The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-12-02

wrote: "Now this say, that every one of you
saith, am of Paul; and of Apollos and / of
Cephas; and of Christ Is Christ divided? Or
was Paul crucified for you? Or were We bap-
tized in the name of Paul?"
Hence, the first thing for which desire to
thank God, is that we are enabled to meet to-
gether to-day in fraternaI union on the basis
of common Lord. And may the time
speedily come when the words of the prophet
shall be fulfilled: "They shall see eve to eve
when the Lord sha II brine auain Zion
The Presidents Proclamation dated Nov l.
1880 fl King the date of onr National Thanks
giving. enumerates MANY things for which we
should be thankfuI; but among them all fail
to find any mention of the blessings Of Divine
| Grace, which we Christians accustomed to
consider the very chiefest of all good. How
| ever let US recount some of the mercies we
| have received and repder due acknowledg-
ment foy them
| l. ECCLESIASTICAL OR RELIGIOUS BLESSINGS.
We cannot be too thankful to-day that our
| ancestors brought their Religion with them
! While the Spanards and Portuguese made great
| parade oftaking possession of the lands, by
! erection of crosses and save Marias" ;" they at
The effects of such procedure are seen in the i'll
! governed uations of Mexico and South Amer
ica. 1t was not because of any inferiority of
was in habl;ed by the most 1ntelilsent OF apo-
rlglnes, FAR surpassins the tribes OF INDIANS
who roamed over our forests. Ana mat region
embraced wondrous variety of climate ana
soil. Had those Spaniards been more care1ol
| to plant Vital christianity, their descendants
would have Jared better. Instead OF anarchy,
there would have been order. Instead OF I'M
| profitable wastes of bowling wilderness, there
had been cultivated farms and growing cities.
But our ancestors not only TOOK possession
OF TINS country In the name OF 1od' put 'hey
held 1t for God. They planted mere vital
chrlsiiahl'y' which mas peeh slowih q anu Gun
tlnues 10 nourlsh, ana mas leacheo from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, and is spreading over
the Isles of the Western Ocean, and laying
hold of the "Flowery" and the "Sunrlse
Kingdoms beyond.
When our ancestors came they at once cree
ted the log school mousse whlch served as a
sanctuary on the Saooatn. AS they lahueu'
the song OF praise rang through hewoodland'
in response 10 the war-whoop OF the savage
and instead OF plunderlng the saVases' theS
ItuSht tieih Iie way VI saiVa'ioh'
inere are some eAli"oiuihaly esenes .on'
hecteo win 'ne eoioni1a'ion Vi 'nis 'ounu
70 "iiAch "esile ~ Gail Souf "t'e'ion ioi
IeW moments.
france ana Spain endeaVored 10 seltle lhis
country for mercenary purposes. They hao
|
this charge but one exception may be taken
in 1862, Admiral Coigny led colony of Hu'
guenots to Florida, and established christian
colony. But 1t was entirely destroyed py the
| goddess Spaniards, three years later.
| God had other purposes for America, and To-
Gated different class of people upon the AT
| lantic shores. Why it was that God allowed
this country to remain undiscovered SO long, is
great mystery, yet there seems to have been a
| ixyip MI of be, nf
America was not discovered until q few years
before the Great Reformation of Germany, un-
der Martin Luther. 1t was a transition age
Printing was invented about the year 145o
America discovered 1892, and the Philosophy
of Bacon came in a century later. Luther nail
ed his 95 theses to the door of Wittenbere
church in 1917, and all Europe was thrown into
the intensest excitement. Men who had been
led by blind and ignorant priesthood were
now leaders of one of the most powerful moral
upheavals of modern history. Europe became
a vast battlefield, in which contests, after ar
gument had proved unavailable the Rack, the
| Fagot, and the Dungeon, were substituted
During that period, France had her ST. Bar.
tholomew's day, Scotland her bloody queen
| Mary, and Germany had her John Huss, ano
her Jerome of Prague. And then the persecu
| ted christians began looking for a better
home. Prosecuted in their dear Fatherland
tbeS cast tHeIi ey 20 ''S'osS thC oioau
and saw Gods refuge for them. 1t was 1nhos
| pitable enough, but destined to become thu
| glory of the nations.
Here, in l6ls came the Virginia colony apt
| located in jamestown. 1t was sent out by tn
| Episcopal Church, and was the first permanen
| Protestant Church planted on The continent
| BY their charter 1t was the Stale Religion
virginia; all DINER types were outiawed' AM
remained SO until i'o'' "heh the connec'ioi
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