The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-02-26
REV. join II. MAFFrT'r.
Extract from the first Sermon preached
by Rev. J. N. naliu, Chaplain to the
Uous of Representatives,

Extract from the first Sermon preached
by Rev. }. N. ,.anit, Chaplain to the
Hous of Representatives.
lV.-Four,hly and laslly-his judg-
mcaiS! how un>earchable are his judy
me Is! The PsaIGis. says they are like
the great deep. No man says solomon
can fad out the work that God maketh
from the beginning to The end.
His judgments! They are the outgo-
iug5 Of his glory-lhey support his
throne and make the law honorable. His
judgments! They are the terrible minis
tiers Of His wrath. Tney obey his voice,
and do HIS pleasure on the earth, JUS
tlce and judgment are the pillars on which
.hr government oi Ii cd rests-lhey show
Us that His government j. not in the
hands of folly; that It's complicated and
wonderful machinery is not left to mere
Cnance. Tne judgments of The Lord are
wonderful, Tney are the fiery preach
ers called up from the Vastly deep or
from the Lofty dome Of tns i!iimItahIe
>kY-ihey WELD The tweed ged sword OF
Divine wrath, that sweeps like 4 comet
over the round earth. How Iearlul!-
low ua,earcnt',la! The earth ms SID
ned. The voice of blood Is in the eals
of lleaven-Its pleallngS are before the
throne. The Time has arril eu when the
patience OF Jehovah is worn out, and IT,.
The brsom oil obstruction sweeps ever The
lb5des of men Tha rull el.ers The
lars of The beast of the forest. aud lnva-
dies The eyrIe> Of the winged lnna'I,an.s
ol the al. Olte has the deep sea been
The Instrument OF Almighty anger. Its
surscs trnd upon the Alpine rocks and
rose higher sull unlll The reiluent waves
rolled over The earth GonveXity with
out il ripple, and the orb swung on lis
pendulum through Heaven for many Il
day and might, startling the INHABITANTS of
other worlds with the strange and tear
Iul reflection from It's rounded CLASSY sur
face. Since that fearful era HE i've cllles
Of the plan were consumed by the aven-
ging element OF ii e, aud the waves oi the
dead sea dubbed up amid the buzzIng
embers If ruined wealth and ponp; 10
hide forever from mortal eye the renal 5
oI dolatrouS SpIendnr beneath its biler
waters. And YET again, a. ely alter city
rose upon the map of earth's domgs, aUd
ruled through lis day Of glory, un.h
wealth and p,rle had increased 10 such Aa
enormous bnIk that the pure heaven,
cou IL no longer tolerate HE moral nul-
sauce.
SEE the clouds suddenly gather Il
with horror: See the course o
things running 10 rlnt-human wisdom
.allng-human power becoming impo-
tent. See the adjacent hills z eamlug
with Iorcl IN standards; aud hear the ages
nlzpd cry ol millions within The walls, ON
whom huHgcr thirst, discurd and fearful
pcSllence, were fastening their deadly
errors, The force Of man when urraycu
on the side Of Judgment becomes almost
omnipotent. Those lleIvel deltay ing
walls are raised, and the SHINY sluggish
Waters OF the bluminouS plaza creep oyer
ihc site OF buried graHdtur-untIl the
grave antiquarian wastes u Inf in re-
search lpr the spot were The millions and
The kings. and the warriors OF Older. time
numbered III then gr> atnrsS and power
Such W re Baby Ion IL d Nlnevah; such
were hundred gajed Tnebes and the wild
rersopulis of the desert Modern Rome
stands upon the tomb of Rome thai Was.
And Athens, the we're Ocean copy by
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