Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-30

ing. As Is the custom on this occasion. an
nualiy. public collection was ordered Al
taken for the benefit Of the poor, th
amount raised being placed in the hand
of committee of ladies. one from eac
of the congregations present, To lie DIS
pensed.
Rev. Phillips then invoked the divin
blessing and Rev. pronounced tn
benediction.
| AT ST. JOINS
The congregation was good Dean Ad
ans preached from Thess., As: '.In ey
erything give thanks"
You viii look through the calendar i,
vain for Thanksgiving day II Is not oua
of the historic days of the church "A sta
az All SAINTS day viii carry your eye to 1
footnete, however. which says that he,
the civil authorities have appointed "a
other day. upon All Saints day the form
OF prayer for Thanksgiving day shall b
/ read. 1t is not necessary that should
/ give history OF Thanksgiving day. 1t ].
Of New England, Puritan origin YoG
/ may think it strange that tie church
should have adopted it. announced a reg
! ular form for it, and made its observance
-
| no, cast iron. She is elastic. She stand:
/ for all truth. Whatever new truth God
may reveal at any time she adopts, take.
| lovingly and thankfully. The same i
Atrue of any extended observance
! any permanent mark on the highway
or must approach toward God. There is
much talk this modern day OF organiza-
| ton outside the church Why, wher
| there IS room for all men and all truth in
side the church,
/ Neither in the case OF the nation nor Of
/ the individual, does continued prosperity
seem to be conducive TO thankfuluess. In
/ time OF peace men forget God When the
war cloud comes they appeal 10 him.
: When the sun shines again they thank
( HIM Men are made thankful By an IN
expected b essing; by the attainment OF
/ that for waich they have been striving, q
doubt OF the attainment OF which has al
ways lain in their minds; and when they
are wise for Universities which are not
owe rwhelming In the first lesson for
| Thanksgiving day read: Thou shalt also
consider in thine heart that as a man
chasteneth his son. so the Lord,
thy God, chasteneth thee" II
was hard TO believe in God
at Gettysburg. but since the great civil
war we realize more firmly settled Re
public in a clearer sunlight. God is pres
ident over the destlnies of individuals and
of the Republic. The religious man whose
party is defeated, wonders, thanks God.
and begins preparation for another, the
coming conflict.
Thankfulness manifests itself today in
turkey and cranberries, ia prayer and
song, and let US hope in giving. Ii is nat
ural for man when very thankful, in this
material world. TO gather his friends about
him and sit down to his table covered with
material things. l might almost say that
turkey and cranberries have Il place in the
worship of this day. They have a place
from which they can not be displaced
(were anyone so iu1material and
unpoetical as well as 10 want TO
displace them in the manifestations of this
dsy. They prove that We are still in the
stomachic condition, that we are not very
much above the savage, thougH we proudly
cali attention to our habIimentation,
taking ourselves TO be vastly superior to
those who have gone before us. As the
Thanksgiving days come and go with the
years. ! see more and more that our emo
tions are mostly Of q physical character.
In this age of pure INTELLECTUALLY las we
measure ourselves even physical emotions
are better than none. The intellect is Ger
taiuly most important, possibly the most
important element of human nature, and
is factor IN human progress, but il is not
the only one. There are other elements of
incalculrble import aace, without which
human nature and humanu progress
could not be Among these are
the physical construction of which have
spoken. Then there are the spiritual and
normal emotion. From these spring re-
Hgion and true beneyolence, the compre-
hension of God, the realization of heaven
and the doing and saying those things
which make Others happy. He who Is
truly thankful gives something He wants
others TO have his blessedness He gives
money, ii be has it, if not he gives that
which he h-s-he gives of his time, his
energy, his life. IN this thaukfulness is
the hope OF the individual aud OF the rs-
public.