Vontinutd from our I'ttt J'oge J Wloism wUh Nevada sllvr, and the ffiit-t wanrvxi witb fire-grate ln-apci high, with l'cnn nylvauia coal. The hall m sorca! wHh carpets from Lowell mills, ami the liehts llaBti from bronzed brackets of Philadelphia mannlacturc The finders of Massachusttts srirU fiavn hnnsr the place with beautiful embroidery. The tuulc Is the drum of ten thnunnl mills, uroonijwnied by the Mhout ol children let looxe fur plv, trie eladnoNs of hurvemers driving barnwHrd the load ol nbeavet, ihe glee of lour million boudmen bem Ing time with tneir snapped shuckles, and the duxoiogy ot a redeemed nation that risen up n?ilh anthems it.at fly heavenward, wing-and-wiup, ttU the celestiul pates are crowded with the liof anna, and the oldest harner of heaven cannot tell where the torrential anthem ends or lb celestial sour betr1n. Never beiore was ata table sprcal. Ring Blond, all je pcoplo ! Hons and daughters of i;cid, clap the cynbals 1 Through the organ pipes lot there ewne down the tnunders of na Uonul rcjnlcluer. There must be fronting to-iiiy. .loin hands! i,jft up tiit pnlm branehes ! "Oh that aeu would praise the Lord for Hie good Tie", nod for Wis wonderful works to the chil dren oa men !" We are in a state of peace. The New Orleans in atstf.crc is r.iht, and tne cloud that hung over Baltimore v withdrawn. The monitors sleep with shut port-holes. The Monadnocle goes on a p'.easure excursion across the sea. AotL'tttm is e.low with corn nhocks. While utatnticians urn! financiers have been planning, and every hrw'.k in the pavement of Third street has had i'j. self-uDnointcd prophet. God ha been putting tu bit iu the moum of our wr debt, and guiding ;it in the right direction. With one hniion ot -lollars leea ol mutiona1 tiebt than England, we have a revenue exceeding her-" by one hundred and seventy millions of dollars p.-r annum. Mr. (iladstoue stai-tlos the British l'arliament with the prophecy tkat oue hundred years will ex haust England's coal-beds, while we have just begun exeava'.ion. Those who etst foretold repudiation will not iiow be tutisllcd with anything but "ticveu tbirties." The grain-tielUs have passed their harvests above the veto of drounht and (loliuc. The oat tun of the nation is full. Hark to the wild ru tt f the wheat through the (Jhieagu grain-' Iv'wrs !" Clear the track for the long freight trains trnncporting the Western harvests to ;he seaboard I The fishermen of Gloucester have ' ibis year cast their net on the rinht side of the f jhip. The "tarv' that lie in their rough jackc its, stark among the coral reels, are few com pare! I with those who have successfully flung the I arpoon and plunged tne pike. O ar country stands in the first rnnkofnatlons. fin a'.t's cannon shook the window-glass of Ma idnd nud Vienna, a Turkish Pacha comes to tt tdyour institution!. The British press toil mi frhcly to prove that they elways were triundly. Tl v leveot the liritish Ministry and the Washing to ti Cabinet bids lair to be like that of David and 1 jnathan. We worship (iod in our own way. A fc w mouths af;o, in this cfcurch, whole tatnilies c I corded wio the kingdom, and old men wept, i widnaid: ''We never saw it wi this wise." The fanlight struck upon the waters ol baptism, lalitU, lrom. ringers tremulous with a pastor's joy, tell upon the smooth brow of childhood, and fine, wrinkled temples otold age. typical of the woming time when Christ will set upon their foreheads the crystals of heaven. As a churen, f-we close the year of oar gieatest spiritual and ,r temporal. prosperity. t -Gather your families to-day, and nil them -praise the Lord lor .sunshine and Mowers, tor - day and night, tor eyesight and hearing, tor lood and sleep, for pure laughter of children. If, sweeping throne b the glowing hours of Thaukglving reunion, there coiiie a chill 'draught lroui the opened door of a sepulchre, think of the richer banquet in more brilliant balls. Good cheer to-ouy ! I have not the noart to keep you longer lroui the home-group. !et the chairs to the table the easiest tor grandiather and grandmother, if they be still alive: a high chair tor the youngest and the least. All seated round, for a moment; let laaea ter busn. And when you huvc bowed for the Limine;. "Oh give thanks unto the Lord ; lor He if genu, for Hi mercy eudurctn rorevr !" 4.0IVS UUUUXESS CKO WXS TUB YEA R A -Sermon Delivered by. the Rev. Jamea Cooficr, at the Bcrcau Uuptlst Church, Wet Philadelphia. Tnr.nkspiving services weie held at this :h-urch at 10311 A. M., conducied by the pastor, JUev. Jiunes Cooper. The a d dress was founded npou tbe tet. l'siilm (tiv 11th verse: "Thou -rownest the year witu Thy goodness." It is p. matter of gratification that the obser vance ol n dav of jubilee tnauksiiving is becom ing national; "that every year witnesses an in creased number ot Stites uniting in the same day. The recognition of a Divine ISeuenceuce by'a great people is a favorable symptom of the pnblfc morality, and is u presage ot the endur ing lilfc of the republic. God will honor the jiation thut fears Hitu. Ttieil5th Peiilm is au odo of sreat beauty. It commemorates the Providential mercies which, have been bestowed by t'u? Mighty Kuier ot the ssies. We can adopt its language, and can realize the bgures which? the inspired writer employs - to describe the prools of the goodness ot Go.i as manifested turough the year. N'e tun look back Jtpon the changing seasons, and now that the -iiitumn has returned, with its profusion ot bless ings, we can join with the Psalmist in the lofty siscriptiun ol praise 10 Almighty God, "Tnou .h.at crowned the year with Thy goodness.'' Kirst. It is worthy of note tliat every year is favored with lhe yoodues of God. The original language of the text indicates this tact. God distinguishes every year w ith Hi beneticnce. The Apostle PjiuI gave an eilective illustration of ite truth in his lervent appeal to theLystriuus not to sacrihcc tinto himself and Barnabas, de claring that though God had abandoned the Tieathen for their idolatry, yet "He left not Him self iritliout