The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-11-23


pastors and members of the seven different
churches Of town and the VIM. Penn church.
By special request the HERALD gives the
public full benefit Of the programme in ad-
vance.
After Voluntary" Rev. William Powick,
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church.
will read the Thanksgiving proclamation |
Rev. d. 1. Evans, pastor of the Welsh Baptist |
church, will then lead the worshipers in |
singing Before Jchovahs Awful Throne" |
the wards of which are as follows:
/ Before Jehovah's awful throne,
Ye nations bow with sacred joy
Know that the Lord is God alone,
He can create, and he destroy.
? His sovereign power, without our aid,
Made us of clay and formed us men;
And when like wandering sheep we strayed,
He brought US TO his fold again
3 Wen crowd thy gates with thankful songs
High as the heavens our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise
Wide as the world is thy command;
Vast as eternity thy love-
Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.
After the singing Rev. NJ. II. Havioe, of
the English Lutheran church, will offer
prayer and Rev H. G. James, of the English
Baptist church, will follow with a reading Of
scriptures. Rev. }. Proude will then lead in
singing, Great God of Nations Now to
Thee"
Great God Of nations, now to thee
Our hymn Of gratitude raise;
With humble heart and bended knee,
We offer thee our song Of praise.
. Thy name we bless, Almighty God,
For all the kindness thou hast shown
To this fair land the pilgrims trod,-
This land we fondly call our own,
Here freedom spreads her banner wide,
And casts her soft and hallowed ray;
Here thou our fathers steps didst guide
In safety through their dangerous way.
We praise thee that the gospels light
Through all our land its radiance sheds;
Dispels the shades of errors night,
udheavenly blessings round us spreads
5 Great God, preserve us in thy fear;
In danger still our guardian be;
o spread thy truths bright precepts here
Let all the people worship thee,
Upon the conclusion of this hymn a coll
lection will be taken for the benefit of the
free reading room, and the choir will sing an
anthem, Rev. Robert O'Boyle, of the Trinity
Reformed church, will then preach the
Thanksgiving sermon, upon the conclusion
of which Rev. E. Potts, Of the VIM. Penn
Methodist Episcopal church. viii lead in
singing "My Country 'Tis of Thee"
1 My country Us Of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
OF thee l sing
Land where my fathers died
Land of the pilgrims pride
From every mountain side
Let freedom riugl
My native country, thee,
Land of the noble, free,
Thy name 1 love
love thy rocks aud rills,
Thy woods and tempted hills:
My heart with rapture thrills
Like that above.
Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedoms song:
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break
The sound prolong
Our fathers God to thee,
Author Of liberty,
To thee we sing;
Long may our land be bright
With freedoms holy light;
Protect us by thy might
Great God, our King
Rev. R. NJ. Lichtenwalner Of the EbeneEsr
Evangelical church, will close the services
with benediction