Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-09-10

iSk'eh, ucfc might gamer US strcngth
ike cloud on eloud, touched with esery ~glerious
coiOr OF heaven, tt Il sNeiled INTO tenpesf. and
poured down the torrents and the thunders
Ne work within human memory ever Eronghi
an effect 30 sudden. irresistible and saving, -
the bosk on the srenca Revolutiun. " lns'sstiy
broke TIE Revolutionary spel3the national = -
were ofsued. The fictitious oraclrs. 70 which
the people had listened as TO wisdom unanswrrs
40 lie, were struck dumb in the moment VI the
truth appearing. The mobiles, the popuiace
The professions, The whole cation from Tie CO,
tsge 70 the throne. we're awakened, as by III
sound Of The trumpet: and The srne m
which swoke them. filled their spirgs With thf
patriot ardor that "a the day ct bsttie nsd
them invincible. Burke. too. made = class !
h'mse't. As a pubic writer he had 10 equs
aud no similar; his place VS. alone. Like PA
when us labor was done. he died.
England had nov been ptepsrcd fos war.
and had been purified from dis.lFcctloa. tie
war was nava', add her ferts commanded by
3 succession OF brave mea. lad been conHnuall,
V'cloFisus. Bu a struggle Tor lie and death
vas to Gone From l7SS, France was ia the
hands OF Napoleon. Ills sagacily saw Tia
England wss the true barrier against unigerss
cooquesf; sDd he forced the whole strength %
Europe against her. A man was now raised ~,
whose achievements threw "a the past Into tn,
shade. Nelson instantly iranscend j the ~
blest rivalry in 5 profession OF tslea, sud hero
Ism HIS Vasor and genus were a~iror.Ike;
'hey rose above sti, and threw . spl ndnr upon
all HIS name was synoR} nous with victory -
lie wasthe guiding star OF he fleets ~ England
E'ch OF hrs battles would hsve beea a tile H.
imfnortslit ; but his last exploit in which lh,
mere terror of his name drove the eneny's
heet before him through half the world, TO b,
annfDHafRl ~ TrkfafyeF has M E,arg lei ia th..
history OF arms. Nelson, too, made q Glass b,
himaeif Emulation has uevef approached bum.
lie swept he enemy's last ship from the sts.
and like his two mighty cempstrists, having
done bs work Of Gle y, he died.
"Ihe Spanish nsurrecfl0n, in scarcely more
thsn two years al = The deslh Of Pitt and Ne.
son, let in light upon the WORT England, the
~conqueror OF the sess. was called 70 be the |
leader Of The srnies of Europe. A sold'e err nov
arose equal to his i'iusfrious task. He, too
has made = class BY himself hut bis prsise |
must be Isftt to the gratitude of bis country, snd
to the homsge of the future.
"ihe trne conclusion 80 be drawn from sucl
remembrancss is 10 IDLE human exuita,,on 10
the exploits OF England, but q justified snc |
hsiiowed feeling thst our preservation hiss been
the especial act uf prsvdenc ; that a success
sion OF silent miracles have been wrought Co
our safeguard; and thatit IS nv the out s,retched
fand ct Heaven, hat England has been bsTne
un~ounced b r7ogh the nightieat OF all wars,
and has been hn.3l. raised TO he summit efi
earthly power. To this the most glorious irIs
umph ever q en- 20 the srn or counsel Of mat,
would be ~triyIsi; yet We cannot doubt that ,h,sI
protection has been gisea, and that ls Gift was
Tor HE security OF the true religion CUn,cm
piations like those may cheer Us in the com No
OF MAT still Steiner trial, which is Already
shaking the ground under every Continental
throne. In he deeper ruin Of the dsy If terror,
the people ot God wilt he secure. The iocreas.
ed Dominion Of the Church Of Englapd, over
the remote dependencies Of the Empire, within
these few years; an increase without comruisop,
in the spirit Of the purest henevolence, and
even alresd, attended wrh the ~brigbfest prom
Use ct morals, knowledge and the propagation
Of he Gospel; he fncreased diligence among
ourselves IN providing for the public worship, |
ny additional Churches, aud additional provision
for the religious knowledge OF the people, are
proofs that the Divine favour which raised, and
has so long sustained the venerable establish. {
ment of this great Christian country, is not
oitbdrawo; nay, that il has looked down with
a more protecting eye, even on our own day. Is
"hu's whatever shalt be the sufferings Of that
fearful period. we have the highest declaration
that they shall be boundiessly repaid by the
."'''"E u N'hsoo" " 0ou' u dTscFip- Il
tons OF THE Apocalypse are yeiled..in the simili {
tude language Of prophecy, and are 10 be iully
interpreted on y by the event. Bot in the !
Gospels AID ~Epistles, there are distinct indica
tons. lhough generally overlooked, Of many
cumstsnces OF The futures: a change in the
bumsn nature, IN he socisl state, in the intellcc
tual canac,ty, in the a"ble Affections, the whole / I
exalting the Christian to . rank of power and {
actual spiendor, Immeasurable by our present !
faculties, aud preparing him to be an t'herr oil
IN itself a promise OF u~nimAginablc
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