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  ADVERTISEMENT.    

_ THE;«£o1%o*w‘i‘ = 

 

of the birth of W"LsH'.mc;'roN, in _FebruaI.ry last. Owing to similarity
of circumstances it was delivered hkewise, on the Anniversary of Indc-v
pendence.

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On the latter occasion however, were were some things added,4anc'3'

athers omitted.

;?_;;wia%new: submitted for me press; in campiiance with a. rcgumg af thy

Mfaahington Benevolent Socictyg at‘ Nawhiury V
Ju1y,«1812-_. ‘A A %

  A . m;4m&a«m~~wuarzAaawpawe~pai»ea4 rdigpafifl aeiivéréd M;
fore the Caledonia Washington Benevolent Society, at the celebration‘

ED.

crraIsTrA2vnE.2rE7oL.ez¢ae    

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FEM  earliest remembrance, I haveibeen
am the habit of pronouncing the word Asraarcn, with ~
sensations of peculiar pleasure. r My attachment to

the country,,ancl my respect for its my inhabitants, in»-
duced me to emigrate to it, before I had seen .2: ha»
twe A.mer~ic-an, or knew one person on this side of

the Atlantic’. I have now for nine yearsleaten its

bread; enjoyed its civil and religious liberty, receiva-
ed its grateful hospitality, wherever providence has
directed my course, and enjoyed the flattering atten-

ssation of a; large portion of ‘those, with whom I have
had regular or toccpaaional intercourse. Dead indeed 5
should I. be to ,a1lisoe.nsibility, did Inut feel _a lively»

yrinteresrrinirhelwelfne  aanaav,   have it

enjoyedisot many favors. A A pp A p
Believe me, my hearers, tho’ a foreigner by birth;

A I participate in all the pleasurable sensations ofthep

warmest patriots among you, on this anniversary of
your National Independence.   I would not wish to

“be understood as renouncing the country that gave

me birth, or as intimating that my attachments to it
have ceased to exist; They still remain in full force.
The quarrelrtherefore, which at this rnoment exists

  between the two countries! is most, painful to my

‘mind, Figure to yourselves two men at variance,
They declare open hostility to one ‘another, and stu-

dy, on each side, who shall do the other most harrn. 
"What tzhinl: you, would he then feelings of i ‘that r

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woman, whois wife to the one and sister to the nth!
er 5? If you can I'€2l.i1.’:».".-€;ti'lC feelings of a female, so
Situated, you can I‘t3‘21i1ZC the feelings of your preach..
33- to. day, in. reference to. the unhappy dispute now
begun between Great Br1ta1n,_an(l the United States.
of America. s 0 _ “
Although the circumstances in which we meet to
dav, are not soauspicious as those of past annivez'-
safies, yet they are not such as should destroy our
love of country, liberty or independence. e Let is
hope for better days. Let us even hope that this
yieazg which has comn1encecl,w1th a declaration of hos»
tifilitiuesl‘ may terminate,ein profound peace, V
  Aiseéthie i1witation%for~ the present celebrations was
3i~V¢11.biy a, Society,irecentlycestablished in thisplace,
it may be expected that some notice should be ttakent
Q1-‘L it A‘ 1 do no appe,ar before you either as its histo-
rian, or it  I l l “ ~ 7

   
   

»    l lsaid {of t

 dziyfns agot,of:1fom this pulpit,“tl1ati

Iiamn ignorantof bits pecul,iairiti_e.S.i f This much how..
ever, Imay say, that the unbounded cjonfidence I

place, in the integrity and veracity of many of its
members, in different parts of the cotlntryi places it-, A
entirely beyond the rcatchlt of my suspicion.   I have

observed, indeed‘, in some of the public journals,‘

_ very unqualifiedce11sL1.res. bestowed. on this Society;
 but as these were not accompanieth with, any thing;
like proof of the t.ur.p;tud_e. of the institution, I. re"...

gnrded them as mere calumnies._. ‘We live in a day,
when very little regard IS paid to truth or candor, by

many who write for the public eye... Public ibodies,

Iifitlzitei11.diV;i£iu'aiS‘g aml ofiicial characters, tuinheard,
ando_tti1oco11deimned,are freely iheld up to the scorn.
tiiisdgescitiption satisfy." their consciences ; but, this
iknwomo that he "who taketh up an evil report against
his nei_:\§l1bioer,.s.is.i1*1 danger of condemnation. V i A l t

