A sermon delivered before the Congregational society at Thomaston, (Maine) November 2, 1806; . ence should be receivedwith gratitude and enjoyed with cheer-fulness. CurisLianity is not answerablefor the voluntary severities of supersti-tion, nor the absurd practices of enthu-siasm. This divine system would con-duct its votaries in the patiis of sobrie-ty and virtue to the realms of future As a Iatriot—few indeed in our coun-try could justly claim merit or recouniservices superior to his. With thoseheroes and statesmen, who in the mem-oi-:ibie period of 1775, made a brave anddecided stanil in d
A sermon delivered before the Congregational society at Thomaston, (Maine) November 2, 1806; . ence should be receivedwith gratitude and enjoyed with cheer-fulness. CurisLianity is not answerablefor the voluntary severities of supersti-tion, nor the absurd practices of enthu-siasm. This divine system would con-duct its votaries in the patiis of sobrie-ty and virtue to the realms of future As a Iatriot—few indeed in our coun-try could justly claim merit or recouniservices superior to his. With thoseheroes and statesmen, who in the mem-oi-:ibie period of 1775, made a brave anddecided stanil in defence of civil libcrtvHO-motives coukl have operated buttliose which were perfcctlv pure andpaiiiotic. Among these n]eriLoriou>cnuraclers, (ieneral Kxox holds a dis-tinguished rank. From the first mo-|t;nl lo the close of that defensive andJaw ul contest, which terminated in theestablishment of our freedom as an in-dtpendent^ republic, he bore an activeand conspicuous part. He possessed,J a hioh and llatterin^ de .„d i„„„o,.,ali,v. A. Icc^.^ ZtlS V^SHiulJl^iJ;:. Tin-s divine religion i^ all our salva-on and all our hope: Let us proposei ^. ^staut rule of life. Would ?spirit, which appeared in some parts oi nliich threatened the countrv with calamitous events. And bv the we (lerive consolation from itsnromiscQ „i, i . •-??-• ^^^ uviuefind share in its ollered gra.^^ we must f as on- ?^ c:!iaracter. he was selected conformitv to its be careful to live iniiuJy precejits. The doctrines of chrisiianity do al^oadminister great consolation to those vho mourn the death of virtuous For such, we mourn ot a= lho>e who aiv without hope. In H^appearstheunspeakable benefit of iL gospel, when compared to the svs- ^?s oi or fatalism. It ;^PIS not, indeed, to stille the at- / well qualified to fill a responsibleand important oflice in the federal .gov-ernment; whicii under , *; >;fcit of
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