Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-02
Thanksglving.

The public are invited 10 attehu'
Thanksgiving.
Next Thursday has been set apart
by the President of the United States, Z
and the Governors Of the various States,
as q day of public thanksgiving and
prayer.
Some features of this thanksgiving
are worthy of especial notice.-The first
is it is not this year held in November
as has been the universal custom of the
country heretofore; the day, by New
England, having been selected because
it represented the close of Autumn, the
end of fruit gathering for the year.
We are not told the reasons for this
1t may be thought sectional day, and
for this reason changed. .4,sss
II may have been delayed till the
meeting Of Congress, when National
legislation for the reunited States have
commenced.
At all events the day is changed. glI
The restoration of the National unity.
is matter of sincere thanksgiving
and we would be untrue to ourselves, and
the memory of our dead soldiers, if we
did not recognize in the triumph of the
national arms subject for tbankfulness
to God.
As philanthropists we mustalso rejoice
in the end of slavery, the cause of
sectional and party strife, and Of diverse
geographical interests.
There is, too, in the signs of the time
much reason for gratitude to God. The
spirit of unity among the various
churches, the sympathy with each other
in the great work Of Christ. ..i Z r re 1.,
The time he's been when the various
churches, in a greater or less degree,
each occupied its own patch of ground,
and the ministers, like mastiffs, stood
ready to warn off intruders,-when thee.
logical controversy diminished, if it did
not destroy, fraternal Feeling. But
now all this is changed. The wozk of
the Christian Commission taught US I'M
sectarian lessons, and our people are not
disposed to go backwards. This har.
mony and sympathy among the churches
is an especial cause for thanks to God.
Peace--our soldiers returned-the
political millennium, wherein all parties
agree in their substantial support of the
Misunderstanding with the things
named above-make it a day especially
to be observed go s0es fsfsssI
The four years of strife are over.
Plenty and prosperity, with peace and
its blessings, are ours. Let all the peo-
pie seek the courts of the Most High
with thanksgiving and praise.
A convention of associated Methodist
Choirs was held at Philadelphia on the
9th of November. The proceedings were
quite interesting. During the progress
of the meeting, Bishop Simpson deIiv.
cred very eloquent and instructive ad-
dress ON the power and influence of
music
The Methodist Bishops have made an
appeal to their Church in behalf of the
"Church Extension Society" They ask
for contribution of two hundred thou
sand dollars during the present year.
Presiding Elders everywhere. are asked
to use their influence in securing lib
sral response to this claim, and every
preacher in charge is requested not to
fail to-take un co'isriitn during the
year for that object. 88a
The Catholics of Peru, Indiana, are
building new church--65 by 1872 feet.
It will be handsomely finished inside
and outside-one of the finest buildings
of the kind in Northern Indiana
Tbs Western Christian AdrOeate says
from various points it hears of wonder
full outpouring of the spirit of the Lord
Revivals have recently taken place in
the Presbyterian Churches atWashing-
ton and sMurphysville, KY. In the
former, after a season of ten days
special prayer and preaching, eighteen
were received into the Church on pro-
fession of their faith in Christ In the
latter Church twenty-seven were added
to it's membership. sst4s
Sixteen persons were received into
membership at the last communion of
the Tabor Presbyterian Church. it VI
ffE moo
We have received a pamphlet entitled
The Cottoa Question: Free rersas
Stare Labor; paper read by Rev Sella
Martin of New York, before the Nation.
al Association for the Promotion of
Social Science, at the Congress at Shelf.
field, England, October, 1865. President,
Lord BroughAm. =
]. P. Griffin writes that Falley
Seminary, Fulton, N. Y, is prospecting
finely this term. The number of stud
ants is three-hundred and forty7two,
and good order and propriety of conduct,
generally prevail sa za-ass
The Western Advocate says that on
the night Of the 31st ult. two respectable
looking young men, representing them
selves as moneyless and hungry, called
At the residence Of Rev. Alexander
Clark, pastor of Union chapel, CincinT
natl. and asked for supper. While the
meel was being prepared, one of them
sliuued into Mr. Clark's study room, and
took from the drawer Of bis desk all the
money he could fnd-some $5O-and
valuable papers. Mr.. Clark was out
uerforming a marriage ceremony.
Rev. s. s. Barter, of the Wyoming
Conference, has been transferred to the
Central Ohio Conference, and is station.
nd at Quincy, Logan county, Ohio.
The New York Observer, in long
and catholic editorial on the Centenary,
shows s.the wonderful progress Of Meth
odism in one hundred years. Among
other surprising statistics i the the follow