The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-12-08


In ,ple Of the extreme inclomency Of tho weathass
this church VI. well dlod, With attentive oonsse-
salion. The reverend gentleman ,ook Tor bis teEs
tho following verne
~ do ,et my how in the cloud, and II shall bs for
token Of . covenant between mo aud tie earth -
Geness Ia. 10.
Af,cr remsIkins how faithfully God had kept his
covenant With msn-ths, while the earth remain
eth, seed time and hAye,i, and cold and heat, ana
summer and winter, and day night Ghall not cease"
no said our annual Thanksgiving 10 religious
service; by II wo propose to thank God tor tho
sbundknt harvest Of the year. and for the rich Ios-
sessions which have rprans from the earth and added
TO our prosperity, In cultiyatns the soil We vare
brought inIo intimate contact With tho is1 o. our
eependence on God for y the fruiN OF the cal In
the sunshine; the m, serious vitality OF the ittle
s.d ;s. pcs.n s sue..Sn o oa. eoSeu.n sS
No could recosniE any other power that worked
all these sondoIs OF nature but tod, u SOL all
these wonders were performed by purely sciontiho
laws OF iorces and io,ms OF matter, We should hsve
no gratitude 20 express " uod aud people need not
but II We recognize Ia our bountiiul harvest The
hand Of Tod, We should come to church not out of
Our ioroistheIs had their thanksgiving at the close
ofthe year. when the harvest s.s all gathered in.
They thought II nos mere ceremony, but a priyi-
kge TO scEnos ledge the hand that had fulfilled the
ancient promise, that summer aud wner and
seed anu harvest should not tnll."
day /, moi looked upon As old fashioned observ snc
or 10 keep up cusIotn from which the vitality hAs
departed s ~, e. a. 10 tue; 1. % Us Say say there .
soil that pertains 70 the powth Of vsseIation.
year has been a most notable year In the annals
Of this nation. During the years our civil strife
cannot think this la because II Is overlooked, co-
mon place iset. l say through ali that struggle,
III. ouIh all the desoiatIons OF war, there has ,en
Al
Aimer mustered IN the held, so armies Of soiuon
ali our Efforts would have been In vAn-yain would
have been our pAtrlOIisn vain Would have b"an
armies, vain would have heon war ships had the ,ot
lhe destroyer deYAsthted our Nes,tAtIon The .0v
fentiemsn thcu nEed On the great difference
b.lv cen the mercy Of uod And OF man, hol, by
~, culaIiOn, Amost deprived the poor lAboror Iom
obtaining the m ans OF getting nis 1hAns,siylns
dinner lie then spoke at g'eat length upou tho
how favored II had been by God. We were not.
however, SoI entirely nee but were sTA-
saay +, masAins nI,o S, onward step na,o ny "sn:
Ast year We had advanced nobly. We had torn
down slAyeIyi u mad been struck uead by 'ho hand
o, Alabama and We seie fftot nation to-day tuan
year ago. Oar PROFESS = uOg osing 70 our own
acts, but We nets suaed step by step by an unseen
IOIee, that could not be- 10. .sted. We had mat
emtrgea nom great storm, the clouds had passed
sray, aud We behed the hos Of ponlte, ,Ttho bsw OF
peace-ieI Us hops At Ia not deluson. There we're
a lev clouds yet remaining, which wero 70 be
pacted A"ASs sieTA gteai stoIm Clouds OF DARK
were apparent ln the south, Thousands Oi men
are theIe, Nno though defeated are not convinced.
Let US ses that DO not give henI Just cause Tor
permanent uIscontent. LEI US sho" that We not
OyeTbeaTns yIctOr-that object Ia not TO crush
to mOrIy those Who Iurned against us. Let US Ilse
10 the pOrance OF TINS 'icoTy, anu show
e1ults ts4IOn but geneTosIy and s9od-uil 10 the
quefed, After touching upon the reconstruction Of
the southern states, he said Over land today
there 10 cloud Tor this 10 not glad day tor all.
IhanksIiying Jay calls home cons and dAuIhteTs
from many distant partA but there many VINO sn
their homes never W return again. There will 10
many missing around the festive board; there win
be silent sriet In many homes to-day. There are
showers sometimes tall vhie the sun Il sti shining;
there that dropped on tens Of thou ands
Of graves OF those who hs sleeping -thoy cAnnos
srttnAed o. tho Lass PaGsl