The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-11-30

THANKsGIyING. This Thursday, Nov.
90 being the day set apart by Our polite al
Father ANDREW at Washington, a, day
of Thanksgiving to Him who doeth al
things seH, we issue our paper one dag in
advance in order that our-elve. and our
printers may give praise to that Providence
which has vouchsafed many and manifold
blessings to US during the year coming to,a
close; anu we propose to make an attempt
at Sermonizing on the day. Some may
look at this attempt of ours at preaching
Thanksgiving Sermons, as fit illustration
of ''Satan reprovlng Sin. But We sh IL
not be be particular as to the title such may
apply to Us, for they must allow that even
,ho devil hinselfis engaged III good work
when he is ''reproving sin, IT, indeed, he.
is ever found employed in business Of that
sort. We sfAll take for op text
Being enriched in everything TO all bounti-
fulness, which causeth to US tn nHsGiying 10
God.-2d Cog1at,,taI4S, i chap. l ta rerse,
I.eyetencing the custom Of our tather>,
Of setting apart particular day III the year
for the public worship of Almighty God, by
thankseiving, praise, and prayer, our Pres
idcnt by public procIama,ion, appointed
this day tthe 2gihj for that purpose. 1t Is,
therefore, becoming in US, erring creatures,
10 properly observe the same; that with
l,eart, Of gratitude to the great Gvcr and
prescrver to US Of every good-civil or re
hgious temporal or spiritual individual o.
pa,iDnaI-vc .'cntcr into His gates with
thank giving, and into HIS gates with
praise; to be thankful unto Him and
d,lcss lis name, for his abundant goodness
TO u7 through the past year-besccchiug
Him tpr the continuance Of the same, that
esp. cr,lly asa people an,! as Il nation, lie
would protect Us in the successful enjoymcn'
If a goodIy heritage preserve TO Us ou.
national independence, and continue Us j
great, united, and happy people.
II The ardent and warm- heated Apostle
au,, chol tie Church at that time enrich
cA 10 ali bountifuiucsS, surrounded IA 1t
was ly persccutirg aud bloG'l seeking enc
mics, who, under authority Of law hunted
the disciples a. wild beasts, how indesciiba-
ily increased are oar obligations to render
thanksgiving to linn Tor manifestations OF
70 u.uch mercy and - much Kindness as we
cijoy Is people How wonderfully are we
enriched in tie civilizations and the periCc-
ton Of human institutions since the Gospel
wa, preached in ,he wild~ Of Judea, and the
harsh features Of rhe Jewish code were dis
placed TOR the covenant of LOVE-
Whcn toe poor troubled soul burst its saacklcs
of fear,
And rejoiced that the Kingdom Of heaven drew
Who can fail to see the hand ofa heneti-
cent Prov idence IN guiding the Pilgrim
fathers to tnis rev World, as yet unpOutcd
ty the, wrongs and expressions of the old, tc
provide free II happy home ttr carrying
ont, a, far as tney can he carried out on
earth, those diyiue truths which belong to
10 nation or sect, but are the properly OF
the world? Here all WAS new and uniformed,
and those man made etlicts which had
CONSTRUCTED he'll Of ign:ted OAK for
those V ho dared assert that belief was not
the mere volition of will, and which had
come down with the awful hoar Of ages was
unknown and unheedetl The mltred form
which had cnyeloped III Its mystic ODE the
power of kings and .plnces, and under
which Laud and Tolquemaeo dealt out
patton Ivy caprice, here lost its power to
damn or bless, and God alone was acknowl-
edged Lord 0 all
''EIis doctrines fell lik. heavens rain,
His words refreshed like heavens dew"
Before the day of our freedom from, king
and tyranny, sore were the trials to which
were subjected our fathers in the wilderness;
He Withdrew not he pillar of cloud 10y day, !,
nor the pillar of fire by night TO guide them
to their final delivery To show that He
vas no respecter of persons, and regarded
no: the forms Of worship which "graceless
g,alots' mistake for pure religion, he
brought together the various sects, and
united them with one common cause He
made dstincticus o.! church aud religion to
be forgotten in the patriotic srte. The
Nafre Episcopal WASHINGTON was the
comraniu, in arms Of The Foreiqu Catholic
LAFAYETTE. Frc,.ch and 1i~h Catholics,
German Lutherass and Connecticut Puri-
tsns, fought IKE brothers for civil liberty.
and the unmole>ted right 10 Worship Goa
as each saw proper; and the smile Of HIS
appreciation was on therl as ii was Of old in
Ajaion vale, when the kings Of the earth
trenibled before the manifestations of his
presence Their crowning triumphs were
the establishment of civil government
rec0gDiSing no form Of religious opinions as
necessary to procure place and promotion
Thps was = new Eden prepared for the
family Of man, and we were enriched in
everything to all bountifulness, which
causeth TO US thanksgiving to God. ="
II was cur inscrfiou to prosecute this text
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