witness in that He did good, und .gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, tilling our heart" wh lood and gladness." The yeftrt, as they cxme and go, are distinguished wiih the tokens of the Divine regard. Tnere ure ?mlitiu;i8 ot season- which were not favorable, and f comparatively meagre harvests secured; but thiie have been no tautlue years iu our times. Sections of country have experienced failures ct crops; but their deficiencies have boon made up by tne abundance ot other sec tions. Ka-ju- lroui heaven und fruitful seasons have been the uuwl allotmeut of former and leoent yeart iu thiscuosen laud. So.:oud. There are vearv, however, which Cod. crowns more especially with His gooduess. The present year i& such au one. W"e have had FpecliJ piools of HI? favor. The continuance of peace calli for profoundest gratitiKle to our Heavenly Father. Our most Bangui ne anticipations have ix'euri'ulized. There bave been heart-burnings, political contentions, and scenes of sdoud in some parts ot the laud. There have been forebodings ot sanguinary irtruggl. on a wider scale, but God has brought us through them all. His voice lias stilled the tempest ot man's wrath. How strange the pre sent, as contra-ted with the past, seems! That civil war wbich statesmen anticipated with, tenor of mind, und w hich sooner tlmu see some of them desired to die. hus come aud passed away. Sad were its sight. of woe, fearful its k HcroeA of blood, and yet the nation breathes freer, aid we c.muot but rejoice over the tact t Iiiat it is born mtir, The matenal prosperity which we have en icy ttonls au occasion of thanksgiving. The lksbHdmeDt of a millioo of men, pourin3 th -w forth into tlie fields and departments of pe cedul industry, might have seemed too sudden for the interests of trade und of uiechameal pur suits ' But no shock has been felt. Theunvil and I ne loom the plonah and the axe have t'u i cm bed work for the increased numbere of our late citizen eoldicrs and for hundreds of tbousaft ds of immigrants Irom the Old World. Tbe volL me of the home and toreltrn trade may not bave been as large us in some former year's more tftT less distrust of the future may have j-iifwled ttt rush of business Ion uues may not bave been rapidly made as In the three or four years preceding yet there lias been no twrioiis derangement of business, no general breakdown to aO 'ct the nation's prosperity. Tlie ttbunOltjaoJ t.f the lir veM? calla f w mks THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1866. tflving to God. The Infinite Creator seems to be e much nearer to us in the conntry than in the city. There ts truth tn the lines ot Cowpcr: "(it d made the country, man made the tovn I" 1c the city, wiiin'fl skill and power appear In a htrikinn light. I do not mean to imply that we miss there tne Divine mind inspiring and the Divine band tn euidina the movements of men, but that we are so familiar with the sight, and the proof of human wisdom and energy and power visible in the arc nttec lure and adorn ments of a great city In the manifold achieve ments of mechanic arts and commercial pur suits, that our impressions of man as present and acting are most powtrful. Hut in the country we seen to lose bight of the creature, and stand In the very presence of the infinite Cieator. What we see there in takes most stwicly of the superhuman the miraculous. I have stood on an elevation over looking the great Miami Valley, Dre'cntine, far as the eye could reach, one unbroken field of growing corn; I have paused in my Journey on ti e sumrait of one of those vast rolling prairies of Wisconsin, such as Is found near Fox Lake, where .prattle sweeps as a wave above piairie, and where the eye can survey for miles ticl Is of golden wheat, and never can I foret the elory of thoe scenes nor the solemnity of mind they inspired. When God lavishes His bounties unon us in nbundant harvests, we ought to recognize tbeno with devout hearts. The present year, notwithstanding a late sprine, intense summer heat, leartul tornadoes, and devastating noods, has been unexampled tor the abundauco of Its harvests. "Ttiou crownost the years with Thy coodress, and Thv paths drop fatness. The pas- ' tures are clothed with Hocks, the valleys also are-covered over with corn." The good degree of hoalih that has prevailed 1 u special reason for PTatelul emotions, und for rendering tliatka to God. We bve been, iu a measure, spared the ravages of the dreaded cholera. True, it has visited us, and many homes have been darkened by its visitations, but it has not been robed with it former terrors. The canitaty measnret. timely used .liave been suc cessful, under God, in nrrestiner its course. The extremes of temperature, especially the beited term ot the summer, have not been as produc tive ol disease us might have been supposed, nnd of the year we can sny, health has prevailed within our borders. Knch oee of these mercies shines as a spark ling iewcl in the crown of t rie year, and, com bined, they form a diudera ot intiuite glory, encircling its brow. Let us rejoice this day. There are painful memories to some of us events of a mournful character lie in the back ground of the scenes of the present year, but let us enter into the courts of our Lord with thanksgivin", and experience In our individual history, " that the joy of the Lord is our strength." But there are duties as well as devotions which appropriately pertain to tins day. We sliould remember the poor. We phou'ld not leave unemy loyed the mean, and unimproved the opportunities which the Lord has given us lor their relief. There may be larger demauds upon you this winter than in former seasons. The channels lor your benefucenee rare pro vided; may they overilow with your free-will otlerings. TIIK GRAND CIVIC SAltBATIl. Addresses Delivered by the Rev. Alfred Cookman and the Rev. James Nelll, In the Spring t.ardeu Street Methodist Kplscopal Church. The church at the comer of Twentieth and Spnug (iarden streets yesterday morning was tne scene 01 services very appropriate to tne tiny. Uwing to