The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-27
CHURCH AND TEMPLE.
Thanksgiving Songs, Services
and Sermons.
a Very General Observance of the Day from
a Pious Point Of VIew-Numerous
Union Meetings.

There was a hearty response from mem
bers of all denominations TO the invitations
issued by the clergy of the city for the spe-
cial services OF praise and thanksgiving, A
noteworthy feature was the number of
union meetings of two OF more congrega-
tons in one edifice.
The Catholic churches celebrated the day
with the usual masses and brief addresses
appropriate to the occasion. At the Cathe-
dral pontifical high mass was celebrated
Grace Episcopal Church was decorated
with an arch of wheat-sheaves, grapes and
foliage. The congregation of the Church
of the Advent united in worship with their
brethren of Grace, and the services were
celebrated by the Rev. r. c. Foute. rector.
Rev. c. s. Mason, and Rev. John Gray Of
the Church of the Advent. The sermon
was preached by DIR. Foute from Psalms Xxx;
147, He hath not dealt so with any
nation" Special music was rendered by
quartet choir.
Rev. W. l.. Citizens preached at Trinity
Episcopal Church from the text Filling
your hearts with food and gladness."
At Calvary Presbyterian Church special
Thanksgiving sermon was preached by the
Rev. DR.. MintOn from the text, Psalms xiii ::
IS, For the kingdom is the Lords, and
he is the Governor amGng the nations"
A union service of the English Lutheran,
First Presbyterian and Plymouth Congre-
gati0nal churches was held at the English
Lutheran Church. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. o. c. Miller, pastor.
from the text Luke xiii 48. For unto whom
Soeyer mnch is given. of him shall be much
required"
There were crowded meetings in the prin-
cpal Hebrew synagogues. AT the Tempt o
Emanuel Rabbi VOorsanger deiiyere an
eloquent address on the words in Jerem iah,
They cry peace, peace; and there is no
peace" lie made special reference to the
enormous hosts marshaled for battle in
Europe and the daily tales of famine and
aftiiction of every kind.
Rev. DR.. Falk Nidaver, Rabbi OF Sheriff.
Israel congregation, Post and TAYLOR
streets. preached from the text, Psalms C !:
/, 5, Enter his gates with Thanksgiving and
his courts with praise, for the Lord is good,
to eternity endureth his kindness"
AT Bethany Congregational Church the
Rev. w. {. Pond preachs on The Duty
of san Francisco 10 Prosper" The dis
course was emphaticaliy local ard prac-
teal one. He condemned the tendency to
vice and lawleSSneSs, and spoke of the ad-
vantage accrung from The formation of the
Traffic AssoC!a ton and the progress of the
Nicaragua Canal.
Rev. j. Q. a. Henry preached at the First
Baptist Church on the theme. Our Ma
tional Conscience" He advocated protec-
ton and the doctrine of America for the
Americans.
Special services were held at the Christian
Church on Twelfth street. between Mission
and Howard.
The Methodist churches of the city held
a union service in Grace NJ. (. Church,
Twenty-irst and Capp streets. The sermon
was preached by the Rev. DR.. Isaac Crook,
President of the University OF the Pacific.
a union service of the First and Second
United Pres by terrain churches of this city
was held in the Second Church, on Guerrero
street, near Twenty-thIrd. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. f. B. Murch of Oak
land from Deuteronomy xvi :l3 10.