Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-21

81 trans -rcSsiuE. il IS a diSpen-
D,;'uorr aich there i moral me"es-
;rI,,uANere ia this world i'm
III ~ hrih their lives npon a
.,rpre lease for hundreds uf years, IN
n prDbaai!ity great proportion OF
.trm waa'l rxte"d their trsRSgres-
! ions far beyond thc present bounds
i e human Gypratity. The conscious
-, ul tho saortness and brittlemess
arEie brides in avarice anu ambition.
The fear OF death is strong curb on
,oprlite aud passion. Death breaks
n pieccs gigantic schemes Of opprcs-
,;nu, delivers the world fr0m unfeel.
No opnrcssors. sCatlers abroad tht
nnri-itcous hoart!s Of asaricious
vorlGlings, and is the great humber
oiups,art pride and arrogance.
It's, Irepeat, the moral condition
and conduct Of the tcncnt, that mars
,he beauty and poisons the comforts Of
,he tenement. The promised new
earth wherein dweileth Righteousness
would be no unhappy world even With
ne phy steal Eorm and properties o.
thc one that VIC inhabit.
We're TIC heavens above as black
Is sarkclotb. or slarinS with light oil
A frish;lul haze, and were the earth
be, cath us presenting to our senses
nothing but objects Of disgust and
horror ; thea indced the world would
correspond with the ruefal de>crip-
Il Which ducr,lous srnius has 81
ven it, Then indeed the following
lines e poetry would possess 10 less
ruth than beauty.
:. For 81 "a! What is there Of inferior
birth,
That breathe, or creeps upon The dust OF
earth,
VIA. w.y,chcd creature, Of what wretch
al kild,
Than man uUic weak, calgmitouS and
LiLd."
b.. thc tratll is, though fallen man is
weak aud himd. and sinful, yet his
earthly condition, so far from being
ca!qmiiogs beyond that of all other
crcaturcs.is attended with great ma
rY circumstances Of comfort and de-
light.
The earth even in its present state
is filed With the goodness OF the be-
neKccnt Creator and Man is the OBJ
icct Of his especial care and bounty.
Is it nothing. that above q around us,
light and colours. with their cores
pondcnt shades. arc infinitely divclsi-
fed. tn soothe and CRAFTY the eye p
That we are furnished with such
sycr: and melndious sounds to charm
The ear? Shat the earth affords
such variety TO delight the palate
R'hat il is decked With the enamel OF
iununcfable flowers Of varied cOlors
and delicious fragrance That by a
nice admixtGre Of the different species
nf air. the atmosphere is so exactly
fitted for respiration? That the silk
worm spins to adorn, the sheep bears
fleece to warm, aud The ground it.
self yields the rUdiments of fine Ii
nen 10 array our fra:l bodies? That,
in al parts Of the world, there is fur
nished snpPly Of indictments for
the particular diseases Of The climate
That Fire, Air, and Water, along
with great variety OF Minerals. are
made in 50 many ways, to minister to
tl,e convenience aud adjournment as
vel as 70 the subsistence OF our rate !:
Il all this aggregate OF earthly be-
nefts aud blessings to BE- accGunted
as nothing? Shall liza loaded as he
is with 50 many unmerited temporal
blessings, complain aud fret because
they arc mixed with natural evil. Es-
pecially shall he do il when full mo-
icty of the calamitics lac Suffers are
brought up. not by the direct hand of
Providence, but by his OWN fOllics and
crimes"
To love the world NOR" than him
Nho made It. and life more than him
Who gave it. is that worldly minded
ness which is base aud criminal. But
moderate or subordinate love OF the
world, of life, and of all its innocent
enioyments, along with lively graft
tude To the Donor, is what becomes
our rational and moral nature