THANKSGIVING SERMON. 25 as this, are the precursors and heralds of his providence, publishing as they go that “ he is good and does good, and that his tender mercies are over all his works.” If we glory in him we shall be more like him, and not carry a bitter and malignant, or revengeful spirit even to the field of battle. This is not the spirit of the God of battles. Every righteous war is a benevolent war; and when its great and good ends are attained, it sheathes the sword. We may glory in him also because he ex- ercisesytz^gmen# in the earth. “ Behold, therefore, the goodness and the severity of God.” We sometimes look abroad upon the world in which we dwell, and wonder at the disasters which befall it. But we are creatures of a day, and know nothing. When we think of his loving-kindness, we may not forget that “ verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.” They are impressive views of the divine character that are often manifested in the dispensations of a punitive providence. Holy angels and holy men, the Church in heaven and the Church in earth, would be thrown into deep confusion and dismay if they did not know that “justice and judgment
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