Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-06-22

red by Bishop Moore, in the monumental!
Church. on Sunday last, and was induced
to believe that they might do service to
those who had not heard them, applied to
the Bishop, who was so kind as to furnish
him with the following Extract.
Enquirer
EXTRACT.
The value which we attach to wealth,
and the pleasure We promise ourselves IN
the possession Of riches, is deceptive and
vain, The humble cottager who rises in
the morning to bis labors, and obtains by
that labor his daily bread, partakes OF more
genuine felicity, than the individual who
rolls in splenjour and fareth sumptuously
every day; his constitution provided his
conduct is marked with the features OF So
briefly, is more robust +: his cheek is glad
dened with the blush OF health smile OF
eontentmcnt is seen in his countenance;
his appetite is rendered keen by employ
ment, and having no cares to distract his
mind, he commits his head TO his pillow in
peace, and awakes refreshed by his tram
suil slumbers.-The expectant OF no tor
tune, he is never disappointed in his views;
he labours for support alone he cultiTates
his e Ids with industry, and looks to hea-
ven lor the former and the latter rain to
mature his crops. His wife and children
are renlered happy in the enjoyment he
possesses the voice Of joy and health is
in ms dwelling his communion with his
Maker is not distracted by the cares OF iite;
reIis ion holds up TO his enraptured view
her choicest consultations; he looks ior-
ward without fear to that moment when
his Iabours will cease, aud the triumpbs OF
heaven be bis portion for ever.
Compare the situation OF such an indiV:-
dual, my beloved hearers, with the stua-
ton OF the man, involved in the hurry and
hustle of the world. Consider those thou
sand contingencies upon which his success
in business must depend. Not all the Ell
forts which the most prudent man can make
N secure his concern, from arrangement,
will always prove effectual. When his al
fairs at home afford him pleasant pros
pect, his disappointment from abroad
throw him into confusion, AMI defeat his
plans. He sees a storm of adverse fortune
approaching, which chilis him to the heart;
be perceiyes that no wisdom he possesses,
can secure him from the blow The wife OF
his bosom he is sensible will feel the shock;
his beloved children checked in their ex'
pectations tremblc under the influence OF
a fathers sorrows; he goes to his pillow
to look for rest, but that pillow, once the
seat OF qu,elude, refuses him the aid he
seeks his mind is distracted with the hea-
w burthen of his cares, and he rises IN the
morning with a countenance indicative OF
sorrow and Of woe.
Such being the distress, in which the pur-
suit of wealth SO frequently eIunges US,
distress, which at the present m"ment is
felt by S" many whom love and respect;
byso many to whom teel attached by
.hou>ani tender considerations, let me EN-
treat you, beloved Pensioners, to remem-
Der, that in the arrangement OF your tenn
poral prospects, your Happiness is not SO
essentially Interested, as upon superficial
view of things you may imagine. HaPP'-
ness, rely or it, is not dependent upon
wealth. Con'entment of mind, rests upon
no such uncertain foundation. If peace
and comfort flow from no source but riches,
your preacher must always have been MI
serable. tor wealth he never had, T. wealth,
from his situation of life, he never mob
tain. Let me therefore enireat you TO be
submissive to the reverse OF fortune, win
which many of you have to struggle; the
Calamity, If il deserves the name is unlVel'
sal +; Europe, as well as the land in witch
we live. groans beneath the burden.
A mediocrity of fortune, is within the
reach of every sober minded, industrious
man. Plenty to satisfy our necessary wants
will never be denied US; having food and
raiment, let US be content; Imam wants
but little here below, nor wants that ii1tie
long The prospect Of our crops is album
dant; the Almighty with the finger OF mer
cy 1oints to his inexhaustabie stores, and
invites us 10 partake OF the bounties OF hls
providence. Luxuries can be dispensed
Nth, aud We shall find an increase ofhap-