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"Mayhew," i" as you call him, repeated and
expressed his remorse for the outrage he had
committed, and which stimulated the mob on
the following night to sack the dwelling house;
expel the male and female tenants, and pillage
and destroy tho property of Governor Hutch
nson. DIR. Mayhem did not survive this awful
consequence of his folly and madness more
than eleven months. Now, although your in
signifcancy has preserved the community from
any very serious consequences, yet you cannot
begin the work of repentance too speedily.
There is obviously great deal more Of it to
be done in your case than there was in May
hew's; and, solemnIzng as the thought may
be, your disciples must one day lose you--the
time must come when you will teach no more
piety in the Melodeon.
DIR. Mayhem was the minister of the "West
Church" in Lynde street. He was ordained,
June IL. l747, and died July 9, l766, at the
age of As. He was man of considerable tai
ent and noted for classical learning. Henever
that | ever heard of, attempted to bring him
self notice by transcendental, or fantasti-
cal, theological notions, as you have done; and
he differed from you, in one particular, en-
tirely. DIR. Mayhem, doubtless, fully believed
that juror who had solemnly called upon the
Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth to help
him in the keeping of an oath which he had
taken, was not at liberty to treat wi tn irrever-
ence that Supreme Being whom he had in
voked, and TO violate the oath he had taken.
He differed from you in this and many other
particulars.
Unfortunately, like yourself, he was poll
tical parson; and it is scarcely possible to i'm
agine greater nuisance. As DIR. Allen says,
che took deep interest in political concerns;"
too deep for the happiness of others and for
his own peace; for you see that his political
fervor led him so far astray that, in his blind
zeal, he misquoted the word of God and by a
sermon, not so atrocious as your own on fast
day, but as lily considered, produced the most
deplorable consequences; to have recalled
which sermon, he declared that he would have
given all he was worth in the world.
In speaking of yourself you say: 81 an, a
cool man and q calm man." and you instantly
give proof of the truth of your assertion by
counselling your people to disobey the la,o. Dr.
Mayhem had great confidence in his coolness
and calnness; and so he got up in his pulpit,
and with great coolness perverted the words of
St. Paul, and produced an abominable not.
But DIR. Allen says of him: SIN his natural
temper he was warm, and he had not always a
full command of himself. His want of meek
ness and his pride are peculiarly displayed in
thought for himself, &c., yet he did not de-
grade his intellectual dignity by confounding
the difference between truth and falsehood
right and wrong, &c." You see, sir, there is
very striking difference between yourself and
Mayhem, whom you have not been particularly
fortunate in citing upon the present occasion.
DIR. Mayhem has been reported to have ad-
dressed himself in his prayers, during the STIR
ring period in which he preached the offensive,
unclerical, and mischievous discourse to which
| refer, less to the Almighty than to some of
his parishioners, whose political expectations
he was unwilling to disappoint.
Far abler pilots than DR.. Mayhem have
stranded their consecrated barques among these
political shoals and breakers. What, then, must
be the fate of such a feeble craft as yours
What clergyman ever solemnized, and purified +,
and elevated the thoughts of his hearers by
preaching about politics Men may listen sub
msslvely TO the most powerful denunciation of
their sins; but no man will admit his political
opinions to fall within this category. A parish
in which all are Of one political mind is very
rarely to be found. How much nearer to Par
adise does political preacher advance his con-
gregation by these unconsecrated efforts2 Let
him take a summary view of his parishioners
at the close--what does he behold? Which
seems to have gotten the mastery, the spirit
or the Jfesh2 Upon the countenances of some
he beholds the marks of carnal exultation and
triumph-upon the countenances of others the
manifestations of hatred and revenge, malice
and all uncharitableness; and then he spreads
his arms and rolls up his eyes and suppHcatS
that the peace Of God, aClich passeth all u1,der-
standing, mag fill the hearts of his people, a
portion Of achom are ready for three cheers,
lolile The balance are ready TO fight SIGMA.