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TAMMANY SOC! ETY5 on COLU‘MBI.AN OM)~En;.  

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A 1 A ‘Ate: Meeting of thcTammanyflSo<:icty, or C0..."

 

on Monday the 4th July, 1791,

RESOL VED zmcmimou/Zy, That the thanks of
’t~hz°s~~Socz'e2y-“fie prtfentedby thq Gmvzcl .Sw‘ac/zem to J

the Rev.  W: L L IVAM L1 N N, f0rthe ;_ Se)fm07z%
jwcac/zed 5): him this day lzgfore tlzc Socic§j}h;$$ A

RtsoLv1=.D, T/Eat Sac/Rams Ebenezer Stevens, A

Melanfion Smith, and James Tylcc, 53 oz com-«

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fiript 0]‘ the aéové Sermon, Vanclfofiaperinteml the 
%% fzrinting qf _/ix /mndred cofiics of [did Ser‘mon,{
A atit/'1: cxpence of’ the Socicnjr. A

‘4 ~ Extrafl ffom the minutes,
JOHN SWARTWOUT, S:crctary.'

 

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»TI-IE BLESSINGS oFAI;‘s/IERICA.  

 

M?SALMxm6,

SST:-x13. LINISS ARE FALLEN UNTO Mr; IN

“PLEASANT PLACES; YEA, I1-~1Av:r«; 13..

GOODLY I~I12:1~>.1'r_AG13.

‘II N thc-rfet words the Pfahrnifi celehrateé
A the agreeable and adva11tage0us fituaw
tion in whicth he wa:sp1acedVby Divine:
:P1'OVid€I1C€'. It was fuch as ad1:r1ix1iH'.c";~rr:*d A

to his c:ax't1:i1y comfort_, and texldaid to prcn--%
motellis ete1‘11aI.we1Fa1*e.   A A 

‘TEIEAS like A%1nafn‘fib”1““‘A%“of “‘“e§:;prcffi0r1 lnuy’,

w*ia;h pzmpricrty, be ufazci by ewrcéry ..r“xxineri>--

cam; amcl it a.flb1"dsV, on this za11.1fpiCi,ous day, A
21 fuit".ab1c: and profimble: ihbujeéfi for our :
xncditaxzioxu. By the choice of it, I fl"1a11,at 
leafl, avoid the beaten pilth ofa.S1ni1iLit<2rSe-4 A
cital of eVéntSdu1*ing our rc2vc»S§’g:,1’Li011A; and  A

3 THEBLESSINGS

if the performance dillappgoint the hwopes,
or if fome things be introduced which
would, at any other time, be improper in
the pulpit, a judicious and candid audience
will readily excufe me. A

WIT Hpoufij inggrring the charge of local

eprej udiliciesiiiiiiiiilliberal £Tper”fiol}islrr of others,

501‘ unreafonable partiality to ourfelves, MIC
may lay, that our country is highly favoru

' ed of God; that the 157265, which meafure

our inheritance, cmzfczllen inpleczfcmt fla-
casfl; yea, that we have or goodiy /writctge.
This will appear when we confide): the
natural advantages which We enjoy ;tl'lC
conllitution of our civil government ; and
our religious privileges. Let us take a

ctirfory View of eaclioli thtefe; and then
 nT€1‘1<¢f7i'<?flS which the fab-
  jea,  cafioan,‘;rnay}in~

I fpire. 

43 lFrRs‘T, The natural advantages of our

countryare many and great. The terri-2»
tory ls‘; extenfive; the foil luxuriant, the~
climates and produélioxis various. in We

“Ow A M E In ‘C A. 

, A:1;i?::»‘I{'i''eI3; in abtmdance every thing neceflazy

  niarnt axmi eaiy.

