New-York tribune., 1896-11-27
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,o,. Nv Charles H. Parkhurs, in the Madison
cro prosbvterjan Church. delivered Viso'V %
rharrsovinc sermon to a large congrc@"'lo,',
~ for his text: "Be thankful unto III Il az"
bis name For the Lord is good " am o,r
1a said in part: "1f YOU 90 not 'ooN , "P ,,r
,11,or ne a brother you are to all lnteh's anu "a
,,osos looknr upon him as an Outlaw J. ''' :,
=. - ,,or. and huys an article that she Is S"''
,o,rv,,louslv cheap and cannot UNDERSTAND ~" 80
n niece OF handmade goods can o' pr ,t,irc
ni.iablc A figure she knows. II she Nno" ,, "' on
ahout the woyd she lives in ana the hiuus',. ,
ai,,ons that prevail. that some poor N'i IA ,.
,,,,. hocL alley has been half paid for her "o'N'
and she. the elegant lady. going shoppi's IN, =" -
carriage gets the benefit OF 1t. lms '''s " ~, ~
,h,s and so is every other city She does ''o' N' Wv
i outright but she helps to kill her by ihches' anu
,ben when she has got the first wear our Vi 'nos'
.,oas ,b,, she has half paid for and that 'he sew"
,r Girl has paid the other half of by her heai'n per
hans and very possibly by her virtue she e''cou
herself in imagining that she is not o'oou-S"V"e'
and murderess by Joining reiief or rescuc @
and hacking off the unavailable por''o"s vi nv.
krarohe ~ he distributed among the poor servant
girls IN the back alley
In the Calvary Baptist Church' IN west my
enth-s,. the Rev Or. r. S. Macarthur spoke doou'
.orbe RESPONSIBILITIES Of the Political Victory Df
righteousness exalteth a nation. but sin is re-
,roecb m any peop.e" He declared that as
neop,e Americans should be especially eidu anu
grateful because of the great polltlcai coh'es' ~.
the honor of the Nation that had JUST Deem "ake'
and won Speaking of the freedom OF the country
trou tho domination OF any one Church, Dr.
Macarthur said: Every true American pa'rlo' must
oppose the granting Of special privileges 10 an! oi'e
Church on the military reservation at west foih'
oppose the granting OF permission 10 the hoinah
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use on Government property. not Simply because !.
Is the Roman Church that asks the privilege would
oppose It In the case OF Baptists fresoy'eiia"s
Nfethoilsts or any other Church
At the Madison Avenue Baptist Church, East
Thirty-frst-st. a large congregation was present
10 hear the Rev. Dr. Henry NJ Sanders pastor OF
the church. who delivered a sermon on the need
Of Righteousness among the people. DR.. Sanders
took as his text Proverbs XIV "a. the same passage
Dr. Macarthur had chosen. He. too. dwet upon
. the results OF the campaign as being cause TOT
great gratitude TO the Creator.
Almost every seat In Trinity Church was occupied
when the Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix entered the pulpit
10 preach the Thanksgiving Day sermon. Three
things especially he explained. the people had TO be
thankful for as a result Of the eection First. the
saving Of the National honor; second. the Nation 8
rescue from financial wreck and third, Its deliver
ance from class combats. Classes the preacher de-
clared were a necessary product OF civilization. and
wherever classes were found there. he said. were
bound 10 be found hate. contention and strife.
The Rev. Dr. John Hall preached In the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian Church. at Fifty-ffth-st
from Psalm evil. 21: ''Oh that men would praise
the Lord for his goodness" DR.. Hall said In part:
1--WE are called upon to give thanks to God for His
great goodness and men should come together to Of
fer Thanksgiving for the benefits bestowed upon them
Thanksgiving is an important element in true
ligon What good influence there when
parents and children and domestics knet down to-
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knowledged. They had reason TO thank God for
having maintained among them unity and harmony
of feeling. We should be thankful that this land
was given to the Pilgrim Fathers and to those who
followed them for good purposes. We should be
thankful for the acquired independence OF this Ma
tion. We should be grateful that trouble appre-
hended with the Venezuelan question has been
practically settled and thankful that greater unity
existed between the North and the South"
THE reason why the people should give thanks
to-day" was the subject OF the discourse given at
ST Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church. In Sew
cnty-sxth-st. near Columbus by the Rev.
Dr. J. o. Wilson. the pastor. When in the course
Of his remarks he declared that America was for
Americans and for Americans only. the congrega-
t,on forgot itself 10 much TO interrupt him by
loudly applaudng. He said In part: Thanks
should pe given for our republican form OF govern
nept I think II would kill me shortly to live in a
monarchy. We should be thankful that we have
no royalty and no aristocracy. II you have not
been thankful for this. you should be. We have
no need for royalty. The only lord who came
to this country-that is. to stay-was CORVALLIS
Washington relieved him Of his sword and no one
has since come here claim IT, 1t does not require
a title to denote the nobeman. We have learned
that the genuine article does not need to advertise
itself IT Is not necessary.
The services were particularly imposing at St.
Patrick's Cathedral. where solemn mass OF
thank spivine was celebrated "in grateful remem-
brance Of the favors wherewith God has blessed
Church and country during the year now drawing
TO a close" The Rev. Michael ]. lavee was cele-
brant assisted by the Rev Joseph II. Mcmahon az
deacon and the Rev. Thomas f. Murphy as sub
deacon. The master Of ceremonies was the Rev.
Henry T. Newey. The music which was Gre
corian was rendered by the surpliced choir Of
seventy boys.
There was a large attendance at the Central
Presbyterian Church in West Fifty-seventh-st.
Addresses we're made by the pastor. the Rev. DR..
Milton Merle Smith and by John G.. X. Meyers and
tian had reason to be thankful The Lord reign
@ s s sa ha ali s He ei
and while His purposes might M De sow In %
s M ssSa SSpsd be a snn lor
that goes to make comfortable home and a con-
in bcnencent Power that rules the universe and
s'1 The s Rev Dr. Charles II. Eaton preached In the
Church of the Divine Paternity. Fifth-ave, and
He ,Hof TOR and ss sas lex. sSd
political freedom OF our people while while & by no means cans
IDEAL IA larger than under any Otner form or gov
Hrnment The inequalities Of our industrial sys-
tens are to a considerable extent the result OF a
ra,mrsI law not of the system 0: law which We
have adopted. The workingmen among us obtain
Stcher wages and the standard OF living among
trem il attained In other country. Perhaps, the
most valuable gift to this country was religious
HeSdana a triumph democracy has established and
6efended is the absolute separation OF Church and
State. The American people have been submitted to
three severe tests: First the War Of the Revolution
second. the Civil War: third. industrial war; The
last election was the climax Of one OF the most se
niied with gratitude to-day. because after the the