• • 3 Vita dfin i ti c I Oda Tawaidi, 44 1 1 1 karsdAy, Vat SO,. *7: • W ; CILMBERLIN Deslolq FINE JEWELRY, WATCTIES, 'SILVER, AND PLATED WARE _ - TOWANuA, P.A. - Toorall4ll:JFL IS, 1677. TOWANDA POST OFFICE. r• - FOR INFOR3fATION OF THE . PURLIIN ehe Post °Mee will be kept open free 7 o'elock, A. M., till VI% P.M. Money Order and Registered Lettcr deportment tattl,close at f, o7etnek, P. X. • N SUNDAYS the O3ce will be open from 9.30 to i0..30, A. M. . ARRIVAL, AND 'DRPARTCDDS OF MAM..S.-- , Malls DM arrive and depart from Towanda Poet Oflce as follows until further notice : ADRIFT.. I s 7Prora tee Pa. & N. Y..11.1f., at 12.20. LotitO•TRIll • from•Etruini and east and west at 10.20, r.. st. From the Sonth at 5, r. x. Through mall Troll yhtlanetphia,,Wew York and Eastern States, 1 a.m. Fr4 . na State I.lne,k S. at 0:30, A. A; Front ftatelay at 7 P. At. . From ranton at Sr. X. • From Troy et From Leßarnille, Wane, ke., at 1: Y. Froni Sheahequin at 10 A. From MetalpanylMonday, - Weetnesday and Fri day) at ht Froii New Era (Tnesday 4 Thursday and Eats+. .day) at 11 A.' N. k= Pa. & N, Y. , R. 8., South, I.:3n.at Through mail to Philadelphia, New York and Eastern States. 7. , ": ti Clock, r, M. • • North, CIA 1..,14. Thrriugh mall to Elmira and points on N. C. It. 10.20 A. lit. S. It. It., Bernice and intermediate potato 7.:410'c10c15, r. of • Barclay, 12.90 r. tr. s'antou, 9 A. M. 'Troy, tT. M. ' ' • - Stietatequln, 12 31. . i. •Leltaysvllle.-rr, 01. • Mehoopany(Monday, Wednesday and Friday.) St 2 I". M. • • New Era (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday), at I Y• S. NV. ALl'O MI, h. M LOCAL AND GENERAL' . Tut: Sherifrs sales were largeli attend• iedon Fridy, axrdthebiddin4w'as spirited. TitERE is a. 1 - attendanue at Court Ibis week Tni .Yfirtherii :Tier - Gazette has entered .upon its tifteentli.yra,r. THE Historical Society. meets next .Monday afternoon. - EDWIN iI. PARKHURST and W. M. TULE husked two hundred and eight" bushels of earn in-one day at Ifinriequa. -:.~.~ Tun d)Utt Preeeedings and other arti cles prepared forthis week are unavoida , . lily. crowded -out: EntmAit meeting of Leah Lodge,' Fri day evening. :Members from sister lodg es will be welcome. THE W.:C 4 : T. U. will meet on Frid y Diternoaon in;the rooms under the residen e. of 3!rs. CARNO:111. - have taken po. session of their 'new office VI the Ward House, and will be glad" to see all their— good clients. !fonAcE' BEMIS Nal deliver' a t -wpm:ince lecture at the 'Court House: tlds'uvening. _The simple mention wilt smilice to draw a crowd. ME • A coarespoildent of the gazelle strong ly urges the people'of Troy to take meas ures to sectire the seiivices of Mr. SPARS for the band in that place- - 11Uxen, who built and put up the th.gan in the. Episcopal .Churelt some 6Venly-tlve years ago, ;was in town last week removing and repairing the instru ment, VNIVERKALIST Social'le 'will be held in the Lecture Room of the Universalist Church, on Friday evening,• Dec. - 7. Re fri.shments Will be served. All are cordial ly invited tornattend. THE Canton Musical and Dramatical Associat ion will give an -entert.ainmnt in that-place on the llth inst. The pice to be produced is entitled ' " 'Sew Eve. — The Sehtinel predicts, that it will . be rep - 4.w ed. poNITION.=-Thi: fried t of ;Rev, .T. R. AN.:O!!.' will make him a• halation the'parsunag,e in Leßaysville, cm next )Vcdnl•sday, evening, December 12. A cordial invitation is extended to all. ST*DpEN I)ATIL—Mrs EDWINNOSBURG, _9f [lib; place'was visiting her 'sister, Mrs. l'AcsAnn,. in Granville, a few days since, and was apparently in robust health on retiring to reston the evening of the 21st. ult. On the following morning:, which - was the forty-first anniversariqf her birth, sintwas found dead in her bed having 'diet . ): during the night, of heart disease. TWO new papers have made t eir ap pearancie in this place. The Milotion!iry, edited by Ite . y. G. .J.PinrrEn; and-devot cil to the interests of the Universalist nvirch ; and Christ C'h rch Visitor, ed i.rd by Rev. .1. AEEns, Mid printed in Ilii , ;,The paper is to belimblii;had month. 'ly. In•ovided enough subscribers are se cui-ejl, and will beau expOuent, of tile doe T tunes of the Epi3copal Church. There itlay be a demand for both the% period - ..c;lls„"but it strilielos the information ; they will contain might be_ given a ivider . circu, hubmiat much less expense, through the othuniis of the _various papers.already 'es tablished. . T - • THANKSGIVING Day servites• resulted iir replenishing the treasury ofithe I .athes4tenevolent AssoCiation, for which tL2 President, Mrs. BA D returns inmks to the generous donors, who by contributions have made it for the Society to relieve ad vast atti!,trnt of distress. The rollliwing sums Lane been handed to the treasurer : 1 non .services at M.. E. Church, • $5l 65 1 n' , yersali:4 Church,_ 22 00 l',l 4. - ‘,llal Church, 21 63 B,.'N in post Ofitce, 3 59 Total, . • , I 'ili-fism.—S.