3%"or% our fupport, Comfort and‘ fi:ren%gthm
"The lofty mVounta‘ilns and the ‘Fruitful Val»

];.’i<:*s, the Waving; foreflss; amd tht: {presiding

lawns, the a'n<agx‘1ificca1t rim-:1":~s and ache coma»
medians h3m:*b0urs Acont'it*i“bu%t<3 1:0 t}‘1€d.»e}ight
smd m;:c<:~z"r;11‘m_1~da?xtion of the in}iabitana:.<3.
'T1"xc: xmrazms of ‘exportation A abroad, and GE

?é11m~3:1"c<;>u1**{"cwithmzmt smother, a.m Aconvcw ~

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M3‘ that '.:“1iw:~:i"fit.y of t1"1cémIva1’;tages which
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we c}iviV;fic:)a41 05 the land of Cm%1%;1z:a.n axnnaxag

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their counet*r"y,'equa11y, if not more ap_p1ic:;éw
ble to our own P A lanjff of by-‘o0/:5 of wcwevg.

esffbzovztains, cmcl defzzf/25 t/zatflzrzing out Qf

valleys and /zz'ZZ5 _; a. [and qf w/zeat,md lvz:w"Zey,
and w:.n&g5.,  .' ‘ e h;,.I1¢¢’;0-77';,ggqe,;ge“;mggfg5 ;
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i/Lou cnzczyfl dig [rrcy3‘.* He,whofe Z/zeficzs :55,
and whofe /mrzzisifomzed the dry land, hath
here lavifhed his bounty, and, as if on pure-
pofe, referved the befi: for the latefi dif-
eovery; he hath united, in this one, all
the excefleneies of   the other parts df the

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has been, for the time, u.nc0rnmon1y rapid.
Lefs than two centuries ago, What was thi.c;

 “beeeeaane,  
yet the improvement of thefe advantages A

new pleafant country .7’ A difmal wilder- .
enefs; the habitation of wild beafls, and
A qffavage mead; A Where now the populous

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coity lifts its fpires, the folitary Wigwaxm
flood; where commerce fpreads its failss,
was {con the bark canoe ;, and where tlxow
found of indufiry is heard, mid all the arm
of civilizedlife flourifh, indolenco, Vrudowf
nefs, and ignomnoz-3, how a g;1oomy 1*eigg11.. A
If our coumry lms, fo fuddenly, A1fi{'oI1 imoo

mninence, what may be expefied when

1;_i1”IT1~f.;": has given it moturity,‘ro11dt%red im
population complete, and ce111edAfo1'tl1 ail?

Aits exertions R T1131: will it be rich, power».

£111, and luappyd Then w'iJ%.1/am” wi[af67*mf;- A

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and involved in intriggues and wars. Ha.p,-x.

pity, ixzdaéed, that chafire of wnquefi, 317211
love of donmxaatiem, wh;ic11 hzwe fo long
afiuated the kingdoms of the ‘World, anfl
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diflienfions oftliae old world, our endeavoL1x" A

is, ta ctzlmrate Every 1z;E:rm?aa1's:, to €1flj;O}f

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our r'ea,c}:1. This is .21 more noble ambition
¢1':.anRomar1s eV*e1“I«;m:\v ;, a more juft glory
fi;hanto en]a1'ge our dominion, or feeli m
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BUT aMVtI1efeenam'ral afivantages 'WOL11d',“.
e in Vain, We1"e We depr;§.vecl of liberty;
"V6 C0u1d-thm       I101" ENJOY

thei'11..m Oppreffione breaks the ‘fpi1*its of
men, and {inks them into gmfs amd fiL1pid»
ignorance. Timee was, when Dem ofihenea
{hook all Qreece wif:;11 the tempefl: of hisfl
e?.oqL:ence ; and._ when Cicero, in his flow-_

ing Pcrains, gained, onthee Rameane Senate”
Greece an<:L_ Rome Va7€I‘€’th€1’1 free.“ Libew.

$3! is new game, and their glory iseno more,‘
Time was,wI1en there were {even churches
in. Afia, and pure religion beamed, where
x.10fv»e.(% igflnoragnee anal fi.1pe1*:ftition brood, £lflC’3..__
where the Tu.1*1<,dreeamingofaMa1m1m2«e
tanparadife, fleeps his.1if’e away. The
imhabita11ts of thefe places feem, at p1'efe~nt9%

to be 3. ciififleereilt race of mien. Even the

;milk. and honey of Canaan are leng fiimeee

‘§‘a011verted,into gall and w0rmw'am%. The
fixtzefi country’, W ‘zen €13fl£§.,V’€(l_., is  1*eg;;i

“f Efizima elxexx. 3:---1.1,.



