Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-26
SUNDAY READING.

II more esSily SAID toRD 0oGc.
are very few Who can wisely approach
toe subject of thsnkiu!ness or get them
selves, for their preachments. included
in the general list Of things to be thank
fai for. 1t is a natural suggestion that
ws DO thankful for all Gods providences;
and here. above Us and about Us. srd
preserving our health and cheeIfulness
IL the mos, delightful. balmy. perfect In
disu Summer weather that anyone need
sish so.. Bn. the giving Of advice and
volunteering Of reminders is not the
rnost profitable Of offerings; aud people
vlo asa so constituted as TO he 1T
for tho joys and good cheer of cur
American Harvest Home. are not much
in need Of being made tie subjects OF
nnybody's sermonizirg. A blessing Is
quite as much blessing. even il its ex-
isserce and character be not conspic-
uous,y advertised. And the All.Seeins
Power-we say il with due reverence
needs not TO be reminded, by duly cat
alosued prayers. of what lie has done or
what ne needle to do to bless mankind.
As the years accumulate. the doctrines OF
Optiaism-ths theory that everything
is ordered for the best-frds for itself
more and more acceptability. We who
have been many years in newly settled
countries have had frequent lessons in
this direction. The elements OF en-
pire. here. are plastic, still. and warm"
We find that that which at first seemed
disastrous and full OF error lads the
way and emphasizes the necessity for i'm
provemen,s and permanent good. The
machinery OF new States is the result OF
valued experience; and We escape much
which was hard and discoursging in the
earlier life Of older communities. Thus
we have for our children the advantages
OF the grand improvements in public
schools made during the last quarter Of
a century. Here is an ever.present
blessing. Not only is al danger Of
illi.eracy removed from cur boys and
girls, but heal.hiul and wise enact
ment forbids total ignorance Of letters.
Our boys and girls may have escaped
the traditional blessing of having been
rocked in sugar trough, but they know
how to spell Turkey and to distinguish
between the Thanksgiving article and
that which lines the shores of the Bos-
phorous. Spelling and geography are
things to be thankful for and thankful
always. year BY year. Heat and cold
and the ways of the wind; the course of
storms and the mysterious march of
pes.ilences; the voice and expression of
the elements, these are as uncertain ard
unbridled as in our grandfather days;
but the ver-advanciDs. ever-present and
universal blessing Of useful knowledge.
the advantageous condition Of intelli-
sence, this grows with stride which
knows no abatement, no turning back,
no direction but that which lies in ed
vance. Look at the stupendous excite
nent and tremendous strain through
which We have just passed-the most
profoundly exciting election our ccuu-
try has ever witnessed. What but the
all-conservat;ve force Of intelligence,
reaching under, and forming a found
alton for, the whole fabric Of self-gov-
eminent. has so marvellously preserved
the peace? Thanksgiving! i: is not
for the fat Of kline or the bursting barn;
it is not for wealth Of money nor breadth
of acres; rot for health preserved and
prosperity enjoyed; not for these Incl
dentals alone that Thanksgiving Day
should be observed; but, rather, it should
become one Of the permanent institutions
of the American Republic. giving formal
expression to sense of intelligent graf
isude that the body polite rests upon
tho imperishable pillars of an enlight-
cned public sentiment; that this people
are doing themselves wider and deeper
Justice than ever was self-chosen by any
people before; and that whatever there
Is OF permanencs and solidity in our in
s.itu.ions rests, not upon the submission
Of an minimizing and stolid mass of un-
lettered and passively loyal serfs, but
upon whole people whose average in.
telligo nee and critical capacity render
the condition of personal leadership
thing of legend, and the attitude of over
shadowing individual eminence almost
impossible of achievensnt. We have
fixed our standard high; we are striving,
as people, to reach it; We are hourly
casting aside ignoble decisions and de-
grading superstitiona and getting nearer
to the broad light Of Truth and justice.
We have. by a common law which
knows no written statute lines and will
never know repeal, planted in the very
heart of our National life the ever-e1-
Tree of knowledge; and this.
.hov. III olao IN the specialtv which Jus.