himself, I trust, to sink under difficulties, or be discouraged by hardships.

General McIntosh is only experiencing, upon a small scale, what I have had an ample share of, upon a large one; and must, as I have been obliged to do in a variety of instances, yield to necessity; that is, to use the vulgar phrase, "shape his coat according to his cloth;" or, in other words, if he cannot do what he wishes, he must do what he can.

1778.

SUBMISSION.

The ways of Providence are inscrutable, and mortals must submit.

THE PEOPLE ARRAYED UNDER GOD'S BANNER.

Harassed as we are by unrelenting persecution, obliged by every tie to repel violence by force, urged by self-preservation to exert the strength which Providence has given us to defend our natural rights against the aggressor, we appeal to the hearts of all mankind for the justice of our cause. Its event we leave to Him who speaks the fate of nations, in humble confidence that, as his omniscient eye taketh note even of the sparrow that falleth to the ground, so he

*In the Indian War.

will not withdraw his countenance from a people who humbly ARRAY THEMSELVES UNDER HIS BANNER, in defence of the noblest principles with which he has adorned humanity.

1777.

GLORY AND PRAISE ASCRIBED TO GOD.

If such talents as I possess have been called into action by great events, and those events have terminated happily for our country, the glory should be ascribed to the manifest interposition of an overruling Providence.

1789.

I was but the humble agent of favoring Heaven, whose benign influence was so often manifested in our behalf, and to whom alone the praise of victory is due.

The success which has hitherto attended our united efforts, we owe to the gracious interposition of Heaven; and to that interposition let us gratefully ascribe the praise of victory, and the blessings of peace.

1789.

DOMESTIC AND PUBLIC VIRTUES, TO BE ENCOURAGED.

I flatter myself, that opportunities will not be wanting, for me to show my disposition to encourage the domestic and public virtues of industry, economy, patriotism, philanthropy, and that righteousness which exalteth a nation.

IV. CHRISTIANITY.

1. AUTHOR AND SPIRIT OF THE GOSPEL.

He was a firm believer in the Christian religion; and at his first entrance on his civil administration, he made it known, and adhered to his purpose, that no sccular business could be transacted with him, on the day set apart by Christians for the worship of the Deity. J. M. SEWALL, Portsmouth, N. II., 1799.

To Christian institutions be gave the countenance of his example.

He was a sincere believer in the Christian faith.
The General was a Christian.

Rev. J. T. KIRKLAND. Chief Justice MARSHALL. Judge BOUDINOT.

He had all the genuine mildness of Christianity, with all its force. He was neither ostentatious nor ashamed of his Christian profession.

He was a professor of Christianity.

A Christian, in faith and practice.

J. SMITH, Exeter, N. II., Feb. 22, 1800.

Rev. DEVEREUx Jarratt, Dinwiddie Co., Va., 1800.
JARED SPARKS.

THE PURE AND BENIGN LIGHT OF REVELATION.

The free cultivation of letters, the unbounded extension of commerce, the progressive refinement of manners, the growing liberality of sentiment, and, above all, the pure and benign light of Revelation, have had a meliorating influence on mankind, and increased the blessings of society.

1783.

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SPIRIT OF CHRISTIANITY.

It would ill become me to conceal the joy I have felt, in perceiving the fraternal affection which appears to increase every day among the friends of genuine religion. It affords edifying prospects, indeed, to see Christians, of every denomination, dwell together in more charity, and conduct themselves, in respect to each other, with a more Christian-like spirit, than ever they have done, in any former age, or in any other nation.

1789.

EXAMPLE OF ITS DIVINE AUTHOR.

I make it my earnest prayer, that God would have the Governors, and the States over which they preside, in his holy protection; that he would incline the hearts of citizens, to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government; to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another, for their fellow-citizens of the United States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served in the field; and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased, to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind, which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, and without an humble imitation of whose

example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy nation.

1783.

CHRISTIAN MORALS.

While I reiterate the professions of my dependence upon Heaven, as the source of all public and private blessings, I will observe, that the general prevalence of piety, philanthropy, honesty, industry, and economy, seems, in the ordinary course of human affairs, particularly necessary for advancing and confirming the happiness of our country.

While all men within our territories are protected, in worshipping the Deity according to the dictates of their consciences, it is rationally to be expected from them, in return, that they will all be emulous of evincing the sanctity of their professions, by the innocence. of their lives, and the beneficence of their actions; for no man who is profligate in his morals, or a bad member of the civil community, can possibly be a TRUE CHRISTIAN, or a credit to his own religious society.

1789.

Your love of liberty, your respect for the laws, your habits of industry, and your practice of the moral and religious obligations, are the strongest claims to national and individual happiness.

1789.

The General hopes and trusts, that every officer