The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1828-12-04

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THE JUDGEMENTS or THE
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= Who, ef their contempcr IN the
Tworld's estimafion.. are the superstitiousg
the bigot, and The lenthusiast They,of
whomvthe Werld is not worthys The few
who dare to be singular in yirtue's cause
who march straight forward to their obiect,
nnawed by power, yunbrihed by wealth,
t,Itseduced by pleasure 10 whom pain
is nothing, discomfort nothing, enn,ity
nothing whospity uncIlaritable en-
w, bate and malice who look down
with contempt on the. scorn of The proud,
the spite Of the low, and the laughter of
the foolish. They are tho men and the
sects ofs6rm, yet humble, spirit /; who
have always led the van of the intrepid
pioneers in the paths of liberty Of mind,
and liberty of conscience who have
superstitiOusly feared God and loved
righteousness who have believed in his
premises and obeyed his commands
They have been the cowards of all gene
rations, who were weakly afraid to bias
pheme, to despise aud doubt; who shud-
1dered at pagan rites and -heathenish prac-
,tises wln.aere yexed at lawless pfofani-
.ty and guilty mirth; who praciised chari-
", patience, meekness, and long suffering;
who loved honor, justice. purity, and
truth. They were righteous Lott and
deyout Daniel; whose souls were vexed at
the workings of abomination, and who
prayed 'sseyen times day." They have
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their principle firmly fixed. and by that
principle were ready equally to live or
die. They have been the men indifferent
to wrong, and cruelty, and outrage who
not so much .despised the world as pitied
il, They Boldly stated their opinions,
tearlessly preached, and hystheir firmness
in life and death--in the prison and the
dungeon, on thesrack, the wheel, and at
the stake, maintained them. Sucl, bigots
werethc holy men Of God, of old, and the
apostles ofthe truth and were the true
lieroes. of secular history cid and new
They were the. bigetsed Joshua, and M.
than. ami Isaiah, and John the Baptist, aAd
Paul and Peter such too were Socrates,
and Cato, such Tertullian, Wickliffe, kiIox,
and Lulher.; and such now are, IA Brongh-
am,sa Beeclaer, and a Laid. Besides
these are the enthusiastic, the 'risionary,
aud the, ridiculous. The men, whom,
mountains, and seas, and rivers, could not
stop 81 whit abate in heir ardent and
courageous, career, TO spread the truth
wherever mankind wa turned to error. or
sunk in guilt. Men who had one single
object, pursued with single aim, au un-
dannted spirit and persevering temper;
who approved themselves ''in patience, in
affections, in necessities, in distfesses !; III
stripes, in .imprisonments, in tumults. in
k,bors, in wnch;ngs, and fasiings by hon-
OF and disl,onor, by evil report and good
report; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing;
as poor. yet making rich; as having moth
ing, yet possessing all things. Such were
the ,ee0k and creduloas enthusiasts, who
have spent weary days and restless nights,
in devising and executing the means Of
beneftting and improving the race of their
fellow men who have vanqushed the
aerrofsao Of the desert, the hazards Of the
sea, and the perils of barbarians. Such are
the philanthropists of every age. Such
was Howard, in the performance, Of his
sscircumnayigation Of cbarily;'' the man
.syi,o crossed seas and traversed states. not
10 crafty a vain and idle curiosity; not to
jizdltge in the delights of taste, fancy, and
5maginaiion but 60 carry relief to pover-
~, succor TO distress, comfort to affection,
reformation to guilt, and hope 10 despair.
Such above him even are tile messengers OF
gospel truth, who have. .courted obstacle
and defed opposition. Such was the I'M
daunted, the indefatigable Paul. who was
persuaded. that "neither death, nor life;nor
Angels. nor principali,ies, nor fpowers,a nor
things present, nor things TO come, nor
height, nor depth, would be able to sepa-
rate him from the love of God" Such
TOO was Warden, and such, in later day,
was Martyr, and such are Wolfe and .Jud-