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V0? da11“1:;nef?s_., poverty, and barbarity, in
which hmxzan beings drag out a miferable‘:
"a:'3xif7tence.

‘ '“"‘ What%is life ?%   A

*“ ’Tis not to Hall; abaut and flimw f1*i~:-‘H1 _

6‘ Frmim time to tixrle, 01' gaze upon the fun:
5‘ Tia ---»- to be free. W'hen liberty is gong,
5‘ Life grows infipid, and has 1011; im relifha.”

This leads Int": to remzirk, A

IN the fccond Ema, Thaxiz We inherit‘:
ffiafeq cz,-;'2.z7: ;’2ZcL(:c._s*, on account of t1"1;=:‘: confiitu-9»
ticm of our Civil g0v€I'nn1e11t. This has
not bazsm impofed upetm US by the will of at
asc)11q1..1cro11, nor recczdved through neceffityfi,
but ifhwmally andd»c:libe‘rate1y c‘I1oTen by
mzzrfelvcsa. VVh(~f:n obligcd to fepa1*ate from
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«c1,11.::éa.1* c:m1fl;itu.tio11s w'e:m fmmed by the fen

A ‘VEi‘.I'.C11 Swim, and azrticles of c0z+V1.f<3d<3rati<>21A

far the governzumntof th»:=:w11olc, ma figuzth

p1*imciple:3 as ware then judrgwsdtmvbe «::,*z:m-‘

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fi:»rrrmI:)Ie to t,.he eqz.m1itj,r in h1.:21m21 zim».-.?

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    B L E S S X N e 

11' becomes us here, tci ae§«:eoW3ed:ge

(1.)

with gratimdee, the peaeeabie zmfl. unaml-«

moms manner in which a change, is"; amt’
‘national government, has been effeéeedm
Excperiermceeha.min.g.Wfl1.e:wm.. the defeam. of’
the firfi, another, after long A Cofnihltatien,
has been propefed and adapted .3, yezag
amendments again to this have been 0fie1'~
ed, and time, We trufl, will bring it to as
mueh perfe&i011 233.3 huznmn t"1'L1i11(L::~;‘3 will .:2.&---
edit. WV e have-. beheld u peciple, deifiemt, ahd:
vaxious in their habits, united beyond the
mefi fanguine expefiation ; a conflitution.
{owned in the bofom of peace; received
by an fine States, after full and abie difc:Ln'.7-
fiolfz in eaeh 5 eexmflureed by no other 'wea~s
pomseethanreafananc1%2u:guz11eent ; me other
t§hu11dereAheard tham the thundex’ of debate“

e'I%i'as God, then, at any time, imerp0fea;§
more 1"ez11a1*§-Labhr F01" L18? Do we I10é*.,e‘%;:'e1‘}/‘A
  tiaizfzag ccmfidered, fiaind‘ fiegie ammwg afl
the natimns of the earth? 0t.he:1' x'eVo1utio:1$

may have been m.oe1*e oHverfif'ied and f'p1ex'1-4
didfl but, fmrelyg none is more h+onm*amble

     

my A M E R I C A.  

%t~:‘:o human namrm and name f01fl~:.e1yAtc» -

produce fuck happy effszicrisz.

A As far as this canfiitmion has beef; t1r*ie<3_, ,
its influence is fbamd to be fafe andbenfifi-

% cial. It its a. 1“epm‘e'fm1tati011 of 131% pfioplfi

finm v;*§":r:,m1 all hszgitimate geaarexmzmnt is:
dm*im:—:d. it is a. govex*mnm1t.0f lawss, wt

of men_}. “ It1"31"omifes1;o unite 1'11ii«~:i;'1¢*:f.s;%a.a'ac?L
e1'1Aerg§y ; M) FecLm‘~: and da:3f:=:2:1d ; to fleerflm A %
hanppy zmzdium b€t‘W'€€I1 opaprefiion and A Ii-~

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13 THE BA'L E s SIN‘  3

celebratethe goodnefs of God, in confeita
ring;"’upo'n us the b-Iefling of liberty. Howe

eligible does our fituation appear, when

The greratbui

we look around us in the world ! Only a
nnau part enj oys even thefhadow of liberty.

