Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-10-29

Cd from our presens Pu'Posc
lbis'sn 49,, that it is . question
sta e fair, honest and iIparsial
,yb'so One thing nevertheless, we
,adon. W. ,hat il. that ali the mer
/, 90 o. 0 = dis.ribused to one genera
ill %. = = but laborers in the vine
|sp. y time, and we must very soon
.td %. Lar our implements OF husoan-
sliTsf on. -. hands of our successors;
bs i''s nav - be sown in one genera
be fss "a At The next may be destined to
loo, sut .ns6ts from the great Lord
tsp %. .rs,s. Isit for Us to complain
ilas y, rosOel seasons 90 not roll their
ll M ~! sS'' sufficient rapidity for our
san' ..' r qualification. Is 1t for
20 p', ,.horer who works upon the
lb' '' J .snsure Heaven because the
,fp, w.. e the tree which he has wit
fa.. ~ 81 one day, dOnOs swell into au-
Ps'' ss..llusuriance the nextP Ihomp-
unO' .'a lara, the nature of the sea-
% UTE utter. He beautifully exclaims
oa' .,,ous Heaven. for now laborio"s man
Be g'es - nart-Ye fostering breezes blow,
s !; '.m, s al thou world resiving SUM-"
y "' .honld follow out this analogy,
Wo n, Tho lahors of man. we
osss sIo,s our fretful impotence, and
A'a', : ,suipe at the works of the De-
t'''I ., : likewise has his particular sea-
=. for the accomplishment OF his own
su y, and which, as he has not revealed
s'a' !, !, Is worse than idle, it is even
! ''s;',,, in Us, to attempt to lind
PDp w.forget in our impatience that
81 s'.dom.. and states, and empires
7 ssusrations after generations of
;" 3 INIT instruments in his hands
$ ~ =, accomplishment of his own pur-
=. Ina. all human agency. be it
=. iv solitary individuals, by associ-
|s so Of individuals, or by govern
~. ara still but instruments vari-
s.ly disposed and assorted for the &C
.molishnent Of the same divine pur-
. ss That much seed has been sown
,.,ha age in ahich We live, is an un-
%,,.ionsble fact; buthow near we are
n, no harvest time, is known only to
|Onuiscisnce. :.
lisb. analogy derived from nature, if
|,,s farmer and the seasons are thought
b h coerced analogies-let Us resort
% history, not for analogy, but fact
|Wbst is history but record of Gods
moral government of the worldin which
4. liys--and what does all this open to
|, bat the gradual advances of light
|,,d knowledge ?-If Julius Caesar
Iould wake from his sleep of a.
ID, and inquire for the Island abOund-
in IN British savages thathe once con-
aasrsd--he would be pointed to the
towering dome of st. Paul's-the proud
and stately monument, the magnificent
and superb riding palaces effscting the
solar rays-the thunder bearing fleets
in every sea--he would be shewn all
these wonders; these are the savages
that Julias Cesar would then be inqui>
kip, after. But what would he say, if
biz companion should accost him, and
request this re.visiter of the earth to
ihsw imperial Rome-that proud city.
that terror of the world? He would
Turn his eyes to the city, which he had
|Ah seated on seven hills, and behold
|sotlsy mass Of his own monuments in
rains, dilapidsted temples, mouldering
equsducts, triumphal arches pfostrats
where the serpent had skunk for pro.
lection, from the persecution of man.
History records all these facts; every
boy tschooli is familiar with their re-
saal, and yet with such an evidence of
shsprOgressige course of Gods moral
government before our eyes, we are
gnvely asked, what good benevolent
eMrtlons can accomplish ?
Weknow that'it requires some pre-
psratlOn of the mind, before we can
yield to this principle an unqualified
u assent. Many are willing to believe
mat the Deity watches over the natu-
n'worid, who doubt his exercise ofthe
ams 'operintendencs over the moral
Nss he rolls the sun through his fanny,
''und, aud dictates the march of the
SEASONS, and preacribes it's place to eve-
:! planet, and who at the same time
.'le's that beings, sentient. immortal,
'su candidates for Heaven, are suffer-
, ,S'o wander at large without his con-
a'uling influence.
Richmond, October 25.