Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-09-03

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,a.y Called witness The hoi eiui Kits ii
soae, thcir hsarts are aoi Sltcn rent WIN sorrow
aaa tosa With ANGUISH and despair al The unhappy
aud helpless departure Of others.
The ..asrlor, in ths heat Of the battle, and in
the ardsir vi the con.esl aay be indifferent to ms
lats, and uaw.ins to SUI I've a sonhIct That has
witnessed uciea. hut tis 10 tar from a,notint-
ing 10 real courage and contempt for death. IL Is
lie Impulse of nls,axen sE siss of deiusivs ia
natacism OF faiss not.ea .. honour, of total "A
seusioiiity 10 danses, and want OF thousntuiaess,
az apprehension, and rejection. Nothias, oui tho
comforts OF religion, aaord US any real hapti
ness tranquility IN thatnoor.
lhc saguisn aaa dlslges- winch seized most Of he
supporters Vi n9usfn iaiideiiy al tnat pef"d, axe
generally known, wn9se s,ssted philosophy, as
death a. oaeae, vaalsaea igoia thsr assIstaace.
~ wat nsaii wsse ino ,fasss VI CAgsrE@ElsLD,
mai ,cosss as E7as y. ssser 10 'seacA.s, those
. ., ..-saa IL alss siuissis, -j PoAssd amt RI
sitsass,sY 1Ssi.s accs ptoa into wh.cs No was 81
luiIate MS oispriag, instead u dlsposi-
lions when should serde ni,n happy snd usetai IN
lie, bsisved and .gnsntea ia death see him
struggling with tie ,as, snsny, aud proudly sn-
deayo1rins 10 40 the phliosopner an deatn." bat
secret panx.pt conscience ourst form, and con-
WINGED the nsrld, that a. he mad lived Phtiosoph-
zeal dsceser, 50 ~ died discussing aypocnts.'
Did VoLTAIaR visw death with ludiiirl encsf lhs
circumstances that attended tue last moments Of
tins writer, Iie contagious ei,cis OF whose psrni-
cious .ssxins, .he history u niushty IA fsanes
ean AbundAIsiy Attest aho mad psos,i,uted me
ost bFiiiiaa, OF powers 10 me "srst and tho mos.
de po, abs oil causes, are too we'll known to BE- re-
counted, and too trsllgnuoufto dwell uptn, or en
large. sinIar was the dsatu oil Inc Roman histo-
ran, GIssoA. And to these, stIii more recent
example III our own country, might be added. For
never aid there extst mere bitter aud ins eterate
pnciDy 10 christianity, than PAINE. HIS lite Mas
spent, his taens des oted 10 asssiiin- the sacred
suIwask, etideasoufing 70 uhderniins its touDaa'
tions and promoting the caus ot inildsiiiy ail,
ippety. but the perlea arrived, when, IN spite Of
his cnueavours, Conscience would display Its horrors
and pou.uay The anguish and Distraction OF bis
aiad. 1 he horsorsoi me dea.h, sttested by wit
nesses whore rsspectabity shields them IRON The
impstatioa OF exaggerA,inx, ana whose veracty,
u,,qusstiouabie and un,npeached presents aw lul
warning TO tnose, who, rraius themselves on their
pessoual quaiioatlons or endowmenss, refuse sub
mission, and endeavour 10 deprive their ieliow be.
ings oil source, from winch all theif hui piaess III
lime and stcrnity, proceeds
hrMs has seep cited exceptiye instance to
these remarks. lie incl oeal b, we retold, fearless
and undaunled. II should De remembered tilat the
disease, which terinincd IN his dsaih, s OF oil 9th
ers, The dallerh'y. and that persons who are
tDc SUBJECTS Ol It's dssduiks tiou 81 on t1S eve ol
diss luton, frequently are led to suppore, from
temporary suspension Of their pains. that they are
reeovsrsn fem tLc.r Illness when sssadiEz the
brink OF the grave. and tue Confines OF eternity.
There is also false security and peace when heav
permits to taxa possession 81 its greatest enemies
after having sighted its offers, by becoming obs,i
nate 10 mercy, and Insensblc 10 Conviction.
Did We reflect sufficiently on shis ail-importsnt
aud ll-nterssting subject did sense oil II,
quence exersise the influence its importance de-
nands, upon our lives how incaiculahls would be
the result! We s,and amidst ruins! Day after day
presents US with repested and most powerful per-
suasives to forsake the iniqutous and unnatural
warfare in which,ws are engaged Taught that
the soul, like her creator, is immortal, We are
taught also, that her future destiny will be eter-
ualiy happy, or forever and Theoretically wretch
ed Soon, must that period arrive. 1hsn will re-
psntancc be unavailing the sun-bsams Of pardon no
longer shine, the door Of mercy closed FOREVER.
How seriously does it behove US 10 awake from his
alarming sleep, 70 prepare, without delay, for an
event that is rapidly Fastening an hour that Is
approaching Happy, happy, for us
will il be, if we know in these days the things
that belong tosour psace, before they are forever
hidden from our eyes, v.
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