Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-01-04
MAHoMETAN SERMON.

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). Father of all! in CORY age'
In ep'ry cline adersd' a..
p, .a;nt. bu sapage. and by sage
Jehopah, Jore, or LORD
con .1oyE Is IMMORTAL! Il
,.oh;,n and solon.un have slept with
IL 'he;r fathers; CadHah the first born
offaith; .ayeshd the beloved omar
the meek; Omri the benevolent INC
snmnanions of the Apostle, and the
sent Of God himself, al! died; but
God God most high. God most holy, liseth
forever, minutes are to him as the
numerals of arithmetic to the sons
Of Adam: The earth shall vsn'sh
hefore the decress This eternal des-
tiny; but HE li,eth and reisnetn Tor
ever. ,
COP ALONE Is oMNIscIENT
.Nichsel. whose wings are fnli OF
ewes. is blind before him; the cara Al
night is unto HIM as the rays Of the
morning for he notieeth the ersen
ing of the small pis,nire' in the DARK
night. upon the black stane' a''d ap-
,,rehendeth the motion ofan atom III
the open air.
Con ALONE Is OMNIPREsENT !!
liz toneheth the imMensity OF space
as a poiat: He moveth in the depth
Of the ocean. and Atlas is hidden by
the sole of his fact: &c hrratAein
fragrant eGours to sheer The ''sess"d
in paradi,e. aud en!iyeneth The pal
iii fame in the prot"undpSt hell.
Con ALONE Is oMNtPoT"ST !
He thought. and worlds we're "r'-
ated; He frowaeth and they diss"''c
into smoke; HE snliet'i> %na me
torments ofthe damned are su~'rni~
ed. The thnnderinss OF H-''aoo
are the whisperings Of his voice ;
the rus,liag "f MS attire ca"'nth
tightening and earthquake; and vain
the shadow Of his garment he blot
teth out the sun.
Con ALONE Is MEzcIFUL When
HE made his immn.abie DEGREES IN
eternal wisdom. He tempered 'he
miseries Of tae race Of Isnast IL the
fountain Of pity. When He iaid the
foundations Of the wor:d He cast a
look of benevolsnee into the abys
ses of futurity. and the adamantlne
pillars Of Justice we're sof'ened ov
the beamings ofhis eyes. He drop
ped tear upon the embryo miser'es
ofunborn man. ;.ai that tear falling
through the i,nmeasu'ab'e iapses OF
time, Shall qaeneh the glowing danes
Of the boitomiess pit. he seat
la. ,raai,et into the world to enlisht-
en- the darkness Of lhe tribes. and
hath prepared the pavilion Of the
Hauris, for the repose OF tie trne
believers.
Con ALONE IS JUST! He chains
the latent cause to the distant event.
and binds them both immuta5ly fast
to the fitness ofthinys. H. deereed
the unbeliever to wander amid the
whirlwinG of error. and suited his
soul to future torment. liz pro.
muIsated the inefftctable creed ; and
the germs Of countless souls Of be-
levers. which existed in the contem,
plation Of the Deity. expand at the
sound. His Justice reiiesAeth the
faithful. while the damned spirits
confess it in despair.
Con ALONE IS ONE ! Ibrahim the
faithful knew ii !; Moses declared it
amidst the tlluiering of SIM ; Jesus
pronounced it: and the messenger
Of God, the sword Of his vengeance
filled the world with that immutable
truth.
Surely there is ONE Con. MINOR
TAI, OMNIsCIENT, OMNIPREsENT.
OMNIPoTEyT. MOST MNRClFUL, and
JUST, and .NIhomet is his APOSTLE.
Lift year hands to the eternal. and
pronounce the inetfable. adorable,
creed THERE Is ONE GOD
AND MAHOMET is HIS PRO
PHET.