The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-11-28
THANKSGIVING.

: MONS DELIVERED.
Thanksgiving was observed yesterday il
a more general manner than we have eve
seen il in CAIRO. The reason for this, W,
know not, if it were not that our people ap
preciate the blessings that Almighty Goo
had bestowed upon them during the pas
year. Blessings that other communities
deeply and dearly felt the need of, anG
without which Cairo would have suffered
irreparably. We refer to the yellow
monster that has ravaged oul
sister cities of the South the
past two years sending the Angel ol
Death into many happy household de.
populating cities and villages and prostrat-
ing business Yes, that monster, yellow
fever, which struck terror to the hearts OF
Cairo people last year and sent many a
good citizen 10 the grave. For its absence
this year, we have much to be thankful for.
| But this is not ALL There are other bless
ings too numerous to mention, which we
have received.
Services were conducted at the various
| churches as on Sunday, and many of our
people attended
AT THE CHURCH OF THE REDREMER,
the Rev. Mr.. Bonnar officiated
The Rector made an extempore address,
of which we give the following outlines ::
Thanksgiving. day is no new institution,
but from the earliest time of Gods ordan-
ed ritual there has been the day set apart
especially for giving Hin thanks for the
fruits of the earth.
He said that it was day for praise and
thanksgiving, Gather than teaching of duty
BY preaching, and in making even a short
address he departed from his usual custom;
and he did this to draw attention to one
particular point in the subject;
If the past year of blessings and the
ceaseless lessons taught blythe falling leaf,
the storms and SHOWS of winter, the
preparations and paintings of spring, with
the budding into life, the maturing of
growth, the yielding of harvest and the par
tcipatOn in the blessings so layishly she'd
had not already taught us the duty of to-
day 1t was behind time to begin now; no
sermon to-day could make thanksgiving
reality. Butt one who realized the duty
this was the place, the only place-here,
Gods House, where He promised to place
His Name, where We come to meet Him, to
thank Him for the benefits we receive
as nation or representatives, of nation.
The public thanksgiving for benefits shared
by all, not merely as individuals, but
especially should we remember that
through all this service in scripture
lessons prayers and hymns--there runs
the spirit of the words Man doth not live
by bread only, but by every word that pro.
ceedeth out of the mouth Of the Lord doth
man live"
The petition of the Lords prayer Solve
us this day our daily bread" must have a
fuller adaptation than to the food and
clothing for our physical bodies There Is
spiritual life and spiritual body to be fed
and clothed and fitted for the great ingath
ering, when angels shall be reapers, and
souls with the works of this life the sheaves
garnered,
This spiritual life is that which We pray
may be sustained by the "WoEd of God
the Encharistic Food, the Mamma and mys-
ferrous Feast, even the Body and the Blood
Of Christ. II we realize this and learn to
give thanks for, because we make use of,
these spiritual benefits, we shall Join IN the
great thanksgiving before the throne on
high, when the grea. and final harvest is |
gathered. and the good is stored in the
treasure house Of the great King and the
chatf is cast away.
Rev Il. Y. George, otiiCiated
AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
and the reverend gentleman delivered
very interesting sermon, synous of |
which we append:
Prov. xvii, 90. A merry heart docth good
ike medicine.
Ps. xxi, II. Be glad in the Lord and |
rejoice ye righteous.
Phil, w., A. Rejoice in the Lord always:
and again say rejoice
"A merry heart doetl good like a medi.
cine says a proyerb Of Solomon. When it |
will answer, it Is the best medicine, and |
certainly it is the cheapest.
This last statement might seem to con.
hiot with he science Of political economy,
which teaches that. the chcapness or dear
ness Of things depends on the relative de.
mand and supply; for while there is a very
large demand for merry hearts, the supply
is very limited Yet merry heart is the
cheapest medicine; for God has put the
materials for making il lilo ia, al; g.