Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-11-30

4 hungry, ann Sausfy Tue aHlistSu Sou't s"SiA
shall thy light rise in obscurity and thy
darkness be as the noon-day land the Lord
, shall guide thee continually +" Is. So, 10, III.
"Ru. if a man be Just and do that which
i lawful and right, given his bread
teAhe hungry and hstn covered the naked
with garment-he shall surely ltve, saith
the Lord God. "-Ezek. ID, 80.
When thou makest feast, call the
poor, the manned, the lame, the blind, and
thou shalt be blessed, for they eannof rec
ompense thee /: for thou shalt be, necon-
pensed at the resurrection Of the Ju...'--
Luxe, IA. i3, "a. ~
s. Then shall the King say to them on
his right hand. come ye blessed Of my faith
err, inheri, The kingdom prepared fol you
from the foundation Of The world for WIS
an hung sed and ye gave me meat; |, was
thirsty and ye gave me dunk !; Was
stranger and ye took me in ]; naked and ye
cloa,hed me was sick and We visited me
was in prison and ye came unto me-
Inn.much. as We have done it unto one of
the least ofthese my brethren. ye have done
IL unfo "--katf. IS, 81, 40.
Reader, dost thou believe in God He
is not man, that he should lie" Here are
his commauds,-his threatenings-his
promises. Can you need any other or
greater Involvement to works OF charity and
com passion c cd /" gise.h to all men no.
eralgg . Initiate his munificence Fear
not. No man was ever Impoverished by
feeding the hungry and clothlng the.naked.
he promise OF the eternal, will sustain
him. ~
If, like the Jews, we offer to God the First
fruits of,he earth, making to Us g days Of
leasing and joy, and ofsendng portions one
to ano,her," let US like them also send "gifts
% the poor"
we are the stewards Of God. Our
wealth is his gift. Let US dispense il after
has manner and thus.
--ss with God himself
"Hoid converse; grow fslnilisr day by day
/. With his conceptions ACT UPON his PLAN,
:. And form TO his the relish Of our souls.
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No. III.
G Oh. earth pence good zgiil toovard men,"
In the first number OF . the friend Of Peace" are
contained, 1. A special interview between the
President of the United States, and Omar, an uil-
Ger dismissed for dueliing. In this interview, the
officer acknowledges the i'll effects Of dueling--ap-
pro YES of the conduct OF The president 10 dsssing
him, and engages TO do all in his power to prevent
the practice. .ts s. .sSss.
The President too, declares his determination to
bear decided testimony against il by Diminishing
every military officer who should be guilty Of giv-
ing or accepting challenge, instigntinS others
10 such combat.-The Prince Regent Of Great
Britain has adopted similar course. After notic-
ing the unhappy duel between General Hamilton
and Col! Burr,
The subject of war is conversed upon: in which
instead OF killing ore man, Oner observes, thatwhen
war is declared, il must be done with probable
ty that many thousand lives will be sacrificed, and
mch greater number of families subjected to Sc
we're affection. That if challenge for duel ex-
poses tee lives the declaration OF war really ex.
poses hundred thousand. . Rat'' says the Pres-
dent the honor OF nation will not allow q gov
eminent 70 admit insult or aggression" and asks
" what could the nation do in case like ours be-
fore the late wars? The very same SIR" an
swers Omar that was done to make peace.
e. Leiterfron Omar to tle President.
In this letter, Omar g notices some of the most
celebrated wars in Asia, and Europe, and the vast
number OF lives sacrificed therein g without any
service to their country" And after mentioning
the late war between the United States and Great
Britain and exhibiting its effects, concludes thus.
| :" As the war between Hamilton and Burr was the
occasion oil exciting adherence TO the custom Of
dnelling SO L believe the late war will tend to
open many eyes. and be the occasion Of bringing
this needless, iah1nan caston into dsrepute.
n s. n second Letter TO The same.
The letter writer herein shews that it is as false
anotion of honor which hurries a nation TO make
war, as that which dsposes a duellist to give
cballenge--and speaking of the effects Of war in
moral view he asks, When by the custom of war
men have BECOME hardened in vice Injured to crime