Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-01-02

There IS no Virtue H"oi Il /,
oyr cultivation, because there Is nen'
riere amiabIe and useful than eharlY
It is the greatest, because 1t nc'Sps''
\ and is the sure fountain of those graces
which adorn and bless humanity. ~ y
a spark struck from the Deity, ENDING
in the soul of man, those YARN and
glowing qualities which sssiinllate III"
to his Creator.
The sun in the Heavens, cheering and
blessing bv his influences the remotest
corners of the glrte. 10 but faint en-
blem of the "Gma, Father of lights,
who pours bis beniessnl fsvsrs upon the
nations. Born as W. are in those happy
regions where we cpir full share OF
his ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by his gospel
preserved by his goodness, ard ted oy
his bounty, 1t would ill become us to
nonopolize-to refuse to share these
blessings with our fellow nan. Heart
felt sympathy and mutual bsrevolepce'
arc assuredy due frnn those who are
so nearly allied in one common relation
to God, united BY the ties OF blood and
humanity. partekers Of one common ma
ture and one common destiny
These duties are So we'll understood
and acknowledg that it is only neces-
sary to select among those various Oh
iccts which solicit our regard, those
most worthy our sympathy aud benevo'
lence. In accommodation to this senti-
nent, the occasion produced by the con-
Aapration at Serempore, presents an OBJ
iect perhaps as worth, of favorable dis
elimination as can we'll clam the com
passion Of men AID Christians.
1, is impossible to form an adequate
idea Of ,he wretchedness and misery oil
that unhappy part of mankind who In
habit the East. "No man" says Blu
chapan, " can know it who has not seen
il. 1t is no less dreadful than when The
Israelites beheld. at distance, the thick
darkness of Egypt from ,heir dwellings,
in Goshen where there was light. -
There, millions unite in cffering libAlions
of human blood to the Mnloch of the
Eastern word-there, are realized the
awful " charms Of imagery" mentioned
in scripture. "These dark places OF
the earth are full of The habitations o!
cruelty" The particulars cannot BIZ
rehearsed without offence to modesty
ard decorum. 1t will suffice to say that
cruelty and lasciviousness, impurity and
blood are the prominent traits OF that
idolatry and superstition, at whose altsrs
one hundred million of human beings
worship.
e. Nfoksch, horrid king, beSmeared with
blood
Ofhuman sacrifice, g Parents tears. -
MlI7oN
A company of men moved with com
passion and fired with al dent zeal, have
attempted to convey civilization and
Christianity to this people destitute OF
both. They renowned their domestic
and social comlofts-lhey crossed the
seas-endu'ed the priyations and dis
tresses of foreign exile-they sncoun-
tered the diseases and exposed them
selves to the untimely grave of de-
s,ruc,ive climate. Their arduous and
unren,itted labors were crowned with
success beyond their most sangulne
nopes. They had procared founts, type :,
and paper for the publication of the Bi
bic in fourteen of tbs Asiatic languages
besides the English, and their hearts
we're cheered with the hopes, that, after
long and tempessuous day these OPEN
ing prospects promised tho rising of a
bright sun and a better day. But il
pleased God in his inscrutable wisdom,
(perhaPs in order to exercise the faith
and piety of his people, to per ut the
destruc tion of their establishment BY
6re. Their labor of love is arrested.
To vain the poor Hindoos SO to them