Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-11-26

United Services OF The Presbyterian and
Mefhodfsts Churches.

Mefh0dkete Churches
Three conrrcgasions-the First and
Second NJ. +. Church and the Presbyte-
rian--nnited In this service The service
was hcldin the Presbyterian Church, and
the sermon was by the pastor OF that
church. Rev. Robert H. Williams.
To many in this community, said the
preacher. the question has arisen, Why
should offer thanksgiving to-day Sick
ness. bcreayements, losses, aud d1sap-
pointmcnts have oveTtaken them, and
lamentafion seems best TO express the feel
inos of their hearts. But their sorrows
might have been worse, and ought they
not to remember God, that they have not
been called to descend into deeper depths
Of the valley Of affection.
Most Of our people have had lew trials
and many blessings. Let US then, those
who have been greatly aiilicted ana those
who have not been afflicted, come into
Gods house to-day to praise Him for the
blessings we have received during the
past pear. For a little while let us for
ret the troubles of life, and think OF Gods
goodness TO us, and the great land in
which we dwell The temporal and spir-
itual blessings we have received, as fami-
lies, and as individuals, have been beyond
our power to enumerate. Let us not for
get these gifts of Gods good hand, so
great in number and variety.
We join with people throughout our
land in thanking God for the products OF
the earth, for the showers that have
watered the Garth, for the genial in
fluenccs Of the sun. for the health OF our
people, for the peace and prosperity
which have prevailed, for all our tempo
raj and spiritual blessings. Our blessings
have come in great profusion, and we
feel that our safety and happiness as a
nation depend upon the comfort and well
being Of our whole people. There can
never be any gain to our country in keep
ing the poor in their poverty or the ignor-
ant in their ignorance, or the depraved
and degraded in their wickedness. We
must lift up every class of our population
If we would add to the general happiness.
y Everything then should be done to-
strengthen the bonds of unity among our
people. Everything that produces de-
strust, and fear, and dcseontent should be
carefully avoided.
And religion and education must do
work whose importance cannot be esti-
mated When we are told that there are
six millions above ten years of age who
are not able to read and write, we see the
necessity of the bill introduced into Con-
gress to appropriate ten millions of the
public funds, for five years, TO supple
ment other efforts for the education of
the people
And religion, too, is absolutely needed.
Our forcfathers believed in religion much
more than il is the fashion to believe in it
to day. twas religion that kept the peo-
pie hopeful and earnest in the dreadful
days through which we as nation have
passed. High above the dim of war and
the clamor of conflicting passions after
the war, and the terrible depression in
the finances, when the rich were made
poor, and the poor poorer, were heard
the clear. sweet, encouraging utterances
of our holy religion. And to-day, when
corruption is finding its way from the
higher to the more humble walks of life,
and society, in some quarters, is becom-
ing permeated, through and through,
with corruption, and many are losing
their power to assert any principle or
wish of their own, the church declares
the principles of justice and truth, and
demands, as no other institution will dare
to demand, the punishment of the wrong
doors, and the placing of men in power
who viii maintain and defend the truth
and the right.
Captured for Illegal Dredging. Deputy
Commander Turner. of the oyster police
steamer Governor Hamilton, captured
yesterday in South River, the schooner
sG. A. Kirwan, of Baltimore, Capt.
Martin O'Malley, John S. and John e.
Kirwan, owners, charged with having
,,nc,llad nvefnrs on hoard Tho vessel