The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-29

a day of feaSting and prayer, as the
day dawned, the good ship Lion was
seen in the harbor bringing reinforce
ments and supplies, and SO the day
of fasting and prayer was changed
into day of feasting and rejoicing.
Among the Pilgrims the day was ever
one of joy and good cheer. The
stern Puritans who came after made
of it a day of religious observance
and fasting. We read that they sat
through three hour sermons about
hell, sin, fire and birthstone, in ice
cold churches and went home to cold
dinners and copious draughts of
whisky to warm them up. For 200
years Thanksgiving day was a purely
local institution of New England.
"In 1863 after Vicksburg, Gettys-
burg and Chattanooga, Abraham
Lincoln issued the first proclama-
ton for national Thanksgiving, for
the hope of a reunited land. Since
that day each president has annually
issued a proclamation calling all to
their respective places of worship for
prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty
God. In material things this nation
has much for which to be thankful.
There have been abundant crops and
despite the overhanging financial
cloud there is more general prosper
ity throughout the land than ever
before In civic things we have much
from which to take heart. The in
surance investigation and the house
cleaning in many financial institu-
tons cannot but bring forth great III
innate good to the nation and insure
a firmer foundation for our financial
prosperity. We stand probably on
the eve of international arbitration
and the peace conference recently
concluded has done much to hasten
forward the day when war shall be
done away and all nations work to-
gether for the uplift of mankind.
Personally, we have much for which
to thank God. That we have health
and strength and opportunity for la
Dor is true only through the mercy of
God In the hollow of His hand he
holds the lives of all his creatures
and every hour of life and labor is
| Godgiven. He is to be thanked for
| the loved ones who have gone before
during the past year We are CRATE
| full for the years of companionship
and love, that the toll is over, that
the faithful servants are receiving
their just reward and that they are
safe in Abraham bosom. Friends
are gifts from God to cheer us on the
way, to go hand in hand with us
through life, and enable lis to be
truer and better workers.
''In religion the 800 years of
| ,snfs. A Il ;.l
! this year remembered are cause Of
gratitude. We are a Christian ma
ton today. We stand first among
the nations of the world because
of the manly and womanly Christian
ity that are our heritage from those
who first kept this day. There has
been some discussion about removing
from the new coins the motto in
God We Trust | feel sure that the
saner Judgment of this people will
be that we do not need to stamp our
profession of faith upon the money
which is a symbol to us of material
things rather than spiritual. We
must proclaim before the world that
we are Christian people by better
laws, and by service to humanity
rather than by motto upon our
money. Christians shall ever rejoice
that each year shows growth in the
spread of the kingdom of God. All
churches this year report many pro-
fessors of religion, many buildings
erected to the glory of God. In our
little community here we give thanks
and honor to those who for many
years labOred earnestly for some ma
terial evidence of their belief. The
church that stands today as pride
in our city is the result of much la
Dor and many prayers and to be a
cause of thankfulness to all those
who believe and to all those who are
working for the upbuilding of Chris
tian character. AS we remember all
these many causes for gratitude to
Him who is the Giver of all good,
we must remember the admonition
of today's lesson that it is not our
hand or our arm but that cit is
He that giveth thee power to get
wealth, that He may establish His
covenant which he sware unto thy
fathers, as it is this day
'In other words, we beseech Thee,
give us that due sense of all Thy
mercies, that our hearts may be I'M