The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-12-06

oooasioa Of TIE e-ishrAtioa q Ne anniversary q
Hawaiian lnSeF Evidence. which fen On the ssth Of
Ncveuabes oaly two DAYS hefors. Services in reoos
milton Of the Jay were held in 81. Andrews FrO-
Cathedral and Fort Street Charch. the services a.
the latter having eeea Arranged rp~ci=liy for the
occaSioa.
FoEr STINT CHvIcH.
his placc Of worship vas crowded to its utmost
espaciC BY an azaienee vhich eunpriseS the
Royal Family, the Cahinet. Govrrnment oaeialS
| and al the representative American residents Of
| the CITY. Rev. s {. Damon cccupied q sal On
tae p1lpii platform With Pastor CrusAn. Al II
| c'clcck the SERVICES were couunenced By voiun-
tAry on the organ by Mr.. NJ. II. Jones. followed By
the delivery Of the Lords Prayer response ehAntrd
BY the choir During the chanting Of the responses
Ms III. the American Minister Resident AEON
panied BY rheir MAiesties the KiaG and Queen,
| His III. the frurnier and the Governor u OAha
paSSed IN. the audience rendering graceful con-
pliu eat 10 the Royal eouple BY rising and remain
American Minister then made the following adj
| dresS;
MrFxrrSrs:-Bsfurep rOceclinE with the reading
Of the proclamation Of the President Of the United
States. l ask the indulgence Of few WurlA The
| Observance Of a dsy Of national thanksgiving IL
strictly American custom. and scch Is entitled
| to-our especial countclanee; and although IL has
besn in Vucne for more than two and half csntu-
ries NJ other nation has yet followed the exAu-
PIE. Sar peed this mueh be wondered al for nsyer,
sncS the chiarva Of Jacob dwell BESIDE the Jordan.
has nasion been - blessed As the Great kepaelie,
| whose scattered but eVer-devuted children are as
serabled here today under the tanSrind and the
ain give thanks 10 ta,s God Of their fathers for
all that he has done for them in the past; for all
He Is doing Cor them nov, for ali Of His promises
for the future 10 give thanks 20 Kim
Whose nsrcy unrd in their wasted .tressth,
/ Who-s anssr gsidet vseH tAeis paths Wesr dish;
| 81" Almighty Fathes fro1 whose hand
he Centuries wi ike sFSins q sAaa"
The thanksgiving Custom had its origin with the
Puritan Fathers Of New England. For many years
after the ARRIVAL in the New World their hArdShps
many and their privatoas great. Their scAnfy
crOps FROM year TO year scarcely suaced 10 c1rry
! them through the long and rigorous winters Of
their new home They TILED their felds with thsi.
riaes strapped 70 their backs and the hostile arr0us
that ook=d them thru1gh the thiekets were Alrnos:
a. plentiful IS the th1rns, IosnAhle them to bear
their heavy burdens Of danger and dessituiiou,
their Council yearly set apart day Of solemn fast
| ing humiliation and prayer.
Finally. their skies became brighter. and their
! felds BROADER and more green. and when. one
Autumn the usual motion was made for = day Of
fasting humiliation and prayer, an old member Of
the Council ruse-s1ch 4 man. can conceive. a.
was stern old Abraham Davenport. made slorioas
BY the verse u Whittier-and moved IS \ suhs;i-
tlte thai day Of thanssiving and praise Be ap-
pointed for said be- our streams fall Of fshes.
gralariss are full Of eurn. and peaoe and abund
anee sleep uPon every threshold. The substitute
vas prompt and adopted, and thus Vas inAuguratsd
cur day Of thanksgiving. The custom vas coz
tuued BY the executives Of the several states, but
the dly was not always uniform, although general
" LATE in Autumn. IfextsRdea from New England
70 the Middle. Nrd thenee 20 the Western States.
bat vas seldom observed in the Southern States.
Twas during the rebellion that Abraham Lincoln,
the greatest OF all the martyrs TO the cause Of
human liberty and Christianity. first made Thanks
giving Day NATIONAL holiday. He appointed 4
diy Of thanksgiving and prayer, and the eTecutiTes
Of the several States recognizing Federal control
At once issued prOeauations setting apart the same
day And - since has the custom continued. the
President Of the Republic fixing the day In each
year BY Proclamation, and the Governors Of the
States and Territories giving il formal and dstinc;
acceptance And - NAY Il continre % long a.
the kspGblic lasts which vii be TO the end Of time
and 80 long the providercs OF God nnds recoS-
milton among the peoples Of earth.
dis E1celeney then rad President Arthnfs
proclamation. followed BY the choir singing the
anthem e Thou visiteth the earth etc Pastor
Cruzln then rod scripture lessoa- HE grand
and sublime America was then sung BY the choir
and congregation, aud the heartfelt manner IN
which Il vas rendered proved that the thoaghts Of
u4ny present were over 800 uiles away, and prob
ably wishing Cog 4 little turkey and cranberry
sauce with the Old folks n home After prayer
By the Rev. Dr.. Damon, the choir and eongrsgs-
tion sang the following hymn, composed and urii-
ten expressly for the occasion by K ". DaESett;
TzASSssEvISs HINS.