•ol,loNgs, (if Harrisburg, e;.; iste rti - d -at ihe War ei !louse, one 1r —Miss I EMIT Nis of Rochester, was vi-ititig at E. T. Fox'itast week antl Mrs. E. T.' Fox spent last .St;!l , l:ty with friends in Elmira. . . , • J -- M CARSOCIJAN, of PFAINE'S cele j,Lited r..,m , Mintile :establishment, Batb„ N• - 1 . .. 'pent Thanksgiving' day with his bi•it her. t . 'tpt. W. Ii..CARNMAIAN, intliii ME • - Mrs. Col. I /VEIiTON has returned fretn . l IV liingten, where - she Laid been spend= i , everal weeks with bet. i••• • Ml'N. E. 0). 31Act•Ani.ANE . , is •in town, 'i:;lher ielativettand otittmftiends.. • • fi M rs . E. .0: Gonintien is in liarriS, att....nd•a wedding at; Gen..CAne.%. ti . C-dad, -.•• • -i--)iksh.FORKNCE. Wag, the g.n(st AL BERT Los family durh.g • liet-qay ip tows labweek. "1r never raids inittit potlrs. 4 E.- I. Baowarau net with -an &oddest at It'Atostoiv manufactory acme time -"Mee which disabled hiti for several weeks,'aed the other day he had a narrow escape from another serious injury. A. R. Molt is advertised to bmture on Temperance as follows : Hibbard Hill Church, Albany township, December 1 at 7. o'clock p, nt ; North - Towanda, Bth. ; Granville Center, 14th.; Bailey Corners 15th.; West Burlington 16th. The inset logs will open promptly at ,7 o'clock. Tnr. following are the offians of the Canton Musical Association : President, .1. 13. &taw ; Secketam, PERRY PRATT ; Treason r, Dr. C.: H. GIBBONS ;. Musical Director, J. D. ,:l'ltt.utt ; Gen#ral Maus 'ger, C. H. WX1.1,8. The present roe:Tiber, ship is about thirtpilve. `. - G BAND CONCERT=.ColtritittiENTAlti ,TO MR., SPAM' CELIttiIiATED Sr.ko EMS— T . 4 `A BAND. The coin to Wx. C ,SPAiY, ..-.., a sulikcient pltilge of success The echittithat" at,' to Nll'. SPARY as a leadi, and the re utatioh of the sing ers-, attracted one of theargest and most appreciative audiences that ever gathered in Mercur Mall, upon any Imilar aces. sion. • . . Miss Karts MAhli . of Ha burg and Mrs, RoiAbl , oito --- oi Troy, were , he so. erttrio singers., ..3114 ,PEsTEr. of Hal 'more had a contraltolioiee of rare swee efts and compass. ...li. Osnonx the ten. was from Philach,lphia% Mr. l'iitAtVi' fa vored-gra 16ttii•ale with two cornet solos, : which were enthhsiastically applauded. .Mrs. IlnAnron'n sane tiro soprano solos, Which were-heartily encord and won 'the, I s adMiratiOnA t e. entire . audiencej, . She has a eleir,' strot -vibrant .voice and run dory difficult passages with ease and ex-_ Inessioti. • Miss MANN shared in tbehonors given . to tbo ;epprrish, parts, and her singing of Italian opera showed areinarkable degree of cilltii,ation. Miss PEirrEt.'s 3oicr, is - quite wonderful in its purity and range of_ tone. lit lief' contrf,lll4) solos elm won thc most enthusi as tic applailse. .The Lin-tax played some selections with their 10ipal exquisite skill and effect. Much of the success of the singers was due to the 'iccepti4nally fine piano acCom panimentil by its: POPE. Especially when acooMpanying 'Mr. SPARS' in his cornet playing w4,s her complete mastery of the institinenetnade manifest. • MAO'S DAVY CROC WETT. —on Fri day evening lust - Mr. FRANK MAYO enter tained amMtlemte audience with the pro duehion• of " David Crockett." a play . wlitbse title role has obtained for that ar tist a wide celebrity and Proved to him a Source of professional prolit. Like other Specialties, for the most part, in the cc centric drama, the character set in a play Which is a :auk absurdity: in dram. atieartt Toe dialogue is JIM amKhack neyed, andln a high degree grandikiquent and affected, and the situations are as tar removed froM human exPerienc43 .38 e: lie. As to historical taking into *vomit the fact of an actual existence in the flesh of a DA vtn eItoCKETT, from whose life, character end manners Mr. 3IAY4 - i• supposed to derive his coneep tion—no`thing, could- bwfurther fruit; reali- All this,. however, as plays ana play acting 1' go, may be allowable, beitiga scot of draMatic license in which dramatists are prone to freely and capriciously in dulge. There are few faithful pictme: cif the realities of !Usti*, as they areout (lined to the imagination, in"any of the acting . plays.. No one, indeed, ,cares for such a thing, and - no one seeks for truth or .probability even, when there is a cer tain coherence of conception, a `sort of . dramatic yininetry acting ;of a part, o-matter how witle may . gci of the truth nature and history. No 'cute cares for historical misnomers, and Mr. FIANK MAvo and his playwright, are as oblivious to th'e claims of history, as the most doting and deluded of theU.admirl-- ers. • So Mr. Mivo) May as.well e ll the pail he plays DaVy Crockett' as . anything else. pii,vided whatever he _shies- in his namels N MIod after its kind. What Mr. :%1 aro dye's do in this Connection is a tol- Orably subdfied piece • tit business in dra matic vulgarity wherein Roaring Ralph Stackifide, of previous renown in the iu digeirons drama, nuffalO Bill, Oliver Dowd Byron and the •Arkansas Traveller .are beautifully blended in a hornogenams while, set out .in the costume of Daniel Boi fifln.ebodyOf the name of Crockett may 11#€$ delivered himself Or• his mother tongfie; in the manner of Minn in this pa * ?