress
siors. Exabit The same beautiful valley TO
the miser and to the roet. Elegant and
lovely images arise in the poets mind F.; dry.
ads preside in the groves, and naiads in the
fountains, Millions Of wealth seize the