Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-04-29

Christians are to form in their addresses to the throne grace
Aerths manner, therefore, pray We Our ael Wiz
in heaven; hallowed be thy name my Kingdom w. h
Thy will be done earth, is in heaven owe 10 @
day our daily bread And forgive us our DEBTS, as We
IS: give debtors And lead us not into temptatlo' M
yer us from evil :" Then follow the words OF my %
For thine the kingdoms and the power and the glory
To God belongs The kingdom of universal natuTe,-lhe
fitness of Almighty powerThe glory of what can renaef
creatures safe happy, new or afterwards III ie u " ~
in time in eternity.
To God belongs TAe Kingdom of unirersalaatare.
The kingdom is the Lords, and he is governor among the
nations He is king of kings and Lord OF ords ne ruie
over all Let all his works praise HIM IN all places Oh MS uG
mnion: Praise We him. all his angels Praise we HIM, al
stars of light Praise him, We heaven of heavens and vo
waters that be above the heavens. Let them nra; ~.
OF the Lord Tor he commanded, and thew were Gro
ated He hath also established them ever and ever b
hath made decree which shall not pass Praise the Lord
from the earth, We dragons and all deeps Fire, and hail
snow and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word
Maintains and all bills fruitful trees and all cedars
Beasts and all cattle creeping things, and flying fowl;
Kings of the earth, and all peoples princes, and all Judges
of the earth Both young men and madens old men aud
Young children Let them praise the of the Lord for
his name alone excellent his glory above the earth and
i. heaveno Let Israel repose in him that made him let
the children of Zion be joyful in their king
Nebuchadnezzar blessed the Most High lie praised and ho
nored him who veh for whose dominion everast
mo dominion &hs kingdom from generation to generation.
And all the inhabitants of the earth repued nothing
and he doet according his will in the army of heaven and
among the inhabitants OF tine earth and none can stay his
hand or say unto him. What doest thou: The wrath of
man nrases Mm Behold the cors Of the Lord what de-
solutions he hath made in the earth The remainder of
wrath he restrane He maket wars to cease unto the end
of the earth He breakeh the bow, and cutteh the
IN snder he bureth the chariot IN the fire. He speaks
and his word is obeyed. BE STILL and know that am God
will be exalted among the heathen will be exalted mthe
earth" , -,
An argument ariseh from these considerations by which
se nr our requests unto God. Abraham expostuatsd
IL Wilt thou destroy the righteous with the wicked That be
l.: far from thee Shall not the Judge oall the earth do "
Job filled his mouth with arguments prayer intended 70
affect the heart of man; not to alter the purpose of God to
make the world sensible of their dependence God rot to
direct God in his government OF the world
When we pray, & Halowed be thy name. Thy kingdom
coma Tby vii; be done in earth is in heaven the
ument bv which that prayer urged is Thine the king
om Honor due to thee from all, and obedience lily
law is universally bindings make thy known to thine
adyersares let the nations trembie at my presence IT'S
name shall be known his adversaes and the nations shall
enbe at his presence The OF the heather shall be met
ectual and the imagination of the people VAN Menmay de-
ermne to burst asunder the bands OF religion and to cast Its
cords from them but God laughs at their oly and holds
them in deris;on He has set his anoin9, King the bill
he has given the Heather for his inheritance and the
nars of the earth for his possession shall serve
him with fear and rejoice with renBhs p oPPoSets nc
shall rule with rod of ron and dash IN pieces as poers
vessel they perish if his wrath be kndled but little
To Ged belongs--The futness Of almighty power
Thine is the Kingdom, expresses the night which God hash
all. the
tho one expression an ampcaon OF the oter Presumptu
ops IS to doubt eiherhs right his authority Letsuch
sumption at any time appear able to render both
That creatures now alive the earth, or who have lived IN
fine past should have found in succeeding ages, and should
now find their wants abundany supplied IS astonishing
consider the immense multitude to be supphed and the sup
NV which is necessary whence proceed ?Ellsha as
nred Benhaad during famine which wasted samaria to-
YOU shall have abundance OF his courers derded
the idea the Lord would make windows IN heaven might
This thing be The Lord promised to give Israel flesh to
eat the Wilderness for whole month"; the people were 100000
ootmen staggered faith OF Moses shall the Hooks
and the herds be slain for hem to suffice tems shall all
the fish of the sea be gathered suffice them
If the supply of one city and of one nation was so Incredible
how much more so the supply of every city and every nation
on earth and every nhabn othe one and member of the
ether We are lost in the thought but nothing is Impossible
with God He has hitherto supplied his Creatures he supplies
them now and shall supply them for time to Gomez few are the
instances of those who perish for want supply often comes to
men in surprising Their bread shall be given and
water made sure their God has promised and his promise
never falls their bread given hem and their water made
sure. II
An omnpoen arm supports creation and provides for the
necessities of all may be resisted but In van SO lar res
permtted but farther there the mad ar
rested the bold assaler is crushed as moth The enemy
said will pursue will overtake, will divide the spoil my
lust shall be satisfied upon them, will draw my sword my
hand shall destroy them Thou dids blow with thy wnd the
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