St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-25
Rev. S. w. Dickinson Sermon
ICES on the Scope Of
Thanksgiving.
An Able, Thoughtful and In
teresting Review OF the
Subject.
The Moral Purpose Of Pros
perity DWelt On by Rev.
R. A. Carnahan.
General Church Observance of
the Day and Analysis Of
It's Lessons.


Avenue M. E. church, yesterday fore
noon. were attended by large congre-
CATION. The sermon was preached by
Rev. S. w. Dickinson, pastor of the At
lantic Congregational church. MIR.
Dickinson is new pastor IN the city,
coming recently from Minneapolis, and
many were anxious to hear him. His
sermon was generally pronounced an
able sermon. His text was: Joshua i,
5: LAS | was with Moses so will l be
thee; Will not fail thee nor forsake with
thee" Following is digest OF his re-
marks:
There is larger view of ThaDksgiv-
ing than is connected with simply ma
terial blessings. Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth Of God.
The larger idea is recognition of Cod
goodness in the events of life. The
Lord gave the harvest. and he was the
God of battles. His ancient people OBJ
served Thanksgiving in the feast of
tabernacleS; but when they crossed the
Red sea Moses sang great ThankSgiv-
L
cast into the sea- Our forefatherS APP
pointed THANKSGIVING for the arrival OF
ships with reinfOrcements, as also for
the first ing ithering of corn; and in his
proclamation. the first by the chief
magistrate. Washington exhorted the
people to thank God tor his signal and
magnificent mercies, and the favorable
;,i0 Duo,
Lincoln repeatedly appointed Thanks
giving for victories 10 our arms, and
YOU may remember when the news
of the surrender at AppomattOX came.
the Worldly-mnded merchants and
tradesmen of Wall street broke forth
with the DoXOlOgy. Since 1865 it mas
never passed without being observed.
My thought is, that we should be as
thankful to God for his providences and
his interpretations in the events OF our
lives as we are for material harvestS.
The past year has been one of fever
ish excitement. The dark wings of
cholera have lowered on these shores;
great labor strikes have occurred; we
have passed through the excitement of
a presidential election; Whittier, the
poet of faith, has gone; sorrow has i'll
vaded the home of the president, as 1t
has many another one. But one event
is more conspicuous than all: we have
begun the celebratiOnof the 400th an
niversary of the discovery of the con-
tinent, an event which affected the deS-
tiny of mankind more than any other
event before or since. And the special
application of nv thought is: We are
to be grateful today for the guiding,
prospecting and protecting hand of God.
A guiding Providence is seen as we
look back over the years. God turned
a leaf in history. ltWaS all era that was
to bring in his divine ideal of the world
liberty and equal manhood. The
cross on Calvary was hope; the cross of
San Salvador was opportunity. Butfor
the first. Columbus would never have
sailed: but for the second. there would
have been no place for the planting, the
nurture and the expansion of civil and
religious liberty. The printing press
was invented, Alhambra had fallen;
the spirit OF adventure was in the air,
and Columbus. under the patronage OF
the plous, Warmh-earted Isabella. sailed
westward 1t was all provdential
Then came forth pilgrim band across
the seas with an open Bible and COM
ported. in the cabin OF the Mayt1oWer.
the instrument of free republic. Here
its last letters off. John Adams said:
II always consider the settlement OF
America as the opening OF grand
scheme and design of Providence"
The speaker recalled how the hand of
Providence had mdae itself felt i'll the
development of this great country. in
the Revolutionary war. and how the
people have been materially blessed by
natural resources. such as climate, soil,
precious and gross metals. and in the
lines of natural industry. Nowhere
else" said he, 'can a poor man have
his children so well educated, and see his
sons and daughters rise to positions of
influence i'll the nation. Why, you
know that all our men OF literary
merit, our statesmen, our chieftalnS
in war came from the common
people. The natural lines of in
dustry give opportunity and coupe
tence." At length he called attention
to various things which should be
guarded against. Among those men,
toned was gambling in wealth-busi-
ness that is not legitimate the manIpu-
lation of stocks and markets. by
these the natural avenues of industry
are robbed of proper returns for labor,
and this bold gambling ought to be
thrOttled by the hand OF strong law"
He gave Cahenslyism touch. and said
that it was un-American. 1t was alto
gether very entertaining OBSCURE,
and gave the congregation many things
to think over between now and next
THANKSGIVING dSV