New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-18

helds bad no, been utterly biighted; because Fam
ice had not dore IFS perfect work ard lett III MS
cabin one sole corse With bot one to bury IT. De-
cause ,orroy snd bereavement had not utterly
broken bis spirit and utter;s shaken his confidence
in Jehovah; because be lad not been awakened Id
the watches Of the It'll night by the yell h ire -a'
spe. and had no, seen the wife 0i his po'oui
and his children dying around him. But II
vas rot. W. must remember only FOR earth
" fn,ors and for the pte-ergaton oil the
body that he publicly wOrsfped. It was iof
the protection which the OmniPoten, had 'oucn'
said 70 his fsith-it was because upon these rug
god shore. the wandering witness hac not oeeu
wholly cut If, but remailed a testimony I" me
world Of the power aud Kindness Of God. AL
stated Festival: mus, n tine lose their significance,
e. vel A. all stated Fasts. As the great event
Grows din in the twilight Of The ages, its conse'
Grafton becomes les, and less percePtlbe element
Of it, observance and il lepses into rigid formal.
ism or careless ard customary recognition. We
NAV. however. well believe that the hold which
Thalh sgy;ng Day has taken Of the New-Engiand
heart, and, through New -England influence OF the
natioral heart owes something OF It's strength 10
4 perer nia recollection Of the services Of the Pu'
ritans and, in this selling and bu! ing hod besoted
age, 10 A reverence for the Eternal Right Upon
ore point We may indeed be reasonably certain.
That form Of worship will not to-day be wholly
forgotten and contains within itself the guaranty
of its own sincerity, which Is 20 clearly exhibited
in tie home loYe and tenderness which can never
grow old-in that yearniDg which 20 lev OF
us, thank God outgrow, for old scenes, for the
renewal Of old influences, for the purity OF child
hood for the eager courage and the indOmtsble
conscerce Of yOuth-for glimpse, If it be only
glimpse, at the sunrise Of lie, and at the pure
pleasures Of that hJur which, slas can never
return. IN this g.est, we.ering city full as it is
Of human week and ruin, full as il is of low
strife and ignoble enterprise full as it is of degra-
dation and shame, how may soul, prompted ey
we know not what hal!owed "reminiscences, will
half resolve, nay viii wholly resolve upon purer
life, upon worthier aims, upon more stalwart
endeayor. The old mother Who lies in her humble
grave, far far away under that brown New
England hill-.he old father, so stern, and get 30
telder, eleepiIg there after 'he struggle aud VIC
tory, awaiting the triumph-thc little one who
came with such welcome, and departed amid such
wsiling--thc dear dead brother--the dear, dead
sister-sll The lost and loved will speak to
those who yet linger to-day How the old
home memories will thicken how t1c old home
scenes will resppear how the old home avo-
catioaS vii be recalled The homestead, the
church and The school-hoI4c-the meadow and
wood-the sports. tho Loves, the syersons Of child
hood wit. it, great Joys and its greater griefs Of
these it viii not surely be unwi.e or unmanly for
Otto take some little thought to-day.
Ard in such rccolections and reflections viii
certainly be found safeguard sgainst those de.
grading induleences which this Thanksgiving Fes-
ti,a is zoo often thought to sanction. Let Us
hope 80. Ifcoarse sppetites and untamed pas
sions must sser. their chartered seasons and keep
their ssturnas. and have :" leets and law days,
" and in sessions sit with meditstions lawful" let
il not be when We have invoked the special bless.
ing and observation of Providence. This Thanks
giving Day may be worthi.y and wisely kept. Let
Ia, hope that it will be Let us hope that not
always in intelligent America, will leisure be the
signal for License, May We even today, show that
We can be festive ~ithout being fools.
Ti;s Ia; taPc OF Yhaoksasips