A a.f.3,VIai€:tjs£fC.0i—t1tcl gtactice of introducing political.

antitiiicnleiofmankind. A l lttiownot hovsr. men of]

V is contained in

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djiscuission into the pulpit, (ac isubj.ectwi1ici1 E
cheerifully resign, on this occasion, toVt1ie"‘i’iior;1to:f wi‘ao?i

eisitoi s1icceedme,) I shall at present a,tte.mpjt the}

deiiniationof‘ a christian “virtiue; WI The topic’ ofjdisv
course is suggested by the appe1iation‘of the Society,
atiwlioseirequest 1 new address you. It isiiiBmew-
zz»m.i = A portion of scripturei suited. to A niy design,
‘ GALLATIAHS, v1:.10.i

“..~.€?.»’.«: -we /iavie,z%,e7*zy’bMz~e, ofJporzu22i2fyeZ£1“i us

‘ i v  all 722672.” i

dogged 2:/I90.
~ ‘When man came fr

cm the hand of iiis Maker, he

was 14:02 031154 perfectly holy, but perfeetiy happy.-wr A

Ii-iad: ehe human race retained tizeir rectitucie, ‘L'h€§.?.'.
doubtiiess would imve retained their felicity. But,
aias ! who can cgxlcuiate the misseriesj iintroduceafi
into our worlci, by“ the entrance ofsin. Loioglsz aroimd
you and see the miseries, which sin has entailed on
In-an, %
pafin, in co_nsequem:e ofbodily indisposition. Tiiere
are niuititiides groaning under the iron handiof pC!Y-.-
erty, occasioned, perl1iap§;'bj,* ithepfifrfidy an;ciiivi1l_any
of PY0f€Si5?3dfi‘3¢13di$i;i=ii-1????  “"“,.'ci©"',‘yVe,\\“£“‘,y'«‘y~\."'I.)"l::\“1’-CP'-re“ titers are
those wlw" iiaii*éiit:ilic*é; of di‘streS§si to relate.  "A1th'ou go}
ail a”r‘ei’i11voi1\redin and exgosed to misery, yet H all ciao.
not $hare%infloiit%a1i1%ie*. eHence it is the duty of tixoseg,
who are for the present" em-1nptedAifr0m those kincis;..
ofadversity,which ciisenabie xfrom acts 0fb.€m3fiC€11C€«}..
todo ail" imiitheiir po"wer;?ii‘o‘r the relief ofc1:ei1~fe1:ov.»e
men. A A 'm:s is the dutyiiiincuicated in our tezéit.

ii In t1"eatiugfofi'tihiis subjeiczt,“ We shaiii.e.consiide1~ the
objects of Beiievoiencew-ethe manner in which it

eiiouid be eyaerciised---an;1"itiie nzotiiviees by"Wi“;i.'.E2i1 ii

ought t0,b,e gover.ned.i. i MI A
V 19% ’I72eio5jeez‘s ofB:;NEvoI.E2a cm.

The igpriineipaii object of benevolence is ii‘;-E imioiie
gent,  it aeertein time, 9. wonmn iyrowusgiigta ‘.=i_1o?.% ofi‘

Here are men €1‘1dL11‘i1‘;.g the extremities of

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e5loripfe1"olu-s .oirm-sent to anoint the person of .l'es*as;
‘Some of his disciples objected to what they consid.»
erecl an unnecessary waste, and suggested the pro«
iprietyi of disposing of the ointment, for the benefit
of the poor. Jesus reprovedpand silenced tliernfl by
saying ‘/7 ye have the poor with you always, and when.
soever ye will, ye may do them good, but me yehave
notalWa§rs;l”‘ “The poor” we again read, “ shall IT.CV--
er cease outof the land ;” A and again, “he that hath pity
upon the poor lendeth unto theLord.” I believe there
is no country hulldfif heaven, in which there are such

lexcellent provispions made for the poor, as that in

wvihichperovlijclpence has caistourpp lot. To those of us
'Wl}Ol”la'V€ seen foreign lcou1itries,p‘the contrast, as it

respeetse this p'at‘tieulslr,i‘pp peculiarly pleasing, A In A
c evelry plsceeeofllpublic coneour"se,‘in every street, . and
jslmostet every door, on certain occasions, Wesee;
swarms <?€?~*%:s:srhsd 5m3lldiC;5¥“t,5ir‘l 7*imPUrtl1nat€Iy and

elamorou‘iSl§7,l aid  hand of charity.

