The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-11-27

to religious freedom in this country where no despo
power limited religious expression prescribed the mode
and rites of worship. Blessed beyond all people in M
particular he said therefore the greater
God and our hearts should be THANKSGIVING an,
praise.
He commended the custom of fappontmentby the Cover
nor of the States of day he apart
TO public thanksgiving, and proceeded eoquently to en-
JON upon ms hearers the duty of gratitude to God We
are too apt he said forget the greatest blessing we re
ceye from God and with of it is necessary
hear of marvellous preservations before a snirit al
thankuness is felt We forget the blessings of the ain
We breathe-health-h -happness-the sunlight the dark
which closes our eyes in the sweets Of renos Ar
referring to the journey of the raetes through the viii
derness and to the blessings which vouchsafed
them. he continued
We look with wonder on the great works of Cod-tto
eye rests with amazement the amplitude of space
paved with millions Of worlds. We think not of the rain
or the due drops and yet hid in them animal life with
all IT'S perfection The skill and power which ere
ated the brilliant gems of night, the Lord of day was
required to make the drop Of dew and the father
te ,aVher OF AL we are prone to overlook what our
minds consider minor blessings The avor which come
TO us on the wings of the moment gladdening hearts
giving additional health to the body and strength and
ygor to the intellect blessings which are worthy our
deepest gratitude.
As nation have great cause for thankfulness The
shadowy wings of pestence it is true some
few OF our cities but generally speaking country has
been exempt from fearful ravages of disease Our fields
have smiled with rich harvest and our rivers have
borne upon their bosom the wealth and products Of the
earth The forge and the anvil again ringing through
out the land and the melody of the spindle heard NJ
thousand waterfalls All branches of industry are
hummng the sweetest music and thrift plenty and hap
shril clarion of has been heard but its echoes have
died away and peace has again spread her mantle over
the scenes of Indian strife Compare our situation with
Mexico IN this respect and then thank God that deeds
of the atrcde have not gloom or brought horrors
our hearthstones God has been working in the hearts of
men during the past year Apparently He parayzed the
arms of commerce and the of trade so that men
might behold the goal of immortality Never has there
been such an outpourng of Gods grace as during the
past year and never has there been period when man
heart should be so full of thanksgiving The Reverend
gentleman closed with an eloquent exhortation.
CHARLES STREET NJ. E. CHURCH,
Corner Of Charles and Fdyette streets.
very large congregation attended this church on
tor Rev. R. L. Dashiells assisted by the Rev VIM. H.
Pitcher
After the conclusion of the usual morning services the
Rev Mr. Dashies preached most eloquent from
the following text:
"Happy is that people whose God is the Lord."-Psam
The discourse introduced by a description of two
characters for whom the preacher confessed little admi
ration The professional croaker who sees nothing good
in his countys history and always forbodes evil Just
hand and ready find fault with Divine Providence
when his dark predictions failed to be realized 1t
be considered fortunate for the that Heaven
y Father had thus far shown disposition accommo-
date this class of fellow citizens Providence still
contradict these evil vacinations From the bending
heavens calm, serene and beautiful, and from the earth
garnished with beauty and laden with plenty we have
abundant evidence that Heavenly Father for all
creatures The effect upon this individual of certain po
ca crises in the country described For the other
class he had still less respect The mission of the croaer
was comparatively harmless. But these content not
themselves with harmless pictures of coming evil They
strike with malice afOrethOught the very living papta-
ting heart our social and national happiness and
perty They would blot from history its great charter
chapter They traces of Overruling Provi-
dence in the affairs of our country Feeling obligation
to God and the Gospel they would Danish both the land
They belong to that class OF reormers who
reformation of the world by turning of it its
and Redeemer Before their evil schemes the word of
God rises as wall Of fire They must get clear of it
somehow.
views and confront them with the facts
American history the theme selected Our country from
the Christian side. The greatness and prosperity
country acknowledged and stated in brief notice
First its position the nations Second its institu-
tions. Third its great centre of trade Fourth its
ona Fifth its civil and religious privileges.
From this survey turn the great question of this
discourse What is the and source our pros
perty and success Is there God in American History
Do owe anything to the Gospel or do we not
Let us look at our country from the Christian side.
The preacher then went to say that the main
and source of counry because there is
God whose eye is and whose of power is be
meath No said he read the history of this
country with and without prejudice and not recog
nlZe IN every step Of its grand march of progress the d
recng presence of the Most High. From the embarca-
ton of the Pilgrims to that desolate hour when they
stood shiverng upon barren Plymouth Rock-from Ply
mouth Rock to Bunkcrs Hill-from Bunker's Hill to 4th
of July 1776 and thence to this peaceful Thanksgiving
day, all along the history of our country the pillar of
cloud and fire have been with US He spoke of the love
of liberty and pure patriotism, which inspired fore
fathers of the struggles and hardships and privaons
they had undergo and said, these things would not
have been sufficient, had the God of battles the abier
of the fate of nations, been Indifferent spectator of that
struggle then than human tolls and sacrifices would
have been in vain.
lie referred to the pilgrim fathers leaving their native
homes, to peril their lives upon the seas forego the
pleasures of their native land the sweet charity of home
and confront the hardshps of wilderness They were
not mere adventurers in search of homes wealth;
they of deep political design but they
religious men, who acknowledged the existence of God
and felt they owed him duty which must be discharged.
