Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1868 — THANKSGIVING HYMN. [ARTICLE]

THANKSGIVING HYMN.

BT BOX. A. WOLCOTT, OF WHITE COCKTY. With thankful hearts, to Thee, we raise O, God, our song of grateful praise, Revolving orbs, and rolling sphere Have brought to us another year. The earth, its bounties pouring forth, Of fruits and grains of richest worth, A Providential care proclaim; O, render thanks to God’s great name, No plagues, with dire diaeaae, asaail Our healthful frames; nor yet prevail The Illa, and pains of life’s decay; Receive onr thanks, 0, God, we pray. Almighty Lord, ojpr Father, God! Re strain, we pray, Thy chastening rod, Our nation’s sins, O, LprJ, forgive; ' Grant us, in fptnfe ppaceto live; fierce strife, all banished from t]>e land; May those who warred, like brothers stand, In firm accord, in firm array; ' Our nation’s hope, and constant stay. Sweet peace, will then, its safety bring; No more shall discord's brooding wing, Its goty plumage, darkly wave, Where, sadly fighting fell the brave. Through" all the land let thanks ascend. To God; indulgent, kindest friend. Through all the land, to Heaven pray, That war’s red hand, no mure may slay. —lndtarttpolu Jownnl. —The first instance of a woman vqting in Lnwreppe, Mass., occurred at tlie last election, when a strong minded Republican matron took the arm pf her unworthy husband, who proposed ts> vote the Democratic ticket, and when his name was cheeked by the Inspector, the woman deposited a Grant anti Colfax ticket in the ballot-box. '