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Newspaper
Weekly Register
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 17, 1799
Page
2
A devotional meditation extols God's goodness in creation and providence. It cites the Creator’s works, from heavens and tides to mountains and seas, praising divine wisdom and power. The piece reflects gratitude for life, sustenance, and salvation through Christ and the Spirit, ending with a biblical reference and date June 2.
The text portrays FHESs as emblems of true Christians while they read hear and converse with others. It speaks of gleaning experiences in faith and the hope of heavenly reward as God works with gracious souls. Boaz and Ruth are cited as allegorical lessons on steadfastness and divine provision.
A moral declamation condemns ingratitude amid blessing from God's providence. It laments pride and self dependence, urges gratitude for favored mercies, and contrasts pestilence and disasters with the privilege of religious freedom and the gospel's spread. It cites Jacob's return and gratitude as a model.
The text references David and Psalms praising God and offering thanks. It notes a feeble but immense offering through our great High Priest after the order of Melchizedek as a devotional conceit. The fragment shows religious rhetoric on praise, honor, and sacrifice.
A satirical poem portrays a candidate for priestly vows under Lord Caius test, detailing his viceful ascent, mastery in billiards, wit and poetry, and mock ecclesiastical zeal. The speaker notes his ignorance of wines and faith, then reveals Caius’s discovery of the candidate’s blunder and the ceremonial farce as the church process unfolds.
Foreign Mews reports no official accounts of the engagement between Macdonald and Suwarrow though mentions details in the Gazette about Betle garde near Alessandria and the Torrona blockade. Maffena in Switzerland stays near his former post while an official letter says Austrians were repulsed near Offenburg. France shows little stirring, councils debate taxes, Directory changes few. Joubert is raised to command of the army at Moreau's request. Hamburgh mail arrives with Stwar dowsky victory details.
July reports from Paris describe the Council of Five Hundred denouncing deserters and considering an amnesty within a period while threatening death for future desertions. The Directory defers to the Directory and addresses military capitulations and war crimes. Bernadotte appointed War Minister signals renewed Army oversight and anti-ruin stance. Battle updates from Leninbourg note six hours of heavy fighting with 1000 enemy casualties and praise for the 11th light demi brigade. Austrian victory celebrations in June contrast with French gains by telegraph.
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