Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-27


eousness are the habtations OF Thy throne. Thy
glory is great in all the earth and greatly to be
tolled for Thy wonderful words among the children
| oil men, Thy terrible majesty dealeth with them:
YET my mercy is from everlasting to everlasting
upon them that fear Thee and grace and ,orv Thou
wilt not withhold from them that walk unriotttY
before Thee. Thy mercies, Almighty God are nos
clean gone out Thou hast not ceased to he oracions
We bless and magnify Thy name with honor The
experiences OF life, whether they he thosa NJ veal
or woe, Of joy or OF sorrow we can invite TIN,
blessing upon US with full assurance of faith th.s
Thou wilt do for us exceedingly and ahupdantl,
above that able to ask or think In this ,Ia,
of individual and national extremity in this day Of
worldwide grief, we come to Thee as our Father
and bless Thee for the influence of the Holy Spirit
which Thou hast given unto Thy people, whereby
they enabled to call Thee Father And we ask
Thee that Thy blessing may rest richly upon
sorrowed and bereaved people, and grant, Almighty
Father, that as the millions of people together
to day to pay their last tribute of respect to the
| memory of illustrious dead, that Thy bless
ing may be upon them. And grant, Almighty
Father that may not only humble ourselves
before Thee but grant that we may forsake our
sins, realizing that Thou hast said that righteous
ness eXalteth nation, but that sin is a curse to
any people. Grant to hear our prayer, ami answer
US in the way which seemeth good in Thy sight
Hear, Almighty God, in heaven, Thy dwelling place.
our petition, and answer earth today-wiic.s
We ask in Jesus, our Redeemer's name Amen.
SCRIPTURE LESSONS.
Rev. Mr.. Anderson then announced q
Scripture lesson by Rabbi Bloch, who read
the 34th Psalm.
Rev. d. Deal then read from the second
Scripture lesson portion of the 18th chap
ter of First Corinthians, commencing at the
41st verse.
The Scripture lessons were followed by
prayer by Rev. II. Fl. Rice, as follows:
Let us unite in prayer Almighty aud Ever
Living God, who art infinite, eternal, interchangeable
in Thy being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice,
goodness and truth. We gathered with Thy
children over all the world to-day to mourn
and to lament and to pray unto Thee
We are in humiliation, Oh Lord, our Cod Thou
has stricken sorely in this land, and other lands
feel the weight of the blow. We bow beneath Thy
stroke and say, Thy will, not ours, be done" Oh,
Lord our God, we thank Thee for the gracious
blessings with which Thou has blessed this nation
in times gone bv. All that Thou hast done has been
right, and Thou hast greatly blessed us from the
beginning until now. We thank Thee especially
for Thy servant whom Thou hast called to
higher service We thank Thee for what he
enabled to accomplish for our good. We thank Thee
for the example set before the people of this land in
his life. We thank Thee for the example Of patience
in his long suffering. We thank Thee for his states
manlike character. We thank thee most OF all fOe
his christian character that he gave God the glory
for all things and that he took his strength and his
wisdom from on high Oh Lord God, while we
now in mourning at his taking off, our hearts
full of gratitude for what Thou hast done for the
American people through him, aud We rray Thee,
oh God, that to-day may recognize Thy hand IN
raising him up and qualifying him and sending
him forth to accomplish Thy righteous viii. And
now Thou hast done Thy will with him, Tiny viii,
oh God, be done. We confess, oh Lord God, that
this chastisement was deserved by US. We confess,
as citizens of the United States, that we have not
| lived up to the principles of government
should that we have not followed the commands
of our God as we should We have erred and strayed
from Thy ways like lost sheep. We have done those
things which we ought to have done aud have left
undone those things which we ought to have done
Oh Lord, have mercy upon US. We have been
family life and in the individual life of the souls Of
this people. Oh God, we confess this. We have
been guilty of sins in the church life Of
try We confess this, oh God, before Thee. And
when We look over the past history OF our country,
and behold Thy mercies and our sins oh Lord, We
are ashamed and filed with confusion; we blush
to lift faces unto Thee, oh God, after this his
tory of Thy mercy and our ingratitude. In obedl-
encs to the call of the Chief Magistrates of Ma
ton and our State and in obedience to the call Of
our hearts, give this day, oh Lord, to humilia-
ton and mourning aud prayer before Thee. IN
mercy hear our petition. Forgive our sins aud
sancty this great sorry to the good of
Thou has already begun thus sanctify it. on
Lord. Thou hast shown Thy graciousness In
answering the prayers of the millions of people
Thou hast kept alive President until whole
land could be ready to bear this blow. Thou art
uniting more closely together We thank Thee;
for this we pray. We pray Thee for further
sancticaton of this sorrow-that our land may be
more firmly knit together in bonds Of love from
end to the other. We pray Thee to sanctify it TO
the country; TO the business life of people to the
family life of people to the church life Of
people Grant that in future we may remember
| this day, by the power of the Spirit Of God, as "a
turning point in the history of our nation, when we
| have been brought nearer to one another
and nearer to Thee. Oh Lord, our Cod
wilt Thou sanetify and bless these gather
| ngs throughout this land and over the world to
day. We pray Thee especially to preside over that
vast assembage that gathered the spot of his
burial and wilt Thou guide all of that service to
| Thy glory and for the good of our country. And
we pray Thee now, oh Lord, our God, for Thy
heavenly blessing to abide with those who
near and dear to Thy servant. Oh Lord our God,
| grant Thy blessing upon his aged mother. Comfort
| her, we pray Thee, now in this great sorrow, and
abide with her during the few remaining years
days Of her life, and grant her abund4nt
trance into the gate of heaven whittier her beloved
| son hath gone before her. May Thy blessing rest
| upon the companion, the wife, OF him whom Thou
| hast taken. Watch over her in her w.dowhood, and
wilt Thou convey to her heart by the power OF the
| Spirit all Of the messages of love and sympathy
| from all the world which sent to her to
| day. Wilt Thou bless and comfort the children =
| watch them, and grant, oh God, that they
| may take lesson from the life and death Of their
father and may they initiate his virtues and like
| him. consecrate their lives to God and to their
| country. May Thy blessing rest upon all the family
and the relatives watch over them all, and in alt
their after.llfe may the comfort Of the Holy Ghost
be present Upon all for whom we shall pray may
the blessing of God restnot only this day, but all
the days OF tn, lives in the future. And now,
Father, wilt Thou grant Thy blessing upon the
exercises here to follow-upon brethren who
shall speak to US. Oh God, give them power, We
pray Thee, to speak forth the words of the living
God and to voice the feelings of this great nation
to-day, and Thy name-Fsther, Son and Holy
spist-shall have all the glory, both now and for
ever, through Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. Amen
DIR. DwINELL's ADDRESS.
The Rev. Mr.. Anderson then introduced
the Rev. l. b. Dwiuell, who delivered the
first address, as follows: