Litchfield enquirer., 1843-11-23
). AT the late Wing gathering at Andover,
Professor Stuart opened the exercises in the
open air with the following


professor Stuart opened the exercises in the
open air with the following
80. .... PRAYER.
Our Father who, art in heaven hallow-
ed be thy name We worship thee as the
King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only
wise God the King of nations, as we'll as
the King Of Saints. Thou doest thy will
among the armies of heaven above thy
pleasure among the inha bitants of this low
or world none can stop thee, or stay thine
hand, or say unto thee, What doest thou 3
Thou art our God,and we would praise thee /;
our fathers God, and we would magnify thv
name. j. 1.
We thank thee for that kind providence,
which guided our fathers across the mighty
deep to this new world, and planted them
here, and established them, and has made
OF them great nation. We thank thee for
thy guardian care over this nation, in sea.
sons of peril to our rights,our liberties, and
our lives, in days that are past We present
our offering of gratitude for that kindness,
which has established for us government,
whose chief design it is to secure the lives,
the liberty, civil and religious, the rights of
property, OF all who belong to our Republic.
We invoke thy blessing on every effort
to render safe and to perpetuate the enjoy
ment of our precious privileges, down 10
the latest generation. Let our magistrates
be peace, our exactors righteousness let
our judges be as at the first, and our coun-
sellers as at the beginning. Let the spirit
of party, Of ambition, of avarice, of sell
fishness, and the love of power, which have
arisen among US, and now threaten to de-
stroy our peace, our prosperity, and even
our existence as united nation, be cffectu-
ally controlled and subdued By thy good
spirit upon the hearts of men, and by the
grave rebuke of all the upright and we'll
disposed among US, of whatever name
May this people be guided by thee, and in
clined to choose such men for rulers rs fear
God and abhor evil, such as will shake their
! hands from holding brides, and fear to do
their neighbor wrong. May light be scat
tered in the paths of all who belong TO this
nation, in such measure as that they will
fully discern !heir duty; and when this
shall be accomplished, wilt thou give to all
heart TO do that duly honestly, without
fear and without Partially.
We have assembled this day for pur-
pose of importance and interest we come
here in hope that light may be scattered
around US, in respect to the duties which, as
citizens, we ought to perform, and that
we may also be moved and persuaded
TO perform them. We invoke thy blessing
on those who have been invited 10 address
us onAhis occasion. Wilt thou enable them
TO discharge this duty in an efficient man.
ner. Give unto them mouth and wisdom,
which no advocate of disorder and misrule
shall be able TO gainsay or resist; so that
by assembling together, this day, we may
become not only more enlightened. but
more Seadfast than ever, in the discharge
of all our relative and civil duties.
Almighty and everlasting God! We feel
bound to confess before thee our guilt and
! ill desert, as individuals and as a nation
We have been ungrateful for thy merclcs,
disobedicnt 10 thy most holy commands,
and fOrgetful of our kind and constant Be-
nelactor. We have deserved that our pre-
cious privileges should be taken from us.
In thy great mercy and for Chrst's sake,
wilt thou forgive our many and aggravated
offences. Eater not into judgment with US,
o Lord! for in thy sight we cannot be jus.
tilted. Look down, in thy tender compass
sion, on the vine which thine own right
hand brought from distant land-which
thou hast planted here-and nourshcd, and
caused to bring forth muchfruit, and do no;
suffer it now to be rooted up, or devourcd
let not even the hedges of thy vineyard be
broken down, nor its walls in any measure
| demolished.
o Thou who nearest prayer, and has
| commanded all flesh to come unto thee and
seek thy salvation, hear the voice Of oui
humble duplication for ourselves and for
our country Thou God in whose hand
our breath is, and whose arc all our ways.
hear and answer, show mercy and forgive
and thine shall be the glory forever. Amen
BEAUTIFUL ANECDOTE.
| A happier illustration Of the wonderful
character of the Bible, and the facility
with which even child may answer, BY it
| the greatest Of questions and solve the sub.
FINEST of mysteries, was perhaps never Civ
en-, than at an examination of q deaf and
dumb institution, some years ago in London
A little boy was asked in writing, Who
made the world :"
| He took the chalk, and wrote underneath
the question,
"In the beginning, God created the heav.
ems and the EARTH"
The clergyman then inquired in SINH
| lar manner,
Why did Jesus Christ come into the
world :" s .
A smile of delight and gratitude rested
on the countenance of the little fellow, as
he wrote,
This is a faithful saying and worthy OF
all acceptation, that Jesus Christ came into
| the world TO save Sinners
A third was then proposed, evidently
adapted to call his most powerful feelings
into exercise
Why were you born deaf and dumb
when can hear and sneak Z"
Newer said an eyewitness, "shall
forget the look Of resignation which sat up.
on his countenance as he took the chalk
and wrote, .t
"Even so, Father, for so it seemed good