Hereioneiyeajrlpeissles aftler‘ar1ot'l1er; without our A see;

 otmesplbeggar. «Still, however, there are those with-.~
in ourreachwliopcare proper objects of charity ; per»
sons v;=*'ho,;‘ by sickness, accidents, or perhaps mis-i
masnagemerzr, are reduced to straitened, perplexed,
circumstances. 'Ihey have rio disposition, and it

may beghave noright topthrovv themselves onpthe
towns Whe1*e f they live. There are manypfamiliesl
p amid‘. iedivicluals, Who, Whilst in loeakh, sufiierl no in...
l ieomeniezlcies from tlieirhard fare-,  yet when afllictecl

byrim1isspa5i:ion,l forlacl: of property, cannot com»

,. nmnd those delicacies and corclials, vvhicliwe all

linoerto be necessary to a sick bed. Theseil wills lbs

sought oletglillby the benevolent and humane; and lwill”
he generously‘relieved. = It is mdee” lappart of Hlillilli  

religion that comepthfrommabovlel, to visitthe ” ileilier.

lessisanti the pwidow in tlreir 2;=Fllictiion*. “ Wlioslo hath
eels worlds gopo.di, and seiethlliisri ibrorlierhlaveiineedgfs

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{§¥iv7'A'E7EEat5.‘ she low'e ilofC%oa'.l is him ?’~’ A

soutteth up his lboiwels of: clompassion f1'omshiee, borne

ti’

WAf£0tl31e'1}"CiaSS, Mic may be eonsi'ti'st~cti' as objects‘ c

of b§’ncvo1ence,arej the ignorant. Manisr uslierecll!
into‘ the world, without any innate ideastM;ott¢ottseo»

gnently whstetret itniowlcdge he possess:-:*s,is altogcthw i

er ngcgniered. Mnltitnties of mankind are entirely
fbeyonti the  ofthc means of instruction gt anti:
attnong those who enjoy them, many youth are so
grossly inattentive that they derive‘ no bocnneftt from
them: hence the depglomble ignorance‘ of many of
the human race. Ignorance of the arts and tscienices,
so far as they conduce to the practical benefit ofman,
is sincerely to be deplored; and an attempt atrem
moving it, is clearly the duty of those who are CO{'fl«-
mantcledg to do good to all men as they have oppor.
tunity. "i ii
 Societiesthat are formcgdi for political O1ff~1‘l.11OI"ai pour.
poses exclusively, calculate on diffusing knowledge‘
tgespecting these subjects only ; but, occupying the
.station of a teacher of christianity, you must bear
with me whilustt I notice another species of ignoran«ce,

rance of thee method of salvation. [AmQ1%gu5,o the

infinitely mmre deplorable. it I; referee to tmenfist igno- A

iltotfflllpliiistfiatt fislontg as men are ignorant of iiGod’s
xjighteotisness, they are exposefi to ceasel‘ess woe.
T116 consequences, tlifcrefore, of this species ofiga

$’CFiptHr€i5«n»-g¢tn¢r%uYa.'.$I:Qibqljicviidk,‘ If he trust:  

it norance, are incomparably deplorable. If men are

ignorant of the art of agriculture they cultivate their’
fields. to d’i:osadvantage ;,----if they are ignorant of the
mienctcttofn casting accounts, they are liable toirnpo-
sition, in their transactions with unprincipled specu,-%

 i;ators;----—if thcyflare ill informed in political con.-
tt Acerns,they‘ arelikelyeto give their sufiiiages to that
‘ A class of men, who are ever apt, by fair speeches and» t

pompous prof.cssiot‘1s,otoo flcceivc the _unwary :l----but
 they; are igI30K'3.11tMfQf God and of Jesus Christ, whom

