Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-03-20
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ushers him Immediately into heaven
or hell the atheist believes that
death is nor. existence /; and total an.
limitation 10 not less terrible than
hell. For who would lose, though
full of pain. thi intellectual being
those thoughts that wander through
eternit, z" Considered 10 any point
OF view. death is of tremendous i'm
ortaues to christians and ind
dels -
10 die and COVE know not where!
D lie IL csli obstruction and to Tot;
This sensible, warm motion, to become
4 kneaded cold; 80, the delighted spirit
90 bathe in fiery floods. or lie
In thrilias resions Of thlek-ribbed Ice!
Or tn be pent up in the vie"iess wiads,
nd blown with restless hurry, round
about
The pendant world or to be worse thaa
worst
That car b. misunderstanding
! If there were men living, or if
there were single man living, three
or four thousand years old, We might
hope ourselves TO triumph ov;r time
and disease. and he exempted from
death This hope would afford some
apoIog, for the indifference with
which We Look upon death But
every man is conscious he must die !!
no man has ihe least hope o. living
sears. He knows that death can
neither be eluded by artiIiee nor
soi'ten"d BY prayers, nor brised by
wealth. nor escaped by flight. nor
~ isfed by force and he also knows
that the consequences OF death are
either ami iliation. he ] or heaven !!
vet The Thought Of death is one ofthe
least troubles which we endure in
this troublesome world. 10 q Git Of
rage. or IA tumuit OF battle; when q
man il under the influence of strong
passions. II is not so strange that q
nan should become blind 70 the ter
rvrs of death. but is il not curious,
that ir our most Tranquil moments,
we are not disturbed by reaerti rs
upnn either death. annihil.tion. or
he'll ! The sexton, bending beneath
the hvrthen Of sixt, years. will delve
amens the bones of the dead. and at
the same time sing a merry glee "
crack likes in the grave whirh he Is
digging whi'e his ;raad chitdrea are
nla,iac" hide aud seek" among the
,ombs Of the eharnh yard. or amusing
themselves by leapiug rom grave TO
sra c.
Go iato a city and you may see
them watshing acorpse in mournful
silence. in one house. while in the
house adjoining, there is ray ball,
with dancing. music and feastins
, What y shoekin, contrast is here
presented The mouraers and the
d4n ers IRE divided only by thin
wall The groao, Of one miogle with
: the lsuglper Of the other, doieful la
men All is are Knocked by the
sprighily nu,ie of the violin. Here
the dr,nl widow hangs over her
ella odd husband : there the per-
famed 70, woos gay coquetfe.
Her The unn PIP, widow is fainlius
l with .xces-ive griei: there the dan
ee =, are lie r,ing f,r loY ! :, Is not
iu,commsn 10 zee some Of those who
are n. rclling in funeral procession,
IA, the .,.ns tine chatting and laugh
lin quite lnrrriiy. A wake is often
made a scene Of bacohsoalian riot.
o. ou,d the piri ofthe dead once
descend from heaven u rise from
hell in the .nidst Of their m,rth. y
uufold the DomeniOus secret, OF
the world 10 come how would they
sh,;,Idsr At MS tale! how "auld they
cry out I. men and brethren. what
sb.ll We do to be saved ? Then why
dces rot the bare reflection upon the
consequences o. death produce the
same eTect2 | have KIN wD person
: to mske a pillow of ecrpsc, and
sleep soundly upon it; Death. The
n, ST certain and most terrible OF all
things, is looked upon with iAdilfer-
ence We pIow. and SOW. and REAP
, among graves; and revel in church
ward. regardless Of death orits con
sequences.
THEoLoeos.
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