The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-11-28
A Thanksgiving Sermon.
4 BROAD AND STATESMAN-tIkE
VIEW FROM A HIGH CHRIS
TfAN STANDPOINT.
DR.. marahie Sees Much Cause for
Thankfulness.
THREE GREAT REASONS.
THREE GREAT REASONS.

As had been announced. DR.. Il. +
Marable preached a Thanksgiving ser
mon in the Presbyterian church on last
Sabbath. The opening PRAYER was beau
tifully appropriate and impressive. Text:
LXvii Psalm. The Doctor said tina, the
prayer of Dayid as given in the Psalm
contained two ideas: first the duty Of
the nations of the Earth To glorify God
with praise and thanksgiving; second
that as result Goa would bless us and
the earth would yield her increase
Next Thursday is great National lIo,-
lday-h day of thanksgiving for the Ma
ton, therefore we will speak of our cause
for thannfulness as a Nation as well as
individuals. There are those who en-
tertain the opinion that as Nation W.
have nO,hing to do with God and that
God takes no coguizancc of us as Ma
ton. 1t is tue that some of our worst
men have been selected to fill high sta
tions ana that for a time our government
has been conducted with selfish and un-
holy aims and ambitions, that laws have
been placed upon our statute books that
oppressed weak and suffering humanity,
outraged common justice and seemed to
disregard all dependence upon higher
power, but despite these occasional alb
normal and deplorable conditions, when
the great national heart is aroused and
thrUbs out its .rue impulses it stamps on
the face of our national life the evidences
ofour dependence upon the great Ruler of
nations and shows that the foundation
reck of our government is placed on the
great book of books.
The proclamation thai sets apart next
Thursday as day prayer and thanks
giving and eN cry other official document
is Gated 1889 (or some other Year, ammo
domini-year of our Lord. Thus otA-
cially bearing testimony every day to the
divinity and supremacy Of Chris Of the
God head Trinity. Take the American
dollar, on it is stamped, in addition to
The many devices, the words Sin God we
trust''; and this the coveted measure Of
value goes iorth to the world as an evan
gelist of truth and preacher of the
Christian Faith of the founders and
rulers Of our more perfect Union of this
assemblage of free and independent
Christian commonwealth; and SO on we
might 90 multiplying the evidences Of
the Faith that is in US that God q lmgh-
ty holds in His hands and disposes ofthe
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cording to their merits.
But to come to our subiect-our causes
for notwithstanding all our local
conditions and cadses, we will notice only
three of the great reasons for national
joy and Thanksgiving: First, we, as
nation are at peace with the other
NATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Do we fully realize how much that
means? Look at the dangerous and
terribly unsettled condition of Europe
to-day. DespO!ic Russia and land
worshipping England, with gigantic
strong armies, standing like tremendous
bulldogs, watching and growing at each
other, ready at the least provocation for
a tremendous and direful conflict. Look
at restless France and stubborn Gerra-
ny with their respective friends and al
lies watching eacl, other in the same
significant and do;Eged manner. To the
north ,f us is a part of the dominion OF
that same grasping and territory-loving
John Bull to south OF us is the unstable
and mongrel population of Mexico, COM
posed Of six distinct nationalities, and
the waverin" South American countries
in one of which has just occurred Sig
nificant and mighty revolution, while just
at the gates of our great river aud gulf
commerce lies the West Inaies, the very
| hot bed of revolution, and yet surround
ed as We are on all sides by these dan
gcrous elements of information al discord
| and imminent strife, we are resting in
| peace, harmony md quiet. Secondly.
we are at
PEACE WITH OUKSELvE'.
Here we have Il great conglome:a:e1 poI-
| uiation. some of which. especially in
The North West, is composed of the
| most undesirable and dangerous Gle
| ments from every nationality on tie
| globe. the Anarchists from Germany,
| the Nihilists from Russia, the tramps.
| vaoaboads. thieves. and refugees
from everywhere-and on these
| anut rously combuStibie elements the