Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-12-01
THANKS FOR GOOD GOVERN.
MENT.

well with us as ii. is. For we may
be sure of this, that We have more
and better than we deserve.
And many good people think so
much more of their trials than of
their blessing that they complain
when they ought to be rejoicing.
The Kingdom of God is within us.
The mind is the measure of the man.
AS a man thinketh in his heart so is
he. And after all is said there is not
SO great Il difference in the lot of
mankind as We are apt to believe
there is. 1t depends more on the
within than the without.
Thanksgiving day comes this year
just after the presidential election,
and about one-half of the people are
disappointed. They imagined dread
full evils would follow the failure of
their side, and now it has come, their
forebodings are in the future, chok-
ing their voice of praise. But we
have this consolation at least, that
the same forebodings have been in
dulged by one or the other party, or
by both, every four years since the
government was founded, and the
machine has not broken down. The
result of an election has not been al
ways good for the country. Some
presidents have been lamentable
| failures. But we have invariably
| found that the worst fears Of the dis
appointed have not been realized, if
the brightest hopes of the successful
have also failed of consummation.
We will thank God that he is Lord
of lords and our King whoever is
president. He holds the reins of
government, and in all times of doubt
and perplexity he has guided us in
the way of safety if not always of
peace.
All Christian citizens will give
thanks that another presidential cleo
ton has been accomplished without
damage to our constitutional rights
and privileges. 1t is a sublime sight,
the fifty millions of people in grand
struggle, almost half and half, and
when the day Is past and the will of
the majority ascertained, the decis-
ion is accepted with submission on
the one hand, without unbecoming
eXultation OH the other. No military
precautions are needed; the people
govern themselves and a majority
of one vote, if fairly ascertained, is
just as decisive as a million, and is
submitted to without murmur. This
gives increased confidence in our po-
litical institutions, and assures us
that popular government, even with
universal suffrage, is strong gov
eminent, its elasticity saving its life
when another form might break be-
cause it would not bend.
These thoughts must fill the mind
when summoned to give thanks at
such a time as this, and he is very
poor specimen of a citizen and a
worse Christian, who does not feel
that the liberty peculiar to our sys-
tenn is a blessing calling for profound
, est gratitude. Let us thank Goo
with all the heart for stable govern.
, ment, good laws, liberty and order
as nearly balanced as it is perhaps
possible to have them in this imper
feet world of ours.
. What harvests have filled our barn.
: and granaries and elevators an(
D ships God has dealt with us as with NJ
a other nation, in this regard, feeding u
0 abundantly and making us feeders o
8 other nations as we'll. And were i
: not for the influx of other peopl
:. who come to us to find work, not
man in all this broad land would b
without labor and wages.
And it seems eminently fitting tina
d we celebrate day of Thanksgivin!
o to Almighty God for the manifol'
/, mercies He has bestowed upon us a
n people. We must stand up 70
# God in the government. If right
e eousness and truth and justice d
II not control in our civil affairs, til
e day of our stability and prosperit
II will end in night of disorder an
IS gloom. Even bad men can be KEEP
If on the track of right if the peopl
= are sound and true, but better ia
y will it be for rs if the everlasun
D principles of Gods character an
d judgments are SO thoroughly infuse
: into the minds and hearts of tn
re masses, it shall be evident to a
A. mankind that this is a people who's
n God is the Lord.
ne This is no visionary desire. 1t
ne the ideal of every Christian intelle,
T, and heart. Political essayists hay
i Described their imaginary republic
IL which equal rights atd impartial ju
st tice reigned and every nan was b
he brothers keeper. Religious see
predict the good time coming whc
rs righteousness and peace shall fill Il
he earth and every man shall be ever
on mans brother. And there is 10 f
to paticism in the dream of the state
of man or the saint. God is with
i'll and He has the destinies of nation
'e, IN his hands He was aud is our
ay theirs God and will be with our oh
a dren to the end of time. So wh'
es we render unto Him our thanks f
W mercies in the past and present +,