Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-05-12
HuMANUM EST ERRARE.

of almost all Americans to be deceived as
to ,he prospect that was opening upon man
kind, in the early part of the Frenrh revo-
luton. Bu, surely the Naps!senites Of the
prssen, day are fit candidates for the infer
nal regions. .,
TEMPLE OF REASON. !.
In 18O2,a deistical periodical publication,
entitled The Temple Of Reason, appeared
in Philadelphia. Its supporters were pro-
fessed ini,ators of the " Theophiiantfro-
PTS" of Paris, but their audacious attenpt
to elevate French Deism upon the ruins Of
4Anlerican christianity, met with i'll succeas.
At or near Newburgh, in the state of New
York. seme Ptoselytss were made, VITO
were persons in respectable life, one 'GE
whom Ca physician) died sudden and ap-
parently miraculous death, and another "a
lldy) committed suicide under very extra
ordinary circumstances. At Philadelphia
less impression was made. The blind
preacher CPalmcr) led the blind into the
ditch of oblivion, over which it may be pro-
per to suspend them tor one moi:Trnt,1 IN
order TO shsw the christian. reader that e.
very thing OF t~is sort come from "sister
France" and to display specimen Of the
p5werful logic with which these Beelssbub
ties assai!ed the Holy Revelation Of the
Ro>k Of Ages. .. =
Exracttrom the "Hstory of Moses"
in The Temple Of Reason" Of April "a,
1902.
Having arrived on the third day at the
destined spot where he intended to nass, h.
found he was too late for the miraculous
passage, as the spring tide had been ov,,
b. some hours previous 70 his ARRIVAL, and
that he MuSr give a., the p, jec; or remain
there thirty Gays TO the nsxt spring tide,
ii brins at these periods only that the SEA-
ret,res so much at thzt p!ace'as 10 admit Of
safe passage. :.
In this desert Josephus says [Book II.
chap. 49,. THAT they lived upon cakes,
lightly kueadcd, and prepared with small
heat, A(or the space of thirty days for they
had brought no provision out of Egypt,,han
what was barely sufficient to serve THIN for
that time. In comE.emora,ion Of this scar
- city, the Jews still observe feast for
eight days., called the feast Of Azymss, or
OF UnireVeaed Bread"
=" Towards the end Of this period, when
their provisions began to get scarce, the
people mnrmursd against Moses, were 90.
ing to stone him, and to give themselves
up to their formertasx masters but Pha-
roah with large army OF cavalry aud infan-
Try appearing in sight, So alarmed them,
that order was restored in the camp. The
wished tor crisis being just arrived, and
the grand ebb having taken place ct night,
a time so favorable to his project, he led
the alarmed and hungry Israelitesa across
the strand, aud, TO their great astonishment,
wheR day light appeared, they beheId the
place they crossed all sea. Moses not oas
u imposed this upon them as miraculous
in,erposition of :heir God; bat further,.that
he destroyed Pharoah and all his host il,
the sea- at the same time. Then he sings
Is ThsLCrd is my .streagth and sang. and
he Is become my salvation :',he is nay God,
and T 1viH prepare him an habitatioa, my
falher's Gad, and 7 tzViH exait HAN. e7ae
Lord az a man o suar, the Lord is his,
name. Exod. eh. Nv. va, S. Having e.
nished this curious song,. he irnnsdiately
led Us people three days march fsom the
sea, ihspshss Hiidenesslsf Sh1r out Of the
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