illness, tae pastor, Uev. Allied Cwokman, had been unable to prepare a regular sermon for the occasion, but lie addressed his audience with some well-timed ud eloquent remarks, and was lollowed by the Ke v. James Meill. Mr. Cookman, in the course of an impressive prayer winch preceded his address, thanked God for the past live years of our national his tory, move especially that He had in His own way, which we now see was the be-t way, smitten him who had been the divider ot house holds, of great political parties, of benevolent Institutions, and ofll'hristia'i churches, thereby rendering our national compact more glorious in the future than it has been in the past. BE V. ALFRED COOKMAN'S AOPRKSS was substantially us follows: This is our anuual civil Sabbath, the day on which wc abanoon our temporal and secular pursuit,-, in order that we may give ourselves up to prayer and piaisc. It is a custom beautiful in itself and in its observance. It hud its origin in New hneland, and it is not the first good thiug either that has been given birth to there. Iu the fact of its naturalization we rejoice, because of its nationalizing etlect, and because it demon strates that ours is in so fur a religious nation. It is a devout recognition ot the authority and power of Almighty God- a coufession that our mi merited blca'sings proceed, not f rom the blind foices ot nature, but from the Author aud Giver ot every good and perfect gilt. We are specially reminded of our national blessings as a cause of thanksgiving on this, our civil Sabbath. When we lo7k abroad over the vast extent and exhaustless resources of our country a land crowned with peace aMir the convulsions ol the last five years a land mi- paralleled in Us past progress, and so full of nlessed promise in the lutuic, each one of us will teel inclined to employ tee word? ot bi'iipture: "lhe lines are lallen unto me in j leatant places; yea. 1 have u goodly herituge!-' untuis oecuston n is titling that we should observe the recommendations! our civil autho rities, and bring to t'hristian altars hearts full ot praise and thanks. At this moment thou sandsay, millions of people of all races and colors are engaged in this soleuui service. And it all this multitude could be gathered together, tue spectacle would be one ot surjiasmg gran deur. But notwithstanding this, our uution i far from being perfect in the sight of God, whose sucrinces are a broken heart and a contnt spirit. Two evils seem specially patent, over w hich we should now mourn. Oue is the deep rooted prejudice which pervades the minds of many against a ccnatn class ol persons, simplv lu-cause of the color of their skins. A great people, located hi our mid't by the Providence ot God, and certainly commended to our sym pathies, are still suoject to a spirit of caste, whicn would excluii? ttiem from th-r privilege of rioiuglnour streetcars, which would consult the interests ot those wiio-je hands ore dyed with our blood, while it ignores the right to the ehciive franchise ot those wuo have beirtenaed us on all occasions. The other wrong which it behooves us to lament is the disposition to extravatrance which surrounds us, with the in edy in lull view, and a winter ot hardship ju-t before us. Is tuis right? Is th.s Clnistiuu? Is n not right that ve should ask our-eives whether this extrava gance will be for the honor and glory of God? but it is not only right that we should join in thanksgiving and penance on :his occasion; it is right tuat we should present jurselves afresh upen cur own courjtiy's altar. Jn this couutrv our Government is of aud fruu the people, and it will be wise or vicious accordiug a the people are wise or vieiou. Let us,then,tutiiiliurize ourselves with our fun dumeutal law, and with the wiuuiplea of politi cal economy, and we shall thcu be better able to resolve to become practical men, desiiiug and striving to raise the nation nearer to truth and nearer ro God. Especially should we covenant together this tuorn nj thut we will be a religious people. If the bouv politic is concerned to do tin; will of God, the nation sbull take rapid strides towards immortality. Let us resolve, then, that we will not have a La ion founded upon broken plenaes, und tuinted with the blood of our truest friends a union simply of the combined skulkers of the North and the traitors of the Souin. Lei us rather have a Union without a slave; ay, aud without a tyraut too a Union in which every citl.en shall have an opportunity to develop uis capacities h Union of the true men of the North aud of the South. Let me exhort you to bring to-duy to the altar of God this threefold oiierlug: A heart full o thanksgiving aud pruise; a spirit entirely humble and broken; und a more thorough consecration of all our powers to the cause and 'welfare ol our common country. Unruly, this will be regarded by our Gad J a JVwrsbli &3d a iit.et ttnelliiuj inc' ide. . REV. JAM RR NE1I.L'8 APPBRHS. The. Rev. James Nei.1 followed Mr. Cookmsn In some remarks, which were substantially as 4 i ! 1 rt u a These thanksgiving days are occasions which should be welcomed by ns all, not only because they enable old and young alue to lay aside the cares of life and put on a garb ot joyousnew not only because itiey stop tne mourn wi me grumbler, whether he be farmer, or Merchant, or politician, by showing him a thousand rea sons tor tnannniinees, and not one ior com plaining notonly because it is a day of feasting, but especislly because it is a great national Sab bath, which presents the nation as a worship ing, thanklul people, in the eyes of other nations, as well as in the eves of God. Mr. Nci II then referred to the day of fasting nnd xiraver observed bv Broclamatton of thtj Mayci of this city, during the terrible preva lence ot the Asiatic clicie.ra here tn IMZ. within twenty-four hours thereatter, the S'-ourgo abated. What did It raenn? asked the speaker. Suiely, that God had seen astric'ten people ou their bended knees, aad in answer to their prayers bad driven the pestilence from their midst. So, too, alter the disastrous