The daily Republican., 1902-11-26
| THANKSGIVING SERMON.
Continued from First Page.


We celebrate this day, the 2Slst
anniversary of Thanksgiving Day
EAnd since 1862 it has been Nation
M institution by Presidents procla-
$mation, and as we recall few of
#the many blessings which have
come to us & nation, may there
arise from our hearts praise unto
Rour God, for surely he hath not
sslealt kindlier with any nation than
The has with fair Columbia, the
EQueen of the seas.
We have great cause to praise
A6Od for the character of the people
who laid the keel Of our national
fsehip of state. Not a company of
sorganized wealth or wisdom, for If
I'VE judge them according to the
Reneral Interpretation of the words
wealth and wisdom they were Il
poor and ignorant folk; bat it we
value them tor their morality, hon,
or and integrity, we must say they
were fabulously rich in eternal
wealth; while their wisdom Of the
highest and best type is seen in tho
y fact that they feared God and COIN
mitted their ways unto hlm. And
since as nation we have haeA
thus highly honored, ii becomes
our duty to see to it that the sam
+ spirit of devotion shall characterize
nur relation to God, as dill theirs.
In its truest and best sense Amer4ta
1 ought to be a religious people, for
since the days Of Israel surely "ti9
hath not dealt 50 with ahy pa)P!.'.
~ If our Pilgrim Fathers had cause
Z for rejoicing, how mucA greateI IS
ours? They were thanklu' for the
product of Is acres, now we couAt
them by the million. Then tho soil
/ was upturnel by the uso of the hoo
For crooked stick; now our western
farmers are drawing combination
plows by the power Of steam. Then
the corn and barley We're garnerel
and threshed and ground by hlnd
"a work of many days \ ow
these are all done by machinery.
Then travel was limited and SLOW;
now we go from ocean to ocean be.
| hind horses of iron nerve. Then
less than an hundred returned
thanks to God, to-day, there are
eighty millions who should bow be-
fore God in humble alteration say
!. ing: "Bless the Lord O my 50 III
and forget not all his benefits
What a nation is America. With
regions where the snow is ever
present and regions where the
flowers always bloom but tho great
OF part of which is blessed by the
geographical division temperate
. zones. A country whose mineral,
B cereal vegetable sproductions are
abundant, whose scenery, whether
it be of towering mountains, beauti-
full landscapes, laundering Cataracts.
ripping rivulets, yawnlng canyons.
sand covered fOrls, dense forests,
boundless prairles, picturesque
lakes, winding rivers or tossing
ocean, is second to none upon the
face of the earth. Therefore every
Americans heart that loves the
beautiful in nature should say,
''Praise the Lord for these things.
Again to my mind there is not
} another country favored as are we
in the liberty The fact that Il
man has human liberty does not
mean that he has right to do as
he chooses, even to the detriment of
his neighbor. Liberty i'll its best
sense is the chief corner stone CT
nur national governmentand though
this may not at all times be evident
because of the wickedness Of mans
heart, vet the same indlsputable
privileg e Is the proud right Of every
American citizen.
From our fathers we are the in
heritors OF two kinds Of liberty; u
Civil Liberty. Here every Ind ivld-
ual stands alike before the law; and
the law dlsdains any light 10 inter
fere with him SO long as lie inter.
feres not with the ri ghts OF his fel.
bowman. This Ii berty gives TO
every citizen the right to assist In
modifying or enlarglng the avs
OF the government under which he
lives; ia other words self govern
Ing people; or to use another IA
mIliar words, "a nation OF Tn e peo
pie, for the people and by the peo'
Pile" And since such honor Is ours,
1t becomes our duty TO pootIyel
. and solemnly participate IN making
our state and national laws; not
working for personal interest hu,
for the interest Of the state and
nation.
10 my mind our form OF govern
mept is the most beautiful ana har'
.monlous to be found. among the ma
lions Of the world. do not NEAR
beautiful in :hc sense OF pure, fo
doubtless the heartless politician IS
national disgrace for which we shouIt
pray and work for speedy deliver
but | mean beautiful il th'
. sepse, that after the election rcsutt'
have been reached, the defeated par
Nv gracefully submits to the new
liable. / desire TO shCw YOU pic
y .ture of three scenes: lst Sceue-l
IA the lst of Noycm ber; man IS dispnt
I ing with man; party lines are tIg!ltI
drawn; human passion is manifest
ana a stranger in our midst nigh
/. we'll conclude that the nation !!
upou the threshhold OF a greatcrISs 5,
4 verltable reigu OF terror 2nd
Scene ....
II Is Nov. 4th aud 5000, 600 vot
ers are dischargiug their Goi-giver
right. There is combination here
and bribery there; an arrest IN one
place and stutiing the box III an
other place. The polls are close d
the ballots are counted ana alte'
after each has cheated the other al