; he hathlo. scntintotttthe world, they lose their souls-

Itis asslsnn ttv-tit is-st is who bslismh

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llxnn‘ can -a man believe vfnat he 'E:r':abu;%s m~.;- 9.5-hall late

danmed. In the immensely populous terfitorifs 0319“
Asia anal Africa, clmristinnity can hardly ha Said ta
be known. Darkness covers the earth anfi ‘gross
ClaI‘l{l1E:"SS” the people, and in the othei‘ quanta:-S of {ha
globe, ‘by far the glreale-':1* part Ofthfih-p()Pu}‘at§g:}11, are
extluer lgnorant of the name of Jesus, m- of that class
Wholknnw tl1elrel\/lash’-:r’s will, but do it nnt..l  M The
man of; clxristiaxal pbilanthmpy contemplates  these
facts with eieep regret, and tho’ he should (learn   him;
self ineligible to the oflice of a Christiane teacher, he

  c:.mlc0nt1‘ibL1te of his substance, ferzthe Wider difiu,

sinn of divine trutl1,"nndprayWitl1 fervor‘ “ thv king...
damn confine,» tl‘zjyb~ewl1ll~be;leed=one»llnnllearth, as it is in
heaven.” AA _ A   l  
52; The lnzazzrzer 2'7}: ‘av/zéc/‘z Eazzevoleizce sf;ozxZdl.rlli6c'
e.2:erczsa:a7. “ A  l e ~ ‘‘ A A

n is lcllllicultl  suggestl aimlllearrangea mtcm ml  

Wlficll ‘ we ‘slrouldl  pr'oc*eed,ll‘ in doing good} «:0
our fellow men. Those who are disposed to obey
the cornmandin our texnwilll easily find 3 «way of
cloingit. In general, they will caution the unwary
andlprecipitate», they will advise the perplexefixd, anfi
they will inform thelignornnt. I know that nanny
who would be tl3oL1gl1t very benevolent, deal much
in this cheapkind of it, who :.1re§nevertheleses*ll very
sparing ofltlaawtl kind which is more substantial.---a-=
Real benevolence implies selfldenial, and the man

A possessed ofit, will beleverreardy to give up some

 

ofhis. own things, to adrninister [O the comforts of
otlxers. *‘ A  

Good may be (lane to bothers, by our substance;
and A «b-y~ our personal services. The cornrnand

“ honor the Lnrcl with ihy substance,” not 0.I~11_"’V'." re»-
fers tniitbel service of religion, but to everyklind of
goodwvnrk. lP§,_‘0p€1"Cy' seemb to be bestovved on
men, not to“ enable lthemttolbc clothed in fine linen;

nnd'l‘.2n*e sumpmtlusly every lldaly, but to clothe the.”

mlced,ll feed thehnngry, and supply the 4 nfinlts of

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the neefiy. Tliottgh now, seeniiiigiy, there is no con.
trol exercised over them, yet a period is coming,
when they will be called to give an account‘of their
stewartlship. In the View of this, Chrisytit.-ms ought
to be ready to cornintinicate, and to be rich in every

good work. “ 

I In worlts of liberality,men are e::ttremely prone to
deal withtoo sparing a hand. Vt'lie11 the direct or
indirect claims ofrheyobjects of charity, are made
on many, not ina state of indigcnce,i loveot money,
that fruitful source of evil, suggests excuses and

reasons, by which the demand is lessened, or pei*liapsi

totally evaded. Nay, What is grnclcgingly lsestowed,

is magnified much beyond its proper limits. 
dollar given to a poor man, an afilicted family, the

education of a poor boy, a charitable institntiion, oral

religious purpose, seems as much in the eye of the
donor, as ten times the sum when wasted on mere

pleasure. Now the Lord, who requireth of men, it

according to what they have, and not acco1*cling to
what theyhave,not,llovetl1 a olreerfnl giver, and
commended ti)€i',iiI)(3Q:£‘,vift’9’;;i;Cit;;1V‘Wht)q'i~C£1St_,i1‘l lier two
mites,)mo’re tliaii‘ the‘ atlinen't,Wl1o of their riches
cast in abundance. A ‘Were men to take the Scrip.-
tenses for their rule and example, they would reverse
the cornrnonorder of things----instead of wasting

their substance in luimrious entertainments for their _,
neighbors, who are able to pay them in kind, when ,

they would maltea feast, they would -invite the poor
the maimed, the lame, and the blind.

