THANKSGIVING SERMON. jg of Sodom; which overthrew Pharaoh and his hosts in the Red Sea; and which precipitated the Sauls, the Cyruses, the Alexanders, the Caesars, the Alarics, the Genghis Khans, and the Napoleons of our earth to an untimely and ignoble grave. Yet Nebuchadnezzar was scarcely more intoxicated with the pomp and pride of royalty when he walked in his palace and said, “ Is not this great Babylon which I have built by the might of my power and the honor of my majesty ?” than has been and is the proud and vaunting spirit of the American people. We are an arrogant nation, prompt to defy the world in arms, and to challenge all comparison with other lands. Instead of moving on in our course courageously and faithfully, meekly and in the fear of God, and fulfilling our mission so as to establish the truth that man is capable of self-government, our hearts have been lifted up, we have walked loftily, rushing in the pursuit of greatness, reckless and extravagant, and confident of our resources. “ Young America,” the special genius of the age, a conceited, brave, impetuous youth, revering nothing, fearing nothing, has been our idol, and on this altar we have sacrificed not a little of the morals and the true dignity of the nation.
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