The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-26

tion or the Day-In Church ana nc the Dim
ncr Tabie-The ReIiwion Of rho Consultation
as Defined On she Mayhower. s
~ 8 sa ~ BERIIN, Nov. 28--MdnighG
Prepostsrous IT may seem, though have just
returned from jubilant celebration OF Thanksgiving,
viii attempt TO tell you something Of the nay in which
the Americans In Berlin have spent the day apart
by the President for prayer and praise. IT,.
went towards noon to the cosy American chapel in
Junker strasse 70 listen Thanksgiving sermon The
preacher Rev. Or. E g. Robinson, Of the theological
Seminary In Rochester having taken for his text the
tenth ana fourteenth Inclusive II the eighth chap
ter Of Deuteronomy proceeded TO develop Is optis
discourse any Fourth Of July orator could have dona
His grounds and for this Offering Of national
incense were however, novel and well put that they
for the part did mot hackneyed, but elected
the assent or his sudiencs consisting Of shout eighty
etsens OF the Great Republic
"when thou hast satsn,n saith Mosss sand art full
than thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for tho good
get not The Lord thy God in not keepIns his command
ments and hn Judgments and his stat(ees which COM
full and hast built goody houses and dweit therein
and whom thy herds and thy hocgs multiply aud Thy
silver and thy gold ID multiplied and al thou hast Is
multiplied, then nv heart b lifted up ana thou forget
tho Lord thy God"
However said the learned doctor. the Psnaasuch may
be thought unworthy Of credit thing u that
the foundation Of the constitution Of our govern
Therefore, departing from the traditional method
Of Thanksgiving day sermons, propose 70 bring to
your notice the grounds for Thanksgiving which espe
cialy strike American tourist, comparing and
contrasting European impressions with those Of bis
country. We have to be thankful nyss for tho
Protestant element underlying national life and
character However much may honor Jefferson the
real constuton Of the United States Was not created
BY him and his Congress, bat II the outgrowth
Of the resolutions drawn up on board the Maynowsr
BY ths constitution do the scrap Of paper We
call SUCH but the living principles recognized by tho
people. The articles Of confederation, artincally
created proved insufficient because they had no
the popular ia Just religious persecution fell to
The ground from lack Of popular SUPPORT and the tolerant
doctrines Or Roger williams and others a. last asserted
thor right. These principles moro common the
whole country than apt TO bellows Tor mp The
last generation 1t least three-fou tho educated
people Of the South had been trained II Northern ns
tutions and the removal Of ministers and lawyers from
New York 10 New Orleans from Charisslcn 70 Boston,
by no means uncommon. Al The sens II overseers
In Virginia were driven out by the exclusIvsnsss Of
landowners and high church TO become pioneers Of
Kentucky, they Waited by Professions missionaries
and Imbuod with the republican spirit which has
since those days died away. Defining high
cburchism as the belief thas any other
human being or cot OF human bsngs were
capable or comforting the right Of sonship by
manipuations, he declared that high churchman
during the had proved faithful to the Union A
kind Provdcnos had caused earlier attempts coonixa.
ton by Roman Catholics and others TO fail II these
had succeeded how different would have been the his
tory Of the country A second Of thankfuiness
he dwes upon the influence Of tho pulpit In America
showing that while here - Europe, and svon In Eng
from the sacred desks In the United aases
ddactic. inssructng church sosrs hrch philosophy
and doctrines and developing ethical questions In
way adapted 70 the plAinsst understanding Even
Yankee shrex dnoss 10 mainly due 70 hsSt Of review.
ing and criticisng sermons week By week No little
a. xmsssn q r. Ssvs
ever csssmed and IN ever Claim the right 70 apply
z ~ sod wo e n q Ss and
clergy. II may brought about thai ever memor.
ssrvsa the psop. the oS . even 70 sSs
end; and thanks DO 70 God from whom comsih victory
future Mr. Lincoln, blamed as be was for hardness In
forming resolutions recognized we'll the fact that the
often waited FOR their suggestions. Earopeans. and
especially EuGishmen, often urge that there church
division into sects was in bis opinion, third cause Of
thankiuluess Without religious life Ia America would
have become Is ssss - = y " me o'd World with ~
cordial strife be attibuted tho
,srSs. which provides - every city, yea In s.ey ham
dismayod by the discord s pervadng tho upion; but
this very controversy really the qua Of prog
might DO reason for apprehensons; but with young
republic not yet walked It's great destiny, this very
strifo 70 the proise Of noble future the only qucs-
ton was the destiny Of the former bondsmeo. hey
might either become the bootbacks Of the nation,
s r.. .Sssrssa sss4y pss
msnuon AmaIaamation was but 20 pronounce
against ~ the desrsdaon q whole race 70 become
thought Of In FREQ country The only choce rornau-
ing emiTrssion, ana for this God IN His providence
By disclosing tho natural advantages q thai great con-
nent which has 90 long bscn the ezra ncosaa Of the
have during the lass generation smisaed the very
teeth OF commerce. 70 tho United StAtes u may b well
TIE ever growing eomsrcs, ana sock osunry which :
almost 70 Them Fatherland
In order % accommodate ne ever ,ucrsssus American
colony the largest dining hall in tho city. walch hap
pensd also % y the most bssusiu mat q me Hotel
our ssnas as;s COPY q he Pa':,.sS ave :s,ss
apsrsmens was presided over BY M Bsacrofs -Four
Sy %snsss u ne sclanissss. Colonel sss. acnsai
-krslssman, Mr. Fostsr, Of Nov York ME- W.
y cameron =. . S sss ~ ' ps:a.s s.s q
the popular hcuse Of The Landbay, and Herr Won
q a s,sssSs nfns a
Ranks, Professors TciisAmp and zompA and Dr. Fried
The hail. thrgs square saloon with gided walls and
fresc3sd calling. ornamensed ~ portrait or wash
ingtor. astefuy drapcd witt hres Amer Tags and
By = union Of The Amer ensign with that 81 she
North German Rand and the Prussian eagle. t4s
This mcss brilliant Of Amsricaa celsbrsions In Berlin
made especially dsstingas by the large number or
ladcs present. Indeed than half Of the company
~ the banquet were Of the fsrsr Comparisons
always insidoua yet NEED take offence " cay
that among the brilliant tolees that Of MrS KrcIssman
ilac robe With lace and FUR trimmings; that Of Mrs.
Bliss striped six. OF by diamond bvncelsts aud
rssn neckiacs and " Miss strngbsm. OF DelroIl
nowcred satin with ermne CAPE were particularly srik-
Ing The guests on being seated found ~ thsr plates
ths following wsnu:--
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