New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-12-12
And snD0o,e while the children were absen.

o think them, if they compared the novels they
must visit with their own comfortable homes,
their elders, touched by sensecf right, should be
ed from discussion of the rivalries OF trade OF
ashton to whether they could not irnpsrt of ali
hat was iheirs, not merely one poor dinner once
year, bu. all their mental and material we,lth
Tor the benefit OF all men. Ii they DO not sell II
all at once, as the rich young man was bid to 90
3 test OF his sincerity, they may find some way
which i. could be invested go az TO show enough
obedience to The Law and the Prophets To love
our neighbor as ourselves.
And he who once gives hinself:o such thoughts
sill find il is not merely moral gain Tor winch he
ha return thanks another year with the return OF
his dsv. In the present complex state Of human
fairs, yoa canno. be kind unless you are wise.
Thoughts of amaranthipe bloom will spring up
the fields powed to give food to suffering men.
| It would, indeed, seem 10 be simple matter at
i-st glance. "Lovest thou me Pr" Feed my
ambs." But now we have not only to find pas
IRE, but to detect toe lambs under the disguise
# wolves. and restore them By spell, like that
ths Shepherd used, to their natural form and
whiteness.
And for this present day appointed for Thanks
irving, we msy say that if re kno" OF 50 many
wrongs, WOES, and errors in the world yet unre-
dressed if in this nation recent decisions have
SHOWN g want OF moral discrimination on lnpof-
.ant subjects, that make US pause and doubt whe-
lher we can join in the formal congratulations
hat we are still bodily alive, unassailed BY the
uder modes of warfare, and enriched With the
fatness of the land; yet on The Other side, we
know Of causes not so loudly proclaimed why we
should give thanks. Abundantly and humblywe
must render them for the movement, now sensible
in the heart Of the civilized world although it has
not oervaded the entire frame. For that move
pent Of contrtion and love which fUrbids men Of
earnest thought 10 cat, drink, or BE- merry, while
other men are stepped in ignorance, corruption
and wo which calls the King from his throne oil
gold, and the Poet from his throne OF Mind TO he
with the bcggar in the kennel, or ra;c hitA i'om
t; which says to the Poet, "Ycu must reform
rather than create world" and to him OF The
Golden crown, You cannot long remain King
unless you are also Man."
Wherever this impulse Of social or political re-
form darts I'D its rll through the crusts Of selfish
ness, scott and dread arise and hang like heavy
mist above it. But the voice of the ril penerates
far enough for those who have ears to hear And,
sometimes, it is the case that those who to
scott remain to pray In two articles Of reviews,
me foreign and one domestic, which have come
uader cur eye within the last fortnight, the writers
Who began by eefing at the Missionaries, seemed
.s they wrote to be touched by sense that
without a high and pure faith none can have the
,nly true vision Of the intention Of God as to the
Destiny OF Man.
We recognized as u happy omen that there is
:2use FOX thanksgiving and that our people may be
better than they seem, the meeting last week to
organize snAs:ociaton for the benefit OF Prisoners.
We shall not, then, be wholly Phar.seea. We
shall not ask the blessing of this day in the mood
IF Lord, thank thee that l., and my son, and
sy bro,herore not SIS other men are,-not as these
oublcsns imprisoned there" while the still, small
voice cannot make US hear Is evidence that, but
Tor instruction, example, and tac preventing
God" every Gin that can be named might rot
our hearts. The prisoner, tee, may De-
come "a man. Neither his open nor our secret
faults, must utterly dismay us. We will treat
him as il he had soul. We vii! not dare to
hunt him INTO beast Of prey, or trample him
into a serpent. We will give him some crumbs
from the table which grace from above and
parent love below have spread for US, and, per-
haps, he will recover from these ghastiy ulcers
that deform him now.
We were much pleased with the spirit Of the
meeting. II was simple, business-hke in scri-
aus, affectionate temper. The speakers did not
make phrases or compliments; did not slur over
the truth. The audience showed ready vibra-
ton to the touch of just ana tender feeling The
time was evidently ripe for this movement. We
doubt not that many now daEkened souls will
give thanks fox the ray of light that will have
oeen let in by this time next year Ii is but
grain of mustard seed, but the promised tree will
grow swiftly if tended in pure spirit; and The
Influence Of good measures in any one place Will
oe immediate iii this province, as has been tie
case with every attempt in behalf Of the insane.
While reading a notice OF ! successful attempt
to have n&sical performances carried through in
concert by the insane at Rouen, we were forci
bly, reminded of a similar performance we heard
q few weeks agoat Sing Sing. There the female
prisoners joined in singing hymn, or rather
choral, which describes the las! though of
spirit about to be enfrsnchised from the body;
each stanza of which en.s with the words, AL
is we;" and they sang it-shose suffering, de-
graded children of society-with as gentle and re-
signed an expression as if they were of going
to sleep in the arms ola pure mother. The gooo
spirit that dweltin themusic made them lis own.
And shall not the good spirit OF religious sympe-
thy make them its owa also, and more perma-
nenty We shall see. Should the morally IN
sane, by wise and gentle care, be won back to
health as the wretchcd bodlamites have been,
will not the angels themselves give thanks And
will any man dare take the risk of opposing plans
,h,, o a nd eue,, a rhanpe of, such a result