To Fear God, Is One Of The

If Notwithstanding, A Rebellion Of The Same Kind Now Afflicts This Country, We Should Not Infer That This Institution Is Useless, Or Should Be Laid Aside; But Just The Reverse.

A Failure In This Duty Did Once Involve Our Nation In All The Horrors Of Rebellion And Civil War.

It Is The Band Which Unites The Interests Of Individuals; It Secures To Them Their Respective Rights, And Preserves Them From Injuries; It Is The Source Of Numberless Blessings, Which Are Interrupted, Or Wholly Vanish, The Moment It Is Disturbed.

That Some Forms Of Government Are Preferable To Others, Cannot Be Doubted; Yet Neither Our Saviour, Nor His Apostles Have Decided Where That Preference Is Due.

A State Infinitely Worse Than That Which The Most Inflamed Zealot, The Most Violent Republican Or Enthusiast Even Pretended To Dread Before The Rebellion Commenced.