Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-29


then they retard its advance and lnJure 1ts
good looks. If, moreover, they build on their
premises, regardless of comman house line,
or the general character OF nelghborlng houses,
they make their lack of taste and considerate-
ness public disadvantage. Peryersity and
selfshness in real estate improvements reacts
unfavorably upon the common veal.
THANKFULNEss AND ENTERPRISE.
I have not forgotten that this is day set
apart for public thanksgiving. In fact, in
what has been suggested as amongst civic
possibilities, think have given occasion for
general thankfulnt IS. No past is complete,
however rich with benefits it may have been.
We remember these last, but then we remember
them ost gratefully. earnests of better things
to come. We have occasion to thank the Prov
idence that shapes all history, for what st. Paul
is, but profounder gratitude is ours, as we
cast the horoscope of the future and try to make
out the features of the ST. Paul that is to be-.
Some of you look back on years of earnest toll,
here spent in fashioning the young. crude life
of this city, and we who have entered into your
labors rejoice with thankfuness over what you
wrought and the better heritage which is ours
in consequence. But you have right, with
well earned laures GROWING your brows, to
look to young st. Paul, and bid it do no less
nobly and wisely to develop its civic life, and
augment its fame and thrift.
And SO recognizing our Indebtedness to the
GUS and Industrious we bid gratitude, well
termed the memory Of the heart inspire us to
build in coming years fairer city, to adorn
her with noble institutions, to fill her borders
with the hum of diversified induAtrie to line
her streets with comely tenemen. IS, and tasteful
palaces. It is thankfulness for the trail
tons and growth of % chcckered past, which
shall prompt our am bition to be p ublic-spirited
merchants and professional mon; to be Saga
cious and energetic in promoting civic growth;
TO be confederate together for purposes con
nected with the public good aud gain. Let us
be animated by no petty rlvalrles, and tlnged
by no mean jcalousies, but filled rather with
magnanimities and wisdom; with the kindli-
ness and forethought which should characterize
men of business, and builders Of city whose
FIXTURE is givon to them to shape.
To 1.-The st. Paul that may be, I ask all citi-
zens to lool1-and acknowledging now their
oneness III the citizenship which makes Of the
place. the interest of each and all, resolve that
they viii, With lofty faith and strong hands,
build the city that we desire, and the city that
we cen shape.
Union Sereice at the Boptist Church.
At the Baptist church nearly all the seats
were occupied, the congregation being
formed of these attending Central Presby-
terrain, Jackson Street Methodist, First
Presbyterian and the Baptist churches. The
officiating ministers were Rev. j. T. Chaffee
and DR.. Conn. The services were of song
and prayer, the choir singing some beautiful
anthems, with Miss Bergfeld in the solos.
Her exquisite voice was heard to great ad-
vantage, but the effect was somewhat maj red
in the finer passages by the organ, which was
indiscriminately loud. The Rev. Dr. Conn
preached the sermon, of which the following
is synopsis:
Duties to the Ct.M Government.
land He said unto them, render, therefore, unto
Cesar the things which be Coesars; and unto God the
things which are God's."-LuKE zx:25.
The main design of this day Of national
thanksgiving, at it's institution under Presi-
dent Lincoln, the supplcation of Gods
blessing upon our countrys arms, and the ex-
preston Of gratitude for the Divine blessing
upon the efforts made to defend the integrity
OF the nation. One great object Of the day,
still, is to praise God that the blessings, for
which we paid so great price, are maintained
TO us; that our citizens, in the MAN. are loyal
and our government strong, without being
tyranical; and that freedom, peace and order,
under law, are to such q large extent enjoyed
within our borders.
What God has given US through
the arms and counsels of our
countrys defenders, it is for us to preserve;
and one 81 the most obvious means of doing
SO is to be faithful to those principles of honor
to the government, and OF obedience to the
laws which were conspicuously violated in
the great rebellion. 1t seems TO me, therefore,
that, if there is day in the year in which we
may appropriately consider the duty which we
owe to the civil government of the country in
which we live, this day Of national thanksgiy-
ing is the day.
1t may De well FIRST of all, to lay down the
principle from which the duties of citizens to-
ward rulers receive their strongest sanctions
the principle that civil government is a divine
institution appointed for the benefit of man
kind. Civil government is an ordinance of
God, as the Bible expressly asserts: ''The pow
ers that be are ordained of Cod The mean
ing of this is not, of course, that particular
rulers are, in every instance, nominated of God,
or that any one form of government
has an express divine sanction. God
does not say, you shall set up
a monarchy or a republic or q democracy; but,
while the source of civil authority in the
general is to be found in the fountain-head of
all power, the particular kind OF government
is wisely entrusted to the ordinary principles
which guide men in human affairs; and in
every kind and form of government where the
principles OF justice and equity are maintained
we have a virtual communication of Divine
authority investing it with it's own peculiar sa-
credness.
Government is ordained of God for the gooQ
of Under the reign of the Roman
I,eror, Nero, Paul could say that rulers 'the
ministers of God to for good,h and Christ
could exhort His hearers to give Caesar his due
in the reign of Jinerius These were both ty-
rants of the worst type, and all the officers of
the empire were heather and were often guilty
OF severe oppression; yet, even under that gov
ernment, the shelter of law was enjoyed
by those who did that which was good.
Any sort of government, indeed, is
preferable to the wild nlisrule of
entire lawleasness. and it would appear that
the existence OF mankind IS possible only
through the medium of governments which de-
fend them from wrong and INJURIES.
This, then, Is the principle upon which the
bible enforces all the duties we owe to our
rulers--tbat governments are ordained of God
for the advantage ct men.
Now, let Us mention some of the more inn
portant duties which we soienlnly bound,
by the sanction have already stated, to render
to the government under which we live.
I. 1t IS our daty 10 aid IN The support Of the
goHerDnae3.t.
This is what oar Lord meant specially when
he said, Render TO Cesar the things that are
Caasar's;'' as If he said, this is the existing
government, you acknowledge it and receive
the benefit OF its laws, then pay your taxes. So
Paul, announcing it as Gods precept, says,
.Render tribute to whom tribute is DUE 1t
is not tho question whether this
government Of Nero Tiberius
is a good government, or whether the money
is properly used. 1t is the existing govern
nd II eSr;St WI thoiat fuuls To