New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-08
The Rev. r. G. Ewer's Sermon.

At Christ Church, corner Of Fifth-aye. md
Thirty. ffth-st., was from judges. ", %:
They ioagh, from Heaven. Tie stars, in their eOGs,
fou sht against LiseTa." ID
This is the fret time in four years that the Nation hs
united in thanksgiving. The people come togeta,r
with common cause Of mourning and COMMON cars. o!
Thanksgiving. With angels we would unite in singing
GLORY and honor dominion and power. be unto Hin
who stitch upon the throne aud INTO the Lamb forever
and ever" We have no longer foes Of oar house.
ho,!." They who conquered kneel 70 heal q wourded
brother. and bind Up his wounds All ccnspIe 70 set
lasting seal upon our unity and peace EIlks,ien
over fallen Toe IL wrong, when that foe with
he is to-day upon his knees We should be humble and
remember that the stars, in their courses. iooght
against Lisera"
The causes of the great conflict lay far beneath tie
surface. The doctrEe Of Gods Election" was great
fact We see IL everywhere In lfe. One Is elected 70
wealth, another TO poverty one TO geDlns and power
another 10 service sud obscuty one nation 10 order
and refinement another TO disorder and barbsrity.
Everything takes place On earth In accordance with w.
preaIranged plans and purposes OF tie Divine mind
success and peace have not come TO Us because Of ss
mistakes or poverty Of the South
All antecedent history conspired to prevent them
from accom- pshing their parpose. Feadaiim IN
Europe sharply defined castles and orders OF soc,ey
conditions Of tie past con never be successfully ats6
hshed upon this continent. Look al Germany, ent up
almost UNNECESSARILY into petty powers Ans 30
condition ~ he enyied or Desired. Two nntuea years
ago two great forces planted themselves upoo TINS con
tinent Que settled the south. the other the Scstt
Gods schene OF election was worklns, now Pahiy VS.
ible The issues Of the war were JorHSoaS uNes Wy
IL the nature Of things, IN this sRc thar me eeus
shond succeed The very stars in their courses ioes
against It, t.,
The great mountain chaips of Europe and the LAst
ran east and ves,. In America they run norm saa
Sonth A new type of nan-a new order Of thin Is W.
q, he Instituted here. The idea OF caste, and co.,
tracted boundary entertained at the SOUTH W.
essentially European not American. belonged 70 -
tenth and twelfth centuries, and not TO the nneteen
Exult not over the South. however, as nongn ~
vour proves that had achieved success. kememoef
that history-even geology, was against them ne.
member that the very stars fought against them
Pride not yourselves because the South wss pofDs
upon the receding wave and you upon the advancing
one This election" was VI GoD. Prase him fG ~
benefits but in all lowliness and humility.
We have other mercies TO he thankful Tor to-day oe'
aides this Of ELECTION" We are prepared now 70 "
come homogeneous nation. though we had awys
spoken one language and lived nndsr the same nag W
our uuity are now removed. Emigrants are turning
their faces nor,hward The nation was hereafter 70 y
marked everywhere by the same yigor. ey uhNsns'
sympathy Of AIM BY entire unity against foreign CIV
mics Peace was hsncefofih the guarantee OF Pefpeua
brotherhood The agitation the question OF Ssve!
bad for many years been snothered-war Fame hA'
the return OF the bondmep. Kansas were instances'
Another csnsc OF thanksgiving as nation was n..
this great struggle. which must have come, WIZ y.
debt OF three thousand millions Of doars did CO.'S
before the nation had developed Its immense resoue
and not when it had reached its utmost ehpansle.
mother blessing to be remembered was, that We VIZ
now as we had never been before. In harmony WIZ ~
Declaration of our Independence THE mantle o. ~
Father had fallen upon the SAVIOR OF nIs eounr?
We had been taught patience and charity through
illustrious example. Especially were we 70 oe gIsS
10 God fur the fact that the great heart OF the h
the Old World had beaten in unison with us tnroasn
the war; depressed with our rcyerses. exalted uss~ W.
success The hopes Of the world rers bound up u ''
salvation VI the Repablic- ..a