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Show A MOST loleinn embally was prepared at the head of which was a man of lacreti charaéter, and venerable. authority, breath-.- ing the diElates of religion and humanity; Pi-iiN En AS the {on ol‘ Eleazer the. high Priell, aeompanied with ten other Chiefs or Princes, one from each of the nine tribes as well as from the remaining half tribe of Manalleh. 7 i the hearts, and is acquainted with the molt leeret thoughts, of all men-" He knoweth, and all lirael {hall know." by our unlhahen eonllaney in the religion of our fathers- rhat this Charge again"; us is utterly falfe. G R r: AT was the allonllhment of the * Ci. THEN turning from their brethren, with leadites on receiving this emballfiy, and hear- ing the Charge againll them. But the power unlpeahable dignity of foul and (learnelis of etiiilcieiice. they addrels the almighty Jehm vah himlelf- of eonfcious innocence is above all fear= and the language of an upright, heart fliperior to all eloquence. By a lrolcmn appeal to Heaven {or the reelitude ol" their intentions; unprerneditated and vehement, in the words ol‘ my text, they dilarmed their brethren oi every lulpieiom ‘: Tun Lord God ol' Gods..." lay they (in the lei‘veney ()ftrutli, repeating the invocation} " the Lord God of Gods"-He that made the heavens and the earth, who feareheth tht OH thou lovereign Ruler ofthe univerlb- our God and our Fathers God --" ifit be in " Rebellion or in tranlg‘rellion againll thee," that we have railed this monument ol‘ our zeal for the commonwealth of Ili‘ael-"SAVE " us NOT THIS DAY!" IF the molt (lillant thought has entered our hearts of meeting an ziiztlrpcndmt (z/Zar; if we have fought. in one inllanee, to (lerogatc from tl e glory of that lacred Altar which tlmu l‘all placed among our brethren beyond Jordan. as the eominon bond of union and uorlhip among 5" The two tribes and a half are here briefly and generally denominated (ii/radium, from the name of the land they had chofen. all the tribes of Ili‘ael----let not this day's {tin deleend upon us, till tltori hall made us a monument of thine avengeiug yallice, {unwinding Yr orld! A i 'r r 11 |