Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-11-29
EAT. DRINK AND Nh nERnY.

ON Plymouth Rock. Massaehu-
sstts. They came from England to
escape persecution. They insisted that
they bad q right. - men. 70 worship
God In their owa way. and. 30 insisting.
they preferred exile nom their native
land. to . tyranny which sought to
s~nslsvs their souls ~ we'll a. their
They came to a strange land.
and mingled with . strange people.
They endured many hsrdships. and suf-
fsrsd many trials. But through Il all
those sturdy old pilgrims stood true to
their religion. and never one wavsrsd
In thar faith. Al length their reward
came. The fields which they had sul-
began to yield grain in abund-
aaos; they saw the fruits Of their labor.
and in that spirit Of reverence which
characterised The Puritans. they gave
all the glsry TO God. rsssrving none 10
their own unworthy selves. A day Of
thanksgiving was appointed BY the Gov.
ern0r Of the Colony. during which every
was supposed to humble
himself in sackclsth and ashes. before
the Ruler Of Nations. and give thanks
for the blessings which had BEEN show
cred upon him during the year.
Az new colonies were formed this OBJ
ssrvanss Of Thanksgiving Day VA q.
tended. until Il became throughout New
England. religious festival. Every
Governor Of The 81, New England States
deemed Il his solemn duty to issue his
Thanksgiving proclamation. and every
citissn OF New England State deemed
Ii his duty to keep Thanksgiving a. re-
iigisusly a. Sunday. Il was at this
time in reality . day simply Of thanks
giving. Men and women lifted their
hearts in prayer to the God Of the Uni
verse. They thanked Him fer blessings
in the past. and implorsd Him for blss-
sings in the future. by common con
sent the last Thursday in November was
sslsctsd as the day Of praise. and the
Govsrnors Of each State aivays appoint
ID that day. Il was an institution Of
New England At this time. and only re-
coenized in that section Of the country.
Abraham Lincoln. Jul martyred Pres
idsnt. was the first man to make Of
Thanksgiving . national festival. On
the 20th Of OCTOBER 1864. n day after
the battle Of Cedar Greek. he issued =
proclamation. calling upon the nation At
large to give thanks to Almighty God.
for the merciful blessings conferred up
on it. The call was responded TO by
every State Of that time in the Union.
Since then IL has been customary for the
President Of these United States TO APP
point . day Of Thanksgiving every year.
and for the Governor Of each State to
make . special proclamation in accord
anes with that Of the President. The
day selected ia always the ssms old
Thanksgiving Day-ths last Thursday
In November.
Tomorrow We shall celebrate the
Centennial Thanksgiving Day Of this
nation. Times have changed since the
Puritan Fathers first established Thanks
giving. and with them has changed the
method OF observing the day. We no
longer believe. like our Puritan FORE
fathers. that in order TO praise God for
blessings received. We must clotho our
selves in sackcloth and ashes, and put
on . Icing face. On the contrary. We
have come to believe that u We have
GAUSS for thanks. We have aus also
for Joy : that IL We have been blessed
during the year 70 should dance aud
make merry. and rejoice in the goodness
Of the God who has watched over US /;
that. vhilo thanking Him at His holy
affairs. our souls should b. ~liehtsnej.
rather than depressed /; and that the day
should be characterized as n Of merry.
making and jollihcstion.
AMI NO 1t has come to pass that our
Thanksgiving 10 n day. not Of
but Of isastins /; u day Of uni
vsrsl rejoicing throughout the land.
families long separated will
meet around the homo table. aud while
making furious onslaughts ON the roast
and mines pie. recall the scsnes
Of tho olden times. aud In msmory's
pages read the stories OF their youthful
days. Fathers and mothers will meet
sons aud daughters. many Of whom
they have not seen for years. There
will be msrry.making all over the
try. For this QUE day the excitement
incident to our Presidential election will
Politics will be forgotten. and
good Lumor and good fellowship will
everywhere. We shall assemble
in our churches to give thanks to God
for his goodness. and then we shall as
sembie around the family table to con-
~gratulats each other upon the manifold
blessings which have been showered
upon us for the past year. In short. we
shall eat. drink and be merry.
And this is the only proper and rea.
souabls way to celebrate Thanksgiving
Day. II va have anything to DO thank
full for-and who among us has noif-
We have also something to be joyful
over. Thanks given amid tears and
means are no thanks at all; for the tears