The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-01

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THANKSGIVING IN THE CITY.-The day
set apart by the President of the United
States and Chief Executive of the State of
Indiana was not SO generally observed as Q
day of Thanksgiving as we had supposed It
would be. Many business houses were not
closed but for a small portion Of the day,
and some notfat all. The observance Of
the day was of course matter of con-
science, but we should have been pleased
to. have seen general suspension Of bush
ness, as well out of respect to the sugges-
lions of the powers that be as that it would
have been an acknowledgement of the mer-
cies and goodness of the Great Ruler of the
Universe. AS far as the enjoyment of
good dinners was concerned, we think
from our observations that the observance
of the day was pretty general. We had
the pleasantly painful opportunity of de-
Ginning several kind Invitations to dinner,
the kindness, of generous friends having
rendered such a course a necessity. We
thank our friends none the less for their
kind intentions. r.e gszsF ~ s,a s~grv,
~ Religious exercises were held in mostof
the chure1 es.e Services were held in the
Sixth Street Temple, at 8 O'Clock, and we
broke through ourusual habit oflate rising
to attend at that place of worship. The
morning was cool, but beautiful and pleas
ant; andiwe were greatly disappointed to
ind so few present. One fair daughter of
Israel, after the close of the sermon, ex-
pressed an opinion that herpeople was too
much devoted to business to attend the
sanctuary on a.week day. The exercises
we're brief, but highly pleasing; and, to
those who understood the languages -4Ger-
man and Hebrew-in which the services
were conducted, they must have been deep
ly interesting and edifying. The music by
the. choir was highly pleasing and beauti-
full, and reelected much credit on the young
ladies aud gentlemen composing the choir.
The religious exercises were conducted by
Mr.. Simon Hecht, Principal of the Hebrew
School, and acting Pastor of the Congrega-
tion- Alter music by the choir, the offici-
attng Pastor read in Hebrew, or rather
of Morning Prayers, commencing on the
18th page EEMHM4 ii 81
Happy are the inmates of Thy House!
They ever praise Thee. Selah.- Happy the
people who are .thusi Happy the people
whose Lord is God! Psalm AS. Davfd's
Lord, the kingl and praise Thy name for
ever and ever. will daily praise
Thee, and sing thy. name. for ever
allied in praise, and His greatness is beyond
research. One generation shall praise Thy
works to another, and shall tell Thy onni-
Of Thy glorious majesty, and Thy marvel
Gus works, which ever speak OF Thy ire
mendous power; and will declare Thy
greatness. The memorial of thy abundant
goodness they shall perpetually utter, and
sing of Thy righteousness. God is benign
and benevolent, long suffering and OF ex-
ceeding grace. God is good to all, and His
benign1ty is over all His works. All Thy
works adore Thee, sOGodG and Thy spions
ones praiselThee. They speak of the glory
of Thy kingdom, and tell of Thy power to
make known His omnipotence to the sons
of men, aud the glorious splendor of His
| kingdom. Thy kingdom is an,everlasting
kingdom, and Thy dominion lasteth
throughout all generations. God is sup
| port 10 all the sinking, and raiseth up
all those who are bent. The eyes
of all wait upon Thee, and Thou
! givest them their. food in due season.
Thou openest Thy hand and satisfiest the
desire of every living thing. God is right
| ecu S in all His ways, and gracious in all
/ call on Him in truth. He fuIfills the de-
sires of them who venerate Him; He hear
eth their supplication and saveth them.
/ God guardeth them VINO love Him. but lie
viii destroy ali THE wi ked. Let my
mo tn utter the alteration of God, and
let all flesh praise His holy name for
| ever and ever. And, also, we will praise
lujah.
After this reading, the choir sung a
beautiful song, and the pastor delivered a
fluent and earnest address in German, the
subject, as we are informed, having refer
ence to the occasion for which they had, as
sembIed. He spoke eloquent and WELL
AfterstIie address the reader repeated the
l5Oth Psalm, the congregation responding
as follows:
liia In temples high the Lords abode, let
hymns ofjoy arise, And thousandfold the
praise of God resound in azure skies. u
AZ o Sqs ana nd affs's poW wei
/ which aught else exceeds on earth in
| heavens space. Oh, wake the trumpets
| merry sound and playlt sweetest strainss
on harps with strings of silver bound to
praise the Lord who reigns. Oh, shake the
timbrels, tread the dance, and strike sthe
notes advance to praise His mighty name
Let Israel's glorious son rejoice and raise
the cynlbals high; the brazens icymbal'S
changing voice re-echo from the sky. Let
all That live in one accord unite and
s0r'aise the Lord. Praise We the Eord.gkA q
H@Praised be Godforever, - - . -
C.-Amen and amen,
H.-Praised be God from Zion. He who
is enthroned in Jerusalem.
C.-Hallelujah.
H-Praised be God, the Lord the LORD
of Israel who alone worketh miracles; anC
praised be the name of His glory forever
And may the whole earth lforeyer, reHec
His glory. ''t3'f" -i'V' ~
C-Amen and amen.
. IL Another beautiful and touching Psalm
was sung antiphonally by the choir anC
the Reader, and the exercises closed Will
the first part OF the morning prayer fount
ON the 9Th page of the Book of Daily
Prayers From the Sixth Street Temple
we made our way to the
WALNUT STREET CHURCH, where unior
services were held by the various Presby
terian congregations of the city. The at
tendance was not as large as we had Hntic
! 1pated; still there was large congregation
/ nrcsent. The music hy the full choir. wa.