•tA I fso he probably never yielded to the -iMptilse, as Mr: M %I'll does, of forgetting hid Niernacular in flights of passionate ut teean s 3, when' he comes very, near to . 'Spviaking the King's English like a chris t4a. This trilling inaccuracy, however, wit militate against the astonishing destruction. of time •and - space•that pt'itedly occurs throughout the My—as hOir should it? ,• The lingo of the part is the book talk ofi the Crocketts of the_ dime novel and the Ledger. The deeds done in the body ofthis Crockett are enough to stiff, rib imo pei• I o re,the. profoundest sensibilities of any scullery maid who gives herself up on oc= casion to the dream sheAwelt ihinarble t r T heipcidents of the play. include the rescue of' the heroine in a storm, the de liV,erance of the. same of a very pretty p* of high-heeled shoeS, • (no tassels,) feat which Davy performs after adminis tering whiskey to his rival for a 'fever, in eqUal forgetfulness of Mut phi and if/ a feria- Wood being - scarce he splits up the bar of the door of his cabin, and di retly afterwards brings in a neat bundle of faggots to replenish the tire, Then the wOlves Wiwi and the bar is gone, and Crockett's aim comes in, and subsequent ly its seen smeared with red paint, and Davy in a state '9f exhaustion. and' forth; and more to the,:s.tme effect, endi ng wiTh the elopement of Davy and the her oine in. her wedding garments on the night of her nuptials flab another man; the rescued rival, in all of which exploits our backwoods lioanerges lays over the thief of ver's Isle , and Mr. Mehotte or any other man on record. The whole, in the *strophe, is pleasantly diversified with the appearance of another and a younger" Crockett, in jiuris nituralfbint,idhis night shirt ; the .closing tableau presenting pia* of delightfully incongruous ele %Maks, brought together under the roof of tlie maternal caliin. $9B 87 ' 31r. MArois caplible of good acting.— lle has a tide figuic aud.does some rather good 'things. ill the course of this pbor play. Miss GREENMAN'S Dame Crockett 'was as good as could be • made of the ma terial. flie d :other parts, including that of the heroine, were all that could be ex• pected, under the circumstances. efficient leader of. the state, - the Lin-ta COrnet :rear Hall, on Tuel44* a deeidely brilliant aP ntatittetsor thcfiehe, .liINCYB,./grB s POPE,' Mit. essra. GARNER: BRIG . . Titirmsortinvor Di.v.-The •day , eet part as a senson;of special thank" to the Lind of the barest for thii Teitirtielusenil time and harvest," and for all the bless ings %Ali vihich Divine Goodness has crowned the 'Year, was,veryi generally ob served in Toaranda. Most of the 'busi ness places were closed,: add cliurch-go ere generally attended publie wOrship.— Aunion service flints heldln the Methalis' t Church.. Doctor. SrEw.larr, occupied the pulpit with Rev. G. C. Jories,`and made the 'opening prayer. The discoure was delivered by Mr. Joriss, and , was an able and eloquent effort, and was llsiened to witle closest attention by the large cong atlon. At the closed the sermon, Doctor STEWART made an earnest appeal foil a liberaicontribution for the Benevo lent Association, which 'was generiously responded - in the evening the tnitersaliet Church was crowded to overflowing. The church was neatly trimmed and appropriate texts adorned the walls. The musical portion of the service was quite elaborate and most exquisitely 'rendered% ':.l3eforg :conimencing the sofilioni the pastor very feelingly and effectively preseirted the clalmi of the Benevient Society. Through the kindness 'Of Mrs, BURNS, who reported the serthOilsl#e rkrti enabled giVo our readers. a very full synopsis of what both the reverend gentlemen said. REV. G. C. JONES' SERMON Tens.— St. Nark, 7th Chapter, 87th Verse: "He• hath done all things well." . - • - People often speak a higher truth than they known David, when fleeing fldm the pereteuliiittA or Elatil, Said 'i there is but a http between me and death." He thought only of the prepientAiuger of death at the lands of his rival ; but he gave utterance to a fact which was true every moment of his life, both before and after that hour of recbgniaed peril. When th 4. AMR said . of Christ in the Ittnghttee of the text, "He bath thille Mt things Well, ' they elated a broader, truth titan they had ever dreamed. They thought only of the few i iraefEklielad wrought, of the wonder- Tit cures he had performed in the provitice of ( llilee ; and yet they spoke that which wall, tie edneerning ?HS works for all the eternit, past and a ll the eiettay t.,, tiome. Their tr tite Of approval, though mutual itivd in'ex ression•was but as a tiny rill in the great ide of praitCe forever akend ing to Him fr in the whole creation, over which are His eircies' continually. \ . We. can • but nd abundant cause for \ adoration and gra Rude when we seek througlr.Nature a d )er knowledge of Na ture's God. Carlyle ys, "Man should place himself at zero ; a d then ret4ton ev ery succediug voila frol . that ascending \ as au of.kasion of thanksgiding." We see that " - He bath done all thins well" in the creation of the universe. 