A Mociiyfrood may be clone, by indiviclua1s,t_o the e
afliicted in their vicinity. Much good may be
done by females, placed ineasy circumstances, by
imparting oftiieirielelicacies to the siclt, the infirm. ,

and the aged. But I believe gootl can be done, on
a stillmore extensive scale, by associations of men,

ibrmecl for the purpose of ameliorating the condition it
of the proper objects of benevolence, ‘When a man i

lo

eels alone, unless his resources be very" ample, the
laexlefilts resulting from his exertions must, neoess:.~u*i.-
l.v,l be very limited ;- but when many unite their"
éoattered,plowe:'s, the effixot must ble‘?lgreat”. It woulcl
be easy to amplify this remarl«:,» by lll1’t‘YOClUCl'{lg"lt0l
vieer many of the Benevolent.-’Slooietieslwhich exist
in the World; _  % V

if We would do” good ltoellv men as we l1?:.-Hie oppor»

ltunity, we mustlll not only bestow our goods, but‘ we
. must yield our personal labors. No mmever could‘

urge the injunction in our text, with a better grace,
or more e‘onsis;ltency,:tha11 he who wrote it. ll: W213‘
Paul.  ll Il1=l,you11géer lyearsl l»lhe1aa:a great“ llworkllye proo-

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peets. “ Possesseldl of‘,afioe 1l11deret'a11diog, eu~l.;..~:.rat—

‘ ed, bylmu'el1learrxingll, hetmighle command molst e‘lig«-

ilblesltozltiolws. ‘But what things were gailnlltothlm,

he countelcllllloss for Cl1rist.l Receiving commanclg
meet from to:+?preach=*l~ a?mlo11g’ -t?hfe'V G‘emiles’;~ tllle“
unsearchablel i-ic‘he**sl~of=Cl~lriet,* he relioqguislled all hie?

prospects,. l.am:.l~ spent his whole we inldtt~ing'good to

every nm11“asll:1e had“ opportunity, and tho’ he receiva
ed the grossest lusalge from men, he perservecl till he
could say‘ “ l have fmishecl my course.”

, As We arelthis deycelebra~ting~the' annliversarye of

theliodepeode11o*e of this happy country, we may il-«A
lulstmtel the case before us, by an-~ ‘alllusion to its eele‘-A
lvrated cllilefl No=m2m, %pro~bal3ly,,l ever did‘ “displ‘aj,s*’
morereal benevolence, in a temporal point of lview,

than he, in yielding his gratuitous“ services to l'1is;“

cou11l;ry.. Dur.i11g a, long period, he enlcoumzerelzl a’

multitude of adverse dispensationvs of‘ providenc"e,“

but l1epereelvere<l»,»and probably _it. is owing to lzisj
firmnessland intreplclity, that the tributary plrovlncles-e
were reisouedfroml bondlagel, and‘ wolotained lincleplencl;
ence. llAs 2. statesman a:‘1d7 Vvarrior, I consielei‘ him

as the first ofi men, as it respects the principle of

benevol‘enoe., He “seems lliter’al3l5y to have clone

good to his coo-mr3,*m.enl at least, not only corssoll'ting-1

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‘ ;flie'benefitio~fthe men ;ofi1isoVrzn day,‘   but those of
. isucceeding genera.tions.L W Andprobabiy, iiweienjoy

at this day", tliefiiuits of his _i)€«fl€.‘VO1£_;1.C§i‘, _1h‘aitSpI‘-uI"3;g
from the s,_ervi>ces O‘f‘.‘!'ii"S‘fl may and of his irriiiml; One‘
of the‘ most riemarkabie traits of iiiis cii%ar§acter, is his
steadyrefuasai of p,ee.u~niary reward. i I here read of
many geiierals who fought the batik:-5 of their% coun.-
try, but, im .fl1iOed_€‘i’11 times at ieast, George VVashing-
ton is the only oneiewho resisted every tiifiiifl‘ of remu-g
neratione. %His reionduct, therefore, aifords a proper
iiiustratioyniof the p1*im.'.ip1.e of Be_nevoieoc.e ;, A for all
those services‘ which  r.ewzi;rd fO...I1h€ii_-i‘ object, are
the fruits of 21 sei;iisi1an,d U1"i.g€»11C1'_QL1iS disposeitioin.

