The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-11-26

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who art in Heaven. We are not nn@
mindful of the laws which control So
eial and historical development; but
BY these laws We believe that God is
personally directing the affairs of hu-
man history, and we hear His voice in
the thunder of revolutions; we reoOg-
nize His judgments IN the overthrow
eli thrones and kings. of tyranny au1
wF0nrs VIC recognize His goodness in /
she tFlamphs- Ol right, 40 the march 4
of humanltY over fallen thrones and /
systems toward freedom, equality au4 4
Christ. Entertaining such notions Of 4
divine rule and humRn dependence,
81 IS eminenily fitting that We, Ia this /
public manner, Acknowledge the lu +
dIyidual ard national blessings of the /
year as the gifts Of Him who GROVE vi
est she year With His goodness.
The year nos near It's close has not
been wanting N those tokens Of
/ Gods parental goodness calculated 81
awaken those feelings Of gratitude
aud reverence proper for an occasion
Ike the present. Il has been one Of
'the years Of the right hand Of the
most High, 30 hi0h, ia future
{ times, the degous Christian shall
/ turn with "a much comfort as aid
the Psalmist to the period CT
| divine intervention mentioned in
! the hopeful utteranee Of the
text.
/ As individuals. we may ind
cause for than ksgiving IN the c0atiau-
0Hce Of oar probationary existence.
During the year we have seen the
death plumes huttering il the breeze.
/ We have stood In the hushed and
silent room and gaZed upon the pallid
| features Of the dead. We have
looked down into gaping graves and
heard the dull sound of the olods fall
ing upon the collins of those late as
full of life as We. But, amid these
ravagas, We have been spared, and the
sable messenger still fingers as Il NJ
willing to summon Us hence. we
have Again been greeted with the genial
, sunshine and sweet music of Spring
We have again felt the bot breath, and
gazed upon the growing. beauties, OF
: Summer; we have again gazed with
admiripg wonder upon the gorgeous
( tints of natures sutumnal psgei aod
= now, as the cool breezes Of approach
S ing Winter herald the death OF an
/ other year, our hearts are still beat
: ing with healthful life, and years TO
% come seem our probable heritage.
And when we remember that life IS
the agency BY which We achieve the
exalted destiny of eternity that ne
who lives may claim and grasp heT-
itage that arehangels wing has never
reached; that these moments days
: and years, are golden rounds IN the
= celestial ladder over which the splrli
: may climb to the sunny crest Of eter'
nal life; we shall see what an IN
: speakable blessing is the privilege O.
!. living, and be. constrained this day Il
i thank God that we are yet alive.
The abundant horuests s0bich hGUt
. re1arded the to5t Of The htts50Bdn1dls
Y and banished famine and want from
our borders, furnish another reason
. for thanksgiving. The products 0
the soil are the primary foundation 0
. all prosperity. Fleets and armies
II commerce and manufactures, selenel
r and art. all depend upon the harvest
> without which all the wealth AM
;, power Of the earth would be as worth
q less as the dust beneath our feet
% Ceres. the goddess of the harvest, /
8. far miehtier than Mars, the God Q
n var. And this has been a year Whe
uaAUEE has ACGA AAH AGAA Az A4N- E1AAl
gifts. Our wheat fields, swept BY tn
sumner breeze, seemed like an IN
N ! bounded billoWy sea of gold. ia
p corn fields, embracing a wider are
than heretofore, have grO8ned be
- meath the weight Of golden eari
ne Oar orchards have been laden wit
ae ruddv fruit. The vineyards, nestlin
,a among the hills, have given US thel
rich and delicious clusters, and I'd
% springing grass has furnished rich pa
le turaqe for T" the cattle on a thoUsan
Is hills" Beneath the sunny skies {
he the South, and on fields lately des'
"a lated BY the raVages of war, the snow
i@ cotton. and Juicy cane have yielde
re their treasures IN abundance TO Cd
ed hand of free labor. Nature, fro
On her exhaustless storehouses, has lille
the land with plenty, and made /
millions glad. And on this glad di
ID, it is fitting that, with grateful hear
ee and feryent lips, ne praise Him vi
Ak Is the giver Of the harvest.
% We find cause for gratitude in L
NO general heQltHfulRess Of the gsGs0
We know Of no year when q
country at large has Bhari
such exemption from the seour
us Of disease. Tne pestilenGe that wal
we eth In darkness has not breathed
~ deadly poisons upon our towns al
cities. No frightfUl epidemic b
rse made our people stand aghast at G
1g fearful magnitude of lts raYages.
Of comparative exemption from dread
am diseases, our country has worn up
- its cheek the rosy hue of health, g.
10 its heart has beat with vigorous II
To the nation at large, the gear Il
been one of unparalleled prosperity.
I'll. spite of the predictions Of Thousand
no great financial panic has swept vi
ruinOus fury over the land; aud
en- spite of the enormous expendltul
out made in the recent struggle for
ns maintenance Of an undivided matte
~, atty, the American Republic, duri
the past year, has been the only I
ssV' ton on the globe which has reduC
rect its national indebtedness. While {
fter Old World has been largely 5esoiat
LIZ By the hand Of remorseless war; Wh
the nations on our south, and
eau islands adjacent, have been the scel
lose of sanguinary strife, our country
was rested II entire exemption from
90 eign invasion and internal dissent
! The sacred ensign of our national
Ns'' whose broad stripes and bright st
TO have been mirFored on every riy
,nse lake and sea. has everywhere b
honored; and the nations who. bu
few years since, would have trailer
was ia the dust, have bowed with rev
lar ence if not with fear beneath
riot. waving folds. Our commerce
fore flown unrestricted through q thousi
spacious channels, Our manufaC
- ries have sent out, in unpFeceden
With abundance, their varied products
non, give activity TO trade and comfort
the the people. Towns aud cities b
- sprung up as if By magic On the pll
Of the mighty West, where late
Mr. untutored savage had none 20 dist
for his barbaric rule. Railroads b
! be multiplied with a rapidity almost
No., yond oredulity. The star of freed
breaking IN unobseUred splenS
sem- through the dispensing clouds OF 7
has shone as a beacon light TO
he'd poor and oppressed Of every eli
,or And this year, from the Enc
Isle; from the hills Of Scotland
give the cities and villages IF Engls
Z b. rom Che bleak homes Of the MOI
ran and che SWsde from the sec
light Fatherland Of she industrious q
F. 10. ron: and from tho mighty q