New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-24
THANKSGIVING DAY PLANS.
THEMES OF SPECIAL SERMONS IN THE
CHURCHES.
.,xxrRs FOR THE POOR AND UNFORTUNATE
plsAGREEABI.E WEATHER KEEPS MANY
PEOPLE TOWN


~. dsar-ccahle weather Of Yesterday annaron.l,.
.svented great many persons from leaving the
Wv 70 spend THANKSGIVING IN old homesteads in
~. country The crowds at the railway stations
ere larger than ordinary days of the year bu;
MY were not SO large rs they have been IN MANY
.,Nsr years before Thanksgiving holidays The
,,ophecy OF snowstorm to-day may deter many
xsc-Yorkers from leaving their homes Good din
.-s and good cheer for family reunions ut city
les will be in order There will be the general
,os,ng c. all business p,aces and the workers
,tl have day ~ rest and recreation. The
.sather may interfere too much with outdoor sports
"a tempt many persons out OF doors
There Will he the usual dinners for tho poor AID
n,ortunate people OF the city at public and charita-
ss Institutions. IN the public institutions on the
Islands dinners 81 turkey and the customary trim
,,ngs will delight the inmates. Emil Schwah the
.s,surateur at the Barge Ofice has made ar
,ansements to give Thanksgiving dinner for the
IMMIGRANTS who will he detained there to-day. The
,n ~ fare comprises roast turkey cranberry sauce
end mince and pumpkin pie.
Among the sermons 20 no heard In city churches
,oaay Will be the following: The Rev DR. Charles
u Parkhurst Madison Square Presbyterian Church.
territorial Expansion; the Rev. Dr. Joseph ST.
x.-,,an Temple Emanuel. Elements of American
progress: the Re-. Leighton Williams. Amity
psntisi Church. The Victorious Nation and Her
MISSION: the Rev. Or. Davidson. Temple Ahawath
chesed and Shaar HashOmaym. The American
Nations Sphere Of Influence; the Rev Or. Henry
van DYKE Brick Church. The American Birthright
and the Philippine Pottage": the Rev DR.. Robert
couver All Souls Church. union service: the Rev.
Dr. Charles H. Eaton Church OF the Divine Pa
,ernity. Public and Private Reasons for Thanks
giving with Word in Relation to Expansion"
The Rev Dr. Morgan DIX will preach at the
thanksgiving service in old Trinity Church There
Will be q union Thanks giving service at the Madi-
son Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, and the
churches uniting will he the Phillips Memorial
Presbyterian Church. Epiphany Baptist Church,
First Reformed Episcopal Church. Madison Avenue
presbyterian Churcn. Sixty-frst Street Methodist
Episcopal Church and Madison Avenue Methodsi
hy the CONGREGATION Is mai Jeshurun, Madison-aVe.
and SIXTY -iifth-st at 1870 a. m. simon Nof or
WASHINGTON. will deliver an address. The syna-
sosSe Viii be iavishly decorated Each year Cal
vary Baptist Church prepares special programme
for the Thanksgiving service. The pastor the Key.
rent affairs This morning his subject will he For.
eign Policies and Domestic Politics as Causes OF
British and American flags and the music Will he
patriotic. Miss Chittenden VIII preside at the
neil and Potter and Mrs Macy and Mss Pike will
give appropriate musical selections.
Tonight lecture Will be given at the Harlem
branch Of the Young Mems Christian Association
No : West One-huAdred a nd-twenty -hfth-st, on
Cervera's Fleet by Dwight l. Eimendorf; The
e,t,re vii be illustrated by beautiful telescope
photographs OF actual battle scenes many to be
exhibited for the first time ~, - =.
day in the building formerly occupied by Sherry az
Fiith-ave and Th.rty.seventh-s;. ,
IN honor of the day. which will include mock
turtle soup. roast turkey and other seasonaole
The Bovery Branch Of the Young Mems Christian
Association will give its annual ThankseNing d!n-
ner az - O'Clock in the building No las foWery
The dinner IS the gift. as usual. Of Arthur Curiss
OF this city.