The Puritans said the preacher. stern people:
they had come fresh from the struggles of 1900 and
trained in that school might expect this. Yet
do them justice to say that with them religion
was frst-alwavs first AIIuson was then made to the
PERIOD and he said that in their contest with the mother
country they wrote and spoke and demonstrated as re
gous men. and appealed to the eternal principles of
of justice which they had learned in Gods word in uSti-
fcaton of their He quoted passage from Guzo
essay the life and character of Washington written
introduction to French edition of Sparks writing Of
Washington, in which beautiful alusion is made to the
religious character Of the of the Revolution. Refer
made to the tendency, in day, to inf
deity; slow to feel our political obligations to the
Gospel do not feel dependence upon God for the
future we do not see his hand in the events which are
crowdng upon us and exciting the deepest interest of
our hearts
The speaker dweIt with great beauty and force upon
the benefits and cviizing influences of Christianity
among the nations of the earth drew comparisons be-
countries where the great principles of Christian
faith and practice ha controlled the lives of their peo
pie and those where no such influences exist or have
isted
circulation of the Bible and the teachings of the Gospel
were accomplishing throughout the world. He said the
great and living lessons which Christianity teaches
sental to true national prosperity and stability.
After auding to the monuments that had been reared
to the memory OF Washington i'll conclusion he said there
nober tribute to Washington which each in his ndi
vidual relations society and State may offer BY al
ustratng in life the christian virtues which adorned
his charactcr-a holier testimony which this nation
to him. The constant unailing recognition in all
national acts of those great christian principles,
which he sought by example and precep to egra upon
the nation.
collection then up in aid of the Causeway
Mission church and understand the congregation con
trbuted very literally towards that worthy charge.
SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Corner Of Lloyd and Baltimore streets.
Rev. DR.. Smith preached in the morning
Thou hast increased the nation, O. Lord Thou hast in
creased the nation; thou art glorifed thou hadst
moved far unto all the ends of the earth Isaiah 26th
chapter and 18th verse
After brief exposition and analysis of the he pro
posed to accommodate its description of national proSper
ty prospective present prosperity
For none can look upon these states without finding his
thoughts irressby drawn forward to their glorious flu
ture Everything about wears such an expression
youthful vigor and growth, and preparation and eX
pectancy.
He first spoke the national capabilities and
of the country The language of the text spoken in
regard to Israel in the days of her proudest prosperity
and it appropriate to land. But great is the
present, the future promised much As the burst
ing acorn points forward the giant oak the present
condition of country is to its future Never surely.
did so glorious future open up before any people The
world reproaches us for national pride But we can
not help it. The most soer imagination is daZzed by
the prospect Lift up your eyes and look NOrthward and
Eastward, and Southwark and Westward, and to what
people has God allotted broad and rich inheritance.
Eastward and Westward it dsdaius all boundaries but
the and Northward and Southwark it stretches
of eternal winter to the sunny Southern searom the
Arctic cold of Minnesota to the balmy of Florida
God has here gathered everything that is either pleasant
to the good for food-a the materials of national
prosperity He then spoke of the mighty rivers and trbu
tary streams and compared them with the rivers of holy
and classic land These streams not idle-manufac
tories crowded their banks and eighed vessels moved
on their waters He spoke of the mineral weatt-the
beds of coal and fields gold all the necessaries for the
highest state Of national prosperity.
But what could all these advantages he to Ultimate
and degraded God has sent vigorous and inte
gent people embrace this land and develop the recoue
which lie hidden in the earth For unChroniced centu
ries the Indians rOved in wdness through its wide
panseeavin ng its hidden undsturbed its val
leys uncuvated and its streams silent by helght
canoe The Spaniard and trod over its fields OF
gold and fertile plains, and left it wilderness The
Anglo Saxon came. and the forest feed, the
granite hills of New England turned into Edens, the
praries poured out their eXhaustess riches But these
hardy who peopled New England. The liberty for
which they had sighed here-tat for which they had
fought-the love of freedom, ever the master passion
of their souls here attained The great truths that ali
men are free aud equal boldly proclaimed to the
world and embodied in their forms of government There
is strong and intellectually vigorous people through
the land AMI all it accomplish in its nobles race
humanity is here free to accomplish But freedom is always
a perilOus gifta two edged sword which may rebound
and smite him who holds it. 1t is mighty force which,
unguded and unrestrained threatens utter ruin to its
sessor Christianity however, in and allies itself by
appointment with it, This is just the guardian demanded
by civil institutions without which could have
no hope of their efficiency prosperity.
We have not the to follow the ledvnc through
this part of his lie demonstrated clearly the de-
icency of free institutions religious principles,
and pointed out the intimate relations which the one
bore the other. The Divine hand pointed out on
page of countrys history and the necessity of
closer observance of duties to God for the perpeua
ton of civil and religious freedom The Rev gentleman
closed follows There is danger in Astounding irregon
Were the fear of God before all eyes all would be we'll
But vain is the help ofman our hope-our only hope
is in God. We tremble when think OF the mighty
multitude who fear not God, and cast his cords