Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-05-11
From the Richmond Family Visitor.
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Cleanse your obscurred vision, and look
around at the moral desoation that pre-
walls throughout your Zion. Rouse
yourselves from spiritual lethargy and
put forth your awakened energies to
support the tottering Fabric of Right
eousness strip the mask from Vice,
and proclaim it as the enemy OF your
righful sovereign! Build UP his alter,
and prepare an acceptable Offering
even the sacrifice of contrite hearts and
humble spirits! of more value than the
blood ofhecatombs. lie will yet be en-
treated-Iiis ear is yet open TO your
prayers! Show him where you tiuly
desire his divine assistance, and the
voice ofyour suppicatlons will be heard.
Behold. the enemies of His cause are
skulking in the covert places of wicked
ness; in the dark reoesSes OF Satan's
kingdom. Behold them also, in the
Highways and frequented places, ming
ling with the children of righteouness.
Who rears his front OF brass, and stalks
abroad in the daring pomp OF licensed
guilt, among the creatures Of Jehovah?
HIS garments reek with unholy vapours.
Ills pestilential breath polules the vital
atmosphere! His eye gtows with those
livid flames that burn unquenc habIy in
the kingdom of Satan. Whence is this
daring violater of human peace, and di
vine law - Can it be murder, let loose
among the children of men to pour forth
inoiiensive blood upon the alters Of
Baal? Can it be War, sweeping his de
vastating hand over the homes of the
jewellers in life's Wilderness? Can it be
famine, gorging his monstrous appetite
with human aliment? Alas. thls giant
evil that desolates our peace ard defiies
our dwelling. is far greater foe'to man
than the toiturer and destroyer of his
body His blows are aimed at the
immortal soul, ard baleful presence
talnis the spirit in il earthly tabernacle.
He is the accredited minister of the
Prince of darkness; and his Office is to
gather subjects for his masters kingdom.
Faithful to this horrid trust, he stamps
the unweary soul with that indeibe
mark, by which it will be known and
claimed at the last awful Judgment OH
let US unite in prayer that this exiermi-
nator of righteousness may be removed
from amongus. Father of merces, let
the sharpest arrows of divine vengeance
be sent forth against him! Rend him
with thy liShtnings Cleave him with
thy world destroying thunders! He is
The polluter of thy kingdom, the destroy
er OF thy children; the chosen emissary
OF thine eternal enemy. Angels them
selve' will shudder while we pronounce
his name; and the earthly worshippers
of Jehovah will shrink from its awful
sound. 1t is DRUNKENNEssli
Capt. j RENsHAw has been an
pointed TO the command of the naval
station al Philadelphia, in the place of
captain BIDDLE, who is TO take com
mand OF the squadron destined for the
protection of our commerce on The
coast OF Brazil, &c. Captain w b.
sHUBRIcK, is appointed to the com
mand of the new sloop of war Lea
angtOn lately built at New York
Imerican Dictionary.-Proposals are
issued for publishing dictionary of the
English language, in two quarto volumes
by Noah Webster, L. l.. d. This pro-
misses 10 be work adapted to the wants
and capacities of the man OF business as
well as of the scholar, and has employed
the exclusive and laborious application
OF Mr. w. for more than twenty ears
Keeping Gorernor's Son.--On
Wednesday last a claim was presented
at the Treasury of Kentucky, allowed,
and paid, amounting to one thousand and
THIRTY dollars and i,celre cents. for the ex-
penses of merely guarding and boarding
Mr. Isaac B Dssha, at the Jail in Harri
son county, since the 18th of October
last. The costs of the preparations for
another trial, consisting Of the claims Of
venlre men, witnesses. SC. are to come
yet another heavy pull on the Urea
sury -Eeniachy Commentator.
a certain gentleman uron his death
bed, laid this one command upon his
wild son, that he should every day Of
his life be an hour alone: which he con
SANITY observed; and, thereby growing
serious, became new man.