The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1859-11-25
Thanksgiving To-Day.

of setting apart a particular day in the year
for the pubic worship of Almighty God,
by Thanksgiving, praise, and prayer, our
temporal Governor by public proclama
ton, appointed Til. day (the 24th) for that
purpose. Its, therefore, becoming in US,
erring creatures, to properly observe the
same; that with hearts Of gratitude TO the
great Giver and prcseryer to us Of every
good-ciyiI or religious, temporal or spir-
itual, individual or national-we enter
into His gates with thanksgiving and into
His gates with praise" to "be thankful
unto Him and bless his name" for his
abundant goodness to US through the past
year leseeching Him for the continuance
Of the same, that especially az people
aud as q nation, He would protect us in
the successful enjoyment of "goodly
heritage" preserve to US our national in
dependence, and continue u. great, uni
ted, and happy people.
If the ardent and warm-hearted Apostle
could see so much cause for thankfulness,
and behold the Church at that time zen
ficfied 10 al poRhtiluihe's' SURROUNDED as
it was 10y prosecuting and blood seeking
enemies "ho' uhder authority OF law
hunted the di'c'PIe7 aS via oeast'' no"
inlescribably increased are our obligations
tn raudnr tbanlsr,,iurS 70 Him for mani
- ieiiNei thanksgiving u LINN ioi mani
itht"Ii'hs vi no ihuch mercy anu SO hiuch
kihdneSs as We ENJOY as people. Low
"ohoefiu'iy are we ehfichea III me civil
H"''oH' ana 'he oei'ec'Ioh VI huinah iiisti-
'u'ionS S'"ce tHe 'oSPsl was pfeacleu !"
Inc "iids OF Judea, and The harsh features
y '"o -" =" co'e were ui~Piaceu ioi 'i'e
covenant OF LOVE
wen eite poor 'rou''e1 Foul DUST It's sn''h'es
And rejoiced that :he kingdom Of heaven drew
near
Who can fail to see the hand of bene-
fcent Providence in guiding the Pilgrim
fathers to this new world, as vet unpolluted
by the WRONGS and concessions of the old
to provide a free and happy home for car
rvino ont "a far "a thov can no carried
out on earth, those divine truths which
belono 10 no milton or sect but are the
proDerty of the world2 Here all was new
and Uniformed, and those man-made edicts
which had constructed a hell of ignited
oak = for those.w dared assert that belief
was not the mere vsIition Of will, and which
had come down with the awful boar of
ages, was unknown and UNDECIDED The
u.itred form which had enveoped in its
mystic robe TIE power of kings and prin
ces, and under which Laud and Tor
Iuemaeo dealt ont nation by caprice, here
lost It's power to damn or bless, and God
alone was acknowledged Lord of all.
CHA Doctrines fell like heaven'- rain,
us "ofu' reiseshsp iike heaven ue".
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uoIested hight to worship God =, each saw
proper; and The smile Of His approbation
WIS on them, rs It was Of old in Aialon's
vale, when the kings of the earth trembled
before the manifestations of his p,essnca
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