Enriched The Meaning Of Thanksgiving 2011!
THANKS to today's editorial Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
, "a day of thanksgiving" to Abraham Lincoln ties THANK PROCLAMATION 148 years ago - October 3, 1863, and ADDRESS Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg 148 years ago on 19 November 1863, I have a new awareness and perspective on Thanksgiving 2011! I hope that enrich Thanksgiving 2011 for you too. Are you?
I have long been attuned to the fact that Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863, and wrote on his blog about this fact, "Are we meeting the challenges of Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address?" On Friday, November 18.
I confess, I never noticed that the October 3, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued a presidential proclamation inviting "my fellow citizens in all parts of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning abroad, aside and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwells in heaven. "
The proclamation was Thursday, November 26, 1863 was a day of Thanksgiving. Just think that the date was 1 week after Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address!
Once again, thank you for reminding Milwaukee Journal Sentinel from the whole context of the actions and the events of October and November 1863 with the leadership of our U.S. President, Abraham Lincoln!
I encourage you to read the editorial - you can use this link: "A day of thanksgiving: Lincoln's Proclamation 148 years ago there was more pressure for the nation, yet still found reasons to give thanks. We can do no less today. "
I agree with the statement of editorial on Lincoln's Gettysburg address and said: "With bodies still lay unburied on the field behind him, Lincoln asked the nation to" resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom. "" And with those words, parts, Lincoln rewrote U.S. political lineage. He traced the birth of the nation's Declaration of Independence, which Jefferson wrote that all men are created equal, instead of the Constitution, which allowed slavery to exist. It was a masterstroke of political and moral courage. "
The editorial applauds the leadership of Lincoln that even in the midst of sorrow so deep, Lincoln found reason to thank a loving God. That is why the publication of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the full text of Lincoln's Presidential Proclamation for a day of thanksgiving and praise.
Again, read the whole editorial - you can use the link above.
Today the New York Times Editorial adds perspective to reflect on the meaning of Thanksgiving today goes back to the "first" Thanksgiving in 1620 precisely to say that our habitual thinking back to the first party, "a much more known in the custom and imagination of what it really is. "
I think we need the reminder noted in the editorial, "For all the natural wealth of this new world, but also turned the knowledge of the pilgrims in ignorance. Its seeds English were almost useless. They brought with them barely enough food to keep themselves and the crew of the ship until April 1621 when the Mayflower returned to England. If it were not for agriculture in the local Indian tribes, and tragically decimated by European diseases, the Plymouth colony would surely have followed in the early New World settlements to extinction. "
Bringing us - today - in play, the editorial states: "For us, looking back from the opulence of today's staggering, life seems more than in 1620 spent. It is all the greater precision Barer understand. But it was of life. And while there's life there's always room for thanks, gratitude is never worn. It is the feast to give thanks, but our presence there. "
He concludes: "One of the early settlers called America a more hopeful place. Accept that now, as almost a truism. But it took a certain cast of mind to see a place of hope in the dark November woods in the snow in early 1620, including the lingering effects of nine weeks at sea difficult. In this cast of mind, you quickly learn to give graces to be present at the celebration of life, as we do today. "
If you want to read the full editorial in the New York Times, you can use this link ", an earlier November in the New World."
Are We the people of the U.S. truly "learn quickly to thank abundant to be present at the celebration of life"? Hearing the noise of our American political culture today, not sure. Right? What to listen and observe?
Some of us have joined in the singing of popular hymns of Thanksgiving "Now we thank all our God," but we will not know the status of this text was written the hymn.
Note: Martin was the only pastor Rinkart surviving Eilenburg, Saxony in 1637 during the Thirty Years War. The walled city was a refuge for political fugitives and military, so I was too full to tackle the deadly pestilence and famine. In 1637, Pastor Rinkart officiated at over 4,000 funerals, including that of his wife. It was in this context that he wrote, "alle Gott danket Nun." We're not sure of that year, but we know that by the time the Treaty of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years War in 1648, the anthem was sung widely. Since then, the song has become more and more popular among Christians of all traditions. Are we really able to sing: "Now we thank God with all our heart and hands and voices ..."?
IF you want to hear this THANKSGIVING SONG sung by the Cambridge Singers and accompanied by the City of London Sinfonia with director John Rutter in a great performance, you can use this link to the publication of YouTube: "Now we thank all our God. "
I pray for you all - each and every one - a significant, satisfaction, and blessed Thanksgiving Day TODAY!
by: wang may
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