The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-12-08

u GeJ lhai may be- IN il, .. Of ihe
civil blessings therein conferred
! would use then, al "m abusing
them and think !, no abuse 10 use
them as an illustration y. aad "a -
pulse 20 Christian pairiofism While J..
there any thing SRA gg Ia thc indg.
nation aad adness o. fItosg capiiyes.
as they refuse 10 respoud % be launi
0l their iomcn'on
Mcihiaks that some Of oar soldiers
thai ila,c almost faml,hed IN lhe land
# tleir eapGtiiy, someof whom have
been glad 70 pick up cra.ls, bone.
thrown to the dog and who, as il
has been reported, have been ieering.
ly asked cheer up lad, come. sina
Us Yankee Doodle or sing Us the Siar
Spangled Bauner--as they remember
home to-day, AID all the sweets ol
lite eni0} "a, ere mad ambition and an
uuhalIowod lust OF power aid oppres.
sion he'd broken ia sludcr the unity
Of the States, may realize something
OF the same Indignation and sorrow--
even while with brave hearts and no,
bic impulses they endure IN silence
Tie barharous insult But 20 our sub.
iecl already named, Lore of om
county and he duy of the presea,
crisis.
We are assembled to-day al the
time Of our annual aud autumnal-har-
vest thanksgiving occasion, at the call
Of the highest executive authorities in
/ The hlnd, TO render Praise and Thanks.
giving TO Almighty God. As we
grow in years and cherish this anni
vcrsary ia any thing Of lis true spirit
there gathers about it more and more
OF tender interest. an interest chaisten
ed and heightened by the sad as well
a. joyful changes tliai time makes with
Us and ours. The reasoGs for Our
hourly and daily ihankfalngss are so
numerous that we canro, count them,
while the reasons for this annual
gathering are ever welghiy-reasons
that inhere in our individual condition
and dependence, il our social relations
--in our ciyi privilege, educational
and religious opportunities and hopes,
tin the abundance gathered, as the tfut
Of our labor for mau and beast--in
that God has done Us good, in giving
rs rain from Heaven and fruitful seas
ems fl'ing our hearts with food and
gladncss. Wilde We cannot overlook
these and should not forget 70 gre
Aa,1ls Qato he Lord for aH his Je,te.
fN, there is one matter that rests yet
with peculiar weight uror all our
minds, and that is the still perilous
condition Of our common goydIy land.
I We gaapol forget "our Jerusalem, her
i Joy or her sorrow, the Divine Judge
ment on iie one hand, and the Divine
favor on the other, toward her.
We cannot forget that il Is amid
the cla,l. Of arms aud the roar Of can
non tie nation is called 10 give devout
Thanksgiving TO Almighty God. w
cannot iorge that there are bleeding
hearts, sad homes il vast numbers
Iuay starving cap'iyts 10 whom the
tous OF Praise and gladness may
seen di>eardai, aad ge, Wth them,
and 9Th rs al, there IS occasion large
aud Imperative for Thanksgiving
Aud, l,t IN The fact that We have a
country with all its departments Of
power Executive Legislative and
Jua.cial, that we may and should love,
and saved from threatened ruin by
the kind Providence Of Heaven. Yes,
| we have a country OF our own, IN
which we may live, and under whose
1 Government we are free TO mingle in
Praise a1d prayer to-day. Had il
not been the Lord who was Oh our
side yc should not have this good,
Ii il an old maxim that blessings
brighten as they take their fight
There has bccn (no doubD in all our
hearts AID in all cur past life, he lore
ot our country. We have thought
often and proudly Of our native land.
+ We have even boasted Of our goodly
heritnge- Of iisexpansion and strength.
/ We have rtjoiced in is sterling ances-
try-in IL national birth; in the rich
anomaly civil and religion: privileges
tein enic} ID AID yet as in every
folier common and every day favor, it
&, qaile difficult to realize lis full val
ue, until threatened to be taken away
or quite gone, so with the love We
Ia borne TO our country, and the
gratitude due Heaven from our hearts
ior ii, boon. We feel tie relevancy
OF tlis sentiment, m relation even to
Tie Home Of our childhood. We re.
member as children, that we loved
cur old Home. We thought then that
every thing aboui il was dear unto as
and vet il was not, ia years had roll.
"a away asd with the circling years
changes q lie sadde>t nature bad Ia
kea plaee--s0 great thai lbe oii Home
had beer broken up. Parent and
Kindred hearts have been put into ths
silent gtAye. The old Hon stead ha.
gone into otter bands AVID otler child
ren rdamci ever the fields whers $50
frolicked aaa o'hers faces are seen IL
ihe dear old rooms aHd long absenct
had cast il. shadow, over ihe scenes
:. ilat we enter with iull heartfelt ten.
,leue-s imo the pirii d tie song.
ne2 der @ ths lsast lr o. ssese d my eaiIa