Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-04-22

which the ecclesiastical snpefiors be.
,aging to the Catholic church, give and
/ hall eve, agreeable to the discipline o.
| he church, followed ever since the tine
lofJesus Christ.
| IL pity, with all my heart, such Of
ur b ethern as may be in erfor but
pretend not to Judge them, nor DO ! love
/ hem ali the less in Jesus Christ, as
Ichrisl ian charity teaches US, pray God
Ito pardon all my sin: | have scrupaloa.s,
v sought to detect them, to 40
Nor them, and to hu@ble myself IN hiss
Ipresence. AS ]. am not allowed to a'aii
myself of the ministry Of a Cathollc
or,iest, ! pray God, to receive the con
Ifession Of then whichI have made to
i'm, aod especially the prof und cohtFl-
Etion that feel for having put my name
| though it we're against my Will) to acts
(which may be contrary to the discipline
land the faith CT the Catholic church, to
(which | have ever continued sincerely
attached in my heart.
/! :. ] pray God to receive the resolution
lin which am firmly fixed, if ne grants
Inc lie. to have recourse, as soon as it
Ishall be in NY pawer, to the ministry OF
Ia Catholic priest, in order to accuse my
self OF all sins, and to receive the sacra-
|ment Of repentance.
entleat all those whom have Of
Tended inadvertently (for | do net recol-
lIect having wilfully piyen of,tt.,ce to any
one) or those to whom may have given
a bad example or scandal. to forgive me
1.-THE harm which | nay have done them !:
| entreat all those who have charity to
Ijoiu their pr1ys with nine, to obtain
pardon of my ms from God.
s. | forgive with all my heart, those
jwho have become my enemies, without
nv having given them any cause to de
so and | pray God to forgive them,
land likewise those VII !, from false or
mistaken zeal, have done nie great in
Jury. !.
recommend to God my wife apd|
lmy childreu, my sister and iny aunts, my|
brothers. and al those DO are attached
to me by the ties Of blood, Or in any other
manner whatever; pray God palticu
Early to cast an eye OF pity upon. III
Iwi(e, my children, and my sister, who|
naye 50 long suffered with me to,support
Ithem by his grace, if they should lose
me, as long as they sh~ll remi q. IN this
lpsrishable world.
" recommend my children to my
,ife, have, never doubted her Eate nal
Tenderness for them: recommend to
her, above all things, to make them sbod
land honest christians to teach item to
consider the grandeur Of THIS world
I(should they be doomed to endure it, as
"a very dangerous and perishabIe posses
sion. and to direct their attention to-
wards TIE only solid and durable glory
II enternity. Ibeg my sister to CONT
nue. her tenderness to my children, and
TO supply the place OF a mother to them,
If they should have the misfortune to
Hose theirs.
{" i entreat my wife to forgive NE for
Jail the haraships which she suffers on my
la count. and the 'eXations that may
ave occasioned her during our union s.
and on the other hand, she may be sure
that I beac her no i'll will If she thinks
she has any thing to reproach hersel
with.
81 recommend most earnestly to my
children, next 10 their duty to God, which
fought to take precedence of every thing.
to continue ever tached to one another,
and grateful for all the pans and at en-
|tlon which she bestows upon them, ahd.
in memory of mel beg, them to look Vi
on my sister as second mother.
8 | recommend to my son, il he should
have the misfortune to become king, 10 |
think that he should devote himself ep-
tirely to the happiness of his fellow CT
tIzens: that he ought to forget all an
mority and all resentment, and especial
ly whatever is connected wit the hard
sships and vexatons which | experience i
that he cannot make the people happy,
Except by reig' ing acco ding to the Jaws;
but at the same time, that king cannon
make them respected and do the goOo
which is in his heart, unless he possesses
the requisite authority, and that other
wise, being fetterea in his operations,
land inspiring no respect, he is more pre-
Judicial than useful.
irecommend to my son to provide
for all 'hose persons who were attached
to me as well a, the circums ances III
which he shall be may enable him; TOT
fconsider that it is sacred debt winch
have contracted to the children OF rela-
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