'e are con tinually hurried in the accompli. uncut of pour Puroses. - We form a plan o action; but before, we can carry-it out we c ange• it for anotht.r. Men are but childre, of a larger growth and groW tired- of th •r toys. There are no doubts or,contingen cies with God. His works are : enduring, laud when, as a manifeStatiOn of His thought; they pass away•it is only because heir palsirig away as well7as their exist tacetlkis involved-in some Wider manifes tation oft His thought. It L not through ,either•the caprice or failUr&-of 'His. will, but through the unifortri ,-action of His eternal purpose. Death itself is but an evidence. 9f His life, and change the effect of His uffehangrable will. There is no burry,•no jostling of foreeS, . in all th i e multiplicity of His works. Out of whqt seems to' us a very' - chaos of .. coati sioni, Ile has , evolved the most perfect harmony. He has adjusted the, motions• of the Countless worlds revolving through spaem With. a marvellous accuracy and regularity. . ' - • Witness the preparations that are made for calculating elipses - with exactness. Thesc ofetervadon s hare screed, for ages - psi ! to enlarge'our knowledge of astron ,omy, It would be a sufficient cause of -wonder if eclipses could only be calculat ed to within a feW hours of .their 'actual occurrence. Astronomers tied that they take pluce within.the minutest fraction of „•,. a-,s;cciind cif tlielimes predicted yeitrs and Years before. Such is the dependence to .ls?placed upon the regularity of Christ's ivitrks. There are some tklings which we . Ikepend upon His "doing we 11,14, with inch absolute'certainty that we pass them by - unnoticed. We hardly thank him for the regular succession • f the seasons ; and yet if, during * a single summer, bleak winter should reign throughout the world, the _probable result 'would be the de-, - population of the • planet. Seed time I and harvest,. the early and latter rain, I sunshine and darkness, - folloW each 1 oth u• as they have since,ti , e morning stars sang together for joy-over the crea tion which Ile pronomiced go el . H. is said that when Handers "Messi ah " was tirsj brought out in London, - -as that magnificent chorus sang out, "The Lord, God 'ofnuipotent reigneth !” the ~whole audience -rose to their feet, moved ' by. :the common impulse of adoration. tiurvly we ought to lieu somethink sweet er thmethe fabled music of the 'spheres in the 1-e,gularity and harmony with which cimlitlets the att:tirs of the nniversii. Everywhere we 'see a nice adaptation of the, end desired. The law of want mid supply regulates commerce, • - working up through %Ideal international. relationships; so that political emmomists can predictits workings as accurately as the astronomers carr-foretell 'the. move ments of the heavenly .bodies. - We find. that the food produced/ iti , arctic and trop ic regions is exactly suited to the tutulify mg influence of each • partichlar . climate on the animal organisms residept there. The camel, thrives tip on .stunted Arnim. ond bitter herbs, the only vegetation that grosys upon the hot, arid deserts, across which he so o' ten journeys. The reindeer is swift and strong,' though he tliga i d through snow- and ice with his sharp,i hoofs, fur the dry moss and lichen, that constitute almost the only food his wintry home pi oduces. The, half dozen domestic animals, most necessary to man's comfort, and convenience, are just the ones,' that can live xvhercver man lives.. He and - what lie needs have alike theltidest . _ Our own bodily organizations -are a proof of the wisdom anTgiciodness of Hiin who bath done all thing:pi well. The pri mary object of our being is hapiiiness. The Creator could have matte every nerve tinOe with pain. Ile has so constituted us that, tinder normal conditions, we re ceive pleasure' from all our surroundings. The nerves are the sentinels upon the sur face of our bodies to warn us of danger. I Pain, like au alarm bell, admonishes us 'l , that we are going too fast, or .on the 1 wrong track, 'and that we must correct our modes of living. . . We recognize cause for: gratitude- in God's wise and provident direetion of the I affairs of the huMan race. >l.le never re moves" His govern i ing hand foam the world's machinery. There are twelve thousand millions ofyi iman beings upon ',the face of the earth each one of whom ) i, I is endowed With tl eimmeasurable_gift of LL never-ending lif --each selfishly, seeking his own good a ve everything else, gen erally very blindly and vicienisly; and not one kinowin , ' how these, innumerable Mil lions can- best be steered into the haven of desti Dir. God has His finger upon each of these intelligences. The gfeatmajori ty of mankind is governed by their lower .natures: yet out of all Weir selfishness :Ilia blindness, out