re 3,.” fifze 722.otioe5 V2‘/fiat orig/23‘ to g'ovem 1328?;  itfze
faramzce B,c72ev0[e72iée..-I11 d.oi~n5,g good to our fel-
'i‘ow.-men, nothing is iofeso much conjsequ-enioe, as the
motive A VVhge1) an act of appareint generosity pro.-
ce‘edS from af? sinister motive? even when it does
real good to the man who rieceives it, it is of no mix

to liirn xvho‘ performs “ in 4 To constitute a good

V *vvork,iii in 21 s’cr‘i.(~:tlyi reirgiouspoint ofrvieivv,“ it ;i:Sr necersr;

sary I1’-“tit be odour ifrmm a right ‘pierforirned  

ma 1'ig-ht_};ru1e,eandfdirecfed to a right ~ end; i  Ovor
rcoxrcern“ at present is with~ti=1e principie, xrhich is fiche
Tovee of“G;od; The great comemaociment of the law
is, “ ithou shalt IOVE t~h€iLord thy G-odp’? ei‘W'hatei?ier”
work“ is done froin any other prim2iie,~, however op-‘”
piauded by Ani1}en;iitiiii‘is not acceptable in the sightiofi
him vrho seiarclies the heart, for by M him principles:
as vvel1iase.actio;3s areweighed. ML That guarzzityr will
never supply the deficiency of moizive, in ciioing; good"

« to our felioxv;men,iieiis rnaiiifest from therdee1arz'atiorz of

Paul. “L ‘‘ Thoughl bestow all my goods itorfeedrhieer

poor, and tho’ I give my body to be burned, an”d-have
hot chari1;y,eiit profiteth me nothing,” .1, Cor. mm. 3..

The same Apo$1:le,who thus cieariy sets aside the
Works of them who have not the love“ of God in theme,

declares as explrhitly the motives that iniiuremed hie

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emf: e01ifluct,am1[ti1at of other Christitms, “°' the love t-zrf“
Cltrist co~nst1'a-meth us.” '1 his motzve tn believers,»

‘is greatly strentgthened, “by the astotzishing example»
'0f3€ht-Ot’£thhin1S€}f.:, Sm-ail, indeed,‘ ‘is the exptresy
.sign 0£'gO0d xvilttof 21‘:n:I171fL11'InE!’11tO his fellow xw'orn1.g,
‘whe11,com"pared “with‘tt‘h:e love‘ of God which passeth
.tkr1etv1tec’tge.; ‘~‘ Credso loved the ‘world, that he gave
his only begotten Son, that whosoevef beiievethita
him shouid tn0t~~perish, but have everlasting lifeeg’?
Infinitet as this example is, it is pmpesed as thetpttwt;
tern of our imittatiot1.,"‘ Be ye foltowers (er itnittttox-3'}
o»fGot1,?‘atedt:a=r chiltlrenfi’ and agttixt ; “ i‘o1~g.ivimg; one
another, fate for Chrisétiset sake hath hforgivent you.’ 9
Here 1;etT\us~'fptms*e dmtamettt, a11_:1%"jpo11dert%t! How 3.52..
teshishingthe subject before us! Godtsends h;is?%S0:-:2
into thee Worid to stzfi7ez*-——to die-wthat rebels who be;
lieve on hi1l'I}51‘fligh“iZ be h01T101"€i_ b_1_‘,/‘V Vrei13state;d% iinthtee diva.
vine fawr  ‘*§i.1t(:‘1*1 tafietttjverwheltmin

display (if love;  findt at the s72m2ife” itttimwe % lmtet, A }t:*a.’;-341137 fin;

enemy ?  "you must love tthem‘ that hate jfioue, and
610 good to them {W310 despitet'uH3,7 use you amt getseae.
cute you. A t A ‘ V  A   ; A  A1-

4 Christians tu*e,moreoW/er, il3fli1€£3.C‘CV€1(ifl.fioifig gaoét,
by the example of fesus. , '1"Q_a be1i‘evet*,t tiielove of

7 €‘1'tris§t itsethe” most‘ asto11is§f1ingSf§.zbj‘ect that can possia.

