The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-26
How the Day Was Celebrated Among the Various
Churches.
PoorThe Children Observe the Day
In the Schools--The Sharks Thanksgiving Banquet.
the Christian Church..

/ for worldly gain, but that they might en-
! Joy the heaven given privilege Of Worship
ing God according to the dictates Of their
own consciences. without any one TO modest
or make afraid. These moral heroes suf-
fered untold hardships and dangers. but
they bore 1t all with heroism common
only to the Christian martyr In 1921 they
garnered their first scant harvest. This
cone, they had a religious convocation for
the purpose Of Offering suitable thanks 10
God for His loving Kindness and fatherly
providence during their perils by sea and
by land, Affections both from civilized
bgotry at home and cruel, ignorant saw
ages In the new world From this hum
bic beginning sprang the present national
custom Of the people OF meeting In their
respective places OF worship for the pur-
pose Of rendering unto God thanksgiving
and prayer.
WE OWE THANKSGIVING TO GOD.
First--For our being. We recognize Him
as the direct author of life few years
ago the Christian world was In state
OF anxiety lest the atheistic scientist should
establish their pet theory of spontaneous
generation. But this bubble has been
thoroughly punctursd, and the same school
frankly and boldly declares that there can
be no life with life as it's author. Whether
man came as the result OF moment from
the plastic hand OF God In complete man
hood. as is the result. OF long series OF
evolutions covering many centuries, does
not affect mans relation and obligation to
his Maker. Should it be proven that the
seven days spoken Of in Genesis were real
ly seven creative periods, extending over
an indefinite cycle OF centuries, no violence
viii be done to the divine record, for the
original expression Will allow such inter-
probation without receiving Injury.
Man should express his gratitude to God
for the favorable conditions under which
be exists. No intelligent being can sur
vey the works OF nature and say there
Is no God The grasshopper at your feet
the birds and beasts, the towering fields.
the giant forests. the rolling rivers, the
cloud capped mountains the belching vol
canoes, the heaving, laundering ocean, the
i'eecy clouds, the twinkling stars, the
moon, the sun, the myriad worlds all pro-
claim in unmistakable accents the exist
ence and glory OF an omnipotent being
who holds in His hand the life and dircc-
tl0n of all created things.
AS race we have great reason to he
very thankful to God. 1t is a well known
fact that the Anglo Saxon peoples have
the intellect, the morals and the ruling
control Of the world They are making
the great inventions, constructing the use-
fnl machinery. discovering the secrets of
the sciences and startling the ages with
LIE results Of applied genius. In truth,
1t seems that the wonderful things posi-
bio during the past ages have been hid
den for this remarkable people In this
remarkable age. OF all the Anglo Saxon
nations. the North American moves easily
I'M the lead along most lines OF progress
AS n nation we have the greatest reason
TO rejoice. Only little over century
ago we were only thirteen puny colonies.
poor and oppressed by the unnatural moth
er country. exposed al Ike to the rayages
OF winters storms, the beasts Of the fields
and the heartless savages. yet through
our genius. favored by a beneticent provi-
dence, today we number forty-slve States,
one Federal district and six territories
with none to dispute our right to own ati
control from the Atlantic to the Pacific
oceans, from the lakes OF the northfto the
tepid waters of the Mexican gulf. From
few hundred thousands we have grown
to the giant stature OF 10,0e0, 0o0 of people.
ana oil freemen. not a slave among us.