Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-12-06
THANKSGIVING.
sxsRcrsEs IN MEXICO.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED.

Il - 49,
Among the many Institutions the
seeds of which were planted in the
rugged soil Of Plymouth colony, none,
perhaps, has 70 generally commended
itself to public opinion, as that which
held its anniversary Thursday. The
Pilgrims, who recognized in The plsn-
|tiful harvest which saved them nom
starvation the special interposition Of
a protecting Providence little Thought
that in setting apart a day for thanks
giving they were inaugurating a GUS
tom which two hundred and fifty
years later would be adopted by a
nation of forty millions. Yetsin thus
finding appropriate expression for
their own gratitude, they cut a chan
mel, as itwere, through, which ours
may flow. They neither asked nor
Expected imitation; yet we initiate
Them because they supplied q want
which all of US feel more or less,
and which none Of us can afford to
gdespise. The most sceptical sacrifice
nothing by admitting the existence Of
% Being who created and rules the
universe, and the most unfortunate
have something for which. they may
gratefully look up to ''the Giver Of
every good and perfect GIT" There
fore it 10 that Thanksgiving day has
become q national festival among .
people whose religious belief embra-
ces every creed in Christendom and
Sheathendom, and whose habits ard
tastes are as varied as the blood
(which runs in their yeirs. The child
rem of the Puritans and the children
of the Cavaliers: unite with, the des-
scendants OF ancestors who never heard
|of the fsud born in England and
transferred to America, in celebrating
each in his own fashion-the ami
versary which had its origin in Pari.
tan piety.
Leaving every reader to estimate
and acknowledge his individual bliss
sings as b. Will. we msy say that soy
enteeneyears have passed since the
nation at large had Is, much cause for
gratituds, as now During ono Of
these years the. fuel for civil war vas
gathering during the next fonr the
flames of that war swept the land, and
in the twelve years which followed it,
embers were. smouldering. Now at
last, in this year Of grace, 1877, We
can look abroad over . united coun-
try, a restored Union, in which every
state. enjoys the righos and privileges
guaranteed to it by ths organic Law,
and in which no oppressed COM
mon-wealth Tan ding an unanswerable
B reproach in the face Of the republic.
In that mutual sympathy and affec'
ton which j. the only firm foundation
for, natural unity and prosperity, The
Northern and Southern people are
not yet as closely bound az they
Knight be, or az they will be. But
the sympathy and the affection which
ONCE seemed destroyed forever, have
taken ~rootagain and are slowly and
surely growing into their origipal
proportions. We can believe now,
*what we could not before, that the
thine will come, and it is not far dis
liant, when the two sections SO lately
discordant and belligcrent shall stand
shoulder to SHOULDER and heart te
heart as in the days when they were
Hyoung. 1t is this cheering prospect
of renewed nationality, one and in
Visible, based ON ~fraternal confidence
land fraternal love, which demands
from every American. whatever. hii
&policai views may beaa generous OF
sfering upon the Thanksgiving altar
Never in our recollection wa
Thanksgiving Day better observed il
Mexico than on last Thursday. This
most Of the business houses closed
from liza NJ. to / p. IN. AL ths
sueiness men a%djourning to church
ExERCIsEs. :
Reading scriptures, by Rev. H. B
IkSeeley. :.Jt" 5.aa
Prayer by Elder 1T. Brooks. =
Sermon by Rev. J. c. Maple.
Closing prayer, by w. Pope Yea
man,tD. D.. .saiJ 81 ,"l,zlA 81.
Bensa,ction by Rev. B. T. Lacy
'8D. D. .Ftfol, { @
The Presbyterian church wa
8crowed to overfowing The musi
furnished by Prof. Treloar and III
kchoir was excellent. The music wa
composed for the occasion by Prot
!. Treloar sad it wins mort apprepriat
the occasion. SIS
The sermon by the Rev. Maple VA
Ia practical talk in which the point
Ewere all well taken. When the. cen
! Egregation was dismissed each a :
his well laid table there was a spirite
thanks psrvading the minds Of all 10
, 3spired by the we'll taken subject ofth
Rev. Maple. We should give thank
that there is such a day as Thanks
&Oiying. ~ $50 site ca1 81
STOCK SALES fj
!. Made by b. T.. Rod,nan last Sstur
e day stock sales day, Dec. 1st.
mare ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 70
n,uia W - 81
l mare. ........., ..ss..s. :
mare 80 [
mule 90 {
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