Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-28
THANKSGIVING DAY.
IT WAS QUITE GENERALLY OBSERVED
IN SACRAMENTO.
Delightful Weather-Good Attendance at
the Churches, and Variety
of Outdoor Sports.


of Outdoor Sports.
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Thanksgiving Day was quite generally
observed in this city yesterday. Many of
the business houses did not open at all,
and other closed at noon, while the work.
shops and factories were generally de-
serted, giving a decided holiday aspect to
the city. The weather was warm and
pleasant and crowds of people were out in
all directions enjoying the balmy atmos-
phere.
Those piously inclined attended divine
service. St Paurs Church was well filled
with thankful congregation. An addi-
tional choir of surpliced girls rendered the
music in connection with the regular
choristers. This is the first introduction
of a surpliced Tor robsd) girl choir on the
coast. The girls looked very pretty and
attractive in their churchly costumes.
Some of the best girl-singers in the city
have been selected to make up this addi-
tlonal choir. They entered the chancel by
side door during the singing of the pro-
cessional, instead of coming in with the
regular choir.
After the rector, Mr.. Won Herrlich, had
thanked the members of the parish for
their generous donations to the Thanks
giving festival for the poor of the CITY,
he gave them short, energetic sermon
from the text, "Giying thanks always for
all things" in which he said: almost ev-
erybody will give thanks tor some things,
but there are not SO many who are willing
to give thanks for all things; but he who
has the faith and trust to believe that all
things work together for good to them that
love the Lord, could obey this vide sweep
ing injunction. The trouble is, we have
our own narrow ideas of what is best
for US. We look at life in fragment If
merely to 'eet, drink and be merry is the
highest end and purpose of life, then the cpl
cures motto is good one; but if life means
the building up of noble and Christ-like
character, then we must have a different
standard; then the prosperity or the a1-
versity, the Joys and the sorrows of life
must be regarded from the standpoint of
what they have done toward our moral
and spiritual Growth and development. A
smooth sea never made great mariner.
1t is not the level, easy walk which most
develops physical strength and fiber. The
worth of a thing must be determined by its
ultimate result and accomplishment"
After dwelling upon the results of sor-
TOW and affliction in their higher mora
and spiritual accomplishments, and the
purpose of difficulty in developing final
power and character the speaker referred
to the superiority of American institutions
and their advantages over those of foreign
countries. He contrssted the opportunities
Of our Workmen over those of Europe and
the East; the wages in retrospective lands
China, twenty cents per day; India, fifteen
cents Great Britain, ninetY-one cents; Rus
STA, ihirty-five cents; Germany, seventy
two cents; France, eighty cents; Spail,
fifty-five cents; Italy sixty FIVE cents-and
SO on. There is an opportunity in America
for everyone if they will only energetically
avail themselves of it.
Mr.. Won Herrlich spoke about Thanks
giving Day as having its prototype in the
old Jewish Feast OF the Tabernacles; bat
dwelt especially upon that first thanksgiv
ing day, centuries ago, when a little hand
full Of brave men and heroic women-the
remnant of the one hundred and two who
had come over in the MAY howei-gathered
around their autumnsl feast to bless God.
For what?-that they had not all starved,
that the hostile Indians had not murdered
them, and that disease and hardship had
spared at least few of them; but, most of
all, that there they could worship God &C.
cording to their own consciences in land
of freedom and personal liberty!
Not as the conquerer comes
They the true-hearted came;
Not with the roll OF drums,
Nor the trumpet blast OF fame.
What sought they thus affair?
Bright jswels of the mine?
The wealth of seas? the spolls of war?
The ysought a faiths pure shrine
Aye, call it holy ground
The sod where first they trod;
They left unstained what there they found,
Freedom to worship God
UNION SERVICES.
Union services were held in the First
Baptist Church on Ninth street, and the
attendance was large. The pulpit was
neatly ornamented with flowers. Rev. A.
T. Needham preached the sermon, and ap-
propriate music was rendered by the choir.
A CHURCH FESTIVAL.
The ladies of the Cathedral parish pre-
pared an inviting Thanksgiving dinner of
turkey and other good things at Turner
Hall, and received fair patronage from
those who had not turkey dinners of their
own.
In the evening festival was given at
the hall, and was very largely attended.
There were booths where lemonade, ice
cream, ETC., were dispensed, presided over
by ladies, while q splendid supper was
spread IN the gallery. those VINO felt SO
inclined passed the time in dancing. d. j.
Long was Floor Director. and was assisted
by W. F. Gormley, W. E. Kent, a. c.
Kaufman, D. McDougal, A. W. O'Brien,
Fred Neary, John Denny, ]. J. Moran, z.
Sheehan, ]. NJ. Mitchell and J. S. O'Cal-
laghan.
THANKSGIVING DINNER.
At the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton yesterday the ladies of the Auxiliary
served a THANKSGIVING dinner to COM
pany of invited young men. The tables
were filled with the good things of the
season, and the young men who came said
il seemed like the "old home" dinner to
them. The opinion seemed to be that each
year surpasses any previous one in point OF
success, and yesterday s spread was equal to
any. Sixty young men responded TO the
invitations sent out, and all went away
Nth nlsasant m ennnries of ting dav-