of warring appetites . and. passions, He. brings civilization, hu manity and piety. So, after all, goodness, which is, the evidence and. work of God, rules the - world. We see theke • barques of humanity tossed on the boiling, seeth ing.billows of pie sea of life," 'Collision and destruction seem imminent. ' We think there will be a dragging of the at ehors cast out into the We , v depths of vim and ignorance. We find that the'o is a Rock of Ages sure and :teadfast, which holds each :grappling boo! firmly and securely.' We - realize that ,th is One who sitteth - turd God omnipo 'nt , over the water-floods: '-- • • Some do not believe in speciiil provl deuces. It seems tomomore dillicuitto believe than to believe:. If there is a'spe (dal providence which guides and - dimets • the affairs of individualß, it Must also be tine in the case Of" nations. How pleas-) autly and peaceably•We and keeping hiis Thanksgiving holiday as the inhabitants 1 , of a great and free country. God has : brought us out of the fiery baptism.- Of al civil war, and our garments are purified I .from 'the touch of that unclean thing, 1 slavery. Welook back through the ages past, and see when and where .fie has_' planted and preserved the germs or root- lets of the natione'that now exist'. We must recognize -a special providence in the Various epochs irrlhot". : Worid's history. If Aleitander the * Great lied not tirtfrled the standard of . lii• reek..OdWiligstlart ` upon the plains -of Hiodostan, We might', all have beeniierbariAps. If . Chat* - lilaro tel,surnameltheillitifilitiri had Weft de: bated the Saracens at the tattle Of Pohl= tiers,. more,theo a Ahoulland - years since, the whole Anglo-Saxon race might' have beep Mohammedans to-day. Look' away to little Athens; *here; MO - years before Christ, was sown and genhinated the tiny mustard seed of free government. Behold it grown up into the peat tree of libert,y, spreading the protecting - legis- of its foli age over a vast continent- and in. its branches and under its !lade,' the na: tions .of the earth come and' dwell se. curdy.- ~," - - Our greatest Joy. mi this happy 'rhattlrs giving. morning, il that *l3 dot& Ili - the peace of Christ. "He War done all things well" in the-.:plan of redemption:- • The blood of atonement has proved to those who are saved through faith in its effica cy, like a life-bdat on a sea of fire, or. like - a ladder- reaebing. trent earth to !leaven. Between God and man, there Was areat. gulf fixed. . God in his justice' , coul d not 'go to man; man in his weakness could not go to God. But. Christ is on both sides of ! the gulf ; God on that side, man on this r and now in Christ the aWftil ~volees are hushed ; we bray approach and not tinter , ble ; we may look on God and not be blast cd—touch and. not be consumed. Let us narrow down our dimes' for thankfulnefts to dui oirn nation; The y past year hair been, pei extiegtion to the rule Of Gods pfoiiideites. Utlr . lidfiestS were never so plenteous and overdowirig. We are safely outriding the - storms of financial disaster, which not long:' since. threatened as. Without making any Com parison of parties, we can safely say that in the revival of husinefts Weloire tlythitig to polliiclans,or their itittigOes, h . hail been dile so lely Id the eVolntion of God's laws, which govern the commerce of all 1 nations. - - At least one problem has beeri solved i during.the - past year. We have tested the rights and strength of the 0011Ittutniatie i element in this country. Statesmen did , -not 'know its, poorer. Party leaders had ' not reekonett on ito force in Phautiig polit- lest issues. Per the Brat tittle it had the i Opportunity of voting upon the question of _Labor:teepee Capital. 'The hard times, 1 the enforced idleness of multitudes, the partial disintegration of parties, all conspired to aid lu Its development. The latent tom of the people wani.distrae - ted and perplreed by . the Cehtie, troubles in the' East, the Chinese question hi the We3tl and thercolored interests in the 'South. It attracted the disorderly and pwdy de, intents of society to Ascii'. It had the pangs Of poverty and-;hunger to hound it on i and yet poverty itself_ was too sensi-, ble to engage in Po unequal a warfare, . What have been, the . .results r There has been a little rioting; 'a slight turhnlenee on the eierfinie of then Pea of ordCri Wit its depths have remained calm and unmoved, for it rests upon the solid granite founda tion of God's eternal law. Like , the fable of the toad, whicir swell ed tc ! ) . bcirsting in order to rival the huge lealk - of the ox, and thereby called :Atom Lion to its own Meanness; so thd lawless element in the country has contrived to attract notice to its comparative littleness' and insignificance. Even iir these (Benin-L -ances we see that " lie Meth deep all things II:" ' These discussions and •threnw• eine 1 evils have had the eliect of creating a stringer bond of sympathy between the capita 'st and the laborer. Ido not • like the tern w orking