Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-06-27
SATURDAY. JUNE g.. 1918.
FOR THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE,


lescritable, endless, eternal punishment
in G. and brim, tone, of all who prayed to
any other deity than ".Naria mi madrs."
Ile drew a picture which was enough to
frishten the Devil himself of that reperto-
nv Of the damned, which many orthodox
theolagians have placed in that country
whittier Captain Symmes OF Ohio aud
his brare hundred are to march in a sum.
mer or two-namely, the centre oil the
ear,h and after having edited and de-
lighted his auditory with magic Ian
tern view Of all the Jews, Protcstants,
Cslviaists, Mahometahs, Molinis.s, Jam
seai,ts, Quakets, Socinians--in a word,
every creature that had died from the be-
ginning Of tie weird up 10 that moment
out Of The catholic iaith-dancing riga.
doons in blue flames; he stopt short and
desired thep to gtend him to a very
different region--in shoit,t to Heaven, the
eternal residence Of the Bonos Catho!ic9s,
and Tie blessed. One would suppose
thai the papers Of this district had tax n
hint from some such preacher, and al
ter having for many years past amused
their readers with long raree show view
Of the he'll of politics, were resolved
to treat them, by way of contrast, with a
frequent glance at religion il it we're
not that sometimes tie entertainment is
checkered with an occasional d;rsrtise.
ment of new fashioned christianity, en-
masquerade, in which the cloven foot Of
Tom Paine is seen peePing forth tron
under the domiao ct the chief Priest,
and that generally there is so much more
of sectarian controversy than true reli-
zion in thsse e1ercitatiCns, that for one
Who can regard them as afording view
Of heaven, a hundred viii see in their,
but the sorry sight" described by Hu
ditras
Where gospel trumpeter, surrounded
by lObg card rcuf, to bate sounded.
Since ii has, however, got into vogue
WITH our newspapers to dish up to their
guests an occasional mess OF something
to pas, BY way Of religion, may you not
IS well eudcavour 10 torn the fashion TO
some useful purpose ?--Give co'uc,r
or two nov ard then to theoicgJ.-HeaG
it Piscrh Corner, aad at the same time
make it sobscryicnt to the interests OF.
common seus,. Preaching Of ore kind
or other is 81! the mode so that if a Uaush-
Is boz throws 4 stone at random i, to the
street, it is eqlal main and chance that
it hits pulpit orator to the great increase
Of the price CT labor. Now, as those men,
however godly, are no. often very learn.
ed. might you not Offer little instruc-
ton TO the instructors, and tell them how
to preach better or at least with more
decorum. There is reason to fear that
the action IF the pulpit, ike that Of the
stage, is often mos. disgas;insly oYerdOne.
The unsniwated delivery of the cid Ia
shioned English parsons had been ceasur-
ed, and indeed with some reason il was
uniDpressive, aEd instead Of engaging at
tention, often provoked sleep but as
gravity, urder any circumstances, is
a filter inmate Tor church than levity,
still prefer it to those extravagant exer.
tiops, ard thratric gestures, which dis
anguish tn. stuup-the stoOl-and not
unfrequeh;ly, the pulpit. TO rouse man
kind from the stye OF sensuality, aid a.
wakea them from the dreams Of wofl''y
int.rest-,o increase the influence OF viz
tue b. additional motives, and deter the
wicked by new teIrOrs--to enforce mo-
rality by divine revelation--to convince
our reason and affect our hearts, are or
ought to be the great objects OF every
honest preacher Ofthe gospel and it viii
not admit Of doubt, that as the attain
mcnt of those objects cannot be farthered
by aperson in black gown aud baud,
appearing like statue, with head, hands
and eyes immoveably riveted to text
book, so they must be completely de.
feated by l"dicrous gesture. by extra
VACANT action. and information OF voice,
and by that violent mapiacal yocifer,t;on