Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-12-03


the ies'ive board Tine weather wHs
not suca H. to tempt any out-ot-
doors for pleasure, a heavy snow.
storm prevailing during most of the day,
and he streets of The city presented an
UNUSUAL quiet appearance for holiday.
The morning services. however, at the
Bereau baptist Episcopal and Unitarian
churches were well attended while the
afterl oun and evening, It's was cniueniiN
fttiug, were devoted 10 festivities ana
happ. gatherings about the iainilN heaIi u,
plur,, Of business were CLOSED tMuu&h-
out { Z greater part of the gay.
THE UNION SERVICE.
The Baptist, Berean Baptist, First aud
Third Congregational and Methodist
churches united in a union service III The
Berean Baptist chapel The beautiful lit
tie chapel was taxed to its utmost To nc
commodate the large cougregat ION pres
ent. The sermon was delivered by Rev.
+. J. Parry of the First Baptist church,
the pastor Of the other churches conduct
ing the opening exercises. Music was
furnished by the choir and organist of the
BerrHn Baptist church.
REV. NJ. PARRY's SERMON.
The subject of Rev. Mr.. Parry'S dis
course WAS thanksgiving Due to God,
the text being taken from | Chronicles,
xxx, l2-l3: Both riches and power
come of thee, and thou reigne,t over all,
and in thine hand is power and might,
and in thine hand it is to make great and
to give strength unto all. Now, there
fore. our God, we thank thee and praise
thy glorious name
1t has been said that the Christian is
the truest and purest patriot. We meet
to-day in this house of God as patriots
and Christians, as lovers Of our country,
drawn hlther by the executive pruclamn-
ton. We come here alSO as lovers of God,
and recognize him as the author of every
good and perfect gift While patriotism
builds the altar, religion will call down
the fire Of heaven to consume the sac
ritice
The words of the text before us contain
certain great principles, which stated IN
the most general way would be: Al
wealth, all mental, all moral and all poll
tical power come from God. lie relgns
over all. The man whose heart Is right
knows that the things which constitute
US a great nation have come to us from
God, and that so it is eminently fitting
that we should come to day 10 thank Him
and praise His glorious name.
As an incentive to fitting Thanksgiving,
ii may be well for us to 20 back to the be
ginnings out of which has come our pres
ent national position. We turn back over
the pages of history until we come to the
18th century-a century the most memo
rable of any. 1t WAS the century of men
acc II was 7iba cent,Irv If ihe discovery
80 ~ was We ttnt"iS Ei wy 80 l,,,
~ p 49, ] '''T nv ,', 1,,bn 80
the leaders of thought or of the political
and ecclesiastical forces during the first
half of the 10Th century were most of
cart,,rw Rnt that ubirh nsrtirnInrlv in.
80 - ~ - ,i, ~ tiiio - na,,ti,,r,.
, vs. ~ -. tba
orS pninric Bnr.,i, w. n,nJa nonn mn
a., ~ titIo 81 hI",,'Jo,. VI thf tbai,v
,,es.aIS 81 CoiuniL,,s ,rara ,innro,chinI
tha vest1r, cnntiI,a,t Nh5f chnntes
~ " o''o,,trad uinra Co,,n,n,1s ',ava ~
Ga,til.. ,,nd -en,, :, ,e,v,yorid, 10 mower
mt ~ at Of Con cnuid have forecnsi srch
a wo,,TerfuI transfnrmntion in The life
all ,,,,litinr ~ - ,.nat cn,tiunn+ Ern,n
NM, tj otoGa Of %a,H9ri.nr hi. land
~ tb1 n,,,,. W w. hi,I,.t civi
iiD"t,,.u L'notrn in tbn ,,nrIj;- histn,.,
NJ. ,,i,,,t,,, I,, had % ,,,,'G and a.
,,ai0,,,,,'',,t ibat j.. ,,,'n,r,lI,lnI AnJ III.
,,itJa oIi,,t IL ~ NOM ,ii.
n,.;ui,'., VIVIAN ,,, nota tha fnct thnt ms.
f+nit,i Ctatas recaived rarn,,niti"n os SEA
t n''' - ,',I,,i,,,, ,,i,. NJ m
Iat ,'i I Eoi, ava tIurof,r. ii,t,lo,. ~,
,1r,.' ,IIirati1i,, ~ Iendar tt,,,'I.s and
InuG" iS'',ion " '','t
h.i, l.. friNr Il, Il
[aaI I'm sIani!i 1nhS. - th Nm,i
P"' i,'a ~ i,t ,,Ii, 80,
,i,,, irstit,,tin'S a~i.t in,,.b,r
aIsa N''''
VII, ,,., ,,.,.;,,, Cod,e dooIir,, ,.itb NJ.
rar,n,1,IIv ~, ~ roI,t,v,IT in tbn Lomn the
sponi,'1 ,ba ch"rch r. ,rhirh ,re h"lonF
So IN 20 biiU6.,i't r,,eo,' 60. tLnNi,fii1
NM tar,, n,I ~"
~ or' "o f 1jit ..,''
i've ~ IjHs rnrn%nmtvenl,h if Seem. ,',
" ,mi3
i3 pIfi rh ~,
tailn ~ ~ "" ,i, ,'S
t ~ i q 49,
H. '''loHai ,1t ~ Hthi ia t6at n
piaoT' ~ W. w rn"iin Ma Ti %5
iHit9 WI 70 ''t't wv ' W t
~ - Hies9iE EiV"tet ,ti,, H'i atT1,rt
,n a. tn,s - 10
~ Soi 10 y" gnu on"P fT ~
=" II uNo.IH "'o P"t oo iad """i tio '
rnH etG We ho ' iiiua Ii
wv 'nu ioS .'iV ito%Ia
i IiU'io ~ , U", 'io
ILL., %trS I;1, VIZ