The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-11-26
1 Continued from First pans.l

Thou shalt the least Of harvest, of
thy abo,s which thou hast sown in thy field and tie feast
Of T b aSor the END OF The year when thou
This regarded the first Thanksgiving proclama
ton made to the world by God through his Moses
The origin Of the harvest festival belongs not to this
time and nation, but had its birlh in the earliest
ages of the world, in the bosom of a God-adorinr |
people, who recognized gratefully all the events
Of Providence Tn. occasion of Gods appoint-
ment and not mans The State only sanctions what Heav
odans The preacher declared the gifts of the animal
harvest be the greatest and most of all temno
raj blessings The golden harvest that waves and shines
every year in the corn and grain fields of the West
richer and precious than the products of oil ~
mines Of California Mexico South America and 49,
ar richer than the products of China and India nd
the fruits tropics an the treasures Of ,h anu
Indian oceansal these could be dispensed with and
the world be happy without them-but the fruits If bc
earth are essential TO happiness and life The effects of
total failure In gold and silver were compared with fail
ure of the haryestthe first were shown to he vnncless
to people iamshng in barren land GIVE us bread5
was tue aSonizng cry of the hungry, that
land few years and the prompt reply was waited
PACK by the breezes of heaven in the form of richly la
den vessels bearing the American fag-always the sign
Of goodwill and noble courage-and, at that time so
many banners Of hope and signals mercy to despang
millions Had their soil been permeated with gold what
would have been in comparison with an abunnant har
vest The preacher declared the ordinary indifferent and
Joyes manner in which people observe this glorious
go. ~ Ge unworthy OF the occasion No nation upon
earth with our advantages and blessings half so want
ing IN cheerful festive and rational spirit enjoyment
and recreation The few holidays have are formal and
isid and we have sense of relief when they are over
Fen our summer recreatons have become fashionable
ana frivolous that there Is health in them: and they
Deen te subject of satire and rdcue Tor the
n
but we do not know how play enjoy what we have
The spirit of play natural the child but it is crushed
out in man by care and toll The absence of healthfuI
and hearty amusements among our people was depored
and it was accounted for in two ways In the first place
covetou ness-an unhaowed and an unhealthy passion
to acquire Is he ldoatry of the American people. This
spirit was condemned and showed to fatal to domestic
and social happiness and life. The home demands more
parental sympathy and joyousuess-it must be made at
tractyc else he young will seek pleasures that are cor
rupt beyond the sphere of home This point was fully
discussed In the second paceAmus are not en-
couaged by those who entertain and gloomy ideas
OF religion True religion shown to he friend of
cheerlaeSs ana Christianity heighens and purifes
does not condemn amusements. Religion never was de-
signed to make our pleasures less, hut to make them
high and holy The Hebrews in their laws and customs
in their frequent festivals and seasons of harity were
adduced as worthy Of our imitation The Pilgrim Fathers
of New England spending week after harvest in festive
enjoyments, amid all their sufTerngs and privations
were set forth as high example to us. WHAT
said the preacher, would the severely practical
busy generation of the present think devoting week
to recreation and thanksgiving for the gift the har
vest This season reminds us Of the painful
In life between The poor and the rich The preacher ap
paed TO ms hearers to remember the gather up
the fragments from the sumptuous give the
hungry, as the Hebrews left the gleanngS their fields
to the poor He spoke othe changes of year and al
uded to the death of the former pastor of the church.
who stood IN that pulpit year ago. also of aged
man and lovely child both of whom were buried the
day before The conclusion of the discourse spoke of the
great final harvest of the Lord shall say to His
angel IN The sickle and reap for the harvest of
the earth is ripe" Some beautiful verses upon "brng-
ing our sheaVes with US" closed the sermon.
The hymns and the music were all very appropri-
ate and impressive.
EXETER STREET NJ E CHuRcu-REv. A. A. REESE.
d. D., selected for his text PSam cxlvii. I2-I4
Commencing with analysis gratitude and its ap-
propate expression on such day, he audes the his
tory OF the usage Of thanksgiving Enlarging upon
text, he noticed:
l. Or national security "He hath strengthened the
bars of thy gates The Piety Virtue and Intelligence
arising from the Christian religion afford nation better
security than would the Xenophon or the leons
of Napoleon. Open Bibles, Christian Churches and Pub
lie Schools the glory and security land There
have been times in history when pblitica horizon
has been couded when dsco and passion have threat
ened the destruction Of ship State our enc
emles have predicted she would be wrecked but God
has been security.
H. National blessings. He hath blessed thy children
within thee We have been favored with personal b4s
sings-wth blessings in families and homes we have
innumerable civil blessings for which this day to return
thanks. No othernaton may compare with Free
from titled arstocracy the results of honora
able labor civil life illustrates Scripture deciara.
ton; The rich and the poor together for the Lord
is the Maker Of them ALL But our religious blessings
demand the wamest expression of gratitude We have
liberty circumstances The State binds M TO no creed
imposes no penalties or disabilities leaingstrings for
human conscience We have open Bible and a living
ministry These add our responsibility and call unon
us to fear God in national and in private life
H. NatGmot TranQmhtty. HE maketh peace in our
borders. we nave been mercifully exempt from the
battle; and here to-day remember the valiant
deeds OF our fathers, whose duty called them field
TO secure the blessings of peace enjoy.
