Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-12-06
THANKSGIVING.

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1t is appointed for tomorrow. And
what a day of thanksgiving il should be-.
It would be in vain here to attempt q re-
cital of the circumstances that make this
pre-eminently the day Of Thanksgiving.
Never before in the history of the Nation
has there been for us, asa people, such
occasion for grateful expression to the
Giver Of every good and perfect gift, even
unto Him who holds Nations in the hol.
low of HIS hand. How At it is that the
Governors of the respective States, acting
in conformity with the timely proclama-
ton Of the President of these United
States, should render the day one doubly
recommended, by official appeal, for
thanksgiving to the God of Battles, by
the people whose God is the Lord.
We know that in the recollection OF
every man among US, young or old, the
past four years has been a burden Of time ;
to the young period of tedious length, in
its enforced hopes and anxieties; and to
the old the time has seemed to assume the
tardy march Of earlier years. Even so
has the labor of these days been manifest
ed to all, who have had an enlisted and
abiding interest in the civil vat that has
ragged in our borders. The end Of the
suspense of dreariness has come at last.
Praise be unto the God of our Fathers for
His kind remembrance, His dealings with,
His deliverance for our generation. He
did not forget US in the midst of grievou'
and manifold Affections; He made those
Affections to work out for US an exceeding
great victory over wrong, a building up
of right, he gave into hands the enc
my Of our country, the foes Of Freedom,
and established our institutions forever.
Let our affairs be lit witk the most precious
Of peace offerings. OF the abundance OF
goodness displayed toward US let US speak
with rejoicing and gratitude.
Into the great war for our Government,
the loyal sons-of the Republic descended,
with obvious Right on their side but ex-
cept, all along, the hands of they who
would accomplish the Right had been up
held by the Almighty, all our physical or
merely moral advantages would have been
Of no avail, would have only served to
multiply the distress Of our brethren and
rendered yet more humiliating and horri-
BILE our disaster and downfall. .,7~
Our fathers made, inauSura,ed. sancti-
fed this custom Of Thanksgiving Day. II
is apart from all sectarian calendar. So
should it be. All denominations may and
do, without prejudice or compromise Of
their special holiday or obligation times,
unite in observing this day by their re-
specsively appropriate religious cere-
monies.
This year the custom is improved by
the concurrence of all the States in one
day appropriated and set apart for the
thanks offering of the people. Tho tele-
graph will hereafter render it entirely
feasible to continue this concurrence Of
time in appointment. Hereafter the Gov
ernors will undoubtedly make their proper
official obeisance to the Chief Magistrate
in a following proclamation, to observe
the date he fixes for the psalm-day of the
people.
with charity toward all men, with
malice toward none" may we lift our
souls in worship on the morrow toward
the Heaven Of Heavens and the Lord God
of Hosts who has been our Redeemer and
our Help from strength to strength, unto
n nerfectly assured triumph and peace.