Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-10-11

.d;onrnn,cnts. from the Esd Of the fifth
month to the first of the sixth month, 10,
inclusive.
70 the Quarterly and Monthly meetings q
Friends, in Great Britain, ireland
and elsewhere.
DEAR FRIENDS,
In turning, oar minds towards salutiny
avou with an epistle, and particularly as the
subject came more closely under attention,
an encouragement was felt which induces
i us 10 believe thatip so doing we snail be IN
/ the way of our duty and when that pre-
cious love which binds together the various
/ members of the spiritual body~is in doml-
MON that duty is. freely fulfilled. And as
the collected Church of Christ gathered IN
70 his name, and baptized into his spirit,
must abide under this powerful influence to
ouide its proceedings so also the mem
bers. IN their separate allotmcnts, can md
no surer means OF being preserved, each IN
The way of his own duty, or OF contributing
,,ch his share, TO the common welfare,
than by experiencing "the love OF GOD,
renewedly 6 shed abroad IN their hearts,
Bn, we know that the love OF earthly Things
too often prevails, the HARMONY OF even re-
lIoious society is interrupted, yea, even
nav become spiritually 6 robbed and spoil
<ed.n Dear friends, all of YOU VINO may
hear or read this our tender salutat'on' let
rs address you in the language OF the evan
erlical prophet, Arise, shin7," yo1 TO
Whose hearts the Lord, in his never failing
mercy, may direct the words or MS ser
wants, which Of you can say 'Aat your
{, lob, is, not come !" Let it then be
d;snIavrd IN conduct. Keep in view the
two Great commandments OF perpetual 90.
Gpa,ion-the love Of GcD add the love OF
our neiahbor. The latter Is the ground or
our Christian discipline and the former is
the lie of our spiritual worship. ind we
are persuaded that if, through the redeem
;nr power OF the Lord, and by continuing
in his fear and under his guidance, we be.
come settled in these holy dispositions II,
70 use other words, with gratitude, watch
iuln,ss. and lowliness of mind, we improve
th> Sc holy gifts of grace, they Will never he
taken from Us but will remain and expand
hen the veil OF flesh shall be removed, ana
nearer access be opened to the E0u7ta1A
Of Lave, in blissiul immortality
At these annual assemblies, when we are
receiving accounts of the state OF the meet
mos which this yearly meeting snper'n-
tends. we have 100 often occasion OF gr'ef,
in hearing Of defects which do not comport
with people protesting to be spiritually
minded Such are from various quarters
reported 70 US this Year. Yet we are not
disposed to enumeratc them now though
we can readily trace their origin. But let us
remind e. cry one amongst Us, that 1t IS
better 20 be wiling to trace, each the origin
of his own defect, than to compose his
min. By considering it small one. HE
more we can abide under the sense OF our
own wants, the reader and the more ear
neatly shall we apply for help TO HIM upon
whom help is laid. And probably the ma
! tnral unwillingness there is in the creature
10 feel in itself testimony to its own IN
| worthiness is one great reason why no more
are raised up as testimony bearers 10 the
! Lords all sulhciency and goodness. 1t
car scarcely be denied, that faithful labor
! ers in his vineyard are still wanting we
noticed, in our last years epistle, the re-
moval of many, who, according to our
| power of spiritual perception, might bear
that appellasion. The information OF the
present year has added to the list OF the
F, dead, who, we doubt not, have died IN the
Lord and is repeated cali to the living,
to look we'll to their foundation. 1hls call
also has additional force, when we consl-
der that other faithful servants are verging
| to the same solemn period period which
though to them it may be unspeakabiy
blessed, will deprive the church OF their
labors, and of the secret travail, sympathy
and prayer of their spirits.