The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-11-30

Third between Clay and Leigh streets.
LOCAL MATTERS.
THANKSGIVING DAY IN Our CHURCHES
Yesterday, the National Thanksgiving day,
was generally observed by suspension of
business, and in nearly all Of our churches
divine services were held. We give below
sketches Of sermons from each denomina-
ton:
Se.piceS at the Monumental Church.
In the Monumental church the Rev. DR..
Woodbridge preached an eloquent sermon,
taking as his text the 9th, 10th, llth, 18th,
and 18th verses of the 65th Psalm: "Thou
visitest the earth, and waterest it {; thou
greatly enrichest it with the river of God,
which is full of water; thou preparest
them corn, where thou hast so provided
for it; thou waterest the ridges thereof
thou settlest the burrows
thereof; thou makest it soft with showers;
thou blessest the spring thereof; thou
crownest the year with thy goodness,
and thy paths drop fatness; they drop
upon the pastures Of the wilderness,
and the little hills rejoice on every side !;
the pastures are clothed with fiocks; the
valleys also are covered over with corn !;
they shout for Joy, and also sing"
From this he went on to show his hear
ers that they were taught by the text both
what great cause they had for gratitude to
God and what responsibilities were laid
upon them by the multitude of His mercies.
While "it was right that they should at all
times and in all places give thanks unto the
Lord" yet ought they chiefly so to do
when they met together, as on that day, to
celebrate His goodness and loving kindness
for the fruits of the earth. and all the other
blessings of His merciful providence. He
did not design to speak of the present con-
dition of things in our State. The less
they were thought of the better, as the
times were in His hands, and in these times
He had been all things to us.
The speaker alluded to the cholera which
had visited our city so lightly, and to its
great health with this exception, and con-
tinued to point out some of the many bless
ings for which we should be grateful. He
concluded with the recitation of the beau
tiful hymn Of praise,
cloud let our voices raise
10 God on nlgn, etc.
at st. PaupS.
AT st. Paul's, DR.. Minnigerode preached
an appropriate sermon from the 18th verse,
lst chapter of James: "Every good gift
and every perfect gift is from above, and
cometh down from the Father OF light,
with whom is no variableness, neither sha-
dow nor turning"
The Rev. DR.. Peterkin preached at st.
James.
Catholic Churches.
The usual daily services were held in
the Catholic churches, but no sermons
were preached.
Services at the Sycamore Church..
AtSycamore church Disciples of Christi
DR.. Hopson delivered an address to young
men upon Romans, l4th chapter, 7th verse
ssFor no one Of us live,h to himself, and no
man dieth 10 himself
The Doctor read the proclamation of the
President, and gave abundant and satisfac.
tory reasons for observing the day as one OF
gratitude and praise to Almighty God for his
abundant mercies and goodness to US as
people-a goodness cropping out even amid
our desolation, impoverishment, and politi-
cal disfranchisement.
In his address to young men, he said that
the whole of any mans history was his
birth, his death, and the smiles and tears,
the griefs and joys, the triumphs and de-
teats. the prosperity and adversely, the bit
ter and the sweet, that distinguished the
intermediate state that it was blessed
thing to be born in land of political
liberty, where all the rights of religious
conscience were; that it was blessed
thing to die at home, in possession of our
senses, and In the presence Of friends yet
the main thing was to hue right.
He then asked the question, "For what
should man live ?" and he answered it by
saying that the purpose of life was three
foid-to cultivate ones deathless spirit, to
do good in the world, and to glorify God.
That In his conception and classification
the spirit consisted Of mind, heart, and con-
science that we had many educated minds
in art, in science, and in letters but that
the great need of the age and times was
the education ofthe heart and conscience
and upon this as leading to life spent in
the doing of good and In the glorihcation
OF GO0 tuc SpSdhCf AOuhNO0 hAS
He said: eve can educate vine, . horse,
and q man, but mean more than this. !
want educated physicians, merchants, and
mechanics, properly disciplined and tho.
roughly trained with reference to their ayo-
cations, as to knowledge and full under
standing Of the duties thereof; but mean
also more,than this. ] speak Of training
higher and farther reaching than this-nos
the education of man as Q lawyer, Q phy-
sician,a preacher or teacher, . BAKER
or barber-but the education Of man -
man that, whatever may be his calling, OF
the position In which his calling places
him, his mind may be richly stored with
an understanding Of bis duty, his heart
inclining him to do 1t, and his conscience
giving him neither rest nor quiet until he
performs II in the right place and In the
right way. Ina word, faithfully and we'll
The education for which ] contend J.
catholic in its nature, its application, and
its adspted tedness- contemplating thorough
outfitting Of every man In his own Walk o.
lifs-epiighteniDg him In regard 70 hts 70;
lations In the Church. the family, ond