battle of Bull liun, our President, Abraham Lincoln, who is now embalmed in the memories of the people, appointed a day of tasting and prayer; and for one whole year thereafter the aspect of our civil conflict was changed. There Is no record of war during the past year to which we must refer; there are no sol diers' craves, tilled with the roceutly fallen. Strife ou the battle-field has ceased, and peace has come at last. And we can still be tuankful that treason, North and South, has shown the same weakness at the ballot-box as in the field; that the principles of truth and right have pre vailed bv a majority of 400,0011 votes. We can be thauklul for this victory ot pure and perma nent principles, rrceuoin, as the result, will, in the luture. be tne most glorious word npon the American escutcheon. Yes, this elecion of the t'orticth Toneress is the crowning glory ot the great struggle. Notwithstanding that the entire circle has been swept with considerations ol high ottictal character, the American people, resisting the temptation, have come forth in their might, and consecrated the coun try to freedom and justice, now and lorcver- more ! Mr. Neill then concluded by advising his hearers to attend to the admonttiou contained in the first text on which a thanksgiving s-jmon was ever preached "uo your way. cat the fat. and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing Is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; lor tne joy oi tne L.oru is your strength." GOD IN AMERICAN HISTORY. A Sermon Delivered by (he Rev. Henry Maker, .Ir., In (he Third Street Metho dist Kplscopal Church, Camden, N. .1. "Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in an fenerations." We are as-embled in the ciuiet sacrednes of our National Sabbath topertorni the joyful ser vices of thanksgiving and praise. Alore bounti ful than our wishes richer iu blessing than our utmost hope, God claims of us this return of tliruks. As citizens oi a great republic, it becomes us to join right gladly in the plaudit ot the Psalmist: "Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling nlace in all generations." American nisiory is ine development oi tne most wonderful phenomena ot modern times. But justice presides over the destinv of nations, calm and restless In its workings, undisturbed by human faithlcsriicss or repining. In await' mg the result ot rrovidence, we may, indeed. learn the lesson ot patience and of faith. Athought born of the human intellect has perfection almost as the beginning of its being, but the conceptions ol the great t Am, whose thoughts are not as our thoughts, nor ins wuys nae our ways, wiih whom one day is as a thousand years. i'roeres, tne law ot tue universe, isamudi vidua! and social advancement, ever seeking the idol of perfection. TLere is no El Djrudo of rest awaiting humanity, when it shall ceaso to labor, and which shall toil no more. "New occasions have new duties, Tin... - (.ml uuuuulil ; Itiey must upward stdl, and onward, W ho would keep abrcasr ot truth. "So, resplendent gleam her camp-fires! We, ourselves, must pilatfbus be; Launch our Mayflower, ana aeer boldly Through lhe desperate winter sea." The Republic of the West is the inspired, God- sent upostle of human liberty, the herald of that great day, the dawn of whose splendor tilled the visiou ot prophecy, tunned the tusus oi poetry. aad now out of ihe chaos of the present is rising into clear, culm, organized existence. Republicanism was put on trial in the forma tion or our Government, under the most dillicult circumstances. Our institutions were the out growth ot two hostile theories. And the prob lem has been to reconcile, to harmonize them. The impossible has Urns been attempted. The ation was forgetting justice, becoming a traitor to the bnptismal vows by which it was con secrated to freedom, when God in His goodness sent war, uis propuet, to warn us ot our doom. Revolutions are, indeed, nut born of chance; they never spring from accident, but are always te means by w hich ure accomplished God's great purposes, seen here and there in the cen tum?, moving In steady procession, iu their ebb and Low obedient to the mnnite Will. iu our own struggle patriotism had a resur rection. TV' voting men gave freely the bloom of their lives to the caase. It was a costly sac liiice. Tliree hundred thousand dead! and tin ice three hundred thousand broken and breaking hearts! But what a glorious recompense a resurrected nation, a people iausomed from sin and slavery ! With the broten chains in her hand, her limbs released lrom the shackles of cruel tvrannv. Columbia stauds, with a glad light in her eye, a bright einiln ou her face, the "song of liberty rushing up from ber lips. And to the mourner she whispers: "Weep no longer. These that were thine are milne now. the nation's children. embalmed in au eternity of tame." Every pulsation ol public sentiment, each tiOal wave of revolution, has settled our institu tions further down through the shifting sands ot human policy, into the clear granite of God's idea. Forests bend, mountains tremble, strong ships hie to the harbor, w hen the storm rushes forth in its fury. But Dettiny isstronger than the tempest mightier than un army with banners. It l- Divinity moving to aud tro in the earth. Ancio-Mxon civilization is a wanderer no 'longer. Standing on the mountain top, it cries out to God: "Where shull I go?" And the answer comes, "Everywhere !'' iu addition to this great joy of our national r-"-urrection, we have other eau-es for thanks- giviug. The pestilence has not been suffered to devastate our communities. He started forth from his house in the Orient, and swept her citie.' rs with the besom of destruction. And. theu, tbe dread Angel of Death, spreading his oi in ucrtss the ocean, stood hanging over the land, when God called out "Azrael ! Azrael p We were saved. And Thou, O Lord, hast been our salvation. "Thou hast beeu ur dwelliug- place m ail generutious !" Aral as from the cornucopia r.f His goodness a golden stream ot mercies flows out to us ull, us civil bodic. as social circles, us individuals. may we not exclaim : "Let the whole earth be t' lied with His glory." PEAC E, THE WORK OF HIOIITEOI S- NESS. A Sermou Delivered at the Third Re. formed Dutch Church, by the Rev. J. W. fcchenck. Rev. Mr. Schenck. who hus recently entered upon his pastoral duties in ilns city, was greeted yesterday nion.ing by a large congregation. He selected lor his text the following words, 1 1 oin the 17th verse of the 3'2d chapter of Isaiah: "And the work of righteomne.'