The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-11-26

| vas planted In the hearts OF the II
titans of England in the days OF I'll
). ntolerant reign of Elizabeth and Il
Z Stuarts and their prosecutions; dri'
>. m to our shores, how little did thes
/ oilgrim fathers know of the greatncs
J II the trust committed to their carC
Is dow unlike our present greatnes
n must have been their conceptions
J when amid storm and sorrow the
= anded ON Plymouth rock? But Go
0 vas in their movements, and endue
:, Them with the spirit and genius c
d The great succeeding nation, viz
g the right of conscience and discover
1 snce of church and State-how IN
B like experiences before. From tn
: time OF the landing of the Pilgrim
and the signing of the Declaration t.
= 70 the present moment, this, unde
c the blessing of God, has constitute,
! the chief corner stone of our grea
and beautiful national structure
S God says to us to-day, "This is M
D way walk We in it, Lay not rud'
( hands upon this foundation of ou
aational happiness. A few year:
ago this nation was rocked and shak
1 en- by the terrible earthquake of civi
) war. All seemed lost. the very
: pillars of the great temple scenes
shaken as by the Samson of destruc
, ton. But thanks te to God "whl
. nakafh yuarS m caa.a ~, ,I,,. ~,
look back the din of battle Is hush
ed, the cloud Of war is passed away
the voice of the husbaudman is heard
in cheerful song all over the land
North and South, prosperity unpar
alleled in the history of the latter, is
now enjoyed. Though men planned
to destroy, God has overruIed foT
our good our national stain has
been wiped out and we breathe puT-
er atmosphere than ever before. So
clearly now do | see the hand OF
God in our midst as IA nation, an
constrained TO say, so give thanks
unto the Lord, for his mercy endur
eth forever" How grateful should
we be that peace fills our land; that
the clangor of war is heard no more,
that the crimson current has ceased
TO flow, that men are literally beat
ing their swords into plOws, and
their spears into pruning hooks, and
our soldiers entered upon pursuits OF
civil life. Nav God impress us with
the truth that our perpetuity, as a
nation, depends upon our moral pu
rity; let us devoutly pray that Pres
ident and Congressman, and all in
authority in common with subjects,
will recognize God as our sovereign.
Never, perhaps, in all our history
as nation, has God more signally
blessed us in supplying our wants
from Name to California the earth
has fairly gro1nei with abundant
crops; the land has yielded her in
crease and the trees OF the field have
yielded their fruit; our threshing
shall reach unto the vintage, and the
vintage shall reach unto the sowing
true, and we shall eat our bread
unto the full and dwell in the land OF
safety. The pestilence Shat walk
eth in darkness" has been kept from
us. The word OF Gaod not only re-
vesls the welcome truth that all his
acts are for the good of man, but
that all matter in the providence OF
God must subserye his interests,
''All things are yours &c. This
fact should fill us with gratitude.
In reviewing the past year We find
some things that bring sadness; We
have not been, as a community, free
from death and disease. Some o!
our best and noblest citizens have
been laid in the grave, to rest till the
great trump OF God shall awaken
them from their long and silent
sleep. But even in these things
have We no cause for gratitude 10
God?
o, how sad the thought that eur
cherished friends must die but how
much more SO were it not for the
glorious light of Gods truth which
shed a halo OF glory around the
grave.
Thanks be to God who givett us
the victory through Jesus Christ, t,Our
Lord" Even now We may liit up
our griefstricken hearts and thank
him that there is land where death
never comes, and where those beau
tiful beings, s,snatched away i'll youths
fair bloom, will dwell forever in our
presence.
Thus, recognizing these gifts as
from the hands OF God, new light is
shed upon the good OF human life
and reveals its sacredness.
'.Wbat hast thou that thou hast
not received ?''
There is everything in this idea to
render these things sacred in our
eyes. We prize the gold and gems
brought from distant lands we Con
slider the gift of a far-Off father sa-
cred-so these should be sacred To
our eyes. Whence do they come
From the far-off Spirit land; from
our Heavenly Father.
God must have purpose worthy |
of such an expenditure of love and
mercy. Can we suppose that God
in all this had no purpose 2
Let us foster the blessings Teceiv-
ell +; foster the growth OF spiritual
virtues
so, give thanks unto the Lord, for
his mercy endureth forever.
New POSTAL DECISION. Unit |
ed States Nail for November pub
fishes a new decision of the Post
Office Department, as follows:
Another, decision OF importance |
has also been made reversing a de-
cision announced some years since)
in regard TO newspapers partly !
printed in one county and Published
in another. Formerly such papers
were decided to be not entitled to
the privilege OF tree circulation al
lowed to newspapers printed and