Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-07-04
CONGRATULATIONS.


EDITORS HERALD AND TRIBUNE:
The earth in her annual revolution has
again swung us around the extreme point
in her orbit called the Summer solstice.
Six months ago we were at the opposite
extreme OF Winter solstices Since that
time We have been whee led by our great
earth chariot through the absolute space
Of one hundred and thirty>6ye millions
Ofmiles. Though we have been carried
several millions of miles further from the
sun, yet we have been tilted southwark
through an arc of more than half quad
rant, so that the solar rays, instead of
ganc;ng at us under the chilling angle of
sixty degrees now stream down upon us
within thirteen degrees of a vertical di-
rcctiOn.
As the result of these revolutions and
variations. we have the vicissitudes of the
seasons. We see in them tue faithful
performance of the promise: "While
the earth remaineth, seed time and bar-
vest, and cold and heat, and Summer, and
Winter, and day, and night. shall not
cease"
The er=haryest claims our attention at
present. We have been brought to see
another of these interesting and important
seasons 1t is not ouly proper but very
beneficial to spend a little time in re-
Fiction upon the season in question. In
regard to it we remark:
LIST. 1t furnishes the occasion for pro-
found gratitude and thankfulness to the
supreme Being. We are dependent up
on Him IN temporal as we'll as in spirit
uai blessings. He gives us our portion in
due season. The eyes Of all wait upon
Him ''Hc openeth His HAND, they are fed !;
lie hideth His face, they are troubled
lie taketh away their breath, they die"
Truly in His hands are the issues of life and
death. and without His favor all human
effort is vain. Paul may plant, Appollos
water but God must give the increase.
And this He has done. He has sent the
iormer and the latter rain, and caused His
sun to shine on the evil aud the gpod,
and has again filed the land with His
goodness. And shall we not thank him
iOr all these blessings? How unkind,
how uncomely it were in us to reap HIS
iarvests. aud eat the good of the land
without returning our thanks tc the great
source of every good and perfect gift.
Under the Mosaic Law, the frst fruits of
all the increase of the land were dedicated
'othe Lord! And is He less worthy of
praise now than then? We're their ben-
cuts greater than ours? Are we less de-
PENDENT than they. Then we are under
The mosssolemu obligations to the Father
oI Aercies' for our bountiful harvest.
nese observations may gain additional
'Orce by considering.
d, End. The timely relief thus afforded
as the old crops are consumed. expccta-
uOn turns upon the new. Supplies grow
suo's'g Scarcity prevails. Many are rap
m'y coming to want. All hope il eentered
u tne coming harvest. Shall il meet the
ss~and! None can answer, The grow
s crop is exposed to many casualties,
a'' cold. storms. foods, drouth, the
,ages OF insects. and to every conceive
.S'e contingency, any of which might
''.''y rob as Of our expectation. Death is
'ai0V'ting in any form but when he leers
y through the gaunt spectre of famine
= truly the liking of Terrors.v To
.'a''d our friends perishing without
~ s4edy' to see them exposed to the "pes-
.'ence that walketh in darkness and des-
j. rs''0a that wasteth at poon-day, ITO hear
We helpless cry.
Osls Oss se me three grains Of corn mother
p ""ee grams Of corn % sstr -
y,reaiize that 'sthe whole staff of life
D'0ksn off"-tis then we feel our weak
e,. saa dependence. and are ready to
Tim. Him who is a present help IN
need. Nor do We come in vain