Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-02-27

By Request.
THE SWEARER'S PRAYER;
OR HIS
0.iIH Explained.


What, Swearer pray! Yes, Swearer,
whether thou thinkest so Or not, each OF
thine oaths IS prayer--an appeal 70 the
Holy and Almighty God, whose name
thou darest So hnpiously to take into thy
lips.
And what is it, thinksst thou, Swearer,
tina; thou cal!est for, when the awful ina
precautions, Damn and Damnati0n roll
SO frequently from Thy pro!ane tongue /?
Irembie, SWearcr, while | tell thee !.
Thy prayer containeth two parts Thou
prayest, first, that thou nayest be depriv-
Cd Of eternal happiness Secondly, that
thou mayest be plunged into eternal mi
SER
When therefore thou calest for dam
nation, dost thou not, in effect, say as
follows 40 Goo thou hast power to
punish ne In hell forever: therefore,
lei not one OF my sins be forgiven Let
every oath have sworn---every lie that
/ nave toid--eyery Sabbath that ! have
broken--and all The SINS that | nave
Co,umiued, either in thought, word, or
deco, rise up in judgment against me,
and eternali} condemn me Let me ne
Yer pargake OF thy salvation May my
soul and body be deprIped of all asppi-
ness, boln in this world and that which
is 10 come. Let me never see thy face
win comior--never enjoy Thy favor and
triend5hIp--and let me never enter mo
the Kingdom OF heaven
THIS is the first par, of thy prayer
Let us hear the second:
:; 0 Goa, let me not only be shut out
OF leayen, bu, also be shut up in hell!
May all the n,embers oil my body be tor
tured with inconceN able agony. and all
the powers of my soul torn cnIed WIN
horror and despair, III expresslble and
eternal! Let my dwelling be III the
blackness OF darkness, and my compa-
Mons accursed men and accurscd devils
s Pour down tn, hottest anger; execute
all thy wrath and curse upon me; arm
aha send forth all thy ,errors against me !;
anc lei thy fierce, thy fiery, Thy fearful
indignation, rest upon me! b. mine
eternal enemy; and plague, snd punish,
and torment me, in bell, forever, and
e. r, and ever %
Saearsr, his is thy prayer :! O
dreadful imprecation . horrible, nor
rib, most horrible disappearing man.
D.si thou ike thy petition? Look al it.
Art thou sincere in thy PRAYER, or art
thou mockins thy Maker9 Dost thou
wish for damnation ! Art thou DESTROYS
OF II, rnai torment If SO, swear on
sw ar hard. The more oaths the more
misery; and, perhaps, the sooner thou
mayest be in hell. Art thou shocked at
this language? Does it narrow up thy
soul? Does thy very blood run cold in
thy veins Art thou convinced OF the
evil Of prophane swearing? How many
times hast thou blasphemed the God of
heaven? How many times hast thou
asked God to damn thee in the course OF
a gear, month, day? Nay, how many
times in single hour hast thou call
ed for damnatlon Art thou not yet in
hell f! Wonder, . heavens, and be asto-
nished y earth, al the goodnes sand long
suffering of that God, whose great name
propbane ! Swearer, be thankful, be ex-
ceedingly thank lul, that God has not an
swered thy tremendous PRAYER; that his
mercy and patience have withholden the
request of thy polluted lips! Never let
him hear another oath from thy unhal-
hsllowed tongue, lest it should be thy
last expression upon earth, and thy
swearing prayer should be answered in
hell. q let thine oaihs be turned into
supplications /! Repent, and turn to Je-
sus, who died for swearers, as we'll as
his murderers. And then, O then,
(though thou mayest have sworn as ma
ny oaths as there are "stars in the hea-
vens, and sands upon the sea-shore, in
Vulnerable" then thou shalt find, to thy
eternal Joy, that there is love enough in
his hearS, and merit sufficient in his
blood, 10 pardon thy sins, and save thy
soul forever. Swearer canst thou ever