Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-12-02

Stuiuiy Utah5CUtoh iSHoy w a"''o {" - .
out hating, thought within myself,
as / remembered the history Of MIR.
Ms. ancestors, so deeply intermin-
| gled as it is with Scottish church an
nails, that VIC ought TO bless God for
having placed our lot in this land, 10
the nineteenth century, instead OF in
| Scotland, in the latter years of the se>
venteentb. The Maitland family owe
much to the Scots Presbyterians; and
as have heard Of the Commander
in Chiefs liberality to the churches
/ of that persuasion in Canada, l bee
lieye he recollects the debt.
The Rev. Alexander Bullion went
through the good work aioue-be IS
a man of about five and forty winters;
the gray hairs are already warning
him Of the decline of life; but his
frame is athletic, his voice strong and
sonorous, his manner Of delivery pc
culiarIy pleasing to those who have
been accustomed to hear Scottish pos
pular clergymen. Ills acquaintance
with the word of truth was there evil
IDENTIFY made manifest; his text was
the 9th, 10th, and 18th verses OF the
45th Psalm, and in language suited TO
the understanding of his hearers
neither too sublime nor too homely,
did he contriye .'to peel hypocrisy to
the bone. and hold up the naked a.
domination of her skeleton to all his
hearers" Nor did he forget to re-
mind those who might approach the
table of the Lord unworthiIy, of their
sin and danger: he enforced a tho>
rough and heart-searching prepare
ton, as being essential to a proper
meeting with tho Holy One in the
ordinance of his appointment. Being
of that strict order of Scottish Pres.
byterians called Seceders, his atten-
ton to the forms and essentials of
our forefathers was the more marked
and pleasing in this foreign lanh.--
After the fencing of the table, he
gave out the seth Psalm, and my We.
ry heart was glad when the whole
congregation uplifted their voices to
the Giver of all goud, by singing
the Scottish version, beginning
go with thy tender .nercies, Lord,
Us early Satisfy
The finest music chaunted by the
voice of a Catalani, or the sweetest
sounds of powerful symphonious
concert, could not awake that emo
ton which the sacred songs of my
early years, warbied ferventIy to our
slow and mournful common metre
tunes, is calculated to raise in my
breast. How much the religious edu-
cation ofth children of this province
would influence their after life, and
the fortunes of the country, full we'll
can many a Scotchman tell.
At the first table there sat down,
think, about "a communicates, inclu.
ding two of the aged elders; and the
tokens having been collected, the mi.
mister descended from the pulpit, and
fervently implored his blessings on
what they were then about to do, in
his name; having served the first ia
BILE, the preceptor. elf my memory
serves me) gave out the lines
"Because on me ne sat his love,
III save and set him free
Because my great name he hath known,
l will him set on high.
He'll call on me, l'll answer hims
l will be with him still,
In trouble, to deliver him,
And honor him will
After singing which, in the same
slow and solemn manner, the second
table not being full. the minister
made few remarks, intimating that
this would in all probability be the
last. and gave out the lines,
stRemember me, Lord, with that love,
Which thou to thine dost bear"
At the conclusion Of two stanzas,
the table was filled, and the minister
having distributed the elements. sat
down at the foot with the communi-
cants. The pen cannot describe the
simplicity of the service neither
can the English language find words
to make known the solemnity of the
scene. There were about fifty COM