The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-11-21
THE DAILY APPEAL
CHURCH SERVICES ON THANKsGIv-
ING DAY.

ing discourse as was delivered or
Thanksgiving morning in the Episcopa
Church, by the Rev. J. Fraser, Pastor
of the Presbyterian Church in this city
The text selected was rs follows: "GO
your way, eat the fat, and drink the
sweet, and send portions unto them for
whom nothing is prepared; for this day
is holy unto the Lord; neither be We
sorry, for the joy of the Lord is your
strength The speaker proceeded to
remark that on this occasion it was
his easy and pleasant duty to sugges,
motives for gratitude. All the easier
that the text was appropriate, The
Jews aud all Christian nations had
Thanksgiving festivals at the close of
the year. Some of these Jews wished
TO turn the day into one Of humiliation
aud fasting, as appears now to be the
wish of certain Massachusetts clergy
men. The tendency to Pharisaism was
arrested then, and he trusted would be
now. Such a departure from the old
ways would be worse than doctrinal de
fiction. A proposal for fasting was
originally turned into this festival &C,
casicn, when the fathers had little to
be thankful for aud not much to keep
Thanksgiving with. As the feas, was
now National like the Jewish festival.
he would go back to the National bis.
tory for motives to gratitude. On the
analogous occasion the Jew was called
on to remember that his father was a
Syrian ready to perish whom God
brought from - beyond the fiood"-the
Euphrates-for divine, proyidential pur-
poses. We had no occasion 10 be
ashamed of the Anglo-Saxon stock to
which We belong. Their fathers in
Egypt, as they were not allowed to
forget, were few in number, like a |
feeble vine so were the colonists of
our country. God least out seven ma
lions" by pestilence before Israel as
He prepared the way, by thus remov.
ing seven nations of the Aborigiues for
colonization in sthese United States |
The speaker then proceeded to remark
that contrasts Supplied stronger rea-
sons for tdankfulness than even such
analogies. Their land was good land,
but no. like ours. God, who planted a
garden eastward in Eden, reserved
world here westward in America, where
man was 10 be transpianted. The moral
code of the Jews was the perfection of
law; but ceremonial usages were to keep
them apart. Hence manufactures were
discouraged, commerce interdicted, |
and the fine arts forbidden. Our his.
tory, institutions and religion united
and assimilated all races and classes.
They degeuerated from free institutions
aud came to hare King like the ma.
tions around. We bring the nations I
around TO DO without Kings like cur 7
selves. They went down into Egypt
and were brought up from oppression,
Egypt came down to us and the more
delivered ourselves from being oppres-
'ors. We have avoided the rock on
which they split, and remain united, n
homogeneous and happy n
people" He said, "let US forget pri
'ate, local and temporary causes of a
orrow. Gloom is sin against the :
easoD; against the God who Ills our S
'earts with good and gladneas against
he spirit of our religion. In this newer
'ew England, in this more western u
West" having reached the Pacific
lope of American history lie: us cherish c
bis feast, by the memories of the past;
J household reunions and home re-
,embrances; by caring for the poor; L
y seeking to make the day National
y personal religion powerful enough
} show itself felt ia sanc,iied patriot.
in, sanctifed feas,ing, sancii6ed joy !,
-"everything' sanc,i6ed by the word
God and prayer" During the de Gl
very Of the eutire discourse the speaker
as listened to by all present with I'M :
iviaed attention. 1t was indeed an n
fort worthy of the heart which pro-