biy’ octeurt. ’ 5From’ his intercessoryt prayéet‘; itVapTpii~at‘,s;

he had glory fa»-ittlt the Fathe"r,be4foretA_the% vt?C;r1c1‘1tad ex‘-"” A

istence. At his inc :ar1'1atio%n,I1‘e veiiedh*is‘.glary. He
tabemaeled?ont*earth as a man. He suffered the con.-
tradizstion of sinners against himself. He who
thought it no robbery to be equal xx/'Aihtl1 God, yea,

twho A was Iehovealvs" fellow, humbled himself unto

death, even the deatth‘ of the A cross.,_t The death of’
Jesus is thettmost tendyer% scene, in M43 fvs:hcS1ehiesto1~y<,W
an»d"co11Sequent1y gives% the richest display of his un-. 

parztleled love; %Pe::issing ‘over his previous indignities;
olfly CO~!1Si(3;€f‘ the manner ofhistcleath. He atfhves

at Czth’211‘y,\VeaI‘i11g a ctmvtioftthorns‘, exhaudstegl tvi.ths.%%

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the anguish of his seourginfg, and the t'7veightr' of Ms

cross, bestneared with the horrid compound of blood i
t and spittle. A The appointed soldiers digfithehole in

which the cross was to be erecteda The cords, the
nails and‘ the hammers are ready. l The cross is
placed on the ground. Rude hands seize the prince
of life, and lay him down on the bed of sorrows-—-~
they nail hizn to it---they erect it---his nterves crack---A
his blood distills--at-he hangs upon his wounds; naked,
a speetaeleetotheaven andeto earth  it  i 

Vile fearlessly challengethe vvllole World to pro-

dueesueh‘an example of benevolence as this; A Jesus, ‘

endured it, that he might hear our sins in his own
body on the tree, and maltel us heirs of eternal life.
Truly might Paul say, that God commendeth his
love toward us, in that, while We were t yet sinners,j¢
Christ died for us; 'Andrve*tmayadd,tthat* when a
disciple of.lesus has a realizing‘ sense of the love  of
hisdivine Mzlster, he is ready to the utmost of his

pox,;tver+—+yea, beyond his power,‘ to do good to all

men as he; has opportunity.

jiyferences. 1. The vanity of allowing our lobe.-..l

nevolence toiterminate tin mereu eiscpressions ofgood
will. We1*et you to judge of many men by their talk;
you would conclude them to be possessedof a large

share of generosity, who, nevertlieless; do nothing

but talicjabout doing good‘. i '1“he apostleJar'nes do-I
scribes strikingly the class of men {to whom I allude.
'5‘ If and brother or sister benaked, and destitute of daily-
food, and one of you say unto them, depart inttpieace,
be ye warmed and filled :‘ notwithstanding lye give
them not those things which are needful to the body,
what doth it profit ?’*’ eh. II. 15, 16. Tell a man of

T this discription a case of distress, he listens to it--he

Wonders that the neighbors do not assist.---VVhyl
does not such. an one, who is able, step forward to
ofier this assistance ?--—he Wishes it were in his pow-

e:: to relieve it-—-5-he will try what he can do-_g--ifothera. '

 

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m;u:c11YaAp9rAingto ’el1eAsam6 ‘plflpsc ha dismisses it
from his mindiwtp thifsk 0fit I10 more. Does ’ such a
'3:-san &pQ.$&_‘§€$S ,1"e1igi0fl.?'f1"ll1_§’ his relrigioza iswa"in..,
 d¢;:5;=:iy.¢§.,_himS.e1f and the_,t1tu;thA is not in l+1im.”--
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 defitd ,a.j.j1<;1-vi1_1, A %tr11;j:I1. ,Did" men ‘ only ca~1»c?uI»a1:e' on
.%3..$’0idi1ngti1e~Qppmb}riuxx1 zmd ridicme which neces-;
mouths should, inv;u"iabIy,be the#index<=:s of their
Aimipdg.  p(:_ op§e :who;V%ex%press sympathy which
y “do 113; fegal, ,1i%<~;a1iA;z,%<~: Aan,V.g:*xchax1ge of Ci-FCL1mStaI1-
pews; ,t?VhW1(;V; a;ifl:¢c_;te:d, anfcl xiwfill  sm‘ely feel thg
force pf the pQ;;n%ma;1dme11t.%of.qu;r Loni.“ 5‘?  1‘-zatsmocve.
   n&€13?5WFr1dt1fiLA town, diyfl V6 evw

