, 1866-11-29
Tl.JRSDAY, NOVEMBER .. 1850.


THANKSGIVING.
While TIC blessings are great and manifold
for which people and rulers gather together
to-day within censcczated walls, to rctur..
t,.v:7 irilite Of Thanksgiving aud praise to
:l4e Infinite Giycr Of every good thing, there
arc some blessings greater than others, some
w!:ch .:st soone:. in our thought, and move
tSc deepest au7 feelings Of gratitude and joy.
We az thankful that the fields have yielded
1Aci: i"c,tasc, and the promised fruit has
e7r,vn,d :hc lnl;o:s Of the hnsbaudmsn. that
tat .,cch$ Eayc rrowa larger uTou the hills,
81. Il. hy7as have hlled the valleys that
,t.c larlr.. has found work for his hands, and |
HAT his wages have not been kept back; that |
business anG trade have been pushing their en- !
te.rriscs on TIC highways, and in all places |
Of exchange, and that commerce has been
extending old 1nasts. building new ones,
aud s.ndin:. forth its servants to alt isles OF
1hr seas and ends ri the earth that the ar
ti,an aud the mechanic hare wrought out
r,w fr,r1apts of industrial skill, and turned
T.}N IlalGIlIl :uu TEUe nsC AAip s1Ap>S VI u"S
a,.1 l,r::utx; that education has offered with |
E,erc .ynrrons hand and larger measure hcr |
CHI, Of ref:eehmcns, aud lcr torch of light !
t. tie bi:td and wandering miliions7 that !
sc:,rcc still unfllds her page rich with the |
r; lis " time, while art opens new
e1,::1s i'll the desert Of common |
lin., and u.akcs Its wilderness blossom
Ike tir rose; aud that the religion
Of l"u.a;itv, the Gospel Of peace Oh earth
81, s44..: viii 10 ,nrD, sill sends its divine
,uc=sac" 10 all the world, illuminating the
Eon> Of Men with Light from heaven, and
lirciiE. in human hearts the hope Of glory.
But creat, beyond price, as are those
s,l,ssires and worthy Of nil the profound
,lanktu1n.ss with which they may be re-
E7.lnl crra on this Thanksgiving dag, there Is
:ec1her blessing from Heaven upon this IA
vored land, which will be often in the
thoughts Of loyal men and women to-day,
ard for which they Will pour forth their
hearts in more exnited songs Of grateful
praise. No lover Of his country can forget
to-day the crisis and the danger through
which she has passed the last year. Fresh in
remembrance Of all loyal hearts is the
t1..chc-g Of their chosen leader, with all Its
terrible Guilt and undyins infamy; the seem
ine giving away of the old and tried friends
Of f,hv Union. and their threatening alliance
with IT. focs; the revival of rebel ma1ignity
and hatr In another desperate struggle FOL
life and power: and all the anxiety, xna sor.
rew, aud alarm which made the hearts o
coed men fail. and the hopes Of the stoutes'
silk within them. All these things will b.
IN tho thought ofloyal hearts to-day, an'
with them v ill come also the glorious mcm
oy Of triumph md 0clivcrsnce, as thf
mighty Northern people rose again in all it
majesty, broke in pieces the new fetteE
forged for its free limbs. and scofninll
t1@mpled them to dust bcncat
II. trct. When Heaven vouchsaie
to .hc brave hearts and strong arms of til
loyal people, victory over the armed band
Of treason, tie North smoked on every III
aud plain, with the incense Of praise an
thanksgiving, that went up from her hearth
nrd all her sacred affairs. No less signal Va
the victory Of this fall, no less total the owe
threw 1t the treason aud the perjury tbs
Ind a.nir banded themselves together again
Is, md this great dcnve1ancc merits, au
will rrctlve from ell loyal hcarts no le
pr,,!vura and siaccre acknowledgment
thanks aud pzaiee to him, who has aga
given Us tho victory.
Let us rejoice to-day that he wh1
hands a1one build up States, and who
Inspiration It Is that makes pcoplc Ere'
Ea. tra,u.d up this race oi mrn IN the Fl
North, has endowed them with the intc
sence and courage Of 4 noble manhood, q
L:cathcd into them euch devotion to freed
aud humanity. We may we'll be thapE
to-day for tue existence of sach mlS1
people, and Tor all their noble acts in dcfe
OF Tni,.n and Liberty That they carr
the county safely through all the blood
suffering Of d cruel war; and that, *hen
fruits Of their struggles and conquests In
fed were in danger from trcachcry
chosen Ieadcrs, and new mnchtnat
and alliances of false friends With
foes, they rushed aga1u to the rcscuc,
seized aud bore them aloft in triumph
safety. We have the most convincing pr
ans. abourdlng assurances that this great
al Northern people have determined thai
work they have begun shall be cal
Though to glorious consummation. Tha
b,Iiou and treason shall be orcrtLrown
destroyed, that slavery shall be uttc-l!
ti,1atcd, that this country ehall he the
sccsascd home Of Liberty and Justice,
Tbs Union be made the enduring and st.
rick ard defence Of equal Laws and hu
rights. Aud that thus By the iuvinclble
cI mighty and free people the Great re
lie shall stand colossal, sun Of every
the bulwutk Of freedom, the guide to
s.css, ard the joy aud hope Of the 8
Cling millions. For this great blessing
t!sc people gather in their temples TO-
join heart aud voice In songs Of thanksgi
End crowd His gates with sounding n
le, co..keeratcd walls echo with o
eo8pd ard choral swell, and bells from
ard stccl.c peal forth their LOFTY jabliet
Ernc "at Tic oie, s1ns In the new.
1..ue ont the falee, sihs II the tFne,
Hit. u he valiant man ard iree,
Tit. !ar:rr heart, The kindlier hand:
E!s- oal she dArkr.~s OF the land,
I1:- tn the Ch,I.t that Is 10 bc.