Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-28

OF It's MISSION HlAAAQlln 10 now nEaTlN
three times that of the congregations
in the valleys, IL has 40 mission sta
tioHs; % pastors, IS evangclists, SO
teachers, l 1852 COMMITMENTS, IS day
schools. with 1,66S scholars. and 50
Sabbath schools, with ], ,086 scholars.
New York World: Gen. Grants
studies appear 30 incline him
10 literature rather than oratory
Talking on his legs is an Occupa.
ton which he wisely reirains from,
but talking with his fingers is an
occupation to which he unwisely
addicts himself. A thanksgiving
proclamation / : n literary per,
formsnce for which it is high time
that We had a fixed form 10 be
provided in blank 10 prevent chief
magistrates from making exhibi.
tioms of themselv,. Mr.. Marcy
set good precedent when he an
nounced that sin accordance with
custom" he appointed such a day
as a day Of thanksgiving. Governor
Dix, in Endorsing over so to speak,
TO the people of New York the
Presidents Thanksgiving procla-
matiou has sensibly done little more
than this. But General Grant,
when he takes his pen in hand to
inform the people Of the United
States of anything, wrestles with
that implement in a manner pitecus
to behold. To ''pracucle man. ,
such as General Grant is supposed
to be, there is something exceed
ingly unattractive about turning
off platitudes about the blessings
OF the year, and making an inven-
tory of the same, taking account
of stock, as it were, and finding
considerable balance 10 the
credit Of divine Providenc. No
considerations of this kind vex the
mind of the President, wdo evident
ly takes delight and pride in his
way Of doing it. We are reminded
by the Changing seasons" it
appears, 'to offer thanks for the
mercies and abundance of the year
which is drawing 10 close"
Why the changing seasons should
remind US OF anything of the sort
does not appear 10 u mind less
subtle in the association of its
idea than that Of Mr.. Grant, who
goes on TO enumerate the 'mercies.
Item, the blessings of free govern
menT Except Louisana). Item, the
earth has responded TO the Ia
bors OF the husbandman,' which
is 20 say the farmers have got in
there crops, and so forth. There
fore we are recommended 70 assem-
bic in our places of worship, and
laying aside all political eonten-
tiOns and secular occupations, to OBJ
serv such q day as a day Of rest,
thanksgiving, and praise. Consid-
ering the prevalence OF political
contention and secular occupation
in church during publick worship,
this warning is especially timely,
and We should like to observe il on
such a day if we only knew What
kind of a day such a day was, as
we might know if we had a Chief
Magistrate who was not too vain of
his bad English TO delegate the
drawing of his Thanksgiving proc
lamation 10 somebody who could
write English decently.
LARGE BEoUEsrs-Mr. James T.
Calvin, late of Hamburgb, Iowa,
who departed this life in August
last, after providing for his wife,
his brothers and sisters, and making
contributions TO the American Bible
and Tract Societies, and bequests
to other interests, made the follow
ing bequests TO A. II. RedfOrd, a
gent of the Southern Methodist
Publishing House, for the purposes
herein specified.
Ten thousand dollars for the use
and benefit Of the Board Of Mis-
sions of the N. Z. Church, South.
Five thousand dollars for the
use and benefit of the Sunday-school
Union of the n. Z. Church, South,
of which the Rev. a. G. Haygood,
D. D., is Secretary.
Fifteen thousand dollars for the
use and benefit of the Publishing
House Of the n. L. Church, South,
located in Nashville, Tennessee.
Ten thousand dollars for the use
of the widows and orphans of trav-
cling preachers who have died, or
may die, in the itinerant work.
To this last bequast is to be ad-
ded the residue of Mr.. Calvin:
estate (supposed to be about
$4,000 after paying the severel
bequests.
The amount bequeathed 10 the
widows and orphans is to be inves-
ted as a permanent fund, the inter
est only TO be used.
Union and American: Porer's
majority still climbs. 1t has now
reached A, ,49s. From johnson
and Lake counties no returns hars
vet been received. In the former
/ MAYNARD is about 500 ahead; th'
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