The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-07-27

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our glad hearts. We too join In the
descriptions of praise and recognition
Of divine mercy. Every good aud per.
| feet gift cometh from the father OF
inercies. How pleasant to ackn0wi-
edge Gods providence In the abun.
dance Of good things by which we are
surrounded. That soul must be blind
that cannot see the hand Of the Father
| in the lavish bounty Of our land the
| flowers brighten and beautify; fruits
cheer and gladden., while the cart
grOaus beneath it's burden Of golden
sheaves. Prosperity crowns the labor
of all hands-not one left to complain.
Every murmuring lip attuned to sing
praises, every dark cloud radiant with
the vofkeous hues of the harvest sun !:
every step full of active strength, harsh
tones are gone and songs fill the air.
Hope, with folded wings, sits by the
fireside-a glad day has dawned and
all are glad. Last year q gentleman
from the East visited Kansas, listened
10 the story of our disappointment, Of
our struggles, and saw the stagnation
of business. That same man visited
the same towns a few short weeks ago,
and his testimony is THAT il was
worth the Gust Of the trip to see the
change i'm Kansas"-men rejoicing,
business reviving, cities growing.
homes improving, trees growing, and
wheat waving on the prairies like
waves of ocean. God has visited his
pIantation-the parched ground has
become pool of living waters.
This year is one Of unusual prosper
ity. and calls for Sievout thanksgiving.
With the largest and best wheat har-
vest the State has ever gathered, with
q growing crop of corn that promises
to equal the wheat and with an album
dant harvest Of everything planted,
We would be ungrateful not to recog-
nize Gods mercy toward us. The
abundance that blesses our people Ii
the special gift of God. We have been
favored above the other States. We
have had sunshine while they were
suffering from chilling winds, then
later in the season. when we were fa
vored with the finest weather. others
were deluged with water. We have
been blessed by Him who has prom
Used seed time and harvest. We meet
to-day to recognize God as the givcr
of all our good, from the burdened
fields we would look up and in
thanksgiving. How pleasant
this service of praise and thanksgiv
ing. 1t brings the people nearer unto
the everlasting Father. We begin Ia
realize that we may plant and watch
carefully over our fields but the in
crease must come from God, that He
must give the sunshine and the rain
il our garners are To be filled. Then
looking upon the goodness Of our God
develops strength of purpose. We
learn that we do not labor alone, that
we are CO-workers with God, and that
when we plow the soil and bury the
good seed i'm its fertile bosom, God
waters IL with the dews and rains from
heaven. What living confidence and
communion IL begets in the heart Of
every right thinking farmer. You
farmers stand nearest to Cod. We
deal with men you with God. You
east your bread into the ground
waiting his promise of seed time and
harvest. Your songs Of thanksgiving
to-day will enlarge your hearts and
increase your benevOlence-yOu can
trust him for even greater prosperity
and trusting God, the pOOr-the hun
gry-the widow and the fatherless will
not ask bread in vain ut your door.
or other, i'm Gods prOvi-
Hence thanksgiving increases our
perhaps with right views and
thankful hearts we are better pre-
pared to use-use il to better advan-
tage. Then we are taught i'm the bible
that God blesses and prospers those
who truly love and serve him. David
said, LET the people praise Thee, .
God. Let all the people praise Thee.
Then shall the earth yield her in
God, even our own God,
shall bless u.s."
How shall recount Gods mercies
unto you? The fields are crowned
with thy goodness thy paths drop
fairness. The pastures are clothed
with fiocks; the valleys also are COW
cred over with corn-they shout for
joy-they also sing. Your efforts have |
met with no strange trial, only such |
as are common i'm all newly settled
and such as has at the same
time visited the older portions of our
These dark days only make
the present time of plenty the brighter
and have called our awakened energies
To an appreciation of the blessings God
has given this new land-a virgin fer |
ton of yielding enormous harvests, /
such Us would speedily enrich your
brethren with native grasses, |
ali ready planted, sufficient to feed the /
cattle upon thousand hills, and with /
a climate that acts almost like tonic,
giving almost perfect health to man
and beast, Had you on your farms
the advantages of barns and stables
a anal. L.. s,, ha
eastern states, when you could shelter
animals and their food your advan-
tages would far surpass the farmers Of
tod i'm his providence has done for
you, and grid you with strength to do
your part of the work. The develop
nent of this State is without u parallel,
your schools, churches, advantages of
culture and your homes are the won
Ter of all who look upon them and
now having passed through partial
failures for two seasons, and entered
Ipon another year of great abundance,
we are prepared to thank God for the
of the year-fOr the fatness
hat drops from his paths.
Since the harvest turned golden,
nave not heard one complaint, no
but all is cheer and good
will Ii has had a blessed influence
ipon the whole community, renewing
'ur youth and preparing us to mount
lp as on eagles wings. Murmuring il
ike the rust that steals the music
rom your piano, like the mildew that
teals the golden grain from your har-
.est. and now let us thank God that
he spirit of complaining. that was
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