The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-25


greatest and the humblest of Gods people
may not find some cause of thanksgiving,
some reason for gratitude to the Father OF
Lights who is without variableness and
shadow of turning.
The proof Of this is found by looking
through the several offices of the prayer
book, which cover almost every stage and
condition of human life: Holy baptism.
confirmation, matrimony, the visitation
of the sick, the burial of the dead, the
visitation of prisoners, and that great
Office of the Eucharist, commonly called
the Holy Communion. Through all there
| runs this thought of thanksgiving. By
the sick bed we hear the De Profundis,
There is mercy with Thee, therefore
shalt Thou be feared" at the grave the
anthem, Thanks be to God which giveth
us the victory through our Lord Jesus
| Christi" while even in the cell the Psalm
F! ist gives utterance to the plea of hope,
Deliver me from blood outlines, oh,
| God. and my mouth shall show Thy
praise"
| Finally Thanksgiving day brings the
| scientist, the philosopher and the Chris
tian believer more closely together than
they are aware of when il bids the stu
dent OF nature to adore and praise the
| God of correlated power, the sage to con-
| fess both His wisdom and His goodness IS
manifested in economic adaptation and
widespread beneficence, while to the con-
| fessed follower Of Christ Is assigned the
sweetest message of all. Jehovah's final
revelation, best manifested by thankful
| life, that God SO loved the world that He
| gave His only begotten son, that who
| soever believeth in Him should not perish,
/ but have everlasting life.'
| The Hebrew congregation of Ohaveth
| Sholom held services at the synagogue at
| 1880 a. m. Melvin G. Winstock talked on
| the theme "Why Jews Rejoice" The
| speakers argument was that civilization
meant the emancipation of the Jew from
| the barbarous tyranny under which he
had suffered for SO many centuries. In
! the most advanced nations of the world
the erstwhile despised Jews had become
the leaders of thought and action, and in
many cases the silent but alI-powerful
controllers of events.
| At Plymouth Congregational church the
exercises were of an informal character.
| The choir having participated in the mass
meeting yesterday evening the pastor did
not feel like calling upon them for another
effort yesterday morning A large num-
| Der of the congregation attended the SER
| vices however. and Rev. Wallace Nutting
| preached on the theme "What God Hath
Wrought" The speaker devoted his at
tention particularly to blessings in dis
| guise, among which he cited the cholera
and immigration, inasmUch as the one
has caused general housekeeping. and
the other has set all parties to thinking of
the dangers which threaten the govern.
ment. He hailed the fact that the census
| bulletins showed a relatively greater in
crease Of whites in this country than Of
blacks as indicating that this was to be a
caucasian country, The school question
and Romanism occupied large part Of
| his sermon. He said that what a college
of bishops may or may not say never did
and never will control the march of public
opinion. Even in the Romish church
itself the ecclesiastical spirit cannot ut
terly drown the voice OF patriotism, and
| there are vast numbers of Romanists who
would break with their pope before they
would break with their country. The sys-
| tenn of Romanism contains the elements
of its own overthrow. He touched upon
temperance legislation, evil methods of
| forwarding the cause of labor, progress in
| education, and the virtues of hard times
The Presbyterian churches of the city
united in a service at the First church,
| conducted by the Rev. Kenneth Duncan,
who preached from the text: "Thou shalt
eat 1t before the Lord thy God year by
| ar."-Deut. 30. The speaker said !:
| America as nation must be the true
Israel, the chosen people of God, for we
are the only people who keep this Mosaic
law, and year by year appear before the
Lord with gratitude and thanksgiving.
Ii is not material prosperity for which we
should be grateful. 1t is the being of
| gratitude greater in the swellings of
gratefuness for bread than the mutations
| of pride in the affluence of wealth. Faith,
hope and love enter into the being of
gratitude. These virtues are sustained by
the inspiration of the possible and leap to-
| ward the future on the promises of God,
while doubt stands counting his benefits
to see if he can afford to be thankful"
At the Church of Our Lady of Good
Help mass was celebrated at 8 O'Clock in
the morning. There was no sermon.
The Thanksgiving social at the rooms of
the Young Mems Christian Association,
l4l7 Front street, last night. was pro-
nounced success. About 400 people at
tended and quite number were turned
| away for want of standing room in the
pariors. The meeting was opened with a
short address by DR.. z. G. Kilbourne,
| president of the association. The rest of
the programme included violin solo and
piano accompaniment by Miss Winterburn
and Miss Bigeow, a recitation by Miss
| Pearl Cooper, song, Gate of the West"
| by Miss Hughes. 4 short address by DR..
". 2. George, Of the First NJ. f. church,
| which was we'll received. a recitation by
Miss Ida Foote, q piano solo by Miss
Noble. recitation, ION the Rio Grande, ~
i by Miss Hamblet. and, in conclusion, a
whistling solo, with guitar accompani-
ment. by Ethel Kahle, aged years The
company then adjourned to the gymna-
stun in the basement, where they were
entertained for half All hour with various
gymnastics by the pupils of Prof. T. S.
Lippy, instructor in the Y. NJ. c. A. gym
nasium.
The Typical Banjo and Guitar Orchestra
gave an excellent concert at Rankes hall
last evening. Their assistants were Mrs.
Adele Lucy. soprano; Prof. Otto Bauer,
either; Prot. II. 5. Sharpe, piano, and the
Orpheus Mandolin Club. The soloists
were Prof. Sharpe, Mrs. Lucy, Otto W.
Bauer and Prot. T. ". Reaner Some ex.
celent numbers were also gwen by the
Typical Banj 10 and Guitar Orchestra, the
| Orpheus Mandolin Club and by two trios
| The first OF these trios was composed of c.
N. Crawford and T. ". Reamer. banios.