.s shall be peace." In commencing his discourse he referred to the fact that the Chief Magistrate had called upon the people to engage iu thanksgiving to Almighty God to-day; therefore the event is happily again made national. The pastor now branched out upon the subject, in which he said men vtrr ducitted to fouud th.li nation in the school of conflKt for sacred pnnctnlcs. The spiritof God h,"d awakeneda lev minds to see an appreciate the deadening Influence of Rome on mind and heart and estate. In tlie great Bible doctrine of Justification by faith was incorpo rated the freedom of conscience la the Church of God. It was the Fapal shackles and the soul tjranny of llome that caused men to ip age In Protestant reformation. Reference was now made to the reign of Philip the Secoud. who brought the Spanish Inquisition to his aid, and from the cruelties tneu enacted springs that Independent feeling which resulted In the forma tion ot a tree Dutch republic, the wonder of the ase, and a sale asylum to the oppressed for conscience sak. The reverend speaker, In language at once eloquent and forcible, gave a br.et though comprehensive history of the trials and troubles incident to the reformation m the ecclesiastical world, and the wouderlul and special providence by which it has been sustained to the present day. in regard to thanksgiving tor targe narvests, active industry, preserved health, aud peaeelul loteigu relations, we should not be unmindful of what is necessarv to effect the end for which it Is so cleir we were brought into and are con tinued in existence as a peop'e. He sugeested that the text imparted the necessary instruc tion, "The work ot righteousness shall bo peace." In applying this to all parts of our country, the entire people would speedily become happy, contented, law-abiding, and prosperous, and over them the bright sun of God's favor would pour down blessings. In illustrating these points the speaker alluded to Solomon, who desired that God would give htm an undemanding heart, that he might be able to judge between good aud bad. Ills reign was one ot peace. Taking Solomon as the bright example, the pastor discoursed at great length ou lhe duty of the people and their rulers; and on this latter point.be said that God must be practically recog nized in this country as the R'tler among the nations. The principles ot His government must be adopted here and put into operation. The truth of God must be replaced iuto the foundation of our institutions. The holy code of Jehovah must be recognized as tne great con stitution to which we must be subject. In a word, what may be tciraed the Christian power in the world must be submitted to and made to give impulse to our social and national machinery. Honor must be paid to the king dom ot (iod as the great governing autnorny, and men and measures must be tested by the standard that kingdom sots up, and made to square with its provisions, or be rejected and held in complete obscurity. i.oug enougn nas tne great tamer or this nation, in whose fear and at whose bidding and after whose pattern its foundations were laid, been ignored, and men's passions, ambitious, follies, and thirsting for power and strifes for fatness been the masters. The speaker con cluded his discourse with appropriate remarks, soliciting the Church to arouse iroru its sleep, aud assist in tramiug public sentiment, ana oy the favor she, through her gracious Head, can bring on our nation, avert calamity, and by her work of righteousness, whom God will honor, secure peace. FOR WHAT SIlOtit.D THE NATIOX .UK THANKFUL. A Sermon Delivered nt the First Inde pendent Church, by the Rev. John Chambers. Kev. Mr. Chambers preached yesterday to a very, very small congregation, lrom the tofio- iug text, found in Kphesiuus v, 17-2u: "Where fore be ye not unwise, but understanding wnat the will of the Lord is: and be not drunk with wine, wherein is excesj; but be hlled with the spun, speaking to yourselves lu p3altns and hniii8 and spiritual songs, singing ana miiKing melody in your heart In the Lord, giving thanks always for all ttnngj unto God and the Father, in the name ot our i.ort jesus Christ." Tbe preacher said the congregation had met for tbe great purpose ol giving thanks. There are many reasons why thanks should be given. There never was a period in which we enjoyed greater blessings than ihe present, tie con trasted tho oliuriiolor and eot.di.IO0 Ot U grateful und ungrateful niuu. The grttelul man is always an honorable man; whilst the ungrateful man, be whom we call an ingrate, is always contemptible aud mean. This those beiore him had seen in the character and conduct of those whom they had hal in their emplo3 There is something in the grateful heart upon which a solid superstructure can be raised, whilst in that of the ingrate we tee only that winch is base and disgusting. When you have dne fnvors to another, which have not only not been appreciated, but which have been turned to your disadvantage, you can net avoid speaking of the ingratitude, and saying how badly you have been treated. We all ex pect men to be grateful to us in proportion to the extent of the favors we bestow. Let us apply the subject. When w e consider the amount ot the blessings that God has bestowed upon us, and the return we have made, we cannot avoid regarding ourselves as ingrates. Notwithstand ing all these blessings (which the speaker elo quently enumerated )7 we find to-day, even under tbe call of the President of the United States. ot the Governor of the Commonwealth, and of the municipal