Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1854-11-30
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bsa cls5 Iva sB 81 For THE ENouIRER.
Thoughts for the Thinker-No XIII.
THANKSGIVING.

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Seemlier in my judgment. Dear Thinker
were silence, or few words at most,
to day. am 70 one, hesiant Of claim.
ing your consideration, lest it be gained
1t expense OF regards Withdrawn from
objects Of NEST hallowed interest. -.
Thanksgiving |! The day is insignial;
blazoned with memo ies-eminent ineits
jeweled regalia ofaLove. TO what festival
gather such heart.ibIilling desi,es4-so
many delicious 40. ocia inns, so much that
is pathetic and Inc ff"bles? Can you tell
Of an at',ibuie--4a passion inwrought
with our most vitalt ympathies, that could
be omitted il the dining,hnl were atiired
now Ia emblems Of all The heats phe.
nomena cosgenial with the tine 2W ~
II may b hard TO ay'whicl, after all.
will predominant ia our Sensations the
Joyous or the siddened; into what cup
Of pleasure haHe nat III, eady fallen tear
droi of solemn or Of naournfulreflectioh?
Are not some Of the bpurtst, sweetest,
deepest emotions of oar present happiness
--thOse whicb at the same time clothe life
and our eternity with sublime gees. csuful
interest? ~ 71f sft
And though ut 6ist word. you might
insist on the excess Of smiles over signs
and persive feeling TO day. think again /;
are you just alishling by the old home.
stead 7? do they await you there, the
revercd and The beloved :? But ma, k.4-
yorr eye sobers IN . slraining for tokens
that all is well. The very wind Of Deaths
passing wing, you know, may have since
yesterday, txtingui,hed the Ackeiing life
IN that aged heat from which you seek
"a benediction once more. o. these haunts
Of your Childhood recall lost pleasures -
comrades long missed. or events deep
woven with your mournfullest expe,ien
ces. Ard II, within doors, the family
circle il as you hoped 10 find II, are all
the links still in ihs chain, that strength.
cn'd and adorned ityenrs ago? Here, al
| The Mothers right hand BY the Preside
or At the table--lhefe, at Fathers side
10 IL all quite as In those sweet days
Does not tie chain look like one welded
again after some fracture :? Count up the
Iinks-are none missing discovering
hunt out the old tune book, with II,
fugues and anthems. Well, there 10 IL
the home. voices somew hat Of the familiar
sound, but---bu', that mellow note that
clear rich tone that used TO bind ouI
chords in thrilling harmony-wby fails i
now ? The angels could tell you, fol
they weave il tonight in the strands o.
their HalIelujqh but. thy lips o sister
whence rolled the anthem OF ballpwet
praise on earth. are shut in The yoiceles'
hush Of yonder grave.
Beyond the narrow tract Of infancy
life becomes M r. and more an expendi
ture of the hearts wealth. For q lin,
perhaps. we mine ore Of hope and JOY
fast,r than 1t goes ont Of our hand. Ye
then, even, We have consciousness Of ir
rpaTab.s loss in what goes. ands5se max,
anxious discovery that the waste smus
at length balance the acluisisi.a. Ions
ere we have done with life. HE tide ehifis
and then, as 10 earthly good, we are bless
ed il the ebb does not leave as slraudet
upon shoals Of dirconsola,e g,isf. l,agu
Thanksgiving it is. indeed the sym
bel Of grateful enjoy ment. But this Il
congruous with the foregoing ideas, 70
our most hallowed delights are il,os,
g,atifed by sorrow. Among The mos
delicious sensations to day. will be tbos'
Of minds. who, in the House of God, o
al the family gathering, OF alone in place
conseoraled 70 the Pasi. muse of schO
has been--of the beautiful and bl.s' one
lying here in the heats embrace, bu
now. dearer-nearer than ever 20 il. 70
within iis recesses u most precious sffec
ton. they live cnsh.ined. Interchangeable
forever. a 800. ! /