America's Blessings and Obligations

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Excerpt from America's Blessings and Obligations: A Discourse Delivered in Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa., By Rev. F. W. Conrad, on the Day of National Thanksgiving, November 26, 1863This truth is contained in our text. It refers primarily to the Israelites. The blessings which God had conferred upon them, are enumerated in this Psalm, and the conclusion is drawn, that they were extraordinary, that is to say, that God had not bestowed bles sings, equal in number and the same in degree, upon any other na tion, and hence the obligation rested upon them, to manifest a degree Of thankfulness, corresponding to their character and value. By an allowable accommodation, we apply the language of the Psalmist to America, fully assured, that there is no other country on the face of the earth, in which it is so strikingly verified. He has not dealt so with any nation therefore Praise ye the Lord. Let us then, in the first place, enumerate some Of the extraordinary bles sings, which God has conferred upon us as a nation.I. The first of these blessings we mention, is, the Age in which we live. Whether we regard the present age as a century, begin ning with the year Of our Lord. One thousand eight hundred, and ending with the year one thousand nine hundred, or whether we regard it as the average period of human life, viz: thirty-three years, beginning in A. D, 1842, and ending in A. D, 1875, being the third age of our national existence, we regard it as a peculiar privilege to enjoy life now. We prefer, however, to speak of it, as the nine teenth century, for, by extending back the hand of the aged present, we bade farewell, through them, to the eighteenth century, and by reaching forward, that of the youth before us, we shall live to greet the twentieth century. This age, then, belongs to all present. It is emphatically ours.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.