The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-06
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THANKsaIvINa in woRTHINGTON.
The union services in WorthingtOn
we're we'll attended ct the n E. church
on Thursday last. The ministers Of
the different churches took part In the
preliminary services. The singing was
appropriate and we'll rendered. The
sermon was preached by Rev. w. FL.
Hartzell, pastor of the Presbyterian.
church. The synopsis Of the discourse
we give below will by no means pre-.
sent to the reader an adequate idea Of
the subject. rs It was clearly and clio.
quently set forth in the entire sermon:
Text. Deut. VIII-l0: When thou hast eaten
and art full then thou shalt bless the Lori thy
God for the good LIANT which He hath given
The occasion Of our coming together in the
house Of tod to day, as take it. IN addition to
our service Of PRAYER and song, Is simply for >
which we as individuals and as nation should
be grateful to Cod Beautifully appropriate
aud hitting Is the i',ea OF an annual ma tional
nation shall assemble in their respective places
IT Worship to publicly and unitedly recognize
the good 90. hand Of God In the common nercies Of
evil and on the goo'l. and sendeth His rain on
the JUST and on The unjust. anu this idea Of an
~ e.rth n"o Sns s e% HEAVEN is mt
did not originate with mon. but was inst.
tuted BY God for that typical model nation
which he called out from the nations OF tho
his covenant. and made known his command.
Eents. His judgments and His statutes to show
to them And through them to al mankind that
word that proceedeth ont Of the mouth 0i God
that man Is dependent creature, Indebted to
GSd tor al that ne 10: has md receives: respon-
that
Unmeasured by the flight OF years."
4. In Ex. XXIII:lGand Lev. XIII 80 we have
for the fsrastes at Snai at tp ysrv ~ IS
OF their national existence. AS with them, the
combined festival Of Ingathering and Taberns-
Sss SS the END Of the an
zeal. looking back to their origin as nation,
me other looking specially at the blessings ami
mercles OF the then closing year-s0our thanks
giving has precisely the same tW, fold signiN-
canoe. fnlrStine was the good land that had
come TO the Jews through their fathers, Abra-
nam. Isaac, JACOB etc. In consequences Of Gods
promises AID providence toward them We
also have entered into the goodly Inheritance OF
our pilgrim revolutionary fathers a result Of
as . aSps
able to us therefore. ft seems to me. is our text
ana the entire rec, eontex }ycrses in which it
eaten and art full. then shalt thou bless the
L@rd thy Geo Tor the good land which He hath
First in those verses the occasion and the
season OF the year for the annual thanksgiving
Is presuppOsed and the prosperi:y Of the paoplc
ana rich resources OF the country are described
graphic; all equally true. only on a much larger
scale, Of our own country and Of the happy con-
dttton OF our people.
In the second place. there are three dangers,
We are warned again it, aud three duties on the
other hand. that we are exhOrted to.
that of at we are warned ax1nst
forget not the Lord thy God, &c' But con.
versely, Eemember Col and he grateful to Him.
pride and set:s"tliciency in the Midst s Il pros
then thine heart be lifted up, aud thou
might OF mine hand hath gotten ne this wealth"
b1t; on the other hand, be humble. and be CRATE.
Finally. the third danger that God there
warns us again~t Is our certain destruction as a
nation 1t, Us nation. or as \ people generally.
we forget God and come 70 harbor 4 spirit Of
and can do without Him. ut shall be, saith
Coz. y! thou 40 ut all forget the Lord thy God.
and worship them. I testify against You this
which the Lord destroSeth before your face, SO
.ilent unto the voice Of The Lord Your God.''
That is abundantiy shown tn be true, universal.
~ and inevitably, not only as declared In Gods
respecting the nations VI the earth. In refer.
ence to Egypt, Persia, Assyria, Greece Rome
~ well as the Jewish nations and all nations OF
lN.S hn<. fS,1ks 1lDl
ing and has been fulfilled before our eyes" in
reference to France. once and again, Turkey,
spain, Mes leo, in modern history.
The nation and kingdom that will not serve
thee: Christ; shall Perish;"it is written again
sha S be utterly wasted" There is one hopeful
tion; however and that Is this: Our day Of an.
nlal national thanksgiving iscoming to be more
and more generally observed by us as a people
and a. a nation. And We, each and all. both for
personal and patriotic reasons, need to see to 1t
that the day Is not merely a name with us; hut
IT. T., ~ really day from year to year OF devcut.
~ 2ratefui. glad. joyo'!s Thanksgiving. and Of
earnest sincere si!pplication to our Heavenly
Father for a continuance of his mercies and
blessings to US as individuals, as families and as
The UNION EvANGELIsTIC SERVICES
Are to begin January 9Th, Sabbath,
in the Congregational church, and all
interested i'll them in any way should
begin now and plan and prepare for
them. Get business and secular work
ont of the way. rs much as possible;
avoid absence from town, aid other en-.
gagements, that may keep you away
from any of the meetings during the
whole month OF January. And mean.
time, from this on let all Christians be
looking to God in earnest important
prayer to prepare their own hearts for
worship and work during those meet
ings. and that the spirit of God also
may be present in great power to work
and witness with his truth. The hymn
books to be nscd in the meetings may
now be had Of DR.. Moore, Mr.. LANCE,
or Mr.. Frank Lewis. the committee on
music, either at their offices. or at the
Thursday evening prayer meetings at
the several churches, at which times
the book will be used mostly from this
onward. Price 80 cents.
JOINT CON- OF THE CHURCHES.
at the M. E. church Sunday evening
the sermon will be on the subject Of
Christian Fellowship
Uncertainty may attend business ven.
lures and enterprises. but it never at
tends the prompt administration of DR.,
Bulls Cough Syrup. Price Is cents.
CHANGE OF PROPRIETORS.
Mr.. E. H. Holbert, representing a
large lumber firm at Hayward, Wis,
purchased the stock of IL. C. Shepard
and placed it in charge of Mr.. A. Mich.
OILS, WHO comes here recommended as
An excellent business man and an &C.
ccmplished gentleman. We give him
hearty welcome. Mr.. III. &. SHEPARD