World. He held up to their abhorrence the licen-
tious manners and atheistical principles of the
Court of France,
where
God
W515
disregarded or
forgotten ; and, elevated by the importance of his
subject, he described the Almighty as mustering
his wrath to descend on the nation, and disperse it
as chaffin a whirlwind.
He called on them to look
towards their home of England,
and
to
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with
what eager devotion the inhabitants of that il-
lustrious country worshiped the golden image of
Commerce, and laid the tribute of all their
thoughts on its altars; believing that with the
power of the idol alone, they should be able to
encounter all calamities. " The day and the hour
are, however,
when the image shall
hastening on,
be shaken from its pedestal by the tempest of
Jehovalfs descending vengeance, its altars shall
be overturned, and the worshipers terribly con-
vinced that without the favour of theAlmightyGod
man I
there is no Wisdom in
continued this
impassioned orator, " from the woes and the crimes
of Europe let us turn aside our eyes ; let us turn
from the Worshipers of Commerce, clinging round
their idols ofgoid and silver, and, amidst thewrath,
the
storm,
and
the
thunder,
endeavouring
to