, 1875-11-26

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ao1o 70 % It for Him. superiority not yet
kno .ine!y attributed to man BY any skentic. III
conclusion, al vars to giro thanks TO Him from
whom wefo all things.
... THE WEST SIDE.
sEnv1cEh III THE 7nfHr PIE my rraTAN cnr1cu.
| union thanksgiving service was held in tue
1hHd Presbyterian Church. corner OF Carpenter
and Washington street,, yesterday forcuoon, un-
der tic joint manifestations Of tho Rows MeB.rs.
Goodwin. FaIlows. aud Btadshsv, and Mai,
NIistae. Tho attendance WA large, and tho
services interesting, AfIer tho angiug Of IN
hpnrooriato voluntary BY the qu.rto. choir, tic
| Hcv. Mr. Goodwin, IN tho Temporary abEeuce of
tho pastor. aaked the Dlviuc blessing, ar,t ar-
nounced the fosty-sccoai hyna. "praisc 80
the Lord before Jeho7sL's a*fu1 THRONE" etc.
| The Rev. Mr.. bradshaw read from the Scrip
tuEca the 111th Psalm, and offered PRAYER, coa-
Toyiug thAn1s to God Tor Ills nescics and bless-
| inge.
After tho singing Of tie seventy fourth bymn,
tho 5acv. Dr.. falious delivered brief adircss.
fIe said lie believed this Thanksgiving surYicc a
New England institution, and tho
nearest ho c5uld como to being a New
| Eng1audor was An Old Engauder. 70
make up IN EnElishtnan It required Dauisil, sax
| Oh and Norman BIO ID. and to mako true-boru
American it took tsue-b born EnrIiEhman. But
to 10 in every sense true An,encau one must
not conijne himyoit to Now England, but he
| must SEQ tue whole Of the gzoa. natlonto form
! of ade7ua:o iicE OF Coda Toxer nod IIu work.
iio spoke elolrcntlT Of tho day ~ \ feast OF
| THANKSGIVING and praise throughout the l:oauh-
lie, and gAys thanks to TIL Giyor Of all gp3i tor
the bonnstfu1 harvest Of tho pas. BcaAou. We
had been exempt from pesti1ence, ami t2emp.
| from tho hcouree of war, a:si lis offered thaoKs
for the publication OF cur tolitic7 It had hsen
bad ysar for crooked whisky. nni lie hoped the
next would bs much worse. Wo could aud we
would govern ourselves. and for those blessings
our hearty than2a to God wore due, They wefo
gong TO ofter :tp their Thanksgiving that morn-
arouna tLe fea.al board, Fsihor, mo!hor. s
children, and ioyed ones would 10
there. aod some from tho Eat AMI Wess. Per.
! haps. aud othe1B from the Sortu and soa.u.
| What Joy filled tho heart that morning! God
Has calling all tossther so JOIN in tho grca: ro-
1oic!ng. Tho Eer4ya! spirit wAa to Rweep tho
country from tbs Atlantic 10 the Pacific aud the
prodgals would all return. TITO eloquent. earn
est. and anceEo language aud 1nanuer Of tho
speaker made his address, tho chief feature Q!
tho service.
1lhj. Whittlo was the next speaker, and lie
.aikea ,l;e rsp'diT I'D sna smoothly and evidently as.
had done. He produced ANAL Dible, and said
he had been looking over 1t to 100 whers Thinks
| giving Day originated and found that It was not
from their reast OF Tasstnaciss. sud Now
Of the exclusion Of the Bib!o from tic
public schools, he could no. see that NC
had much to return thanks for. Our glory
t4at day WAS In the living God. and they lad
come together as company Of ChTtstlans to
thank Him anl to psnise EIia ua:ne. Al! thoso
Thanksgiving proslsmasions did nat brug tbcn,
| together, and IL there MAS anvthl1R that God
wanted 70 come to Him 1t MAS the broken and
oontrjte heart 1le showed by Scripture relcr-
onces thas the snccnt Hebrews had given thanks
! II like m:uner ~ the chsisti.n Of to-day. Tho
sevcuth mouth, WAS to be found in the twonty-
third chapteE at Layisicus, and agAtu IN tno
sucnty-nlnth chapter Of Numbers tho sacrifices
and tbanEssivlngs Of slo Jews on tbs ccnple-
Dnocks, rams, lambs: and goats wsre
offered as sacrifices and tho people gavo thanIs
and praised the Lord. Just in proportion ~
| We were believers, 30 We should Kive thanka. It
| WAS redeemed poaple that God wanted to thank
Him, aud not an uurcaee1ned. A3a,n, in tho
third ch.nter OF Ezra It wsa told how the Jews
| kept the FeGst o! tho 1abernac!e au1 there vas
singing aud Joy. Tno foundation OF Gods ap'r-
isuAl tamnlo was being laid that day, and tbs
speaker ssid the people should givu thanks aud
be glad. Christ MAS to rolgn here,-He Mas uot
through with ibis earth. and lie would reign 10 it,
Ao lad spoacn twtco before on the asme plat
Six years aga Moody came. and hs lad not boon
appreciated ID this city ~ he should have been.
GOD waa ns'ng him III tbe great reylvai n Phil
adophia, and he hoped that God would more aud
| Hl0lo AlHi AIku p9HoF AAu IQHucH1G. lH4tf
psayera had been answered. aud he thauked Col
Tor It. We did no: apprecate tho poAor OF the
holy Ghost in D. l.. Moody. A{sor thanking
God for hlI Hts blessings. tho gentleman retired.
TEo b3tsh hymn WAS snng, and Or. Goodwin,
pastor Of tho First Congregational Church.
came forward. lle natd there was 4 profound
| h'gnldcatiou 10 psaise.-moro than wo attached
to it. 70 bad + nnsl in the Scriptures dcscrip'
ton OF 1ho dedication Of tho Temple Of Solomon.
referred to by Brother Whttlc, and 50J or GOD
| B.ngern robed iu Wufts. aud as many players on
inhHument~. mad united In praisinE God. That
varY pralso part had caused fool Of light TO
~ into Tho Temrle, and had caused the Priests
to stop. Ihe word Jew meant tAauks. H'u
vera kceptng up form Of q festival destitute
Of tho conception Which God had Of It, There
nails who secuted tho Idsa ri religion in ts State.
and Who said It WAS impertinent 10 put the Biblo
| in the schools. aud would next try to prevent
| prayer In Congress. What. ho SAID, waa our
petty loo years compared with the LOCO 81 tho
| ancient Romans and Greeks for whoaa hiatory
wo had aEea to turn un tls sand aud
the geavcstonea? There wero neyer such
Halllkn preparations as at tho present time,
aud never such debt. Tho newspapers
had proven to usthe nrceasity Of toviyal, and
ChssstiR:tty sho,ifd spioad wider and wider aud
deepsE and dooper. Would to God, ho said, that
Christianity might come into all schemes Of
| a6g1audizemeut with the exception OF crooked
whisky. Tho tidal wnys OF tha Philadelphia aud
would spread until II extended over tho whole
| land.
Alter I handsome collection had been takon
up, tho services were cfoaed with prayer AMI tue
singing of the last verse Of tho National Aymu
and tho tHu last Of thu old Missionary hymn.
THE SOUTH SIDE.
| sEKyscEs At TRINITY cHuacM.
Tho Methodist Episcopal churches OF tho
| South Side held union ThRukuytytuv geryice