authorities, we cauuot get people to come to a place of worship to acknowledge the favors tbey have received, aud render their thanksgivings' to the bountitul Giver. Everywhere in the streets, our homes, the fields, 'the skies, the crops in all .liiuis.?. we behold causes for gratitude; and our text assures us that we should always give thanks in the nnme ot the Lord Jesus Christ. It is true that pestilence has stalked abroad in the land; it is true that there has been a comparative failure of crops, and that breadstuffs are scarce and costly ; but it is also true that we have been delivered from the diabolical horrors of civil war a cruel, horrible, bloodthirsty, damnable war. The preacher said there was nothing in the world he hated aud abhorred so niucli as var: aud. iu his opinion, we should do all in our power to promote peace, brotherly kindness, and charity. It was the duty of the pulpit everywhere to nrench the doctrtiics ot pence: it was the duty also of the religious ptess, und especially the duty of the secular press, let it was unfor tunately the case that the piess is endeavoring to siir lip strife. Every rre.-s that endeavors to set one t ortion of this country against another should be banished from the land every one of them. It is a ciuestion now whether this country hhould be clothed in garments ot laouralug or arrayed in the vestment of praise. There is atuch to be done. We must have those weu who are going over the country to stir up the passious and arraying oue section against another, converted aud turned ttom their de structive wars. The reverend gentleman referred to the latneutable condition of certain classes of people in the South. We are told that in the State of Alabama there are three thousand aud five hun dred whites and blacks in a condition of actual starvation. The Washington titar tells us that in the District of Columbia there are thirty thotu-und colored persons w ho do not get one day's work in seven, aud are literally rusbiujr into the jaw s of starvation. All the poor-houses me crowded. Only think of it! At the city of Washington, from twenty to thirty thousand, who have been taken from comfortable homes, are left to starve ! His blood almost curdles in nis veins wnen Lo goes along Ghesnut street and sees a man sitting on the curbstone grinding out music lor the pennies that are thrown to blm. witn both his legs beveifcd from his body by tbe crueltiee of war. In looking-upon sights like ttiU. his bliod bolls with Indignation against the Gov crnaicnt lor lis neglect of such men. Aud tuev come thus maimed and helpless from eery part of the land. It Is a wonder that God should give a nation so horribly depraved as this, even so much as a shower of rain. Wo must lork at these things. All there knew he was man of peuce that he loves the country - and that it is Lis greatest desire to see It united bv the immutable principles of righteousness. He spoke of ladies he yesterday saw begging for the suffering poor of Virginia, and was gratified to perceive unon their subscription-books the , I... i CI.iii a ami niiii'rs who had con- tribute) a hundred dollars and other liberal sums, we want these chamles. For this he prayed, for this he preached, for tuts ho lived. w niu is mo wiu oi me ijoni f H 1? tq nroyWi'J for tae poor and doitutA if your brother is hungry, feed him; if he Is thirsty, gWe htm (Irmk; if he Is naked, clothe him. But we are totd tnese peonm or the flntifi have rckelkd. What have we done? Have we not lebelled? W liave rebelled against God; and what has God done? He Incarnated His own f-on, and scut Una to live and die for our nalvation. No nation on the face of the earth has done this conntiy so much harm as England. She is more to blame lor the horrors ot tne lute bloody war than all other people combined. Had she minded her own business, ninety thousant per sons would not have been sacridced upon the lieid and died in onr hospitals. He referred io the famine a few years since in Ireland, and the magnanimity on that occa sion of the American people. They opened their arms and their nurses, and sent to the relief of the perilling Irish poor vessels laden with clothing and piovlsions. The Irish have beeu a grateful people, and appreciated what was done for them. We have now hundreds and thousands, whites and blacks, old and young, male and female, naked and starving, calling aloud upon us for assistance from our own Southern country, and it Is our duty to listen to and auswer their call. He wonders, when he eoes to nvirkct and discovers the cost of piovislons, how it Is possible lor thou sands to procure even in this city the necessaries ot life. How cati we pretend to rejoice when we see so many people clothed iu rags and starving for bread 1 Let no man misconstrue his language. Let no man say he was here to stir up strife and wrath. That is no part of his character. He has gone Into stores and counting-houses to obtain means to relieve the wants ot these But tering people; and he was happy to say that, witn two exceptions, his petitions have met with a generous rcnonse. In reeurd to the Southern people, they have done all that they nave neen asiccu io no nave accepted all the proposed terms of peace and reconciliation, and arc there'ore worthy our commiseration an I support. No nation on the face ot the earth has ever had such an opportunity lor magnanimity as this nation tias at the present tune. L?t us be governed by the Immutable principles of rigni. He hoped that not a syllable he had uttered would be understood as intended for any other purpose than to unite the country in the bonds of peace, and to restore every section to pros perity, in reicrcncc to toe penning political dillicultics, tie said that the people are the rulers, and that Presidcut Johnson and the Congress of the United States were nothing more nor less than the people's servants, whose duty it is to do their bidding. The people snouui ana must ruie tney would be lools should they let, toe power pass out of their own into any other nanus. An appeal was made to the charides