New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-25
Causes Of Thanksgiving.
A SERMON BIZ THE REV. J. X. w.SLOANE,
In the Third Reformed Presbyterian Church

I In the Third Reformed Presbyterian Church,
Twenty .third.st.
"Ble.s Lord NY soul and forge, no, all hi. benefits
rsslin 1884
The speaker remarked that this day had been soemnl'
set apart BY the synod of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church to be observed OF Thanksgiving through.
ont AZ the congregations Of that communion in the
United States In s observance they were responding
to the call both of ecclesiastical and civil authority
The great reason however for its Observance was to
be found in the goodness OF God the giver Of every
good and perfect gift GROWING our lives with o'
ing Kindness and furnishing in his providence sufficient
causes oi thanbfnness.
l. ", a,s N TIE ,Bt0yrsst Of large ntdsgft of'ra
pors yrosperiiy These things are OF Cod they. too
are part VI Chrts purchase for the sake OF his KING
dom ihe world preserved l.mp9ra as "sa las as sn
tual blessings flow % from the iuness OF the New
Covenant, and are the pr,ce II a Reteemers blood.
The year has not been fruitful IS som. previous ones
for time the clouds Withheld their blessings IN. I'm
smote the earth With iorvd ray and the hero " the
field parched and witheted. We received solemn
lesson well calculated 10 impress the most careless
mind with a sense OF dependence upon Divine Proyi'
ience God 10 his mercy avered the danger. the
heavens gave rain. and the earth brought forth her
fruits" The means Of subsistence are amply sufficient
for all our requirements and within the reach OF AL
With few ptons the material Interests oil the conn
try have prospered new sources OF wealth have been
opened up and in many instances fresh impulse gwen
10 those already In existence, tho waste has been
largely met BY increased foreign iDmige and the
nation after four years ~ terrible eonif3 IS strong
in her might eithero erapplo with treason at home or
10 repe foreign aggression, the day the first gua
was tired IT, Ne fore had greet military successes
Slowly but irresstIby, rebellion has been driven
back until il stands at bay In but three Of liz strong
holds, Mobile, Charleston ana Richmond. ! do not
speak of particular successes or feyerses these are
familiar 70 all but of the war in Its general aspects
The Rebellion. ii not yet driven Ia the wall 10 Use
the language OF one who now lives only to be forgotten
is much weaker than IL WAS one year ago, occupies
much less territory is powerless FOR aggression and
now only fights with the energy OF despair, to prevent
its hated lie from being trQGden ont beneath The erus
iug power that l. bearihg down upon II. Grant holds
il rny in his grasp at Richmond. sherman. TO Use bis
own words, having broken the shell, y marching bus
army from side 10 The other oi The Coincidence
and there IL no power strong enough either Ia epc the
one or arrest the wonderful career OF the other. Tie
friends of the nation were never 80 sure a. they are 10
day Of its ability To assert Its authority in every portion
OF its domain The chief oonspraors knos that their
cause il lost while their sympaihllers abroad have
given il mp as utterly ruined and hopeless III. We
hsre cause If hGnkfAises, ~ ne triumph ~ graz PiHc
plss "a, lfe PreideN0i contest hosslth sald some
wears since that American politics turIed upon policies
not upon principles; II vas partially true then, Dut
wholly inappropriate 10 the late STRUGGLED was one
emphaticel, ol policies undeIlad by great principles
NcI 10 the deiea, oil the Rebel, in the field every good
man who il not bciooled and begoggled out oil his
senses must rejoice In the overthrow ol tOat combination
of all pickedness called by al Amazing missioner the
Denool attic party The late contest was struggle be
cen Northern and Southern ideas. IL was therefore
struggle between light and darkness between educa'
lion lgnOInnct; between uOCliV N'NIol>Hi
between religion and crime between great principles
tha, have made one Of the greatest aud wlsest NATIONS
np,n the earth aud those which have gendeTed ana
brought 10 The birth of the fOulest aud bases con
sprc es that the world saw No seniimentaliiies
above politics. no patitudes above diyersities Of
opinoR can restrain from speaking out our aDhor'
renee of the principles the spirits and tue men who CON
coctcd the Chicago Platform and bound poor Mcclellan
upon IT, as they bound Mazeppa to the Wild horse per
sl,ding him that he riding to glory and honoF
when lie was all the time being borne more swiftly IMAM
lie Tartar secd bore Ma2eppa to the desert "a the III
hospitabe cline VI fogetinrs dishon0r and disgrace
MOI shall We withhold the expression OF our gratitude
that these leaders. from Seymour 10 Vailandigiam.
have disappointed shat their schemes have come
20 nought ind that the people have repealed anu scouteu
them and their principles This great expression ot
public option was stihcation OF every nope aet Oh
The President since hc came into power ~ was the
1gc of the American People for man to mpf"i 10 ti'r
uoblcst worth naming uniting an 1.-THE sre't nay o'
he se, al stuke once III. vast results That must no"
from il we csnnO oyerestiinate God grant 'nht the
Republican party may prove faithful 10 Tue srcat Ist
rsposed in IT, and obedont ~ the voice OF the Ieope
make AN end both OF Rebellion aud oil the ntroclohs
wrkedness that has inspired 1t. ". As Christians are
,,ioic. ~ TIE continuance " sPtiudI tkssihss Ihe
Church of Christ Is enlarged while the nation IS
afflicted The Gospel is pieached ordinances are ad
mustered; missionary operations 40 forward In the
conversion OF the world. The war Is opening up Tie
whole South the blessed influences of the Gospel an'!
calling upon rs to enter this field white 10 The mar
vest. &C.