men, as applied to those who live wages, ik ii for we should all he \ working me !but one class lives on the gains of,capital and the other upon the wages paid fin- labor. Both are really de pendant upon ea 'tai. Thesedwo classe, have become bette acquainted with their mutual relations to, and depeielence upon, each, other.' The aver . fie nian, has won respect by showing trims If patient as well as self-reliant; lie has bee learning les sons of economy, self-restra sit and politi cal wisdom, whiek - will be/of future ad= v vintage_ to himself and/ country. Both factions have realized,. /as neve r before, that there is' a rock olVlaw and order, un derlying the siirfa?e Of `society, which God has made etroi g and enduring; and that no nations air individuals can run aggillat-it withmit receiving hurt. . We haveha,l the usual noise and ex citement of nlnother. . political campaign. It has beent ike a blowing oft' Qf hut MAU- I // one gas to relieve.preasure. When I was crossing the ocean on steamer, my little child came runifing to me one day, .in great' terror because she had heard some sudden and unexpected noise which seem ed to her as if the whole vessel were be ing blow-n to pieces, "0 papa, , papa, what is that?" I reassured her by saying i• 31y little daughter; that shows us that we are not in as Much danger of an ex plosion as before. That is the safety valve which is blOwing off . the excess of letearm l ' lam thankful for this safety valve to the pent-tip moral forces s'oetheng beneath the 'surface. of political fife. I am often reminded of , two storm clouds approaching each -other from opposite points in, the summer sky. TIM eompari- San is not uiine, but it is a striking one. The clouds loom up, black and- threaten big, until the light of the sun is obiscured. There is the awful,' portentous e: lm, as if natere paused to gather her forces for one !nighty, final effort. .They touch, anal the, forked lightnings leap out like angry serpents of lire. Tire thunders rattle and roar. 'fire winds shriek with fury.- There 'is a confusion 'of elements which would seeni to the ein side looker-on to portend the destreetion of the planet.taThe rain falls, the tempest subsides, the in shines, out, the meadows laugh with joy, and peace and hariliony-follow tine ,discord of ,war ring elements. Sr) there-have been cam paigna. in the past filet looked to other re e- tions- herose , the sea as if everything :aloud our body politic would be broken'' in nieces. They have said that we ought ' to harts stronger government, a consti dint ional monarchy' at least. They thought we needed the liallakt of a throne. But, after all the excitement and confusion, the little piece of papinr, which eaulevoter puts into the balemboion election day, settles - dine whole difficulty. • s.,Let. us examine into our causes-for 'thieekftilnesa as families and individuals: . It iiitot probable-that the past year has broaglit,usbniuterrupted happiness. But in looking, back we ' fi nd ample reason for acknowledging that God is a tender anti laving; Father, as well as, a benelicient Sovereign. A, wise ruler or goyerm merit, makes la w which , shall subserve .the good of the greatestaiumber. Father and mother do not 'make rules for 'the regulation of the family, in any sue], way. They do not say. that thisor that course will be best for the greatest number of . any children, though the req., stiffer ; but they seek to-proniote the,welare, and hap piness of each and. every one' of those whom they dearly love. So God \comes to each of us as a - Father, a loving Fr = iend, as if there were not armther individundin the universe.• -s, In reckoning our blessings during_ the \ past year, I am afraid that We think 'more of the fair things we have net had, than of the fair thing( we. have received. We think - More about the, month of sick ness than the many months of health,. We , think of the one friend gone, -not of the many left. We mourn for the sound of the one dear voice; hushed in the 'silent sepulchre, and mere not grateful for the many glad, sweet toues - still heard in leap by households. We look through, tears at the one "empty .chair at our table of feasting, and'do not count the many seats yet mercifully filled. We need not 'ex- j, poet unalloyed pleasure here. We are 'like soldiers in a, march, and must endure inconvenience and hardship. Let-us count our gains as well as out losses, Alter the close of that war which we call the Revolution; and whidh they speak of in England as the Rebellion, tire colo nies appointed a day of, Thanksgiving to God for freeing them from the yoke - of . the rnother, country. George the, 111, not to be outdone, said he should se apart a I. day for giving thanks in, Great Britain. I his ministers . asked him what special 'cause for gratitude should be incorporated ! in the .proclamation, Should it be said I that he was thankful because he had lost thirteen of the most precious jewels from I his crown—fora long war—for a new ri- , val'in power-for the millionk of