St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-26
AT THE CHURCHES.
ervices Held at Most OF the Houses
of XYOrsIliD In the Cir.


Thanksgiving day was appropriately OBJ
served in the churches yesterday, services
being held in most OF them at IL a. M, each
being well attended. Bishop Foss, at the First
Methodist church, delivered an interesting
discourse from Psalms Xxx, verses 8, 9 and
10, reviewing the history of the observance
OF Thanksgiving from its originatiOn with the
PuritanS. The nation, he thought, had much
to he thankful fOr-the attainment of indie
pendence and free government, the achieve
ments of civil and religious liberty, the aboli-
uon of slavery and the superior condition of
the citizen of this nation. After the sermon
the congregation sang the national anthem,
America
Rev. DR.. r. A. Kirkwood, of Manchester
college, preached from Isaiah xiii, T. at the
House of Hope church. Much of what
he said was devoted to the question
OF capital and labor. He thought
there should be cooperation, and he was of
the opinion that all had reason to be grateful
for The general prosperity of the times. He
touched upon the high license question TO
some extent, and while he showed cause for
gratitude in the persistency with which the
saloon is being fought he predicted a time
when men would take longer and vigorous
stride toward its final humiliation.
Rev Robert Forbes at the Jackson Street
Nj. 4. church selected the fourth verse of the
One-hUndredth psalm. The number of the
=,
and the service commenced with the doxol-
ogy. DIR. Forbes preaSed an able sermon,
referring to the times of THANKSGIVING in
Holland in 1855, and to President Lincoln's
proclamation in lS63-64. The Thanksgiving
festival he regarded as the fireside feast of
the family.
Rev. X. n. McLaren at the Central Presby-
terrain church chose the words 1.-THE Lord is
My Shepherd, etc." from the well known
psalm. Upon the altar were some sheaves of
wheat and vegetables artistically arranged.
The speaker alluded to the landing of the
Pilgrim fathers at Plymouth Rock and the
foundation laid by them for a mighty, free,
moral nation. They set the example of
thanksgiving Immediately after their first
harvest, and the day has grown, the speaker
thought, until it was now even greater than
the Fourth of July.
Rev. DIR. Carroll, of Saltwater, Rev. H C.
Mabie and DR.. West conducted the union
services of the First Presby terrain and First
Baptist congregations at the church of the
latter. DIR. Carroll invoked the divine bless
ing, DR.. West read the CHI psalm
and DR.. Mabie offered prayer. The text
of the sermon given by DR.. Carroll was from
st. Matthew, xii, 81: "Render, therefore,
unto Caesar the things that are Caesars" He
felt that the nation was passing through
period of great excitement. The restoration
of the true observance of the Sabbath was
one of the things required of the Christian
Christian influence is to be the great conse-
orator OF the nations interests, although the
country may be cast into the fiery furnace,
heated by nihilism, anarchy, socialism, COM
munism, dynamite und MOrmonism.
The Clinton Avenue NJ. E., English Luth-
eran, Hebron Baptist and Westminster Pres
byterian churches united in giving thanks at
the Westminster PreSby terrain church. Rev.
G. II. Gamble delivering the sermon, and
Revs- G. c. Herriott and A. w. Edwards
taking part in the services.
Rev. George II. Yarnall preached an effect
i've sermon at the new Church of the Ascen-
sion. in West st. Paul, corner of Clinton ave-
nue. and Isabel street, which was formally
opened.
Holy communion was celebrated at Christ
church, Rev. A. J. Graham, of Minneapolis.
preaching the Thanksgiving discourse.