New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-30

., ,esore IA. NO these men saw only in the present.
Snst~ A. ere many before him who neeced not %
10 ,s,o;nned by him Of this; for to-day recalled the
49, 81. that made them cry ont in bitterness OF
sovi g VII 81, u show us any good?' But sometimes
~ ro,,;u e., echoed by the deeponding soul from
lie trcn;c nerr 1ees of his mind that took delight
in tie darkness 10 ,nch men the vastnes7 OF nature
was terror life insse nj bIa aGs i"taIen sims
and ribodr we're another cause for this depending
CIV. TIE etirare. the sensyA list the pleasure lover
and The of crime sought gA ID ,heSe M, fecll0nS
bus tu'ung away distsstefaly a bsars + s Sron
show any goOdP Sometimes we neuu IL Houi
a Ugh plane Of intellectual greatness taa'
questioned everything, without any trust or aith
in Overriding Pro, idence, uncapped every question
and probed every mystery, leaving rootf Tor conn
dence in an Almighty Power. We heard echoed by
men who had only utsral interests in rsations Eie
Everywhere was thiS expression rife. Men sougN
charatans that they night know something 81 the
future Every quackwho could promise something better
found mutt tudes Of wiling victims. From the mean
est life to tie highest everywhere Ais expression
rife; this wa the universal cry.
III. The Perpetual Occasion far Christiga J1dnkS
siying-And Il was comprehended in thiss God over
sll. No room for dependency in the heab that felt
this This wa the broad vision which saw the Father
in al If there were no ruler no power working but
the great plan of the universe, We too, might echo this
desTondercy Thank God, we had TO cone back again
10 the great fundaasatG doctrine the doctrine o. Gods
Providence. il vas enough for thankfuinsss,
all things were sw srt away, that God lives and " to
give as son ethirg batter This was enough to bring
US to knees, the infinite watehfliness and
ordering presence Of God. For be speke
now Of tie feeling which induced people to
say ave suppose we ought 70 be thankful
for wbst we have now, but it's dark time" And
the officials said there was no great cause for
thankfnipess. But there enough even now Tor
great th,nkfulnoes for had the joy Of harvest he
knew tbsre something deeper than this JOY, but
the broad golden helmet the hil's, and the white
wheat in .he valleys made good man thankful lie
IL IL In
and be believed in thankfulness. Unless we voted God
from the Universe must respect this Obj religious
feeling Of tbsDkfuness for the harvest The Inhnite
Worker gave his autograph lettering the earth In the
green blade the graceful stalk, and the fail golden
ear 1t was "A stale superstition not to attribute to God
the power Of the harvest He did deny but there
was for fear, for humility, and prayer. Out
upon that party that would lock out upon the trouble
but TO rdicule il that could seek emotion but TO Jest
at 1t; it to attribute all these troubles
to the triumphs Of party. But there cause for
thankfulnees even III the political aspect ct this
country. The country had had peaceful express
sion Of its political opinions, and who in this
country would not with that every man should
lie able to express bis political Opiuionsl
We ought to be y ankful for these crops Of manness.
A growth of manhood was better thing than growth
Of grain We must not borrow the future cap down
the present We knew not the future. We must not
forget that this is Gods world and his future for this
country m8y not be judged by the present. II could
truly lie said of us: Thou hast not dealt with any
other nation" One ocean upon either side, and our
smiling hills and valleys Of plenty for deep
and unfeigned thankfulness to God. We must meet
trials fra,ernaIy He was not going to prophecy.
clergyman never more ont of his place than when
he undertook to prophecy But we must meet our
trials frstenally for God worked for peace, and we
must work with him for peace. So be ssid that this
trial was a step forward toward peace; it would be-
with forward to something higher, though il led
forward with dark column of smoke, and if it
not for peace, it would be for the great good of
Others.