   

 under the

 

mofiz gelling and ignorninious rfervituiidet
_ A few are exalted to more than men, and

the ref’: rnade Iefs, to the debafernent and
reproach of human nature. Surely the

diitinétion in favoii of ourfelves deferves an

honorable mention, and the higheft praife tie

to be afcribed to the Fat/2694 of lightsgfroaiz

zu/mm every good  cmd every per;/{:55 A

wmezf/z down.

i   - CIVIL liberty is a biefiing the more prea-

A ‘?cious,rbecaufeiWithrit rare conneéted the A

rights of confc:ien7ce. Where flavery pre- A
A Vails there are always infringed. In this
country, as they are well underflood, fa

A r they are preferved inviolate. A This is

 TI-IE laft refpeét in which it appears that

A we have aggoadfiy /zerzifage. A Here, no par»

F AMERICA. 19

tieular modes of faith, or worfhip are
eflablifhed. No undue preference is given
to one denomination of religion above an-.«

other. Every one fiends upon equal foot-so

ing, and can prove fuccefsful, onlyby the

piety, xirtue, learning, and liberality ofirs. A

profeflors. Human eflzablifhments have

always been made engines of Hate-apolicygp
they have promoted, hypoerify and infi»-«.4
delity; they have perpetuated error, and ii
refirained that free fpirit of enquiry which,

eonduces to improvement.‘

THE government which jefus Chrifi hath. V
iiofiimted in his Church is difiinéi from tlnemr
‘power which . iappertainstopthe kingdoms.
of this World,‘ and it confiiis in inflifiing
fpiritual pains ; in admonition:~3,, reproofsg
eenfuresgand exclrufion from membe1“fl’1ip..'
M The members of the Church, ir1deed,are

alfo members of icivila, fociety, arudrfubjrecft

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aa THE  L E  S: I“ N G 371

What is this ‘world. but thebeginning of an,
eternal fcene? VVhat is anextenmfive anal;
beautifL1l»Countr.y, what liberty with all its
czoncomitant blellings, deflitute of the Wot‘-»
lhip ofourr Creator, lax1d,tl1e hope of dwell“.
ing in hisbprafmaeal  A A A A l“tl1"e‘”fL&1lfhiobnlof thia

World {hall have pallled away ? Thoughf

the 1'igl1ts of man be invaluable,“ yet ‘N764
may fucce1T-;fully plead for thele and be for-A
lever unhappy hereaf:;er.” T/L2’: 2'5 [#6 ezfer...
nal, :4/Lat Z/ajy vzzzfg/ztaakrzow Mae, the 022432 t'rm;*»
God, mad as C/m]L‘w/mm 1'/‘z,o*zlL/ILMIA fie-721%‘
The abundant means of tlaisaknowledge are:
‘Witl1in_0;ur pawexz,  A ll

CONSIDERING the fituation of our coun««,
try i_11tl‘1lS, refpefi, We fee tlmefe Words of
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A A HAVING‘ nowfhown, ‘{ha't the words of

‘the Pfalmifi equally exprefs our own pri‘-
vileges, zmd are an acknojwledgment highly

proper from eacll of us; let us x'e%fle5% more

particularly»,

FIRST, On? the diflingL1ifl1ing goodue-fs
of God in giving us this fair inljxeritancex,
and in dcrferrxding it againfl thofe W410"

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anotlmr ? Of whom, th.'M. WC: m*::=:: 'fi'3;l"fQ11f1('1*“
Ed with fit) 1na1z)}II>1e{dIing$ 3’ 0fWI"101:rI, that