". National Prosperity He feedeth with the finest
of the wheat The speaker then alluded to our immense
v orr Thanksgiving for these blessings should he
Mitnou. iormay and without hypocrisy; they should
lives. ~ ''i'' an" 'u'
The discourse at the CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION. tbe-
tween Pearl and Pine by the Rev. John C. McCabe D.
D., was from PSALM Ky. 9-l3
Thou vsest earth, and vaterest if. tlo, greatly, ON
ricf it with the river oE God which is fn of watrI-
G 'i,'t c. m when thou hast 50 provided
sst,I ' ~ e ~ tc laGes hereof album anty: thou
showers T5o, b@sse m ulou maks$t It. soft with
with NY goo lTss: and Inv U Iron WI
MS; ry dr3p upon the pastures of the derness: and
me uttln s rejoice on every side, the pastures are
comes WIN nD+H the valleys also are covered with
", aISoS inc
me preacher commenced by stating the fact that the
iJ o. le OF the p B. Church had APP
PontSu I"a oil prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty
oF M ~. ~ o ug ertl' ana an the other blessings
~ W proFLuthce 10 oe used on the mt Thurs
udy OIL November but always loyal to the civil nStitu
W. % ~ "nu, "neFt l,ey 90 not conflict with the
NoIu OF voc" courteous TO Executive appointment, had
ai provision ny whici she gracefully yielded to the
- ~ $50 't, % a 81 II authofity lie referred also
'g .act ia' occasions OF this kind were ancient in
to-, t, % oup''ess Tue suggestion to the Chris
'' ""s from thG orr shal institution Of the feast
C t!T harvest among the Hebrews. This feast
nG Ier great so!e1nes OF the Jews and was celebra
C JeF harvest on 10 llzri the first month of the civil
"' was uesIgheu 10 commemorate God great good
M, -, ,r "uothnce oil ms bounty, by adopting the
u"f"R without The ceremonialS of that ancient celebra
uon the Christian Church, shows the generation for
cohSecae" precedence and civil rulers external re-
sect for ana acknowledgement Of the Utilization The
speaker referred in general to the proprietv of This and
similar observances; and that if in the day of adver
" we were commanded to consider, in the day of
prosperity should rejoice. In such consumma-
ton there was conveyed the elements materials OF
instruction the human mind prone to forget that
the hand that welded the thunderboit and ended ta
whiriwnd and directed the storm was the same that
sent the genial shower, and the earth to bring
forth is increase; and yet there was as great disn,a G
omnipotcnce the silent processes of vegetation and in
the return of seedtim and harvest cId "a h anu IN
mer and winter day and nigbt with sho,Id 80, sun
until the contamination of ali things He newt ,fS
70 e goodness and bounty of God in supplying wants
VI MS creatures To His mercy and forbearance send
tht IL 1Isslns5 upon ne evil as well as the good-and
another Of Ibn law e ier Increase was
cause and OFT 50 in Sat,ra y; between
w 49, =" III y ature, III providence, IN Grace.
pillow and sow, If a. Ill go IN uusoaL!hah must
acourr lnoyrIalo 49,. al. "a. tuueIit II ne wouia
i"sg mus loii LOT IT. tle soul, If 1t would
then enonirad in r 70 .he sprlt Inc preacher,
sings of God sn sat ftt - anu Die
Of the P>anist what feelings sborid ba 49, @ asety
mind IE,mH6,J-Wa ave ,nror.L,ti ~ - III t ~
Gro,i,,,}s w 49,. Iii -, my vi uieh' II.
bess His lo,,, 80 VII. l'n an ,nat Is WITHIN us to
dependence mon Hin, and IN oil @ eel our instant
Him We sIo,I5 o,1,.,,or 70 - ~! eNhilo"le"Se
and vavsond Lot all ~ I'm" l a our WORKS
these caIahrations of ~ 6yina ,oaii ,. tiat
shonld he to t,r rro, a. .sa ousilt 10 exert
cnr,f., ii 'ese provisions Tor our earthly
which - 80, -; 10y 10 that great provision
wer,ra. No. go ~ ~ VI IN Ss' LOT our everlasting
sad Una" one shhG Is heedluI and that while thou
etryo $50 ~ ~ lie ieat thit perlsheth we should
ora my mugs anu our cry should be
were Ir0ed hr 49, 10 ti'is pIeau Inc congregation
casion A day far he @ THANKSGIVING oc
the friendless the su irarino 5ro -
thousands of hoarls tIs ,o, We VIM WINE
res while Gashirr cnny VIC soan?a ~, win luAn,
palatiaI mansions 49, ,l,ro, 'uo Iui'' anu
ill., tI,air 49, s., "iue u joyous guests
whose bs,r+s,ri-, ~ - " ias ,ieI heduS' anu at
ing notes Of woe Tht sst Of hunger was strlk-
distant that all ear%i Fl4 h ~ nie S1riu was not
heantv ,rn~Id ~ i ietus, Wliether OF battle or OF