Excerpt from Light in Darkness: A Discourse Delivered in the Reformed Dutch Church, Stapleton, S. I., On Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 1862 Under the pressure of a most terrible and portentous judgment, the Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth has appointed a Day of Thanksgiving to the Most High. The appointment is not unseasonable. Though dark and dense clouds are hovering over us, yet they are clouds in day time; the light of Divine Love is shining through them. But were it otherwise, why should we not lift up our hearts in unfeigned gratitude for numberless blessings. Temporal and spiritual, which have been descending upon us every day, hour, and moment during the year? It is comely in Christians in everything to give thanks. 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.