-we enjoy civil zmcl religious libczrtxy 3’ Surc:%],y.V ~,
it is of the Lard,’ and In’: is entitled to :a1l1. 1; 
the praifé. He gave to the 1"€I.”iOWf1(i“_d C07»

lumbus; that fpirit ‘of cu.riofit.y‘,t1‘1atb01d«

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mad that firmnefs of perfeverancemhiehleer},
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ing }m_rd£"hips, to the difcovery of ahi.-s vafi.
eamtinent; where he found the native “ gin:
‘w’it1:=«  aura "ena1«e€1.e€“‘€ Em C} ‘Md
aznemg the trees; onizflesandwtio{iy{ho1“e$.’”
It was the Lord who e0nda_,aE%ec3 A10” Wis
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Who; of latex“ years, hath fuflained us in 
1?n§:_;i§i1ty 'COl'Mi€§?Z fin‘ every thii1“_1s:t=~' nvhieh We
\ ‘ g-__ C1‘)

v h‘c:1::1dear? 7Who united us; in a. eomrmtm
caure? who i11fpifed~.andena4b1ed  zus, Lm.-

acquainted wi*Ll*1 war, and L1nprep.a.red,, 1'0:
withfiand an experienced and fb1*1'1~1eiciaMe

enemy? ‘Who cii2"eo1:1ee2“ted their efi“7t:m.?;t.§t:2e—e

genus, gaxre us poxverful a1Eiess,eencoura.ged

OUR” i“Lzii“<:e1*i;1g army, cmwned them vmlm

fxgauai wi<“?Lo1*ies, and vdzo, in fa Heart a,’

f5‘ Pjflfiiiz Ixxviii. 35;.-

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gfianeg gladdened our heams with peace?
 Whom is it, that today we c0mmemo-»
rate our exifienee as a martian, and rejaiee
in the profpeéi of egrowing profpemy E’

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Bet everything ehe direppeimedhepeeg

‘e7""fl1em0rtified pride,a.nd t.he‘ir:'ceni‘ed wrath

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nerves of indufiry and improvement been
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been labourers in a vineyard not our owm
and t11ougheu*e'hade*‘”borne the heateaend

um,‘  I‘ '

     

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ANOTHER important relleélion on thla

fubjefi, and the lall; which {lmll be lneng
eionedis, that the privileges conferred.
W90“ '18 Cl.al1lf@-rwzafaithful and diligent

inn pf‘0)<?leIfiéln_t:3 A l  IS;   lplea%far1L_

amd fertlle E’ I: is our duty to contriblutewto

the advancement of 8ig_I'lCUl.'lIUI‘€, ma~nufac.a
mares :z.mcl CO1nn’1€i‘£f"CC. A Are We 3. free pea.»

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,agegovemment  et,ob;e obedient ll.1l)jeEts -,5 

to clillufe ‘lqxaowledge amlpng all clzzgllles of

men, as beingjlthelxnofi elleélual fafeegluaxdl

6:3’? libe+My..4 Emllgl1tenVma11kind and..«~ly0m_

cannot enllave them, Delllpoticgovernq
mew: makes them ignorant and barbarousf,

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A W ’able 3;1<:$1flW;71lll"in l:l‘i:C'v':l l9llI€a‘l§_tl.;:lelywkfie. :_   A A

l To call" to mfizdéthelnatural equalilty:

ll men, to keep alive the fpirlt of liberty_., anal A
A to dilfixie knowledge and llappinells, llavell

given rife to fuborclinate lbcieties in free
“States ; and thefe 3;‘1”‘L‘:'.l1‘~5:ld‘OL1t as the great
objeéls oftlxat Society at whole ldefirel ad»
&refs you to (lay. They are plainly a11(l.rx

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‘boncifely expreffed in.“thei'e wow}; of their
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the i4ndifl"0luble bmtds Qf ‘ PATRIOTIC
V FRIENDS%I~IIP,¢ VLAMERICAN BRET:~:R1a2s:=é,of

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Eution and conflituticmal Societies in Great»
Britain,V A and whichfam at this day the:::

wzéztch-toW¢rs of liberty. May we mi

hope tlmt thefe Societies will emulzm-‘: one
anothe1*, in preventing all {'a‘crilegious ape-
gproaclaes to the amen‘ of freedom, and that
they Vii“ t1'1e1nf:flves br3brighteVXa1npIes of
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but ofall thoib vu*1”iti11gs, either at Whomei,
A CHI‘ abroad, which ferve to furnlifhacomm
plate 11iI%oI'y of this conmtry in its various
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pubfic fpirit fiwhtich is R) eqnfpicufous in thi$fe%~