treastiret; --erAled r .d? lied ihat So' ' off ' doulit tbii Whotaiiiith now; but Ho is His Otni interpreter, and inrills'own goal finds, Ha will make all Onto gain. • Tie hendtionts • eh tar n ' Sicand , lieW s - CID 7 $ .. . .., - , mot, intent, thilvithildhU Idrellliti - . was. 4_, • • ieri meautifollf *Sol tipprdpettelt;ded-. ~ ... - miv ated emblematie dewiest hi print; .flowers, Vegetables, grains . and &bee f for tie - Thanksgiving, Services iiit - rn's, ! day Veiling lent • A. - titiartith cow, i posed ! . of 3 eters,. Gift . anti aild MillitAt Mrs: Dr..t lONTASITiand Mrs. 6T.JogN, assisted by a carefully selected choir, i furnished the music. which was exceptionally line. .. The tierriees ! were , Opened„ by 'the choir singing a hymn entitled; "The Lord Is tititldrlblloited b# restronsisiejeadlng of the geriptnrea The Minis 041041" h is a good thing to give thanks," Row G J. PAZIRTEI4, the pastor, offered . 1. -,an earnest and feeling prayer. The -,-. ritlartotte sang "God.beemerciful. to ns and .-hleSs us." lit •PCllrtfAh read the XXIII and XXIV Psalms. The - 'conge. , gation then joined in singing ! "0 ! lie!) , 1 Father ILIA .add true:" Thei - ,minister Made an elognetit jtled tof Out Poor; ,and a collection r twas - :taken tor/tile tidies Benevolent Society tte-use in c harity. .. Mts. Most AIME sang an offertory hymn - . r rig a solo: !cis otily ilecessaty laths tot SayrdieWig-41.6611y * . eil l ter the fead4 era of the Rm.' oitzhn. who have listened : to her pure, sweet, Well-trained_voice, to appreciate the rare treat 'that i the trud-j fork* enjoyed: upon that odeassidn. . •I . 31i; Poiheit !laid; •"I *ill take for the Who alma *hick id: talk— , faillet than' as the text of a surnom-Lthe words "0 give -thanks unto the Lent for Ile ilgootl; for 'His mercy endttreth forever; CV II Ps. , 1 - vere , .• . . , . As we look !about as we 'find jourselves -surrounded by sharply contrasting scenes. tin the onelittal we see health and hap - Pities--t - hi. the , other Sorrow abet deattrA This morning I stood .beside, tire cold form of a dead mother. I witnessed the., grief of •bereaved relatives and friends. It was verily the' house of Mourning. To night I listen to the glad; songs of 'Thanksgiving. I look into bright, youth ful faces, that, - have already caught the glow of neariy won hopes and ambitions. I see ripened manhood and woinan-hood. crowned with the ivelirearnett froitions of a toilsome past.' Is it not well to turn from this. rejoicing •to contemplate the _afflictions. now suffered by others; but :which may be nCareetneach one of us at this moment than we dream 2 The cheek rosy with the hues of health to night may be paled with disease to-morrow. I We prise that molt width costs; us most.; The pleasures are -' the ^aivecstrist which come to us after the 'bitterness of grief: j The sun light is-never so vivid; as- when ' shining . against a dark back ground of ! clouds.. The prise:tor values the free air and light of liberty as never before. We• shall appreciate our present bleSsiegs the I more highly by contrasting than with : the I trials of the p 4, or those passible in the future. The good and evil things of this life seem alma enuaby dijided. Tile. time will sorely come to individuals and ~ nations ' wheat the 'perfect peace -and joy ! of Gpct's Kingdom shall fill the' whole' earth. I I To day -we have many reasons for , thanking our kind "Father,. the; giver of all good and perfect gifts. ;We have plissed safely through the convOsiens!of a civil war: kiaveryliatlbeenblette.dout for -1 ever, we trust, on Americus soil: we haVe, ! escaped threatened. financial train; our I harvests are plenteous and our. graneries overflowing with enough and; to Spare. i'We arc blest above all the petiple of the earth in having a freer and purer form of ' government. In spite of the earplugs of ' grumblers, it iw administered with more , honesty than - any other. It is ii paternal ; government; and brings the blessings of . its protecting care to us home WI the lapel, It ensures to the right to wor ship God according to t h . dictates of our indtvidiial consciences. - It, protects us in. person, indperty, :t!nd the freedom of liv- Jjug the religious life that seems. best and right to us. Any man is at perfect liber ty to be a Christian or a Mohammedan, a believer or an infidel. If my friend - chooses to worship deity in temples made • with hands, or builds his, altar on the mountain top, there is none; to forbid him. If he finds his god in stocks and stones or in an image of marble, fif he seeks hint in duty or Inimanity, iu sun, and stars, in growing grass or rippling stream: if be adores the virgin Mary or the Trinity, ho iti at, liberty to worship in any Way be, chooses, the God in \claim lie believes. , I have . the same sacred and ioalienable right to stand before this people, and, teach that : system of morality that I believe to be truer. There atita.nien who would bind every other 'finial' being down to the narrow formula of their own creed. Freedom of