1864 ROBERT H. WILLIAMS. The Good Land. A Thanksgiving Sermon at the Height of the Civil War. Reformer January 30

January 30

it was that simple

Lord to whom he will answer

Since I was here two weeks since

Did Christ and his apostles approve of Roman slavery

1864 ROBERT H. WILLIAMS. The Good Land. A Thanksgiving Sermon at the Height of the Civil War. Reformer January 30"Let us come, then, into the temple of God today with thanksgiving upon our lips, and gratitude in our hearts. Let all come; the glad and the sorrowful, the prattling, frolicksome child, that knows nothing of grief, and those who have gone through the deepest waters of affliction. Let all come, and feel that we have a good land, though it be blackened by war, and moistened with blood and tears. The storm of war will not much longer, we trust, rage