Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-12-03
THE RUTLAND HERALD,
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, &c, 1868,


prtsident Of the United States and the
Governor of this Commonwealth TO be
deserved as day of Thanksgiving and
Praise TO Almighty God" This time
honored festival, which was in former
days confined to New England, has
become national observance. A sublime
moral spectacle presented OF whole
people reverently bowing before the God
Of Nations, at the gathering in of the
harvests, and gratefully acknowledging
the benefits received from His hand The
most precious gifts of Providence be-
slowed on individuals or nations cease tobe
blessing when gratitude is not felt and
acknowledged towards the author Of them,
The manifest blessings Of the past are
such as to force upon the mind, with
eanal impressiveness, our dependence
upon Him before whom the rulers and
N. Kingdoms Of this world are as grass.
The responsibilities which God in liis
ir.,rulNle Providence is devolving upon
the ,oplc of this land-the duties for
which he i educating them, the tasks for
which lie is strengthening them are yet
hidden in the impenetrable future which
tor own purposes ever covers the be-
uedocnt designs Of the Almighty Bat
there i. enough thrown forth upon tho
gh-,urug mists OF ,he future, to shadow
anon the coutemplstive mind, the awful
magnitude Of the duties and response
hil,,v. that await Us, Let no man pre-
sumc 10 define those duties nor TO quail
beivr. the A,niate, which calls Il, 70
,A"u safe in the hands of Cod dis
l.iu1 power, We shall always be equal
our tasks, We must not anticipate them
u,r.hrtnk from them
.,.ar country occupies at this time
,s,yh position, having shown that it Is sbl'
"a ,ucces,fully battle with its open and
..,r4, enemies The highway Of nations
i, within our grasp-the unmeaeurahl'
,rtnut,s Of nature flow from her rich prai
vja.-hpr commerce whitens every sea
beg arm, and her valor circle as with
bel, ot glory, the peaceful pursuits Of he
people The hopes Of millions Of the OF
pressed in the old world rest upon her
the fruit of the Almighty power develope
her unfolding strength and commands h.
energies
With such county 60 benotioentiy ca
i,wcd with the resources of all climas-
- powerfully upheld by the favor of hea
yon.-.a Sloriou>ly ealighted by the art
of Peace. the schievements of War and IN
triumph, Of pure and untehled r,ligio
with such = country how deeply shoul
the American heart be- impressed, an
how .,lemnly should the American pul-
throh its grateful marches to the thron
ol that Eternal grace TO which all Of Amer
4ean glory, prowess, art or power Is attril
u,4h.a II becomes Us while We bow re,
-f~q..y before the power and mHie>ty
aur Et~rn ii Father. TO pledge everlsstin
Hl"rl'y ?, his laws, unswcrving faith
HI, Omni,ence, and untaltering We
al who's are his children. His ProyidenC
A,, raised up the tyrant of the worl'
H.. Providence will remove them. tt
..r,h j. hl- and the fullncss thereof, "
Aa, are the. Instruments ot His Prov
i-uce-thc peculiar children of His boul
" the peculiar subjects Of His govern
u"nt should ever be wAtchful for tho
,uiudatc, by which his laws are heralde
and oar duties defined and by which |
will in hi. own good tim" fulfil his Pror
,-A- tn "all the nations fanatics and XII
lrel Of the earth
Aside from the religious rites Peculis
,i the festival-it is day of pleasant r.
union --oi social intercourse--of cheerfl
past time II season Of rational recreation
Oar ynpathies, too, are enlarged on tn
DAY. and how more freely-the hea
beats warmer toward all our chariti
ar, less stinted, and desire is felt tn
al -hould share in the festal occasion, Il
poor around us and the stranger with
D.. our xtto- Such is tho day, and such
lts tendencies May our readers enjC
many return OF the day.