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Newspaper
Weekly Register
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 24, 1799
Page
2
Discussion of Paine and the Age of Reason argues infidels misread old ideas. It insists the present age shows great genius and warns against dismissing ancient opinions without fair investigation. The piece critiques infidels who attack established thought with selective reasoning and evade clear argument.
An 18th century extract denounces French Revolutionaries as atheists and infidels aligned with politicians. It condemns the destruction of religion, the mockery of revelation, and the Religion of Reason, including the Christlike dethronement of sacred practices and the ritual procession of the Goddess of Reason through churches.
The speaker denounces revolutionary France and its leaders for denying God, destroying the Sabbath, and attacking Christian marriage. He argues the Sabbath sustains virtue, order, and national morale, warning that erasing worship will unleash vice and weaken civilization, citing Burke and Johnson to condemn secular reform.
A reflective verse urges shaping a child’s mind toward virtue and pity. It compares guiding souls to tuning strings and guiding steps through a maze toward brighter life, with Christ as a guiding motto and moral lead.
The article presents authenticated war reports from Italy and the Tyrol covering many fierce clashes. It notes a French gain under Gen Desfollys on March 26, with most fighting on the Adige ending in French rebuke. It cautions against sensationalist papers declaring the campaign doomed, arguing overall life loss is similar on both sides.
Paris reports from April shows French forces under Jourdan reacting to enemy reconnaissance along Danube lines. Jourdan, ill, left for Strasbourg on April 3, with provisional command shifting to Maffra then Ernouf who retreated to the Rhine after enemy pressure on exposed posts.
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