The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-08
A NEW YEAR CENTENNIAL DISCOURSE
Preached in the Congregational Church, Cas-
Teton, sabbeth morning, Jan. Q, 1875, by
Rev. Edw. T. Hooker, pastor.

Preached IN the congregational Church, Cas-
Teton, sabbeth morning, Jan. 2, 1875, by
Rev. Edw 7. Hooker, pastor.
Deut. viii, tx and x-"wh-n thou hast eaten
and are full, then thcu shalt bless the Lord thy
God for the good land which He hath given
"Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy
God, lest when thou hast eaten and art
full, and hast built goodly houses and aeelt
tn, rein and when Thy herds and thy nocks
multiply and thy silver and thy & Id
Is multiplied. and all that thou hast is
hUu forget the Lord thy God. And thou say In
thine hear, my power. and the might OF mine
naed hath gotten me this W. ai,h. But thou
rnat hath given thee power 10 get wealth. and
II shall be, Thou do ut all forget the Lord thy
'od, l testify against you this DAY, that
shall surely perish. Hear, o Israel Thou
art to pass over JJr an is day. Understand
therefore this day. that the Lord thy God is He
III goeth over before thee Remember. and
forget not how thou provokedst the Lord thy
God TO wrath In the wilderness. and now, Is
rael, what does The Lord thy God require OF
thee. but TO fear the Lord thy God, 10 walk in
III HIS WAYS, and 10 love Him, and t. serve the
Lord thy God with all tiny heart and with all
thy soul. b hold. the h. ayen and the heaven
OF heavens IA the Lords Thy God, the earth
also with all that therein is only the Lord mad
delight In thy fathers TO low; them, ana He
chose their seed after them, even You alb We All
people, as It ls this day. Clrcumcize therefore
The fore skin or your cheart. ana be 10 moe
st1 necked. For the Lord your God Is G I'd
OF gods, sand Lord Of lords, great God a Nigh y
ana n terrible, which rega deth not peiso -,
nor takeln reward lie doth execute the Ju e.
meat OF the fitherlrss and widow. and love "a
the stranger. In giving him food and ralne {.
Love ye therefore the stranger. Thou shalt
tear the Lord Thy COD Him sn IL thou serl ;,
and to Him shat thou cleave, and swear ty
his name, He is thy praise, and he is Thy G ID
that hath done tor thee these great and ter
rible things, whtch thine eyes hath seem"
God is the same now at the begin
=, &c e I ord 1874 hot H.,
was three thousand yeas ago. whel t csc
wor were sounded 10 tie ears of His ia
vored people Israel. The conditions of
human wei, in The principles inwraught
with the constitution of national lie aud
pre-eminence as springing from Gods fav r
are the same IN this one hundreth year of
our existence as republic, that they were
in that second century of the history of
the Hebrews. And as we stand upon tie
high summit of vision of this first holy day
OF this new year, from which the prosp oct
slopes away backward to the strait gate of
our opening career, and forward to the
destiny which God wills, and we will !;
Quickened be every pulse, open and clear
10 N.i' ~ ''' 49, ''J
'houehl' WINE we pass ,ne 1oruan Vi ne"
ana iesponsloie era me anniversaries OF
Jays lheHiorsoie lh tne his,oIy VI npa1hihu
wonderful nation, are crowded thckly to-
seIher ABOUT .nls apoA Vi lue pyramid oi
events 10 WHICH you nan, HAS ho" iaiu
ih l lop STONE, III s,iepce, unicss we praise
iillii win near. anu 'onSue anu VOICE. zen
uays ago we f rem, lne men VINO, TWO
nuhureu anu ni'y-tnree years oeiofe, step
Peu On lne euse y. whueihss, hlheiica,
CARRYING III 'neil heaus anu nearts anu
s,uiuy' stoini-sMepper uouies .nc piinoi-
ples anu 'n1 s.u'usoe VI 'no na a anu ne
o oSrs 80 for,hs r;yh oha"y a. az
on'ls''hupii oion. 80 Nv, H. eneei,
heaveSS stcnnt 4 foot mon this wilderness
world, carrying in the likeness of human
flesh the conditions precedent 10 the para.
q Is ol NTH anu to.uay we W. hase oeieoia.eu
yasta,day we c,ossed the line that onens
the cannons' exulting throats, and twangs
the steeple bells, and brings proud thoughts
10 all that think throughout the nation.
1t marks the actual date, January /, 1875,
when the banner striped with red and
white, AID spangled with ever increasing
stars on its blue expanse, was first flung 10
the free air as our national escutchon. Aud
now we are gliding, as The endulum
swings, and the waves keep their be hing