The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-12-09


FOR an these, aud for unaumbered bless
ings' we ought this day, with, overflow
Ing hearts, TO center into His gates with
thanksgiving, and into His courts with
pr lise."
But TO the train Of remark More par
''cularly indicated in the passage before
us. Happy io shat people, whose God
! the Lofa."
The word " Lord, !" in this passage, is,
IN the original. Jehovah" which is the
peculiar name of the true God. All ma
tons have had their objects of religious
confidence and worship. Some Of them
have had thousands Of So called deities.
But that nation whose God is Jehovah,
tho self-existent and Eternal, is singled
out from the great family Of nations, and
PRONOUNCED happy" You will OBJ .
serve, however, that it is only compare
lively speaking, that any nation can be
said to have bad Jehovah as their God.
There does not exist, and there never has
existed. 9 country. whose inhabitants
were all, or nearly all, true believers
And yet, to such an extent may true re.
iigion prevail, and the true God be rev.
erenced, in nation, that it may be said
of them in general language, "tbeir God
Is the Lord" The happiness of such a
apeople will be in proportion to the gen..
eral prevalence of religion among them.
IT will greatly exceed the happiness of
any other people, who reject the true
God, and bow down to stocks and stones.
the work of mems hands, which can
neither see, nor hear, nor save. Such
seems to be the meaning of the passage,
happy is that people, whose God is the
Lord"
A great variety Of considerations
might be presented to show that such a
people will be happy"
They a'iA possess the tayor of the Most
HgA. We are informed that His favor
IS life and his loving kindness is better
than life. 1t must then be matter Of
the very first importance for communi-
ties, as well as for individuals, to possess
.nas 'avor' and to be the objects of that
iosing-kindness. It is indeed true. in a
general sense. that the Lord is good to
an and " His tender mercies are over
all His works." He hath neyar left
himself without witness in that He does
good, sending us rain from heaven, and
fruitful seasons. filing our hearts with
food and gladness." But it is equally
trpe that the nation, as well as the ;nd;.
Yiduai, that continues to reject His au
thority, and to abuse His goodness, must
sooner or later experience the effect Of
His righteous displeasure. This is truth
which stands out in bold relief upon the
past history of our race. And il is
strongly. aai iussssJs NJ be aeens a.,
- aa Ute p.sssnt pror.ietols Of this IA
arr God, even thou alone I'll s..i c44v.nri, d
doms OF the EARTH ''The nation and
kingdom that will not serve thee, shall
perish yea, those nations shall be utter
ly wasted" On the contrary, the bless
ing Of the Most High is promised to the
people that will acknowledge His author
ity, and reverence His name. They shall
ENJOY security and peace under his pro-
tecting care. He will bless to them the
bounlies of His providence, and bestow
upon them the richer blessings of His
grace. When danger assails, they will
find Him strong Tower, Rock of de-
tense. When ready to be overwhelmed
by numerous and powerful enemies, they
will hear His voice, sweetly inviting them
to that refuge. :" Come my people en-
Ter into thy chambers shut thy doors
about thee hide myself, as it were, for
a little moment, until the indignation be
oyerpast.
That people. whose God is the Lord, y
will also be happy, because of tie tenden-
cy Of the Religion Of tie Bible to promote
Their weitare. Here n wide and interest
ing field of investigation is thrown open
70 our view. Its Illustration might we'll
occupy a volume, rather than few par
agraphs in single discourse. We shall
attempt only to trace some of the out
fines.
christianity eyoins and promotes AoJ-
ats Of industry az a community, and hence
advances IFS prosperity. The Bible con-
dennis, in the most explicit language,
Incidence. and the vices that commonly
follow in its train. The Apostle Paul,
writing TO the Thessalonians, says !" this
We commanded you, that If any did not
work, neither should he eat" The Wise
Man has given us graphic description