» THE SACRIFICE OF CONTINUAL PRAISE. 17 them, every one. It is well, it is noble, to send them the greetings of loyal hearts, together with provision for their bodily comfort, on this day of thanksgiving; but I will tell you what is better than roast turkey: it is to let them feel in every way, through press, and pulpit, and speech, that they have your confidence, your sympathies, your prayers. Victories have been gained, and we have the warrant of the word of God, expressed not once or twice, but many times, that, as Christians, we have a right to rejoice. “ Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel.” “0 sing unto the Lord a new song, fbr He hath done marvellous things: His righthand and His holy arm hath gotten Him the victory.” And read the eighteenth Psalm, and the twenty-seventh, and the eightyninth, and the one hundred and thirty-sixth, and a host of expressions, throughout this precious book, and tell me whether it it is not a Christian duty to own the hand of God in National affairs, and to praise Him when He crowns our arms with victory? “We will rejoice in his salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners. Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we will remember the name of the Lord our God, “ Blessed be the Lord God, our rock, who teacheth our hands to war, and our fingers to fight” II. “ It has also pleased our Heavenly Father to favor, as well our citizens in their homes, as our soldiers in their camps, and our sailors on the seas, with unusual health.” Throughout the North universal health has reigned. No 3
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