Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-04-27
Original gisreLny.
CHI semIitor.....No. Xxx.
/" Niae aad i7ven,y kEives."

~ lfs4c Q4A ttVc7LY FhttcN.
~ u-bfnthe Jews returned from the land OF
1 ,Aeir captivity TO rebuild tue Temple OF God
'@.,,nsr 60 the rrocIaaatiun OF Cyrus, the
! .s'..ls Of the L mple which ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
'.an,aught away we're re,u,ned by order Of
! 80 aud nombeTed mao Stesllbasssr tie
-. u Judah. And his j. tl-e.ramber
}. 's,l,em thirty. charger "iEpld, a Thousand
:. ~s.rysrs Of silver, nine and twenty knives,
\ ,a;r,y basCns 81 gold, silver b.snns ot a
- .ooI sort four bunGTed and teE, and Other
- vessels thousand"
IA We see here the full accomplishment Of
Gods purposes of grace toward his people.
The consecrated vessels Of the Temple we're
- battered among The heaihens, yet were not
IeM "a. jerusalem was spoiled and its beauty
H. aefaced. vet not wholly oyerIhrowu. But
- ne power Of God was displayed IN OVeIrul
n u M he heather, Kingdoms were overturned,
80 - The nations shaken, that tie seed Of A
"a hr,hsm might rebuild the house of their God,
.nd literally raise up the tabernacle Of David,
n II ,.h;eh had fallen down. Nor was any thing
!. #,ga-.ing TO complete the glorious work. Ev-
~ i CIV con,ecraled thing however small and
- seemingy insignificant WAS preserved as
veIl Is the largest, and though bid for ma
= nv years is faithfully restored 10 us proper
= rlsce in the eEthly Temple OF the Most
-. Hgh. This subject affords matter Of the
VII most animatng. reflection TO The mind sub
I'D fdued BY grace, and attuned to serious con
isan templalion. Though now tost about BY #
Aictions, sorrows and mistoglWes, though
= nerplexed with cares, and wesred on with
1T 1epesied troubles, yet they are not as thnse
~ ! who sorrow without hope. Though they
~. are ever so insignificant IN the view Of the
Irsy multitude, and almost overlooked by the
L - 4.
q fanghters of fashion and folly, yet they will
not be disreg2rded in the great day Of rgh-
ffeous retributi0n. When they in common
~ with all others lie down in the dust their
II csse i fer from being hopeless. Though
Il d forgotten by the world, though the lapse of
NJ ages has mouldered them to the dust fom
4 y whence they sprang and their names are
l. bstto the world mid the wreck of things
go, oDg past and forgotten, YET they are not
b0tted from the Lambs book Of life, The
49, 4uellest of the Consecrsted vessels were
80 trlhfuIN returned 10 furnish the house Of tie
= Lord Not even a knife was missing.
shall any part be wanting to com
T. !. lrieie the house Of God IN the heavens. The
zaakiEg Of the nations, the overturning OF
kingdoms, the c0mmotIon and revolutions
l III lps states and empires will finally issue in the
80 FlDrous restoration Of The chosen vessels Of
- d1od How pleasing the reAection--how an
( = mating the thought. How wor.hy to be a.
i. Il Jared is that wisdom which coGiriyed and
lhAt power which, executes such 8 wonder
81, VI scheme. Lift .? then your heads ye DE-
: = pressed cllsldTen of he most High, and amid
1 ~ Al the Heterogeneous and perpiexltles Of
~ Ahis troublesome world, joice that Tie Gay
at your redemption is at hand, tJr " HE
4oTt God omuipotent Feisueth.