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'w}1eomakes his refldence in this Country, to
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ffee from that European pride which can

 fee no excelleneies in a neighbour.   Let it

be the fincere endeavour eof us a1I,4ehby every
jufi and prc§EVe1j%m%e%e~1g11&et11o;, to advance the

ixxterefiearxdhhreputation of our country getexh

malie it virmoues,hen1i.gh.tened, and free.

’“ Remember, 0 myfriends, the 1a.Ws,t;he 1*ights5

"‘ The generous planef power de1iver’d down
“ (So dearly bought, the price of f0 muclublood)
E‘ O  itnever perifla in your hands !A V 
9‘ But pioufly tremfmit it to ycuy children.”

MAY we n0tinc1uI$et.he pleafing thougimj A

that the time is xuevt far c1iflant,"*hWhenety-«

ranny every where iha;11V be deffroyflle

 

wllen mahkifld 
fie:rs— and idiots‘ no “i11d1*e,” but “ recover “ the
true dignity of their nature 3 The eaufi-3:

of Liberty is continually  gathheriengb
i°:rengtl1... he The advocates «of defpotie 
rule 1‘ mhufb bfa.i1... The .Britifl1 ox'a.1;or,W"h?h

'* eEd¢1zwzd Burke’; _7zv/ms /arm f2ut}Z2§/Yzed rrflcféiansbnfiht/zarwow
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‘though he fublimely rave, he raves in llvalml
No ‘force of genius, no brillianoy of fancy;
and no ornament of langtrage can lfupport
his wretched caufe. He and his abettora
only llallen ritstclownfal. V The revolution.
in anglers glo-
rious. It is, perhaps, not jull to fay; that
the flame was lsrirrdled by us, but certai11ly'
we contributecl to blow am} increafe it, as
Y‘1"a11ce will in other nations; until blaze

 

joining blalze,{hal'llillumir1‘e the ldarliell

and relmoteft corn€:rstlof the earth-l A

IN return For the great anal Ainelltimahle

  garivileges Wl'1lCl‘1 we enjoy, let? us: devote

ourfelves to the fervice of” God, and he

Zfollfldfln the p1'aé’tice of all ritghttehottfnellsg ~

Virtue islthighlyttnecetfaryl“fotrthe  fitpport
of order and good government ;ar1c1<tht‘e
Clrrillian freligio11 pofwetlully inculcatesa

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for-tlIt'li'/‘ale real J/-"7-tends of liberty ; particzelarblv the celebrated 1la7;=,_%
RAENE, Ara/zrgflz writings fzaL~ct§¢r7z qffb rmtc/zferviceltovzzarz/titzzdrx %

 

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l» ’ ~~;.=:.,~

l and leads to the lexercife-of this virtue“,

Let us complywith its precepts, and pray:
:l7of its univerfal fpread and influence.
Nothing wQ}glclfll"o éconduceto our national

% profperity and ’ happinefs. It would V make  

gs better citizens, and ,more\d‘1fimerelled

patriots; m;ore happy]! in ourfelves, and

more ufeful to all around us. Beforef
veomzlucle this difcourfel, allowme thWen_.,a_s
eaMiniP:eroflltl1e Lordjefus Cehrilhtq

o?fery0L1 falvation in his name; to remind

you, that you mull; foonlleave all terrelliiw

all fcenes, and” enter upon an eternal an<;l
unchangeable Plate. Be entreatedto ac...
cept 25/Le [*z;567’iy *zu/zewazuit/2, C}m:'fI3 vizaéesfreeg A

lthelzt Toewhenf1:l*ie lll£in*gClolee*1les*_r[“‘lof"lffl1iS World l A

andethelgllorly of them are no A more; yea,
'Wl'l€I1i7/L6‘ /zecwem flzczll pcfs arway will/z a

A gmclt vzoife, A anal t/zcf elemenzfs flzczll melzf wit/in  

A  /amt, t/zemmf/z A czyb mid t/ZL6 work:

 ilzatczyree Z‘/zz3m;7n ‘/7zdZ[r5g3 bumz:/E 24;’), you may

;linl1erit,albetterlcountry, and live imm01**l~
tal beneawtliabrilgilitelr fun andl mote zmaplc.-2.

