The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-02
THANKSGIVING.

l dfyIlCdI IdDle, tQdU cOSU HUGH -laUOT,
is given IN the North H'estel4sl 81.
THANKSGIVING. lge
4 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
!. STATES OF. AMERICA-A PROCLABIA-.
2 T1oN. 1ra
In conformity with recent custom
that may now be regarded as estab-
| lished on national consent and APP
I proval, /, Andrew johnson, Presi-
| dent Of the United States, do hereby
! recommend to my fellow citizens, that
Thursday, the. 18th day of Novem-
Der, be set. apart and observed
| throughout the Republic as day of
national thanksgiving and praise to
the Almighty Ruler of nations, with
whom are dominion and power, and
who makes peace In his high places.
desisting and refraining from secular
labor on that day. Let us reverently
and devoutly give thanks to our
| Heavenly Father for the mercies and
blessings with which He has crowned
the now closing year; especially let us
remember that He has covered our
land through all its extent with
greatly needed and very abund-.
I ant haryests; that he has caused in
dustry to prosper not only in our
fields, but also in our forests, He
has perm tilted US to multiply ships
upon our lakes and rivers, and upon
the. high seas, and at the same time
/ to extend our iron roads so far into
the secluded places of the continent
as to guarantee speedy overland in
tercOurse. between the two oceans
He hasrinclined our hearts to turn
away from domestic contentious and
connections, consequent upon a dis. !
tracing and deSolating civil war, and
to walksmere and more in the ways Of
| loyalty, cancellation, and brotherly
love. He has blessed the peaceful
efforts with which we have esta blished |
new and lmpofta at commercial treat
les with foreign nations, while we 1
| have. at the same time strengthened |
our national defences and greatly en-
larged our national borders. While |
thus rendering the unanimous and |
| heartfelt tribute of national praise |
and thanksgiving, which Is so justly |
due to Almighty God, let US not fail |
to implore Him that the same Divine |
protection and care, which we have
hitherto SO undeservedly and yet so
constantly enjoyed, may be continued
u
| through all the generations forever. |
In witness whereof, | have here
| unto set my hand and caused the seal |
of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, |
the 10th day of October, in the year
of our Lord 1867, and the Independ- |
ence of the United States the ninety |
second. 49,.
Il. 81 ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President.
VIM. III. SEWARD, Secretary of State. |
By request, we publish the follow
ing letter of DIR. Cuyler, in answer to
one from Mr.. F. G.. Ensign, Western
Secretary of the Christian Commits
sion, ST. Louis, Mo. 1t was circulated |
as printed document at the late
Christian Convention at indianapolis. !
We accede to the request, with the
belief that it is valuable and will be
as Acceptable to most of the mem
bers'of our churches as the ordinary
amount of religious news;
BROOKLYN, March 20. 1867.
DEAR SIR--In reply to your request,
/ send you few brief statements in |
regard to the organization and opera
| tons of the Lafayette Avenue Presby- !
Iterian Church. The success of our
! church is largely due, under God, to
the indefatigable hard work of the
members, and to the policy which the
| church. has steadily pursued. From |
the outset we have aimed at a
thoroughly aggressive work for the |
conversion of souls and for the pro-
motion of Christian reforms. and all |
this on an Evangelical and techni-
cally Calvanistic" basis. 1t has
been an earnest, loyal, anti-slavery,
temperance mission school and revi- |
val Church, throughout its brief his
| tory. s"4Hxe3
Our Church was organized in 1867. 4
but installed its first Pastor in April, |
1866. During these seven years the |
number of its comrnunicants has risen
to ], 073; the largest church of our de- |
nomination. We now have about i 300 |
| children under Sabbath School in |
struction We sustainalso two separate /
free chapels In which the Gospel is |
preached and Sabbath Schools main |
| tanned every Lord 5 day, the main edi- |
| fee and its auxiliary chapels affording |
accommodation for three thousand /
hearers. In connection with the church |
is temperance society Of over one
thousand members, which, during the
/ Winter and Spring, holds series of /
monthly meetings, which are adj
dressed by eminent speakers, and at
tended by the best audiences. One
evening lately the spacious building
was filed by most intelligent as
semblage to hear a total abstinence