Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-11-27
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tt1C tctSCt tEEdG lIS AGHuGt 4 Iu2QhSElyll
- 3f the people Of the United States fal
~ ,itle next Thursday. It is q custom
which We all subscribe and it is hope
I, siiat It will be continued as IoI
l' - taus8 various States hold tOgetit
"a IL 8 n,1ional confederation.
p. :;G@ We fear that the intended s.,
q plication of the day has become Of lai
E years more lonored III the breach tha
IA the observance. Originally designe
as 4 day Of literal thanksgiving t
p, Almigli:y God fer the mercies an
: blessings Of the past year and for th
L sEcoess which crowned the effort
q TIE LUsbandnan, it's use has bee
perverted to that of general holiday
: and 1t really seems as if those wlt
render thanks on Thanksgiving Day
haTe become very few in the land
It is day Of feasting, it is true, bu
= IS also day Of prayer ard prais,
fnd tho religious obseryances of til,
occaslon should not be made to sue
: cumb entirely to enjoyment. It should
be remembered that ''every good gill
a2d every perfect gift is from above
and coneth down from the Father oi
lights, With whom IS no yariab. e.
1cS5 neither shadow Of turning
and we, who boast ourselves on
the fact thai we are Christian
! patton, should not forget or neglect to
render our humble thanks where these
/ thIhAs axe pre- emiDently due. IA
"IllctIon or distress, when the heart is
! bowed down and the soul paralyzed
with grief and we lay helpless ct the
. iAelcy ol = cruel fate, ali men, whether
protesting Christians or not, turn TO
q POwel that is above themselves, above
tie earth. a5oyc ri fate, and Lumbiy
cast then os il tie dust, pleading for
mercy asi FOR help. Yet when the
scene cil-I8-s and peace and plenty
and prosl .arijy walk hand in hand
with a. a.l2ls- The pleasant ways. we
forge tl2o GrEet tr&5 erstwhiIe bowed
IL Gown a. ;,ra strangers 10 the
God 0Aoaa l.ld and protection We have
invoked Il cur dark hours
Iuase thoughts are ret only natural
to tle dry on which they axe publish
oL, bat to the subject which has called |
then. forth. Il there ever was, in the
history cf this country, It Ihankssiv- (
i4G Day oa which the coed and true
people Of t..i5 Land, and especially .
those of t53o Southern States, should /
worship, IS with one heart, with the /
faces Of tIeir souls turned towards the
Mecca q .heir hopes and their de8t,-
mes, i Is that which Is now So near at
hand. \ Merc:fpl Providence has
been with rs during the ;rSs5s .-ca- aid
H. blessings have indeed been mani
EoiI. Pace las truly abode
vi-li2 our walls and pleutcoualcss
Within eur palaces. Our Garuars
4aye i51o2 iu.lwltn ali manner Of stores
ez-.l t:.era has beer. no decay aud no Civ
ing @aav into captivity - Our Land.
TIE ltAcss = lie LusDalGman have
ben rewarded With most 5ounteous
ha~ytata; dissase and restiienoo have
rot sta}:-c.: abroad n or et-oe;a,
either y day or ~ night, ana tic
8tr Il i IS oar enemies and Cnpress-
ols L.; ose2 bsol'en anj they t4cIa-
s=iTcs ~aa. Gown from their high
places. i IS true that there Is dis
--e*. = The -Aa>., but no famine; there
L ''-<.--l>ss.= 8 "a St5@5h' but 20 pe8tlIsh-
- '.4..'--. at, s--eEe IS |,i'-., misery
a-'s -si> COMMON l2i.c2i-:'1it'9
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