History of Pomfret A Discourse Delivered on the Day of Annual Thanksgiving, in the First Church in Pomfret, Nov; 19th, 1840 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from History of Pomfret: A Discourse Delivered on the Day of Annual Thanksgiving, in the First Church in Pomfret, Nov; 19th, 1840 This is a part of the dying address of Moses to the degenerate people of Israel. God had done great things for them and their fathers, but they seemed not to remember the hole in the pit whence they were digged, nor the place in the rock from which they were hewn, nor the mighty and holy hand that had done it. They had grievously departed from the Lord their God, and forgotten his abundant mercies. And Moses, having now assurance that he cannot go into the promised land, nor re main longer with them, to be their instructor and guide; im proves the opportunity in his farewell message, to set their sins and their dangers before them; and to urge them by various, and some awful considerations, to cleave unto the Lord their God. This in the text is one of the motives which he is pleased to lay before them to remember the days of old, and consider the years of many generations. Great advantage is often derived from a retrospection of God's dealings with the children of men, particularly with our own ancestors and countrymen. It shows us our origin - it shows us the long-suffering of God towards the Wicked and his faithfulness towards those that are obedient - it gives warning to depart from evil and encouragement to trust in the Lord - it is calculated to inspire feelings of gratitude and love towards our great Preserver and Benefactor; and to draw forth expressions of thanksgiving and praise. It was when the Psalmist had been meditating on the history of God's dealings with his fathersand countrymen, that he said, 0, that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, for his wonderful works to the children of men, and exclaims Blessed be the Lord God ael, from everlasting to everlasting, Let the people prais O God; let all the people praise thee. With these views of the importance of considering the history of the past, may it not be appropriate, on this anniversary day of Thanksgiving, Praise and Prayer, to spend a little time in contemplating the history of this town. If we can go over the subject in a proper manner, it may as much as any thing, tend to awaken feelings of gratitude to Almighty God, and lead us to form new resolutions that we will serve and honor the God of our fathers. 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.