Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-28
THANKSGIVING.
How 1t Will DO observed in s.. Pau, To-day.
Following the good, old practice of conse-


Following the good, old practice Of conss-
Grating one day out of the 365 to rejoicing in
thankfulness and gratitude to the giyer of all
good, the President recommended, and the
Governors of each State accepted the recon-
mendat:on, that to-day, the 18th day of No
yember be set apart as day of general
Thanksgiving In city like st. Paul, with
SO many natlonalities, SO many creeds, and
so much diversity of opinion, the day will,
OF course, be observed in a diversity
OF ways. The Christian will "serve tia Lord
with gladness and come before his presence
with song" And in order to thoroughly
appreciate the fulless of that spirit which
reJolces IN each others joy, union services
will be held in two Of the principal evangeli-
cal churches-the one at the Baptist church,
where will assemble the congregations of
lower town (below Wabashaw street) to lis
ten to an address by the Rev. DR.. Conn up
on the "duties we owe to the government
under which we live'-srender unto Caesar
the things which be Caesars, and unto God
the things which be God's.'' The service
which will commence promptly at II o'clock,
will be essentially Thanksgiving service,
and for the occasion the choir will be con-
siderably augmented, Miss Bergfeld being
the soprano soloist.
The congregations of Upper Town (above
Wabashaw street, will assemble in tire beau
tiful church of the House of Hope, at II A.
M, and DR.. Dana will deliver the discourse,
which will be upon st. Paul-not the
apostle but the city-its past and future.
The lecture will be peculiarly interesting at
the present time.
In the fullness of their Joy, the people
have not forgotten the boys-those busy
little ones who, too much engrossed with the
all Important business of earn
ming their daily bread, with
all the responsibility of matured minds upon
them. have no time to think Of Thanksgiving
For these there will be provided at Unity
church the bounties of a sumptuous feast,
and the arab and the friendIess orphan, q
care burdened son of widowed mother, will
be made, for the nonce, to forget his trouble
and toll and pinching poverty. The follow
ing Is the invitation sent the boys by the
ladies:
The Ladies of the Flower Mission
Invite you to
THANKSGIVING DINNER,
Thursday, November %, at IL clock,
in the
Basement of Unity Church, Wabashaw and
Exchange streets.
'''' - .
These invitations were sent to all the
newsboys and bootblacks in the city, and it
is not surmised that any will fail to present
themselves at the given time and place to-
day May they have such Thanksgiving
day as the benevolent ladies of the "Flower
Mission" would wish them
Ut course all public offices will be closed
to-day. The banks will do no business. he
postoffice will be closed from A. NJ to 6 P.
NJ. The various offices in the custom house,
and the Capitol, and the courts will all be
closed for the day Most of the large
houses of business will also suspend for
twenty-four hours. There are many men of
many minds, and it would profit nothing to
enumerate the various methods which will
be devised to while ''the happy hours away
to-day.