Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-04-17

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After WHICH the curtain will drop.
Their Joys and sorrows then what tongue
can tell? f$
Some rais'd on high and others doom'd TO
He'll!
These praise the Lamb, and singredesm'
ing love, ~ cgt 8
Lode'd in his bosom all his goodness prove;
While those who trampled under foot bis
grace, se e.zf--.s..
Are banish'd now forever from bis face: =.
Divided thus, gulph is fixed between,
Dread everlasting blest, eternal scene.
O. that they were wise, that they consi'
der their latter end. Deut.xxxII. 90. -,
Tickets Of admittance into the Pit, are
sold at every place of temptation, where
the lust Of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and
the pride of lie are displayed.
The price is given away to these things,
and SHINING against God. For ''thus saith
the Lord, the soul that sinnethit shall die"
Eek. xviii--4.
Tickets Of admittancs into the Gallery
may be had gratis, at the fountain open for
sin and tor. uneleanliness. (and no where
else.) Acts iv. le. But will only be
given to those who are willing to deny all
ungodliness, and take up the cross daily, to
forsake all self righteousness and follow
Christ in the regeneration. He that hath
ears to hear let him hear. Mat. Il. IS.
Be not deceived God is not Knocked; for
whatsoever man soweth that shall he also
reap. Gal. vi. Z. Tickets not transfer
able, and no money will be taken at the
door; all that are admitted into the Gale
ries must be sprinkled with the blood OF
Christ and sealed with Immanucl's signet.
Prepare to meet thy God! Amos. iv.
L.. For in such an hour as ye think not,
the Son of man cometh. Mat. xiv.
From London paper receiued at the Office
of the N. York Commercial .4dvertiser.
UTILITY OF CLIMBING BOYS.
Humanity has often revolted at the SUI.
ferings Of the unfortunate children who
are driven by the necessity, or the unna'
tural cupidity Of their parents, to adopt the
wretched life ola chimney sweeper. tits
however, a fact we'll known that many
pursue this miserable avocation as mat
ter Of choice, and seem in the general scale
of society to enjoy as much happiness as
these Of their own age who obtain liveli.
hood by other and less disagreeable means.
The unfeeliDg and thoughtless have Of
ten applied to this hapless class, in allu.
SIGN to the uniform blackness of their COS.
tune, and in derision. the cpithet Of eler.
gymen-but recent occurrence in the ci-
ty seems to give fair ground for change
in this term, and to justify the transfer Of
these sooty beings from the church TO the
lar. The occurrence 10 which we allude
is tbis-Abou,a fortnight ago, Mr.. Wetber-
", silyersmith in the Poultry. who is the
proprietor of house in king.street. Cloth
Fair, having repeatedly applied to his L.
nant, (Mr. Watts, a grocer and cheesemon-
ger, tor hail years rent without success,
thought it expedientt to direct his upholstsr.
er, man OF great responsibility in Fore
street Cripplegate, to levy distress Tor
the amount. The upholsterer, although a
broker, had not been accustomed to this
unpleasant part of his profession, and
would have declined the commission, did
he not feel that by so doing he should dis
oblige customer. Having undertaken to
execute the warrant Of distress, he proceed
ed to the house of he tenant, accompani-
ed by one of his porters, whom he left in
possession. Upon enquiry. however, he
found that the family could not accommo.
date his man with bed, uRless under cir
cumstan ses of great personal inconveni-
enee and observing an abup lance of pro.
perry on the premises, and thinking too,
that the proceedings were rather harsh,
he determined 20 remove his man, and to
rely upon the honesty Of the people not to
take away the goods, which they solemn
" assured him they would not. In def
anee of this promise, however, and in
breach of that gratitude which was GER
tainly due to the broker, they that night,
took fight by moonlight" as it is call
ed, and carried off the greater part Of their
furniture. On the ensuing morning, when
the broker went TO the house, he had the
modification to find that it was shut up,