Daily globe., 1881-11-25
at the House of Hope.

Union Thanksgiving services were held by
the uptown churches in the House of Hope
yesterday. Pastors present: Rev. D. R. Breed,
of the House of Hope; Rev. DR.. Dana, of
Plymouth church; and Rev. S. G. Smith, of
the First M. E. church. A large and ap-
parently highly interested congregation was
present. All the services of the hour were of
the highest interest. Rev. Mr.. Breed opened
the exercises by prayer of invocation. Rev.
Mr. Smith read the 147th Psalm, and
also from Romans 18th, commencing at the
9th, following the reading with prayer. The
choir, or quartette of four voices, consisted
of Prof. w. Fl. Leib, tenor, Qeader); Miss Eva
Burbank, soprano; Mrs. Clara Hand, contral-
10; and Mr.. Charles De Lacy, bass. Prof. s.
A. Baldwin presided at the organ. Their per-
formances were of the most charming charac
ter, and were highly appreciated by the large
congregation.
The sermon was preached by Rev. DR.. Dana,
pastor of Plymouth church. His text was
Kings, %, "Show thyself a man." His
topic was manhood, and the need of
men of integrity" Right earnestly did he
portray the false as distinguished from the
real and practically developed the way of
reaching true manhood. So far as this day,
said he, is family festival, our thoughts are
recalled to the changes-sad or joyous-to be
noted in our households, so far as it is nation
al festival, we have our attention turned to
affairs of State. This day finds US, as ma
ton, hardly recovered from the grief occa-
stoned by a bereavement in magnitude unpre-
cedented, and in its circumstances both tragical
and pathetic. The early promise of the year
has turned to ashes, and while we do not for
get our signal mercies, we cannot cover up the
poignant sorrow which the memory of our
nd 10 al Yaap oil
Anintelligent outlook cannot fail to impress
us with the predominence of associated over
individual action. He pressed the matter of
individual responsibility, and deprecated the
tendency to shirk such responsibility under
cover of social or national life. 1t is high
time TO come back to the units of society, and
hold each man accountable for what.h con-
tributes to the life of the body polite. Society
is but the reflection of the individual lives COM
posing it. Responsible indivldualism is the
constituent element in American society.
Manhood is the greatest desideratum in this
country. Here the citizens do their own
thinking and agonizing. If evils arise they
must endure their consequences. until they
arouse themselves to personal effort to cure
them. When personal character deteriorates
all our national and social interests are jeop-
ardized. 1t is this which makes the continued
life of the great and good of such unspeakable
moment to a republic like ours. When Ca
YOUR died, it seemed for the hour, the great
plan for Italy's regeneration was defeated.
When Garfield passed away the great hopes
and reforms he inaugurated, and for whose
leadership his signal gifts fitted him, were
again postponed, and with his sealed lips,
closed his championship of once more un-
certain and unsettled questions.
Good men are the pillars of the
state. Christianity may be said
to disclose how to become whole men, in
distinction from partial and make-believe
men. The responsibility, therefore, is laid
on each individual of developing the highest
faculties with which he is endowed; the
working out from local and accidental; the
attainment of largeness of being, and becom-
ing plenary in reason and in moral sense.
The earliest part of every ones life is spent in
learning how to use his senses-in word,
how to be moral being, We all have to be-
gin low down, for there is no creature SO far
from himself at the start as man is. Flies
are born perfect flies from the egg. Every
bear licks perfect cub. But man is only a
rndimentary being at his birth. At best, he
will come to manhood slowly and through
manifold trials.
The difficulties in the way of at
tanning lofty character were point
ed out, and the influence of christianity
was claimed as the power and element for
bringing out into full expression and exercise
every power of body and soul, and rounding
out mans nature into sympathy and complete
ness. A lofty manhood had to be striven for.
Personal character was eulogized as the basis
of trust among men. Whom, and how far to
trust was the great problem OF the hour.
The SID betrayal of trust was forcib,y dwelt
upon, some lapses of recent occurrence in
banking and financial matters be-
ing noticed. A good name must be made
of greater consequence. 1t is to
cost the state of Minnesota $685.
600 to determine whether one
wearing the judicial ermine has not disgraced
his position. The plea of moral Irresponsible
ness is made IN behalf of the assassin, who, by
his studied deed of malice, broke the sacred
succession OF the peoples annointad. What
has not that vagrant, misspent life cost this
republic?
He enforced the consideration that individ-
ual citizens should give greater heed to their
responsibilities as electors, and by greater
care and attention contribute an influence to
purify and elevate party politics.
He dwelt with some fulluess on "civil SER
vice REFORM" claiming it to be the most
imperioHs and needed measure
of the hour. 1t seemed strange
that the "spoils system of admlnistra-
tion' should be longer tolerated, especially
with the sound still in our ears of dirge and
eulogy over him who has fallen as martyr.
to its ruthless spirit. What civil service re-
form is possible, If we abjure manhood as its
basis, and allow party necessities and official
patronage to dictate appointments? What a
pathos the following words have in them,
whose admonitory emphasis we detected not,
when, four years ago, they fell from the lips
of the Row dead President Garfield:
sit is hardly possible to state with adequate
force the noxious influence of this doctrine
(the spoils system.) It inyades the independ-
ence of the executive; makes him less respon-
sible for the character Of his appointments; it
impairs the efficiency of the legislator by d.
verting him from his proper sphere of duty;
and by involving him in the intrigues of the
aspirants for office; it degrades the civil SER
vice itself by destroying the personal inde-
pendence ofthose who are appointed; it repels
tiles which are SO necessary to pure and
efficient administration; and, finally,
it debauches the public mind by holding up
nnhlic Office as the reward of more marty zeal