The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-08-09
Eoi. 5.-----.--No.

those habits. and of ha h Oh RANK in ,he =.
cred ministry OF the gospel " h cli w. holds.
rs 20 SINK to the odiOus iupiety imputed To
man e-Can bring myseift to believe such
ia man, at the tls ing bed OF his fellow crea-
cure would be Capable with Que hand of
jP'esentlnS he cross before her lifted eve.
and with the other o; basev thieyine rom
hei those mise table dregs of this world OF
winch his psrhslious tongue was employ ed
IN teaching her a christians estimate r
don't b. heve it; on the contrary / am. as
Tar as 1t belongs TO me i'm this in;erIecuro--
ny way to judge of the fact. as PERFECTLY
convinced that the Conduct OF Doctor Power
was what 1t ought TO be, as am that the.
testatrix is dead But, said ai is honor [
am Called on to interfere, il being a foolish.
pequest TO superstition, and those popish
uses nave Looked into those beqnests--
hnd he oblecs 80 them is to provide shell
Ter .no comfortable surpor for poor help
less fema,es-arf lothes. and food and in
str9cuon tor pnpr 2rphan children. Would
TO God could see more ireqnent instances
=. suCh requests 5esutiiul in the sight of
GOO 'nustit pc---beautliul IN the. sign of
man oueht IL 10 be, TO see the dying christian
SO eniPioysd'-tosec. the last moments OF hu-.
mao hie so spe in acts of gracIuu, beue
Violence, orr OF interested expiaiion.
Hrw can we behold such acts, without re.
saraihB them as forming claim, as ,prine-
Hg II m consciousness of immortality -
IN all ages the hour of death has been oon.
sidered as an interval Of more than ordina
ny illumination as if some rays from the,
iignt OF the approaching world had found
'ne'r way 70 the darkness OF the partiag spi-
in' anu revealed to 1t an existence that
Could not terminate in the grave but was tn
commence IN death. But these uses are
condemned, as being not only super it;ons
but popisb uses. AS to that, teel no dis.
position 10 the orthodox rapine of the living.
w oeieat'nS even the heterodox charity Of
the dead. sm aware that dis objection
means somewhat more than directly mee,s
tne ear III 1t means any thing. The objects
OF 'heSe requests. II seems. are catholics or
icy nave oeen called, papis and me
insinuat.ou Clearly IS. that inc ,elig,on os
the ooJec s OF his @oIflan's bounr, calls unon
US 20 exercise some peculiar rigur of ,nter.
ierehCe To doridSe or defeat her Intentions
upon ms pom wish to be distinctlv M
derstoon dom conceive TINS 10 be he sp;-
ri OF our eNiSIng law. nor of course the
duty OF THIS coart to act upon that princinle
IN the way contended or. 10 times. hank
1od now past, the laws would have war
rah'eu snch doctrines. Those laws owed
Their existence to unfortunate c Examinations.
ot circumstances that were thought to rem
az them necessary. But if we lool, bark
WIN sorrow to their enactment let us l,oM
| FORWARD WIN kindness and gratitude TO their
repeal u oduced by national Calamity. hey
wee DrouBh by national benevoence az
well as-Ot national contriLion to the altar
OF puohc JUS ice, and Concord and there Of.
co as " sacrncc to atone, To heat. and
10 1"hCiiiate, 10 restore social Confidence.
and to give US that hope OF prosperity ana
safey which no person ever had or dared
to nave, except where ig is founded ON a
csmmeni1y OF Interests aud perfectly even
ahu ECU participation OF just rights and a,
lCves1qheni }ntribuuun OF all the streus n
Oh all me parts so equally Interested in the
defence OF the whole
know they have been suppose. TO o pi.
| nate III religious bgotry--that is, reiigious
. zsai carried 20 exeess--l never thought so,
nc real spirit OF on hoy religion is too
li.olrupaoy pure anu benehcent to be de-
PRAYED into any sucn Excess. Anafyse the.
oIg"ts object, and we see he takes No.
'hing from religion but fmsy pretext II,
tue PfoPnansiion OF its name ne profe sses the
convection OF error aud the PROPAGATION es
tfu'h.. But wnen he has gained me veto.
W, whae are the terms he makes---iur him
seit! Po"rr aud profit. VIVA, terms docs
ne make tor religiems Profession and Con.
'oVm'ty. what 10 that profession The.
mere udeTahce OF the lips--the u,terance Of
ts"'''as' ma diter pu salion or Two UPON
| , - - 49, - ioiu1G anu lasting
ihey are audible w is the conforinitys
1, IL The practi. c OF any social virtue or
christian duti J., it the 10, giveness IT in
lJ"'ieS, me pay "ent Il GeDts or the prac-
ice oil Charity N such things 1t Is the.
performance OF some bodily yes IRE or att
tribute. d Is going to some place of wor-
snip Ii Is TO stand OF kneei, or To how
20 he poor box, but it is not a conforming
that mas any thing TO do with the judgment
on me heaTi, os The conduct All these
Things bigotry NEEDLES not with, but leaves
them TO TeliSion herself TO perform. b, got
Iy ONLY adds one more, and that very o..
| dious one, TO the, number OF those hum
stains, which it is tue business OF true rel;
sion not ~ Ourn out with the bigot 5 fl e. bur
TO expunGe aud wash away by the ch,,st'nn's
tears ouch nvariaDly IN all countrie ( md
ages nave been the motives to the b,qo,'
lcohbcts, aud such The uses OF his vict,T,ee-
u" tue propagation ut any opinion, but the
ltn8roSSnent ol power nd plumber az bo-
mage and T'buie. Such, much lear. vas
the reai origin Of our popery laws eur
power and privilege mus necessarily b. eon..
ilned TO vefy few In hostile armies ,o.
ma tneE pretty equal, the Wctors and Inc,
'shquiSheI, ", the lumber 81 Their hosut taiqt
nnd .ne'r zeal, 50 it IS with nation. ~
great mass IS despoiied and degi .ted q -
The spoil Itself Is confined To few .indeeg u
The resHlI finally can be nothing bot IS :. a.
ease OF dropsy aud decrepitude. q, IT,"
'and thts was particularly tn sase Rsii