Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-12-05
THANKSGIVING.
The Observance of tho Festival in Bur
Hnyton-Seryiccs at the Churches.

THANKSGIVING u"y lau us uSotl uvro'.
Gus observance III Burlington. fHc'or''S
and stores were closed and the day was
made a general holiday, and quiet reigned
frnn, ,,,orrin,, t;ll niyht Many and
i,O"' ,oi s,'..,ii,- ,,,,, ,orin,,s hnld
pleas''hO were tlie l"'''lN S"''''' 49,
ana theE FORMED us uSu'l "'"' N'" IVA
ture OF the day In the wa! ol alluSe-
ments, the skating RINK WIS uehSe'A
crowded. and large audiences assembled
at the Howard Opera House to see Bccdle
4. priudle's Pleasure Party. About sixty
~ i''''' ..,.,,
young men enJoHt" ''le hoNP'''t'i''o' Vi ''le
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idiluH"iIlr P!N| ~ P'''nIt,Mi W. ~
enlcIIalhulcnl VI Ei'NtN' bullIlE wy
evening light refreshments were served,
and the young gentlemen present spent
tbu timG worry plrnsnutly i'm snrinl nlnusp-
mont conversation and SINGING At thc
cI,irrhn. thnrn ,,.,,rn ior,,n trdinnrns THO
; ,iu2 , w, ril 10,
cNefClScS we're us lOlloNS
r,,, i-ni,n s.ryi,n
Inv "'"'
Eir.t u,u,iyt and C,,,,,.,,,, ti,n,l churches
EH9' ptPll9t anu 'i'-' so l''''i '"" ~
"'9 ucl" III 'Hc ptP'i'' '""'''' Ct i',''
o'clock The attendance was large. the
,i h.: ~, an D.. lt,,,rs
church oelhE hearl! Hileu NV heSaiH'
service opened with reading of the Gov
',,,,,r, InrnrIn,notinn mi nr,vnr nv IIry
III n - ,,,,,.,,i,t,, t,ns,r ,,,.. ran,
dprpd nv the Bauiist choir under the
leadership of VI. ID. Fuller. The sermon
was preaGheu u! he'' ~ - 'u!iP' "hu
sion If the sirus If the times and the
providence of God in our national life.
The following is an abstract of the ser
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new VIZ '"'"P p'S'""rsc'
can we nor discern the signs oil the tunes
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WIN unu lncrc are no niclhiltIrsS 'itnts'
NothIilH III NE view view, Il uillill";iiai,. rNtiH
aye mas us Mrtl'ular ulstihGtsl'lil NlnS nut
Imt >lhgu, iaG, - hn,, thu w. rr iT'nN s
or never applrclat" IN" true character "i me
history W" are lhtklhE. or uhlriNiad the
iorc" OF thS Tenderness thai are W"rhnE So
and national life. That which is superficial
OFTEN NtaTtI"S us INTO II transient no"d nl m
Mui1N ana reflection. but IT Is only FORA Iittio.
Too often the great currents winch run JuSl
hrl"uh the surface are ulhullc'u. itrlll
me 10 say tbat Whnt we AinrrramS nr'4 Is
icH~ 81 weather wisdom. '"Ns 81 surface ne
h"l- alii ".i~.I' "iIa'lI'I"E, tl'l .ii"rt W
earnest. patriotic. religious study al inc nm
PoIi HnN l"iUlu- ~ tht great IHtiH OF our
rH1tn' history. 10. >u,h NliIdN, hrl'ilI as
mus hr''I~'" , dud phN ilI'II''l ~ ANA >,i&-
E','I"i\' We mlIr your "'i"llt..m i"-lHN'
Nlai Hir ~"ii' "i !ht most significant ~i-N~
ul "H i'h'~. r>l"'EllA a. concerns inc me-
lNh'"h'' ana h"l""" "Uf own N'I"N'n t''lh-
try.
/. pi the slams of progress. And here
must net forget that tie p,-Simi>t is abroad.
Ih.3" are thu~c who fancy that the present
'NI -tijr mas H'"u '"tcn' Il /. y Il gradual down
t1ir,,. NJ, uu.,,I. III. world has been mo-
4"i"m az > "i>",Hglicr i,,ihG ,n1 ua ,
The lair puIiI,i..,. oI man. When we turn the
pa%rT of the w9rld,s oNid"ntial history we
H",n t"vnri ~ h,ttni lif far thr 1ii"ns Of
mankind. OIIr lime, ana our national litc
Canuidly and broadly viewed. show many
signs of real progress. First, in the plhctI-
eau ana more successful application OF the
in,i> o. tlNi a,iu rvHHI"mS i! . III ,I' a.
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