Daily national Republican., 1863-11-27

Isaiah, nth chap, 10th and nth verses.
Because thou hast forgotten the God OF thy sal.
walton, and has not been mindful Of the rock Of
thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant
plants, and shall set II with strange slips
In the day shalt though make thy plant to grow
and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to
flourish, but the harvest shall be heap in the day
Of grief and OF desperate sorrow.
In the Church Of the Epiphany, on g street, |
Rev. DR.. Hall preached from Deuteronomy, sih |
chspter, 81 verse =" And He humbled thee and
suffered thee TO hunger and fed thee with mama,
which thou knowest not, neither did thy fathers |
know; that He might make thee know that man |
doth not live by bread only, hut by every word
that proceeded out OF the mouth Of the Lord doth
man live"
In the Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church, Or. |
Ryan took for his text the tooth Psalm, commenc.
ing: Make joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye
lands" Sc.
In DR.. Gurley's church, on New York avenue,
(old School Presbyterian,) Rev. j. II. Parks, chap.
lain OF Carver Hospital, preached from the b2d
Psalm: "Rless the Lord, oh my soul, and forget
not all His benefits"
At DR.. sunderland's church, New school Pres
byterian,) on and.a.hslf street, Rev. Dr. Rob-
inson preached from Psalms, Aeth chapter, 10th
verse; "Be still and know that am God"
At Wesley Chapel, on the corner Of Fifth and +
streets, = sermon WAS preached BY Rev. J MeKen-
dree Riley, OF Baltimore, from eSth Palm, 9Th and
7th verses: "oh God let w worship and how
down; let us kneel before the Lord our maker, for
He Is our God, and we are the people oi His pas.
tore and the sheep OF His fold.
In the Ninth Street Preshy terian Church, New
school) J. c. Smith, d. D., preached from Thesss.
lonians, chap. s. 18th verse: " In everything give
thanks for this is the VIII Of tod In Christ Jesus
concerning you"
In the Unitarian Church, on the corner of ID and
sixth streets Rev. VIM. X. Claiming, u. D., took
for his text Palms So, chap. O. ih and 10th verses
For have said, mercy shall be hnlt up for ever;
thy fsithfulness shalt thou establish In the very
heavens. Justice and judgment are the hsbitatisn
OF thy throne; mercy and Truth shall go before thy
face. Blessed is the people that know the joyful
sound; they shall walk, Lord, In the light Of thy
countenAnce."
At the Calvary Baptist Church, at II o'clock, the
pastor, Rev. T. r Hewlett, preached an eloquent
and truly patriotic sermon. His text was: Sure
iy his salvation Is nigh them that fear him that
glory may dwell In our land" s5th Psalm 9Th
verse. He said " this ID not day Of contrition
and sorrow, but Of thanksgiving and JOY !" and
proceeded to enumerate the reasons which we as
people have ior thankfulness to God.
!. Our continued existence AS n nation. Internsl
strife threatened our destruction, and foreign des-
potic nstions had declared that this was the year
Of our dissolution. hut God has grseiously pre-
served us IN the midst ef the fearful tempest, aud
the calm IL already at hand.
.. The bountifui goodness with which he has
| crowned the year While the Insurgents have
| been starving, we have had enough and to spare.
Tie field, the forests and the sea have yielded an
abundsnt supply.
| >. The general degree OF health tn oughout the
land.
| I. The fruitc ssness OF the temporary successes
| OF our enemies in the held and the glorious ie-
| suits Of our many victories. On this point the
speaker dwelt al some length, referring to several
| of the most important battles, closing with the
last the glad Intelligence Of which appropriate
ly resched the ears OF grateful people this very
day.
j. We should to-day thank God for the bright
| ening prospects Of freedom. The conflict in which
we now engaged 10 to settle forever the princi-
pies of the Declaration of Independence. From
| the womb Of this storm universal liberty 10 to be
| born. Think 1t not strange that a nation should
travail in anguish ~ the bringing forth Of such -
mau chi into theworld The mother shall soon for.
get her sorrow In her joy at his birth This child
| shall yet rule all nations. He shsll soon feel for
the pillar OF the temple of ppression. with more
than herculean strength he shall shake that tempe
down, and on Its ruins build another to be conse.
Grated forever to the God oi Liberty,
| ALREADY on the sable ground
Of ma6's despair,
l. F,eedons glo,iop. picture found,
Cprased In prayer"
The speaker then passed on to speak of the duty
OF the nation, "that glory may dwell in our land"
II is to fear God. All the pstions which have
j-cted God have perrhsd. The Jewish nation was
| instanced. They rejected the Saviour himself
and are now scattered. Spain sold herself to the
| man of sin, and crushed out religious and civil
liberty. France declared herself an Atheistical
| nation, proclaming that nature Is God and death
an eternal sleep" The "Regn OF Terror followed
| II has become the fixed purpose of God that those
nations that will not serve him shall not prosper.
In the light of these manifestations OF Gods
dealing, the speaker saw hope ior this nation, As
| PEOPLE we have been more willing to acknow-
| ledge God than any other nation. However dark
the clouds, this is y how OF promise for our land
And to-day we should receive much encouragement nt
as we think OF the many that shall praise Him for
the grace that bringeth salvation to the nation.
At the close of the sermon n collection was taken
mp for the Christian Commission, and the hand.
some sum Of 500 was contributed; a practical de.
nonstrstion OF the thankiulness OF this people
not only to God tor our deliverance, but TO the
brave soldiers Of our land who, under Him, have
contributed 80 much Ia our safety and prosperity.
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