The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-04-04

pltianie sPeck of perishing earth exolaim-
ing ID his rage, 81 will pursue, | will over
.ake' L Will divide the spoil, my lust shall
De satisfied upon them, | will draw INV
sword, my hand shall destroy them" to
pehoid the man Of rank, glorying in his
wealth, and his empty titles, and looking
around upon the inferior orders of his fei,
ioW-mortals as the worms of the dust-to
pehold the man of ambition pushing his
way through bribery and treachery and
si"ugiiter' to gain possession of throne,
Inat ne may look down with proud pre-
eNlnence upon his fellows-to behold the
naughty airs of the noble dame, inflated
win the idea of her beauty and her high
birtn' as she struts along, surveying the
iignoble crowd, as if they were the dust
beneath her feet-to behold the smatterer
IN learning pulled up with a vain conceit of
ms superficial requirements, when he has
scarcely entered the porch Of Knowledge
IN fine, to behold all ranks, from the high
est to the lowest big with an idea of their
own importance, and fred with pride and
revenge at the least provocation, whether
imaginary or real How inconsistent the
manifestations of such tempers, with the
many Illuminating circumstances of our pres
ent condition, and with the low rank which
we hold in the scale of Universal Being
1t IS not improbable, that there are in the
universe intelligences of a superior order.
IN whose breasts pride never found place
to whom this globe of ours, and all its in
habItants, appear as inconsiderable as a
drop OF water, filed with microscopic ami
malculB, does to the proud lords of this
earthly region. There is at least one Be
ing to whom this sentiment is applicable.
IN It's utmost extent =" Before Him all ma
tons are as a drop of bucket, and the
inhabitants of the earth as erasshoppers ::
yea, they are as nothing, and are counted
to him less than nothing and vanity"
Could we wing our way with the swiftness
of seraph, from sun to sun. and from
world to world, till we had surveyed all the
systems visible to the naked eve, which
are only as mere speck in the map of the
unlVerse-could we at the same time, con-
template the glorious landscapes and scenes
of grandeur they exhibit-could we also
mlngle with the pure and exalted intelli-
gences which people those respondent a.
bodies, and behold their humble and ardent
alterations Of their Almighty Maker, their
benign and condescendiEe department to-
wards one another; each "esteeming an
other better than HIMSELF" and all united
IN the bonds of purest affection. without
one naughty or discordant feeling-what
Indignation and establishment would seize
us, on our return to this obscure corner of
creation, to behold beings enveloped in the
mist OF ignorance, immersed in depravlty
and wickedness, liable to q thousand acct
dents, exposed to the ravages of the earth
qaaikeT.t volcano and the storms: vet
shame? We Should pc apt 10 view Jne7n,
as we now do those Bedlamites, who
fancy themselves to be kings, sur
rounded by their mobiles while they are
chained to the walls of noisome dungeon.
" Sure pride was never made for man"
How abhorrent, then, must it appear in the
eyes of superior beings, who have taken
an expansive range through the field of
creation? How abhorrent it is in the sight
of the Almighty, and how amiable is the
opposite virtue, we learn from his word =
Every one that is proud is an abomination
to the Lord. God resisteth the proud, but
he giveth grace to the humble. p" Thus
saith the High and Lofty One, who inhab-
iteth Eternity, dwell in the high and holy
place; with him also that is of an humble
anu conLIICe spirit 10 revive lHe spirit ol
the humble, and the heart of the contrite
ones" While, therefore, we contemplate
the Omnipotence of God, in the immensely
of creation, let us learn to cultivate humili-
ty and establishment. This was one of
the lessons which the pious Psalmist de-
duced from his survey of the nocturnal
heavens. When he beheld the moon walk
ing in brightness, and the innumerable
hosts of stars, overpowered with sense of
his own insignifcance, and the greatness
of Divine condecension, he exclaimed, 80
Lord what is man that thou art mindful of
him, or the son of man, that thou shouldest
visit him?"
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