The sun., 1889-11-29
JoHySTOWN GIVES THANKS.
DAY CBLEBRlTED IN
THE COHEEAUGH TALLEH.

JAMESTOWN, Pa, Nov. 28.-In swirlinR
.,v storm the sun OF Thanksgiving sets on
4, ConemauRh. Two liehts illume the valley.
4. steady fare mp the river at Bridge No. OF
\. IN torch and carbon, where the night rail-
E,d gang takes up anew the work Of repairing
M last ravages Of the hoou. and here in
Iobnstovn the fltful and sky-leaping glare Of
a. furnaces OF tho Cambria Iron Company.
q, months aRo tomorrow night different
Srhts illumed the valloy-A blazing church at
\, upper end Of Johnstown, q blazing mass
a A thousand homes at the lower end.
from Decoration Day to Thanksgiving the
,,.ls Of Johnstown's tribulations runs. The
ylllsy has cast MP its accounts with misery and
,lcsed the books. The last four bodies OF the
Unknown dead were brought from Sandy Vale
n bleak but lovely Grand View. the last 200
,h,cks we're signed By the Relief Commissions
secretary. There is grief In thousand homes
With the thought OF this day-a year ago, but
Johnstown in verify gives thanks.
In the Episcopal Church OF St. Marks, one OF
do hymns was 805 Of the Hymnal verse Of
which runs:
ID Pralse Him that He gave the rain
To mature the swelling grain
For His merees stil endure
Ever fruitful ever sura
The little choir sang It through without q
III
my kind that rain had not been entirely n
Messing to Johnstown. Their voices wavered,
though, when they chanted in the benedicite:
70 spirits and souls of the rishteous bless 70 the
Lord praise Him. and magnify Him forever
Such spirits and souls have gone from the
yparish Of st. Marks on the afternoon OF May 81
y 10 magnify him forever. among them that ofthe
beoyed rector. Alonzo Potter Dfllar. Tho new
rctor the Rev. John Z. Bold. carefully avoided
in his sermon any reference to the great
calamity. He read a acarefully prepared homily
on the lesson Of the Queen Of Sheba's visit
10 King Solomon. and told his compensation
that the service Of the Lord was as much the
higher and better part to-day as 1t was then.
Then followed the communion service. and the
81 Episcopalian Thanksgiving was over.
The church OF the parish OF st. Marks 10 ON
stts. 1t is perhaps 40 feet long by IL
vide, and it stands. not on the ruins, for there
we're no ruins, but on the space occupied by the
former brick church and parish house. Across
/ the street is another blank space. where stood
the house OF the former rector at the moment
when he. his wife. and adopted daughter met
death. There were about forty attendants
upon the service. four Of whom were men. and
the rest women and children. half OF whom
we're In mourning. Yet this is the way the
Apucky new rector talked:
" Tho attendance is so small because this Is
not holiday In Johnstown as elsewhere.
Every one is hard at work. On Sunday the
number Of people here reaches 100. The num-
bsr Of communicates Of the parish Is 200. I
am here for three years. and shall regard my
work failure II the number Is not doubled by
house Ht e on the plan Of the Church OF Of tie % Ret
deemer at Bryn Mawr. We shall have chapel
at Moxham, which will be only the nave Of the
abtt ttROh Trv1nf fah NTtll hal
have an assistant. and the mission among the
miners miner at Ehrepfelt. started 2 year ago by Mr.
0llar will not be neglected"
Mr. Bold's enthusiasm is largely born Of the
sSs H. Episeepsi GhsroS implanted By BisSop
St E IT, Sd fs%dnf f1rdnaR maaRnss d ss1s 1s
ned e living o e sss
dyer up In business and a2att the wish to have
ioundssi9n the rest. He couldn't have built it
The Rey. Dr. h, L. Chapman Of the Methodist
AEpigcoDal Church in his sermon at tho union
'Ehow that the agency of man. the citizens of
JohnstoWn themselves, was responsible for the
Ssssts II not forcing the removal OF tho DAM
A., Could Te expect God to put His hand in
occur? 1t is 9 subject OF wonder that He did
not allow ten Thousand instead OF five Thousand
should thsnEiu too for aid sent Ga us' as from @
,eyerywhere."
SDr. Chapman is a tall, Eaunt, and rather Sc
food and he spoke with inexpressible earnest
ness in asoribing to human agency the trials Of
g9hnstown. and to the divine paternity its
y :, The anthem sung was: The Lord will Com
' tort Zion." and the hymn America"
Neither in these nor In any of the services to-
day was there any sign OF emotion. 1t seems
that In the ConemauGh Valley the time pre-
James Mcmillan. and Adjutant- General Stew
artmths time when this valley VII be full of
come. The % peope. buoyed up at first by HeeS exr
element, by the arrival of strangers tho as
sumption ,Sa tit OF power by the state. and
their present one OF extraordinary activity
without any marked period OF prostration
character that was rebuilt bears 7inis inscrip-
sSs :onTsSs ESSd Tf iSs RSS s ~
their beads AS the flood from which their little |
by The reconstructed convent Will be used as |
shTIL hpar2ehial och Al residence by Father Tehaney.
convent and school built for them. iii This Y early
EFssprrection from tho ruins Of the. English
CATHOLIC establishment was m after OF especial
rsmemoGance rene by all good Catholics at the SER
r,I There was some touch Of reverence. perhaps
Catholic in the selection Of the resting place
Of the frendless dead OF the flood. Assuredly
W SfsE HOOD Wi VII ever touch the dead Of Grand
above the valley OF the ConemauGh. lie at the
crest Of this great hill tho bodies Of 700 OF those
fourteen trenches. and iilty-one bodies in each |
irench and the earth was ,smoothed over the |
Eleven OF them had been brought from Blairs.
SS n fS down the C0ne%sngh and tho last four
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