Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-11-27

To- the devout IT would seem thatrin
this season of prosperity it was scarce
z ly neccssary for Our national and
state executives to remind rs Of our
obligation to be gratefcl.' IL there1is
j enc thing more than another, after
recognition Of Christ, that distin-
guishes christianity from paganism,
it is that feeliag that moves His fol-
lowers 10 centre all their hopes and
fears in an Almighty bensfactor and
acknowledge and celebrate His provi-
dences with thankful hearts. This
feeling traces alt experiences to a
Deity, that is anxious TO make US
''kings and priests unto God," and is
a something converting all aspiration,
all gratitude and even all awe unto
such praise and Qualification, as the
worshippers of images and animals,
of stars and consultations have had
no conception of in any of their gen.
eratioas. This feeling, whenever it
is experienced, prompts man to adore
God. 1t is confined to no people; it
has no geographical location it should
neee no earthly prompting, but ought
to pervade all nations and fill all
kingdoms. Wherever His mercies
are received, there should they be
recognized. Our fields and meadows
have been crowned with His blessing.
RIpened wheat and gathered corn,
fructifed by alternating shower and
sunshine, have both contributed to
fill our g~raneries, to meet cur wants
and those OF the nations which have
not been so bountifully provided for ;
and yet who, ever in this, have been
sufficiently blessed to excite praise to
Him whose watchfulness never ceases
and whose hand eye makes provision
for the children of his care? 1t is to
be hoped, therefore, that IN the SER
mons OF to-day there will be no spe-
cial glorification of American soil and
climate, and no particular laudation
of American agriculture, skill and
progress. Let our thoughts be not
unto US, nor our hands, nor our might
be the glory; but unto the God of
hosts, who has blessed us beyond ex-
pectation and desert.
At different periods and in various
sections the pulpit has upon u an
nuai tilanksgivings rendered praise
for successful heroes, statesmen, mer-
chants, inventors and discoveries.
In all countries men of eminence are
the exception and not the rule. Even
among us, where enterprise has most
show, they are few and far between.
Our advances, when attained, have
been hard to keep, and as often mixed
with ILL. Some of our heroes have
disappointed us many of our mer-
cnants have booomo bankrupt, our
looms and machinery have been stop
ped, and u railroad and telegraphs
impoverished ruin in our midst has
been wide spread, Notwithstanding
our civilization and progress. We
would, therefore, respectfully suggest
to TIE preachers that are to occupy
the pulpits of the nation to-day, that
the present is not the time for the
glorification of our great ones. We
sdvise them to pass by our generals,
inanciers and merchants, industrial
and railroad princes and ~miiiionaires,
and voice the humble, from whose
innumerable hearts, upon hill top and
valley, among woodland and prairie,
and in the cottages of labor that dot
our territories, there arises at this
time an homage rarely rendered by
such a host. Let them to-day praise
God for a prosperity that is not con-
fined to a few; that is as wide
spread as 1T is real as beneficial as 1t
is fortunate and all the more worthy
of gratitude in that it springs exclu-
sively from the effect of His good
hand upon US, not only supplying IL
wants but also making Us the distrib-
utors of His bounties to nations which,
without His mercy to us, had been
sorely pressed indeed.