of the people, and a collection taken up tor the suffer ing poor at the close of the discourse. SCIEKCK, INFLUENCED nV CATHO LICITY. Dr. Morlarty's Lecture at the Academy of The Academy of Music was comiortably titled last evening, the occasion betug a lecture by the Very Rev. Dr. Morianty, ou tbe subject ot "Scienie, influenced by Catholicity." Tue lec turer spoke substantially us follows: One very dii-agieeable result of the religious revolution of tie sixteenth century ha been a spirit or antagonism aud rrejudiee between different nations us well r.s dttlcrcntiudividiiaK itien were not content with the discussion ot diverse principles, but unfortuuately proceeded io carry oui per-onu; prejudice, and eveu national odium, and in consequence of this a rivalry has been ei-tabnshed betwecu different tuitions. Tho-e who endorsed the principles a:.d proceedings oi tne so-called Ketorimiuon were condemned iu every shape and form, and prepidged with animosity. Thus, tor example. in the departments ot sclwnce, it became quite a popului' and familiar vituperation to condemn, all incapable of progress iu seien -e, ull iliouu who did not advance on the level ot the pre- sun ed civilizing progress of the sixteenth cen tury. As it was said in aucieut limes, "No good could come out of Nazare'.b, ' so it was judged that where there were no ;atuoitc influences, science and scientific discoveries nev-r could flourish. Science has nowhere flourished more the origin ot more sublime and tisetul dis coveries than where it has been pursued under the intluenees of the Catholic religion. Con sidering how this proposition may be proved and illustrated, my mind naturally turns towards the bright and fair country ot I aly, in which tne inlluence of the Catholic Church has been uninterrupted for years. Also, naturally, I turn towards that lair and beautiful country for another reason. Be cause having, in the preparation ot my subject. to revive reminiscences iu my mind, I travelled back over many years to the bright, fair, and sacred period of youth, standing beneath the shadows ot the Coliseum, surrounded by the classic influences ot glorious Italy, where I re ceived an education, which was limited as to the extent of science by tbe deficiency ot mvown In' tellec. not bv any restraint cast upon me bv the Chinch, or imperfection or want ot depth of learning ot those who condescended to be ray tutors. 1 go, then, to Italy to prove and to illus trate my theme. Were I to go over and tell you that Italy has been the nursery of the arts; that she has filled her churches, her halls, her palaces with tho beautiful productions of her most lenowned painters, which rival the pro ductions cf other nations were I to tell vou that she has been the nappy parent of Dante, Raphael, Guido, and others, it might be srnid 1 was repeating only that which vou already know. We know that Italy is the country ol art and of depths of learning, but science belongs to the people ot northern cfi- mates. tnveMors ot the modern sixteentn cen- turv civilization, especially to Parisian regions. We frequently hear it said, "What has italv to do with scientific research and discoveries V I am suielcan give a very satisiactory answer. Invention or discovery may be considered in two oistinct ways. A phenomenon has been beforefhe eves ot mankind perhaps for hundreds ot years, but it hus passed completely unob- ferved. Suddenly there conirs m a genius who ses it, finds it out, and thus gives it to the world, the germ of a most important discovery. That man is entitled to be considred the inventor or dis coverer, even though afurwarns that which he has given in an imperfect torm may grow up io something great and mighty in the hands ot another genius; and this other genius may like wise put in his claim to the title of inventor. He ihen said that the microscope, the tele scope, the buromeler. tho thermometer, and spectacles, were all discovered by Italians under Iha influence of the Catuollc Church, and that that was a proof of h'.s assertion. The speaker continued at tome length, Hd was frequently applauded. . DWELLING 3 S IP A O HANDSOM U DWELLING, (KfUMSIlKD OR UNFURNISHED,) in Trig Noithwestern Section of the City, WILL IE SOLD L1W FOi CASH. ft is Bear four Passenger Bailroad routes leadiug to the centre of tne city. Address H 28 2t BOX Ma P. O. R E M O PAL OP PBREUOLOOICAL OFFICE TO NO. m CIFBsi PT B THEFT xo. m chkhnut stheet. where i zawinalloDi an mae as nsuai, iv j. n capev. 91 utoi3inp RaCA-eeMor to Fowm, Well A Co. p II E C.fl EAT STORE, FREEMAN & CO., Corner EIGHTH and VINE Sts. Ladles, Mines', and Children's HATS, REDUCED FltOM 95 Cents to 37 Cents. $1-00 to 15 Cents. j S1'30 to 1100. $'1-00 to fJl-50. 93-00 to $-00, A 1 IN ALL TUE NEW STYLES ASD Wc he also mad a QrMt Seduction in our !?? TOOK of MILLINERY GOODS. 1016 2m FREEMAN & pp. RKCISTER'S NOT1CE.-TO ALL OREDI tor, Lrvatres, and other persons tntartwtal. Koine id litre dv given that tlie lo low Inn named net . on I did, on the dates aflixed to tbeir nainen, file thm accouuts ol tbetr Adnitninliatlnn to the eitaten ofthoxe DersoUB deceased, and UuardiHnu' and '1 rua ' lioe nauiea are undermentioned, in the oirlce of Um IteRlntrr tor the riobate ot Willi and urantnu Letters at Administration In and lorihe ( itv anu Cunm. r in.i deiihla and that the Mine wil. be prcwixntetl to tba uriniana uuun oi nam ;ny ana I uumv or conttrma tlon and allowance, on the th'nl FRIDAY In December next at W o'ciock In the mornnw, at tae County Cwtut ai is ids tva a vara let-20, Jame Watt, Administrator of JOHN DUCK a A , UGt-CIIBVU, 27, Fiancls lluckburne nnd Wllllnm M. Smith Administrators oi 1'tTER HALL, deceased' 29, Henry IihI i e at. rxeeutors of UAV1D Bl'lELliK.KOKK deceased ylu 29, Johu 1 rucks. Executor of WILUAM '1 BUCK, decease 1. 30, OcotKe K. Zctlcr, Administrator oi JOJJV BOUIt, llOllLEN.docoBSed. 