~ "Gf-suit.,i, Erg N5-Htfiz,.-
T0a EaJ FsaL te waters Ead .st thy ehiilrsa irse
Llou vhc ca,z- The tempest that sspt o.. Gliil-s'
AA+'s l-aA- W ltla> ~
To nee be oar Thanksgiving, asv and forever more
Il
Eva "a 70 =. u gr.s By frssiouis million. .EnE.
We si5a ne sssil. Izts n rai % The .ss,sra brs,
Ar borne our voices vitEit 5cyuat a the AsiscI,.
II.
Beside the palm, o zee - Bsgs4gh the siz- hear,
And set q .i-u siihia 70 tell a Th1u ART near,
Fer a. nv srt FIrllsr iy car hopes az1 .ars;
A NTH vim n
years, Brad fruitl
THANKSGIVING sEzzoS.
IA Cruzn then delivered the Thanksgiving |
Sermon, which vas listened to with extreme atisn-
ton during its uttsrznes. The speaker took for his
text verse from the Psalms and spoke as follows
P,llmstg5s . H L4A ajt IsIlt - With any nation
J5T-bringiuz. glad. old-fastiousd Thanksgiving
has euuas GSstn Nothing cold stop IL VITA the
morning II tvoks IN SsS England, It's home. hzr-
ned S0ufnz1rt across the Potomac, and Westward Il
across the Father of Waters. leaped the Sierrzs 4
and Rockies. and kssn4, vita Ellansss every city,
hamlet tow. and heart On It's Ezy, On, On Il
cane, out through the Golden Gate. Gcruss the
Pacific to Our Island homes Down through the
weeks and months, too. u has cone, through mid
dly brightness. and Midnight darkness: nov
Ersarhed with orlnEs blossoms. and then EtrsEed
with funeral weeds amid instruments that piPed
the g1lckstep, and others that druuusd the fane
ral march. Bg. On II came. It stepped in thrv1gh
the golden gates Of the morning, bearing it, arIns
full Of blessed memories and hliling our hearts
Eith praises. Cone II. and welcome Oh day!
fragrant with a thousand memories, borns down
under the weight Of tnnunsr1ble uerries, l1d tel
20 cur hearts how great Is the goodness Of God
This Is an American day. Ispelk 20 an azdisccs
largely composed Of Amsrica1s- No matter vhsrs
bis temporary hone nay BE- the American o01nts
only one land, one Ration. one country A95s-- Ihs
land q his birth l. alEays h0ule 70 hi-any other
LAID only Al abiding place Aad %. shsn he
rsads this ETsat national Psalm tae l4!th, from
Ehich ~ teTt : taken though c= knows that tie
unknown author had the Jewish nation N Elind.
still the American finds America = America"
written between every ole Of its majestic lines
The theme 20 which cal yOGr Attsutiou this
morning : God dealings With America
:lzse for ds70Gt Ihinksgiviag.
/ Col E1uderfuIly prepared and uressEved
Eusrlca - b The hone q a -rsat u1tiOE- Thsre
u 4 Divine appointment IN the seogrzphy Of
great udrlou- II y1g vii thD1EhtfzllF staiF
nap Of the Egrid Il the light 1f history past AID
present. you vii see that, between the 9TH and
6th degrees Of North atisaGe al the graf nations
Of the past and al the great nations Of the pres
sut- we're and are heated This narrow zone IN
deed se nay even contract By ten degrees AID the
remark VII Sill hold tra AZ re1r1s TIE hor1e OF
great pulIrical powers There have been uEtious [
graf Il lzzz-T and r-l-zifcsles- --ls-I7z % ths
North ard tie south cf this zone; 61t no Oue
familiar with history vii claim that those nations
lFIng NORTH CT S11th Of this nArrov bslt have
been potent n controlling the deslinies Of n-An-
kid II tbs flT5r=d z5us- n ths past NTneTsh-
Babylon Israel Greer, a1i Rome n their tzrn /
zalFi Austria, Italy. France AID England as | ;
within this 11ue- Within these aarrU= li--s- too
= ozz RsPGbiic- !
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n1us Il power bgf De gave - a tsrrlt1rT q Euu-
isrf1i adT7ntaCss fertility AID capacity. Joseph
Took 2 his -=ctura 1u Ultimate America sAFs-
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