St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-29
VIEWS OF THE LIBERALS.
a Discussion of some Of the CUES
tiOns Of the Day.

n DISCUSSION Oh some Oh the NIueS"
tions of the Day.
All Souls Universalist church was
crowded with an audience gathered to
he; the noted liberal ministers of the
city. The preachers whose cOngrega-
tiOnS were represented, and who took
part in the services were: Rev. August
Dahlgren. of the Swedish Universalst
church; DR.. j. H. futile and Rev. NJ
ID. Shutter, of the Church of the Re-
deemeT; Rev. J. s. David, of the New
Jerusalem church: l.. G. Powers, of the
Third Universalist; Ii. NJ. Simmons, of
the First Unitarian, and s. w. Sample.
of All Souls. Rev. j. S. David made the
opening address, and spoke on the topic
TO Whom Should We Be Thankfui?''
After describing the many blessings that
had fallen upon us as nation during
the past year. he spoke of the sin of
Selfishness, which, he said, defeated its
ends by its greed. He was thankful
that God is no reSpectOr of persons and
has no favorites, ard remarked that he
could not thank God who would lavish
blessings upon him and leave his neigh
Dor in the cold.
Rev. DIR. Shutter followed and spoke
of the love of God for all men. He re-
ferred to the unlOrdly and irrational
crPeds in existence and was thankful
that the signs of the times pointed to a
great change in this respect. Referring
To the flag, he said; 81. for one, feel
grateful to-day that the flag of our
country is TO float over the common
schools of our country. The stars and
stripes shall protect from sectarian
meddling, from Protestant as well is
Catholic, the institution that lies at
the foundation of our common civiliZa-
ton. Let the schools he thoroughly
seculariZed, as they are in
this city, and all distinctively re-
ligiOus instruction be relegated to the
home, and to those agencies that are
diStinctively religious. / am glad that
the flag is to float; aud it is an addi-
tiunal occasion for thanksgiving that
when it is raised. for the first time over
our school buildings. the rays of four
new stars will CLEAN from its field of
blue! We may also rejoice to-day that
in South America the influence of our
own republic has swept away thai last
veStige of imperial rule. 1t will here
after be the republic of Brazil! Thus
from land to land as the nations be-
our own free Sy stem extend. | doubt
not it will sooner or later spread
throughout the earth.
Rev. Mr.. Sample closed the exercises
with stirring address in which he told
how We should express our thankful
ness. He said it should be by entering
heartily into the enjoyment of life by
confessing the hand that feeds us, and
by broad religious life. ut is not on
account of the niggardliness of NATURE"
he said, that there is want, because
some of us. some of those who have
withheld from others the light and sun
shire, the Freedom to employment
which is the inherent right of every
man." He referred to recent article
in the Forum, by Thomas q. Sherman.
in which it was claimed that one-half of
the wealth of the United States is held
by 1000 people. Under the last head
he urged his hearers to herOism in their
daily life, drawing examples from
story of suffering in battle, which he
told with telling effect