errueieuee is an ' hies ' tunable boon • from, the hand of the Fattier, and to him alone are we accounta ble for Its uses or abuses. • A short tnne since I heard the follow.: ing story about proscription of!opinion in SOIlli.! part of Texas.. A certain; physician, living in an inland village, wasl called out one dark night to visit a patient at 'some distanee froM his own home. • After trav eling for-several r miles over- the prairie, he suddenly found himself sureounded by. a band of armed and masked men. He asked the meaning of such a detreinstra lion, and was told it was a ruseto get hint' in their power, for they had determined 'he should leave the county becauiic he was a free thinker. They could not say - 1 but that,he was-a peaceable citizen,, and a good Man, but they. Would not_havd,any free thinkers in their county, ' ; If :melt a spirit of bigotry and inttiler- 1 ancp were carried out,swe should, soon t Itavit a form of worship prescribed by law; or rides for the conduct of life :promulga ted tn the halls of legislation. There ar ' those who insist that the .name of God shall be incorporated in the constitution. If this purpose were accomplisleSd the re ligious 'freedom of the people would be. destroyed. We have no moral: right, un-, thir this form of government, to limit the religious belief of any -indi vidual by a,, creed embodied in the constitution. • ' In this country we have-the inestimable privilege of intellectual culture, for which j wershOuld offer tipa perpetual thanksgiv- I jug: The land is dotted with common , schools, or "country colleges"' as they I have „been approiately termed. _There are many seminaries of learniug, for • the attainment of tr higher scholastic training. We cannot praise these ahuni'ant bless ings too . highly.. I have often- thought that culture bore the same relation to the natural powersof mind that' beautifully tashioned.garments, decked with precious jewels, do the humanform. Letos clothe ,ourselves in the fine rairtient of knowledge, adorned- with the'brightest geMs of a lib , eralaslucation. I thank God for our free school system; which brings the opportut: nities for cultivation to the very doors of the poor as well as the rich. ; It is true i that there is a class who have tried to I thrust an unwelcome sectarianism into] our schools. : It is true that some parents have had occasion to complain that their chil' eit were beiug taught - a 'faith they did nti believe. But that' tittle is passim , " 'away, at our schools shall be' free 'to all, without regard to any' trescribed form of religious cre4l. The difficulty, will be ad justed by the *xl &MSS of the people.' When the peoplessaid that Slavery should no longer ex'st, it as summarily wiped out. . ,' Many of our youth, any of our men . and women, aro weariugxthe fetters of a slavery worse than that Winch held the colored man in'bondage, the'slavery-of in-' temperance: now many fathers and mothers are praying earnestly; to to- .night, that he would speedily r em the I curse of rum friam our land.. TruAnten' and wouren , have gonelutothcfront rah of that noble army, fighting; under tt\ banner of total abstinence. 'rimy ask us) 'to follow them—some - of ns hive already' followed•them, but many of us are still lingering iu the rear. -Like stragglers bn to march, we arc in constant danger froth , sthe enemy. As we thank Getd 'this day `that lie has stricken off the manaeleS, of the slave, we shall yet keep a thanksgiv= ing because He has set us tree from the galling chains of this giant evil. Then will-the shoat of ransomed ;Souls go up over sea and land. The time is heat at hand. God has already stretched forth His arm of 'power ; and, within the year just past:, many thousands have Wen res -1 cued from the drunkard' s dorsal. Let Its' thank him for every rescued soul ; and strive-, by every means in. oue power; to •-, ! lift fallen humanity : into a higher and purer mauhoodind womanhood. - 1 . It itt ottr;duly to tknk God for wha f are •er religious belief we a . have. I If we are Ueltholies or.Unitariaits, Ort,' hodox or Vat verealiStif; let. us thank'Thin for , being Catholic or Unitarian, Orthodox' or .Unt. verstillst. leannot thank htnt flit urn& dozy, became I dp not believe; in pm to. tel depravity or endless panistunent or the human fete. : But I do thank him for Unitersallsill I thank God that :lean -see Him. in all His *arks, and•that 1 recognise no soul as wholly ttriiktfek Bather I behold a di vinity in every human head. Tnitheolues by inspiraticin - of the Holy •190trit, All right action has troth for. its source f therefore every human, being is as truly inspired on *On Jesus ofliezereth. I could not thank - God ill believed that he would take my wifa or \ chikiren and doom theta to misery. •\ Ton, 0 mother, canuotstend beside the grave of your deed pad an+thank -Him .because your loved ono is talteo from yOu forever; • You,..bereaVed wire, cannot be thankful !Or the treed that 'teaches you that-ttie manly arm orf you leaned is eternally lost to you. I