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ff;

AND now, while we 216’: on this firffi;
fiafge of our exifience, may the Lord ow.
d¢:2;.2'np:3¢zcc:jbV us ! May we never hear the
dmm, the ugruxnpet, and the clang of armfié
any more inl:)Vat1:1(:; but mayflpeace, lead-we

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mg 11r31'M.=.r u“,aH.,’1 re.11g1on,, Ianmwlmrlge, and

lilzserw, fm"eve1~ dwell with us 3.

_ ‘” E‘Iafiff:1‘H’1€E?,,faiT peace,t11y foffining power r?eneWg,g

‘‘ Iillalks cvmry dime, the old world and the new
“ I 11 fiiendly leagtixe unite: wach difiaut fliore,
"‘ And bid mvanl«:.in‘d with axuger burn no more.
‘*“ T‘11c.=:n pure 1"eligi0n’s prc:ceptsVfl1all prevail :3
“‘ I1ny;~a1"tial jufiice poife 11er'balanc’dfcale ;,

“A‘ Bright liberty {hall wanton in the breeze ;;

'1“ Innozrszious pleafure, phi1of<)phic «safe ;

$.

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;“  WM11m:c1c$oa.fis cygtend, pO_1f_   V: 0 ccaxns rol‘;

Z\/lay wars ceq./Q: 1472250 the mi-.:Zoj' z/mar:/2. ;
zgmd God, zu/2,0 cg777z77zm’MlwZ If/26 Zzfg/at 2f“0_//zma
mgzzi" d'¢z9"ls71zfs*, give toafl nations, ‘Z5/2,6’ Z253"/at
If/M: :é‘?20TU[@aC{¢3"43 Q/'/22}: Vglovj/, in the face of

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omfnqflscifar the Occaficm, est the Regzmfi qf the Saciééjgé.

t  Wttt1Am'Pm:'r 5MI'I‘Ha

 

N OVV elevate your hymins ofjoyi

A   With facred mufic let theft: arches ring, W

Patriots your breath employ,
Your pureft incenfe bring ;
‘For ms. receives the gra.tefu1la;y,
Wltofe matchlefs all-controling fway,’

Kings, armies, empires, oceans, worlds obey‘

Hettce A1<.t1"tg€lI()1'I'1S fall, while here repub1‘:i‘es;‘$i9ife

“ Reafottn zrefuxrteshet‘ %r%ig%hts,Vdumb upetrfiition dies.

Since thenfromI~1eav’nfairt Liberty defcends A A

Her b1“ight.’n.%»ng advent hail ;

A*?'Tis Goo alone emitsettteltigh command---~44 

A (His greattbeheflga fulfil 2)    
%tSet: how the patrio%t-Jig1¢t’ning bends A
Oppreffiows haughty will Age A
Widett rends her deep obfcuring Vail, A
‘While waking glory dawns on ev’ry land» A

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Tljizm arm unI_'een, thy gg;c:ocirn<:3f%VS* wc.yadc>1"e_,

% The aid divine g:c>r1fc:f'Ea 3 A
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H Thenm elevate yourhymns ofjoy; A 

Mfitlm hc:av’11-taughtmufic let the temp1e1°ix§g;
lhxtriotsy/our breath employ,
Your WJEEKCQT. incenfe bring:

To Gob, C01un1bia’s King, we homage p‘ay3;

Hia a11‘n "a p1"<)te&3:i‘Je, tho’ unfeen ?1d01'“‘3»
His E‘a.u:1*ed boonAco11fefs 1° A
,§ggweet independence cmwns the fignal day;
m~e3;edomA Ilzhafis the gramlating houn;
A "£0 {heal lam‘ choicefk blifs  A

E?*ia1V1e1u_j2fl%a, Mallelujala, &:c:;

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