Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-01

biting wind II driving snow, OF Dalmy
air and blooming flower, or scorchine
Eheat and parched ground, or yellow
leaf and golden fruit with ceaseless
round and unfailing regularity-all this
and much more has been provided fol-
the physical wants of man, or has been
brought under the cognizancc Of his
senses, and has elected thanks to the
Great Author for such varied and valued
blessings.
But God has supplied, as far as was
necessary and consistent, mans intel
lectual needs. He enables him to watch
and count, to number and to weigh the
| heavenly bodies; to communicate his
| thoughts to his fellows; to use the light
| ning's wing to bear along n slender
| wire across q continent or underneath
an ocean his hopes or fears, his wants
or wishas, and even to send to distant
lands and other generations his impress
| sions and ideas. He finds in the struc-
ture of a leaf and in the investigation
of the habits and mode of life Of its in
habitants, invisible to the unaided eye,
| material for a life Of labor, and though
he can catch but a glimpse of Gods
| glorious book Of nature, he waits with
humble thankfulness for what he is
permitted to enjoy, till the fair page is
| all unrolled and an eternity his in which
| to examine it.
As to supplying tho spiritual wants OF
| our nature, the mass OF men have not
| thought so much, because bound down
to sense and sight, they have been able
| to silence the cries of their spiritual
| nature, to live us if they had no souls,
| and they have not discovered the album
/ dant provision for the relief of those
wants. But whatever they have re-
| ceivcd in this direction, they have
| surely come from God, and the thought
full in all ages have prayed to Deity for
more light; have expected and longcd
for Il clearer revelation of duty and des-
| tiny, aud Il divine teacher who could au-
| thcnticate his mission and settle some
| of the problems which have attracted
| the attention and detied the powers OF
| unaided reason from the worlds earliest
years. | have thus far purposcly re-
| Trained from referring at all or more
than incidentally to the Christian rcli-
gion, or to the duty of those who profess
it. because | wish to present this duty
at one view. If the reasons for giving
thanks to God are good for men as
such, for the race the world over, and
if they have been recognized and acted
| upon, and have wrought such results,
with what tremendous force do these
| reasons apply to those who profess the
religion OF Jesus Christ! Is there any
thing which so convinceS man of need,
| convictS him of i'll desert, or presents
God rs a kind, merciful bencfactor, ever
intent upon showcring gifts upon his
needy, undeserving creatures, and
browning all in the priceless gifts of his
only begottcn Son, and the u~nSpcakable
| gift of his Holy Spirit as does the reli-
gion we profess?
OUR SPECIAL EAsoN o NATIONAL
THANKSGIVING.
But surely we may to-day find reasons
for thankfulness more direct and per-
sonal than those which apply to all men
and to us only as members Of the race.
| We meet as citizens of the United States
| at the call of the Chief Magistrate Of the
| Nation, and rs citizens of the young
| State of Nevada, in accordance with the
| proclamation of our State Executive
and to-day, as We look over our broad
| land, stretching from ocean to ocean,
from the great Lakes to the Gulf, think
of its immense natural resources, Of its
| rapidly increasing population, Of the
| wonderful development which each year
brings, of the grand opportunities here
| presented for the good and growth OF
men, for the freedom of thought and
action here enjoyed, should we not bless
God that we have so goodly II heritage,
that our lives have fallen in so pleasant
places, that we are Americans, citizens
of the great Republic, heirs Of such
glorious memories, heroic deeds, and
| grand achievements; sharers of privi-
lcges so vast, and shapers of II destiny
| so glorious as hat which lies before
this land? And as we think of national
blessings enjoyed ibis year past, for
| which our hearts and voices should give
thanks, we all pronounce the same
word, first
or PEACE H
The dread clangor of arms has not
been heard within our borders, the o II
of the cannon the CHATTER of mus
| kerry and the crash of steel have not
swept over our valleys and been thrown
| back by our hills and mountains. The
Croan of wounded men fallen on bloody
field, or lying pale in long rows in hos
pital, have not been borne upon the air
| of our land, nor have we heard the sob,
| the sigh, the mourn Of loving ones for
| those as dear rs life, cut down in II
| moment and cast into Il distant, may be
an unknown grave. No tuft Of grass in
| quiet meadow in our land grows grcencr
or more luxuriantly because nurturcd
| by human blood, shed this year in bat
tie. While the plains of Europe have
| echoed to the tread of lcgions, marshall
led for the fray, while her soil has been
| enriched and her streams swollen by
human gore-peace has brooded over
our land, dwclt within the homes Of our
people and the hearts of our citizens.
And this blessing, a year Of peace, we
/ are Well pIcpuiCu W hpPiSN'" 49,
nation ever better, rs we contrast the
present brightness, happiness and quiet
with the gloom, turmoil and anguish OF
the past FIVE years. And though, OF
course, there are grave, important ques:
tions of public policy to be settled, and
views very different, held and presented
with vehemence, even with partisan
violence, yet there does not seem to be
any danger which patriotism, prudence
and forbearance may not safely over,
come, or can the patriot with good rea'
son fear any interruption of the peace
which now prevails among us. God
grant that this nation may learn war nc
more; that Americas sOn may never
again be called to :, fight, to die
upon the battle field; and should
there ever be a time when they
must arm and 60 forth, o, may
they stand together, against q common
foe, in defence of the honor, and exist
ance- and the maintenance of the glory