Moral Grandeur Of The Proclamation Of Emancipation PDF Download

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, Pennsylvania The great Rebellion which for four long, weary years, clouded the brightness, and hushed the songs, and checked the festivities of our Annual Thanksgiving, has been crushed; its battle array broken and scattered; its leaders branded forever, by the popular voice, with the infamy of treason; its deluded masses by the retributive fortunes of an unholy resistance to the Govern ment, reduced to waste and poverty, to political and social impo teney, and to dependence for supplies, and homes, and protection upon the very arm they sought to break, and upon the very heart they sought to pierce; the rebellious, chastised and still sullen chil dren, are clinging to the mother whom they covered with tears and blood, and are living upon the fountains of her breast, which ow as freely toward them, as if their matricidal hands had not been swift to slay her. The great war is done! The monotone of wailing which is borne on every wind and from almost every home, because of loved ones slain on the battle field, is now relieved of its bitter and despairing significance by the full chorus of victory which is being shouted from the mountains to the prairies, and from the lakes to the sea while the loyal millions of the land come, todav, with the sacrifice of memory and of tears, to hallow the graves of the mar tyrs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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."