New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-29
THANKSGIVING DAY.
THE HARVEST IS CONE.
A SERMON BY TIE REV. t. IL CHAIN

A SLltAiON Ia III itARs - 49,
The church Of the Rev. L. II. Cbarin was dense'y
Hned. ard tho pulpit was drped with The rag y
she Nation. In tie preliuirory prayer NJ Ora!'n
made eloquent and feryeui auson % the eOnOi'i1i
of the country. Taking ar his text
"Bs, when the fui. troar; foda imn,a'a'ey ne
rr,teth ia tie sickle, be.anse / h-''s'' -" ''
Nr, CuAPIs said that thauAiuness was a senumei'
- .o,,oon ,l,an prayer. Wien the object de-
-, :. -, wss atiaiuel but few remembered
-. ~ he bounties. T,nleTe's were cleaned
Go. but one came 10 render thanks. lie was
~ bei tat proportion would sill hold good, that
ir WIS sill ten iues as much prayer as prafe.
~ did not recognize most OF the bl, sslngs which
listed 20 tie ends OF life; ley looked nai ly 10 its
processss. Thai kful ess im, led genuine faith IN
Providence. ThankIulness depended upon that, and
could exist only where iLcie was genuine, living
filth in FroyidsDe. BY 10 art Of could he
frsnsuute the seed wheat into tie Iipe grain. Re
could ouiy put i, IN the ground aud tIust IN Gods
providence Tor lie growth. 1t WAS vel for us once
IA the wear DC brought face TO &c with the per-
reu9l miracle of seed time and tie harvest and 10
Se made 70 feel Our utter dependence upon ProNi-
Sence, IL site ct all human art and craft. Tits
gave us to tbe full tie Cf our dependence and
Of the benefits receiyed-tLC grounds OF true, Ceep,
and feryent thankiulhess. lie uusi have shallow,
shoughtless nature who puts in BIS sickle without
lhGughtiulness for the wonderful klit. Men Were
sad today but the earth r,iUi,ed; ~ material
respects Ee might be poorer but ~ lie higher and
nObler respects we were richer. lie who 0id not
feel the ins, iatiOn of gratitude and praise to-day
must be lost 90 faitb. II was OF no use 10 argue
with him. Tie very darkuess which some de-
plored would produce most abundant reason
for tbapkfuluess Even in the terrible
cup which was prefented 10 the lips Of the
Savior, he found cause for thankfulne7s. In this
qext Christ said that God worked ia he moral world
he did in the material wofld-thst He works N
history and with nations in the same why that be
aoss with The wheat and with the corn. Every item
of history was connected with Gods great moral
PROCESSES. In the one as IN the other man was the
agent as well as the beneficiary Events came
through and by man, but te no more controlled
shem than he cid the waves OF ID. sea. Some peol
thought Luther made tie Reformation. Not at al
TIE Reformation made Luther. There was q divine
preparation for results. All that Conld do with
reFults was TO put in the sickle wien and because
the harvest had cone. Amelia was peculiarly
n proyidential country. This was the continent
upon Which resulIF were 10 be br ugh forth. Those
were shori.sighted men who suppOeed that the CO.
feat Of one party other wolld inlure the final
result Of Freedom. No mau, 10 patty, was re-
spOnsible for this great oomno ION One sald AS
the Abolition party; but who made the Abolition
party Another fuid il tie Secession party /;
but what had made The Sec, s-ion party Under
working all was the providence OF Gpd. Tie harvest
70 which we were called was terrible harvest, the
harvest Of Ceafh. From many Il Thanksgiving
table there were noble GODS al sent to-day, sOme OF
sbem sleeping in uIshrOuded graves, where the
Meezes Of tie Potomac sighed their requiem. God
grant that before another year The great national
table may be spreai, and tLere would lie "a Plates
and 81 States, and Siar-Spangl,d Banner waving
. over all. Loud cheering Ogt OF this trial tie
nation already ha0 great guin IL Ind fused tie =
s,idart FL. msnls Of tie Iaiion; we should be
a nobler nation hereafter than ever before.
We had gathered in harvest of noble names, and
Che whole land was the IicLer for il. Ellsworth,
Greble, Winthrop, Lyon, and Baker, were noble
seed from whom Iich harvest should yet G gather
ed. People had sId that Tie American Revelation
had secnied our Liberty forever. But we could not
live forever on tsst Liberty must be earned by q
people at least as often as every century. Ii was
The sad, sweet memories Of heroic men which made
nations truly ricb. Over harvest OF weakness and
national degeDeracy, had it come, we might well
have wept. But thank God we had harvest of
armed men. Let MS Iui in The siykle even though it
10 tie sword, and thsl God Tor the haJvest before
ps terrible with Death but rirh in tie nobest and
dearest beneiioeuces demanded by freemen.
Al the conclusion Of the sermon the choir Fang
the Star-Spangled Banner, the congregation joining
with msgnifoently inspiring effect.