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, %  Ihpa §:X£.3;€Hency of the.Christian re2EVi%%gion.~—~¢TI1c
 $9; §§r§;;h2}.3;g 631;; c§@1;t Qmmsiderilmgtg is * a C4h«~ristia.11 épre-L
ggptr I;~’l:h,m¢ig1jsipq;;;'s<:s ;ChrisWt tlmat are left on record ,,
m.%1d% :11g”§gi$t1_¢s qf  ap.o33tl.ea, abound with exhortae
“§€>ns signflfir to the words»-Aof ourtext, Vlndeed, the
gqsspel, li1ke*itsdi;vi‘,nre author, is altogether love. N Q
gs:}rstemA%%offabu%lous tlueology Gan compare%wi1htha-t reg
Eigionthat com_esfro¢m ambmze. To xretum 1’oveVfor love,’
33 a. tp.a;xj%m, ;¢V%<'3.3f.1 ambng pagaxla  %b11-t to pra-‘ctise b>e‘nev-
p);¢1%1cf.cA Q1;1 :he  principles W? have stated‘,  that my
gfsnemicfis,  2;%cha1*a_cteristi,,c%_ pecu 1iar to Christianity.

W R is fm‘i‘1Y:.admiii€.dth£Lt:- infid:'%1swma3z4a..ppear to-do

good to othgzrs,“ bm: it1fnu%s1;Ap%r.0ccedVf1:om some oth-
cr motive thp.1';_ lpve to_ God;., 3 In 0l"df3l’ to%this, it ifi
£cessai:y% gtp LWQWW Qgd, anal J£sus.*Clarist, whom haw

% .hath"se11t,A

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»;"J?€?zs€31e¢?7W~# +~:3V2Ci€zf;y, Will; c~:1<>.sc§ Vthe presexfig ;dii‘»%0uF5€«

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ing, a1}£lmQCh‘¢i$¢XpBCt€d from it- Your f::I“1ow'cite»
iZCnS,Vy5QU%%a;1‘¢  {;l.3.V£3§1fe,, will look for acts of b«=mev~o—

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sggrily ;;tt;1c11 to vain %ta;1;1<:ers., the words of their A

ltinflfi from _YQ‘3,a.j @3103; «my» in %yo;;r%:s0£:_?ial~ capacity, 4b.%u::= T

as individuals. You have excited expectations ha,
Ware that you do not disappoint them. ‘The indi-
gent and the wretched, I trust, Willnever look to yort
tn vain. ,

I haveno’ disposition? to qoes-fig“ mm. motwcs M
assooiztting together. You are not, I presume, con»
scious of aiiy sinister design. Yet such is the de«
pravits of one rrtintls, such‘ is our lack of self—ltnowl-
edge, that when our ways are pure in our own eyes,
they mn'y not meet the approbation of our sovereign
Jtidge. This shonld lead you‘ to self-'e::;amination,
re:~,pectingyonr social and personal conduct. Your
actions of all kinds, will eventually be weighed in
the balances of the sanctuary, and if wanting, the
tzonsequences will be inexpressible. '

As the subjects of the United States‘ of America,
allow me to put you in mind, to be sobjeot to prin-A
oipalities and powers, to obey magistrates,to be ready
to every good work----to speak evil of no man--to be
no brawlers, but gentle, showing all meekness’ to alt

men. Perhaps you do not altogether approve of the ,
acts of the administration. Be it so. Select the

rnost noxiouts of tliem, and compare a it with what, is
recorded of the government of Nero, and then llisten.
to the injunction addressed to the Roman Christians
who lived under him. ‘i‘ Let every soulbe subjeotunto
the higher powers ; for there is no power but of God 3
the powers that be are‘ ordained of God. VVhosoett-
er, therefore, resisteth the power, resisteth the ordi-a
nance of God ; and they that resist shall receive to’
themselves damnation.” Rom. XII rt. 1, $2. This does
not interpose a barrier between yoiu andithe removal:
of Wielted rulers. Let‘ fair, candid, and constitne
tionai means only be used, and in the mean time, he
ye subject, not for Wrath, but for conscience sahe.