31, Slsrgan t 'ilinniius. Administratrix of HENRY 1IMM1NS deceased. Nov. 1, Stacy iirowo, Guardian of FRANKLIN W. iiuouii, late a minor, " 2, Abraham War nisn, Jr . Exccu'or of ABRA. MAM WAKTM AN. deceased. " 2, James C. Hind and Coates Wa ton, Executors oi HKNJ MIN T. lilt IS Deceased. ' 2, MsryAnn ltardwlck. Administratrix oi WIL LIAM HAKDWU k, deceased. " 3, William H Alien and William IT Knight t.x ecu tori ol TUOMAS W. At ATl'bON de ceased. - t- -m " 3, Reuben Ussy and It I rum Johnson, Executors oi AIARiIa lUCKl.Ml. deceased " 6, Henry Knauir and John M. .Mitchell. Kxecn' tors and Trustees ot JOHN il. biCYFcAii. deceased. ' 5, WI Uin Stiilln?. Jr.. Administrator of TdoMAS bUU.RLV. Jr., deceased. , 5, Jolm ( layton, Administrator ol J. BARCLAY 11AKD1SU. deceased. " 8, Wil lam M. hwain ct. al., t xccutors of AZ V U1A1I 11. 81. MUSH, duceased. " 6, WllUsm and N. R. t-upleo Aom'nlstrators of BE.JMIN SuFLKK, dec.ascd. 7, ToWnsfnd Yearslev Administrator of FISCAL Y fcAttHLEv. deceased 7, Taul Kni llloch, Ixccutor of OODFRIED Slh 1)1 L, de 'eased. 7, Jolm IKutheriord, .1 r . Executor (as filed by his Executor), of ALLhM KU UlhUfOKO, de con Red " 9, John I olp, Administrator of LEWIS OOLP, deccaeu. " 9, James 8 Hell. Trustee of ABRAHAM HE'- M U01, docensed. " 9, John orc and Ueorge W. Rhawn, Executors 01 BERN AKU iMtlthl, neceasad. ' 9, Wl l'aiii M MeKnk'lit. Guardian ot ELIZA- HK'lll V. PICKET T. lute minor. 12. Fclplo Heweil, hxecutor of WILLIAM W. nUIl It. deceased. 12. William If. Pane, Admlnlstra or of BENBT IS. . FaOK. deceased. " 12, Wil lam and R'chard B. Dunne, Executor of WILLIAM J. bl'AM.. deceased. " 13, John U. Irwin, Executor of BTEl'HEN BAL- Vt iN.deceairO. " 13, Gcotue tttwaruson. Fxecutor taa tiled by bis txecnior oi ll'KKIt SMITH, deceased. " 13, Nut Ida Hnltt, Administratrix of UfcNRY Bl'AMiLl.K, deceuscd. " It, '1 bourns Wlulams, Jr , hxecutor of CHARLES WILLI.. At deceased. " 15, JamisM McKim, Administrator of WILLIAM .NicklM Ui ceased " If. Sarah Wc' lure, Admiu.stratrlx of SAMUEL Hcf'll'KK, deceased n, vtueth Krnuse, Auudnistratrlx (as fifed by her Executor) ot CHAKLhS JiHAUsE, dec used 17, Jacon At. Culo Executor of ELIZABETH KKAUSK, deceased. " 19, leaao llazlehurgi. Acting Executor In the L'nl'ed Mutaa of '1 ho MA. -5 OiUO-N, de ceased 19, Edward Spooner et al., Executors of WIL LIAM . ruUSEl. deceased. " 19, GeoriieW Lo,nud, Executor ol ltev. J03EPB LlliKKM) deceased " 19, John Lindsay. Admluistrutor of MARIN A ARMS. deccfiSCd. " 19, Streets R. Fox, Adunstrator of JOUX W. FOX, deceased. " 20, Robert and William II Hanc ocks, Executors oi UUHiCKf HAhC'OCKs deceased " 2i, John u. and James M. Arrlson, Executors of At ARIA AKKIMUN. deceased. ' 20, Franki.n Hcalo and James U. ( lark. Trustees or JOHN Y. CLAKlv. deceuscd. ' 21, Dsnforth I) htratton Administrator ol ALUIxN H. BM U.L deceased. ' 21. Johu Ruthenord. Jr . r xecntor (as flid by hit Executes) of ESTUtR STuWaRT, de ceased in account with Jaue Patterson, Annuitant. " 21, Israel 11 Johnson. Trustee for JO IIS BICII- aRDmON. decased, under will of Johu Elliott, doccased " 22, Frasnis Foaisnn, Adu Inlstretor o. t a. of EI.LEN M A ItY MOI'LiOJ, deceased. " 22, Willism B. Hill and Ruiph I dilonas, Guardians and Tmstees oi the children ol itALFH V 1)110 W EH, deceased " 22, William h.teiheimer, Administrator ol PEIEU. II. UhCK. deceased " 23, Louisa Kindt, Adnunistritrlx (as fled by her securities! oi Ph'hRH ISECK. deceased , " 23, John llttloxue and Kamuel Y. Greer. Execu tors of HEMtY DIALOGUE, deceased. ' 23, Alary J. L. bishop Adiuuiistiatrix of ALEX- AMIf R HERON, J it., deceased " 24 Albert 1 Lledormsn and Jacob K. "etseman, Executors oi CifcOKUE 11. WILSON, de- ceuccd ' ' 24, John V. Thatcher, Guardian (as filed by his Executor) of AN AM All A A. BOM1AM. " 24, Stephen Miller, Administrator of ROBERT MILLER deceas d. " 2S, The Pennsylvania OomDunr for Insurance on . Lives, etc, Executors ot CaTUAKINE FA RUE. L. deceased. " Jti, The Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives, etc Irusteesoi H&RAHJJ J ACOB i lute l eebles), under the will of WILLIAM b. DUFFIKLU, deoeased " 26, J. crsig stiller Trustee for ELIZABETH G. ELL I. -ON and ANNA M MiLLtK, undej the will ot John GUI V deceased.. " 27. William B. and Geomo Vaux. Executors of HANNAH siNKUS deefascd. " 27, William B. Hunna, Administrator of RACHIL McPHf RHON, deceased. " 27, David Davis Jr, Administrator of DAVIb i) V1H. uecissert. ' 28. William H Cement and George W. Burton, 'trustees ofJAMt- S II. CLK.UEMT, duceasod. ' 28. James T Yoitngana Edward H. Clark Execa- torsol WILLIAM K TUOMPSUa, deceased. " 28, Jrsepb Wujiner, Kxecutor and trustee of JONATHAN ASH i O.N, decesxed. " 28, George wil lams. Adininisuatorof ELIZABETH Vt 11.LIAA1H, di ceased. " 28, Bilnton J Woodward, et at , Fxecuiors ef THOMAS WOODWARD, deceased. " 24, James and Margaret Hova, xccutors of ALEX- AM)EI( HOeie;, deceased. " 28, James Bard. Executor oi MARO iRKT LATI MER, deceased. " 28, Thomas Hparks Administrator of ELIZA F, -PARKS, deceased. " 28, Robert C F.ovd, Executor of ANN Bt'BOIN. deceased " ."8, John 8 Twells Administrator of GODFREY 'i WKL' S. deceased. " 28, Caroline R. I'eiot and Edward N. Wrltrht, Exe cators oi'KLLInTON HEiiOT, deceased " 28. Johu Williams and Wil iam Hmltb Administra tors of i LIZA KI.TH BOLTON, deceased. " 28, Solomon Alter. Executor of Dr BENJAMINS. JaNNKY deceased 11 UtMt 1REIEUICK. M. ADAMS, Register. TP YOU WaNT PERFECT SAT1SFACTI0K I. in every respect, buy (be celebrated PUESIOS COal., i jig and Ktoe e'zee. at 1 per ton. AUw..be gtrulneEAOl. E VEIN COAUsame sJea, same priee and averr flue onality of LEBICiH. Egg aud Stove, at 7 Miner ton. Ikeepnothlug but tbelieU Or Jert re reived at ho. 114 Bomb THIRD Street. TORDAN'S CELEBRATED TONIC ALE. fl 'I his trulv I ealthlul aud nutritious bererage, now In use by thousmda lavallda aud others haa astab llhlied a i n .ret r lor quality oi material and purltr of Bianuiactuie wl loll Hands unrivalled. It la reeont niaoued by physii lana ot this and other place aa a supe rior tonio and r quires but a trial io con vines tue most skeptical ol Its n at merit To oe has), wbo'eaa and retail of J J. JoltlUN -No. '-20 PKAItStreet. fll i
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