Daily Republican., 1888-11-30
Library OF Congress
THE PRESBYTERIANS.
THEY HOLD A UNION THANKS
GIVING SERVICE.
Ewo sTOnG on hand Addresses by Rev
L MA'ES, ID. d, aud Rev a.
KCigwin, ID D.-oAusos for
ThankfGlness.

wy ANAA y hufnu 4uhHMNAlNlUN uAEWl0f
In Hanover PreBby tsIiAn Ohuroh yes.
terday. The congregation WAS lArks,
and the disappointment felt in The fall
ars OF RsV. Mr.. Hickman to preach the
union Thanksgiving ssEmoD, on Rccount
Of sore throat ana bad cold, was Oh lot
By able and intsrBSlinz addresses By
Rev. Dr. Marks Of Hanover Church And
Rev DIR. Keig win OF West Church
Rev. DIR. Marks regretted the physical
inability OF the Rev. Mr.. Hickman 10
preach. He stated that hO had tried
very hard TO get . minister to take his
place, but failed. He called, be said
81 the residence Of one minister emily, hs
was sorry to hnd had tust deparIsd-
"from the city" added DR.. Marks, and
the congregation bReathed easier and .
little ripple Of laughter spread over the
AseemblARe aa the faoetious remark be
o1me understood. DR.. Marks took no
r3gulsrly announced text, but quoting
PAuPs language In 1st ThessAlonlAnB
I'm everything give thAnks," he based
bis address mostly upon that passage
DIR. Marks said some people were 81
ways ready for any and ali occasions
but he did not think he was one OF thOst
psTsonB.
DR.. stoFrs, he said, told an Incident
Of Father TAyloT's life which In o oer
tain measure illustrated she present d.
lemmA. Father Taylor WAS very much
given to making long sentences, and
one time when he was preaching to the
seamen he got 90 tangled Ip In . long
sentence that he did not know how 10
sEtrioAto himself. After several in
ifsctuAl efforts to reach the end and
failing, he stopped short and said +:
"Well, there is one thing am sure Of,
and that 10, that am bound for tn
Kingdom Of heaven" The subject OF
oAtionsl thAnksRiving, he said, fllso
the bible from end TO end. God under
lSid the Wbole government OF the He
b ard q concert where 100 instrumIn nts
were played, and the music fell like
polished drops all AIOund go exquIsitely
ane and melo1inuS were the sounds,
But bis eye was mora directly inter
ested in ons man OF all the group who
played q large bass horn. The music
Of that horn underlAid the whole grand
musical struo.urs, and II the man with
the horn had failed the musical fabric
would have failed with 1t.
30 1hhnkHgiVing riuRa in an UNDER
tone all though our system OF Govern
mebt, and without II our system Woulo
be failure. 10 supposed We all had
cause for Thanksgiving. There Wtre
none, however poor and needy however
distressed aud oppressed, bus could
and some worse OF than themsel yes .
He thought there were none, who In the
course Of the past year could nos aud
something to give thanks for.
We don't suffer like somebody else
and We can always see q silver lining.
In his ministrAtioOs he bad called upon
q dying woman who Wsa AlwAya talk
ing Of GOd's goodness. She WAS poor
and Was very great sufferer, her cup
vas q bitter one, but u was sWeetsnsd
by her reslgnAtion and trust in God.
Her talk was about the goodness OF
God and she gave thanks that he made
nature look 30 lively. Tee budding
treas, the sprlngtrg & grass, the wArblinR
birds, were all subjects OF pralAs for
her. 30 It wcu culd be with us II We fully
Iealized Gods goodness and mercy,
Gods people in their poorest state oan
and causes for thAnkiulness.
Bat, said DR.. Marks, there is also Q
positive side to the question David
said that 1t was good TO be tfil csed, but
he Blso said, 'The lines have fallen to
me In pleasant plAoeB" It WAS RlWHys
pleasure to meet y man when he 10
prosperous but he who 10 the most
prosperous Bhou bs the hest In heart.
II l we're TO attempt to enumerAte only
n > email degrees the goodness Of Goo
10 this nation II would take more than
an hour. We are not en- old nation
yet, but Gods meroies have been vcrI
numerous. IL WAS beAutlful outtoIn
the Hebrews had OF giving thAnka
They did not strike . blow for their de
verAnce, God did nil by his mishty
hand. We dnd many instances In the
bittory OF ahia nation where God showed
his care for US In . wonderful manner
We have more cause for gratitude than
our fathers 100 years ago had, an /
thote who live 100 years after us will
have more cause for gratitude than We.
After singing the 13)9th hymn, Rav
A. N. Kslgwin WAS introduced by DR..
Marks.
After referring to the disappointment t
Of the evening, DR., KeiRWiD, thought
there WAS great oAuss for tnAnks 10 Ih
hearts Of everybody. We should b.
grateful for the opportunities. Every
additional advantage offered Was An Ad. .
t.tlonAl responsibility thrown upon us
We have special reasons for thsnkful-
aess that during the year two men have
Sc : d the opportunity for giving vast
sums Of money to found Institutions fer
the elevation OF the people. Oae WAS
that Of Mr.. Hand Of DonnectiI ut, who
wien hl was compelled to leave II Q
8 nth during the OWL war, lsft soDs
property in South OAEoIiDA, which fell
into honest hands and Accum uiAted into
$500, 600 Mr. HSnd made IL 81, COO 900,
and went down South ard gave It to
the American Board OF Missions with
Whioh 70 found m Institution for the
education Of the colorcd people.
Mr.. Re Rwln did not like the word
"colored," because IL sounded harsh
and WsB mot correct in the sense H.
which II was uaed. Referring 10 the
illi eFhoy OF the oolored people, Mr.
KeiRWln stated that while IL was tEu
that the colored people Of ths South
composed the graA' mass Of ths illlleraoy
Of the South, from causes easily ex
plAined aud which they could not help,
it vas also true that illiterAcy amongst
the white people was on tho Increase,
owing to the great msss OF isnOrsnos
that emigrAtsd 10 the country.
The second case Of . trAnd munifcsbt
bsqueBt Rag that Of Mr. Wilkinson, In
which he has given $4,000 0G0 for the
endoN msnt OF an ins itu ion In which
American youths can learn trades. This
did not relate to Christianity in the
same sense Of Mr. Hand's muniHosnte,
bat IL Was an Institution for the elevg-
,lon Of character, and prevented the &C.
oum ulAtlon Of 'trAmpR," thai pow are
a curse to the nation. This Is IN era OF
Risirg Bss'dss the cases referred TO-
SIC. 600 900 more have been poured out
fer the oauss Of education, of which
prll cston college got half 9 million.
Tho ed duoalion OF she masses resulta n
The elevation Of character, and educL
tiou and religion go hand In hand As