The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-11-29
Thanksgiving Union Services



Thanksgiving morping union services
were held 10 the Baptist church. Rev. A.
IL, Trick, pastor of the Presbyterian church
delivered an excellent sermon. The hymns
sung by the union choir were, Corona.
tiou,' "Home, Sweet Home," and "Amsr-
ica." The lesson read was Psalms i46 and
lat. Mr. Oakl-y read Governor Hamil-
tons proclamation, setting forth the reason
why the people OF Illinois should be thank
full t.| f.
Mr.. Trick preached from a three fold
text, Religion, Home aud Country" Col.
8, 10, "And let the peace Of God rule In
your hearts, to the which also ~ are called
IN me body, and be ye thankful" Prov. 8,
80, "The curse of the Lord is in the house
ot The wicked. but be blesseth the habita-
ton of the jus;" Deut. 2S, /, "And 1t shall
come to pass if thou shalt hearken diligent-
ly unto the voice Of the Lord thy God to
observe all his Commandments which I
command Thee this day, that the Lord thy
God will set thee on high above oil nations
OF the earth.o
Mr.Trick said "If there was no God to
receive homage, there would be no ono to
receive thanks fer sll The blessings we en-
joy as nation and people. This Is
Christian country. Scientists had tried to
annihiate the Christina God, but had
only shown him to be stronger and living
God. Home should be the object of all
that is pure and beautiful, and should be
filed with the intense and noble influence
Of Christianity. The family is divine In
s'iuion the influence of business, of the
stores, shops, newspaper and literature are
all pouring into the home, why should not
religion be pushed into the center of the
h"mel The family should be taught the
absolute vanity Of knowledge apart from
Christianity. Why are SO many heads of
families religious--here as elsewhere-and
so many of their boys and girls never
think of religionf Il W many leave the re-
Iigious robe inside of the church on Sun
day and are without II the rest of the weskf
Is this consistency, which believes, but
does not practice In the home circlea What
is true patriot'sm9 1t 10 religion; and re-
iginn is patriotism. IL the man who is q
true patriot, and one who loves his country,
content to be dlsnterested for the good
| of his fellow men2 Has he no concern for
the moral good9 Does he not want to see
this an honest na'ion, far superior to the
Eur,pe.u uations2 Is not the true patriot
an earnest poitican2 will he be content
With feeble legislaton1 Is he not concern
ed for the success of temperance, and the
elevation of the mass of the psoplef
Christianity does not consist of tears aud
prayers alone, but it rises up and faces
every issue for the good of religion, home
an country. No matter how resplendent
n nation is if II is eaIlowd TO become cor
ruptrd God will sweep it from the face Of
the ear h, as the nations Of old were."
Mr. Trick spoke at SINE length. BE
has pleasing IN nner of address and car.
nestness in al he says that leads his hear.
ers to believe he means every word that he
says, and will "practice what he breaches" !"
At the cose Mr.. Trick suggested a col.
lection he taken up for the poor Of the three
churches represented So Merhodist, Presby.
t,rlnn ,nd Baptist which resulted in quite
Il r,"por'ahlp sum. HH' I..r
CAIRO. November 28, 1884.