Moral Grandeur of the Proclamation of Emancipation

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Excerpt from Moral Grandeur of the Proclamation of Emancipation: A Sermon Delivered on the Day of National Thanksgiving, December 7, 1865, in Plymouth Congregational Church, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaAnd God sees us from His High and Holy Tabernacle, and He bows down His ear to hear the praises we bring to Him from our altars and our hearts, and if our thanksgivings are mingled with the tones of plaintive and sincere repentance for, and confession of all our sins - if we praise the goodness of God, which leads us to repentance - then His ear will be filled with music, to Him sweeter far than when the hosts of the angels chaunt their Chorals of glory around His Throne in heaven.We occupy to-day a stand point from which we can look back, and around, and beyond, and we may profitably contemplate the past, the present and the future, in the light of God's Holy Truth - Truth which he has so thrillingly illustrated in the providences with which He has visited us, in the light of the truth of this text, Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. Let us welcome and walk in the light, reveal it what, and lead it whither it may. The providences of God as concern ing nations, as well as concerning individuals, are self revealing. They unfold their meanings and purposes, and they unfold and disclose them to the men and the nations who stand still, and wait and watch to see the salvation of God. God reigns and though clouds and darkness zare round about Him, yet still and forever, righteousness and judgment are the habitation of His Throne, and still and forever, light is sown for the righteous, amid whatever of gloom, and gladness is sown for the upright in heart, amid whatever of sorrow.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.