Delivered Before the Lieutenant-Governor

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Excerpt from Delivered Before the Lieutenant-Governor: And the Two Houses Composing the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, May 31, 1809, Being the Day of General ElectionIN these words the inspired write} gives us his re¿ections upon the preceding history of the family of Jerubbaal, originally called Gideon. Like those old Romans ho were called from the plough tothe dictatorshipfiideon was threshing wheat at the time when he received his commission to head the armies of Israel. Among all the celebrated heroes of anti quity, none could have been entitled to greater res peet, than is expressed by the angel of God in this. Sa lutation to Gideon, the lord IS with thee, thou mighty man on valour. Though he had not, as yet, advanced far in life, this greeting suggests the idea of an illustrious established character, that, by some pri or achievements not recorded, his great talents and heroic qualities had already been signalized. Many opportunities for his becoming thus distinguished, must have occurred during. The overwhelming calam ities under which his country had groaned for the last seven years. Through each revolving season, what: the Israelites had sown, their enemies had reaped -and the pillaged inhabitants who had escaped with their lives, were left destitute of the means of subsistence. Dispersed among the mountains, in dens, caves and strong holds they were languishing through want, while the combined forces of their enemies, numerous as grasshoppers, were spreading their ravages far and wide and destroying the country.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.