Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-09-10
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tJOD ALONE IS lnlMCDTAj..
Abrahim and Sol0mon have slept VIII
their fathers; CadJ~h, the irsi born OF
faith: Ayesma, the beloved; Omar The meek;
Omri, the benevolent, the companion Of
the Apostles, and the sent of God himself;
all debut God, Most High, Most Holy
liveth for eyerl Infnitcs are 10 Him as
the numerals of Arithmetic to the sons of
Adam The earth shall vanish before the
DEGREES of His eternal destiny; but He liT-
eth and reigneth for eyerl
Con ALONE IS ONNIsCIENT.
Micheal, whose wings are full of eyes,
| is blind before Him The dark night unto
HIM is as the rays Of morning: for he no
ticeth the creeping of the small ant, in the
dark night, upon the black stone, and APP
prohendeth the motion fan atom. in the o.
pen air.
COP ALONE IS OHNIP1EsENT.
He toucheth the immensely OF space as a
point;Le moveth IN tie depth ofthe Ocean,
and Mount Atlas is hidden by the sole Of
! His FOOT He breatheth fragrant odOurs to
cheer the blessed in Paradise, and enliyen-
eth the paid frame in the p-ofoundost
hell
GOD ALONE IS OMNIPOTENT
He thought, and worlds were created;
He frowneth and they dissolve into smoke;
He smileth, and the torrents of the dam
ned are suspended. The thunderings Of
Hermon are the whisperings of His voice
/ The rustling of His attire causeth light
ming and an earthquake: and with the sha-
dow of His garment He blotteth out the
Sun
/ GOD ALONE IS MERCIFUL
When He forged His immutable DEGREES
on the anyils Of eternal wisdom, He tenn
oerod tie misories of the human race in
/ the fountains of pity. When He laid the
| foundations of the world, He dropped
tear upon the embryo mlseries of unborn
men; and that tear, falling through the inn
measurable lapses oftime, shall quench the
glowing flames of the bottomless pit. He
sent His Prophet into the world to enligh-
ten the darkness ofthe tribe; and hath pre-
pared the payilions ofthe Houri for the re-
pose Of true believers.
GOD ALONE IS JUST
He chains the latent cause to the distant
event, and binds them both immutably
fast to the fitness of things. He decreed
the unbelieyer to wander amid the whirl-
wind of error, and suited his soul to future
torment. He promulgated the inefabIe
creed, and the germs Of countless souls of
believers which existed in the contempla-
ton of the Deity, expanded at the sound.
his Justice refreshed the faithful, while the
damned spirits confess it in despair.
GOD ALONE is ONE!
Abrahim the faithful knew it; Moses
declared it amid the thunderings Of Sinai;
Jesus pronounced it; and the messenger
of God, the sword Of his vengeance, filled
the worldwith that immutable truth. Sure
Ily there is ONE COP, IMMORTAL, olINIs-
! GENT, oMNIPREsENT, MOST NERcIFUL,
and JUST, and Mahomet is Has Apostle
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Clocta,O Tradition Of the Deluge.
The Choctaws have some vague notions
respecting the deluge.-They state that at
a very remote period, there was a great
deluge. which spread over the whole earth.
Il was preceded by preternatural dark
ness ofIong continuance. They say, that
at the commencement ofthis darkeness, the
people went to sleep as usual, and after
sleeping the usual time, they awoke, and
found it dark. They slept again, and
awoke. and found it still dark. Again
they slept, and awoke, and darkness was
upon the face of the earth. This excited
alarm-The darkness was so great, that
neighbours could have DO intercourse with
each other, except by torch light After
some time. they discerned as they thought,
the dawning ofday IN the east. This Oc-
Icasioned great JOY, anG tLey vent from
house TO house TO congratulate one anoth-
er on the return of light. But they were
soon undeceived; for what thcy had snip
posed to be light, proved TO be g great boz
I dyof water, like the sea, which Commlng
with immense velocity, swept away all be-
/ fore it. Some few, who were in more ele-
waited situations, succeeded IN making raiis.
aud getting upon them, but tie beavers
gnawed of the bark, by which the LOGS OF
the raft were tied together, and thus, after
having their hopes raised Of escaping the
destruction which was al around them,
they were plunged in the water and irretn-
eyably lost.-One raft, however, made of
reeds, escaped the ravages Of the beavers.
and outrode the storm, and all who wela
on it were saved, bnt the number IS not
known.