Evening star., 1898-11-23
THANKSGIVING DAY
Its Celebration VIII Be General and
Significant.
NATIONAL GLORIES And RENOWN
General Observance Full of Patri-
otic inspirations.
ROGRAMS PRE- A r E d

come the natural heritage OF tne greatest
Of republics during the year preceding.
That period has been crowded with events
stupendous in their influence not only upcn
the American nation. but upon the word
at large Battles nave been fought and
won for the principles which have made
THANKSGIVING day and its observance pes
sibIe. Millions whose limbs have been fet-
tered by the chains of monarchicai desp2t-
;sm have been freed from the shacklSS and
their feet turned into the pathway that
leads to freedom and happiness All these
marvellous changes. so full of promise for
the betterment of the whole world. Rave
been wrought by the American peoplc-the
people VINO have Thanksgiving 3ay-and
wherever the glorious flag waves those
people will give thanks for the slories they
have achieved and that are to grow
brighter and brighter az each coming
Thanksgiving day reaches them in its
turn.
Colonial Proclamation.
The first Thanksgiving day observed Oh
this hemisphere was in the year 1867, when
the colonies from which the greatest ma
ton of the earth has grown were still in
possession of Great Britain and George III
was king.
The first Thanksgiving proclamation. so
far as records show, was issued in the year
mentioned by Francis Bernard, captain
general. vice admiral and governor-in chief
in and over his majesty's province of the
Massachusetts bay, in New England l.
was headed, "A proclamation For Public
Thanksgiving" and read as follows:
AS the business of the year Is now draw
ing toward a conclusion We are reminded.
according 10 the laudable usage of the
Province, To join together i'll grateful ac-
knoxiedgement Of the manifold Mercies of
the Divine Providence conferred upon us in
the passing year: Wherefore, l have
thought fit to appoint. and / do with the ad
vice of His Majesty's council. appoint
Thursday. the Third day of December next.
to be day of public Thanksgiving that We
may thereupon with one Heart and Voice
return our most humble Thanks to Almighty
God for the Gracious Dispensations of His
Providence since the last religious ami
yersary of this kind. and especially for
that he has been pleased to preserve and
maintain our most Gracious Sovereign,
King George in Health and Wealth. i'll
Peace and Honor and to extend the Bless
ings of his government to the remotest
part of his DOminions: that He hath been
pleased TO Bless and Preserve our gracious
Queen Charlotte. their royal Highnesses
the Prince of Wales. the Princess Dowager
of Wales and all the Royal family. and by
the frequent Encrestse of the Royal issue
TO assure us the Continuation of the Bless
lngs which We derive from that illustrious
house: that He hath been pleased to pros
per the whole British Empire by the Pres
ervatiOn of Peace, the Encrease of Trade
and the opening of new Sources of Nation
al Wealth: and now particularly that He
bath been pleased to favor the people of
sons, and to Bless the Labour of their
Hands with a Sufficiency of the Produce of
the Earth and of the Sea
And / do exhort all Ministers of the
Gospel, with their several CONGREGATIONS
within this Province, that they assemble or
the said Day in a Solemn manner to return
their most humble thanks to Almighty God
Tor these and all other of His Mercies
Nouchsafed unto US. and to beseech Him.
not twithstanding our Unworthiness, to con-
tnue His gracious Providence over US
u 1T
and Civil Officers to see that the said Day
be observed as a Day set apart for religious
worship. and that no Servile Labour be
performed thereon.
Given at the Council Chamber in Boston
the Fourth day of November, 1867. in the
eighth year of the reign of our Sovereign
Lord George the Third. by the Grace of
God, of Great Britain. France and Ireland
King and Defender of the Faith.
FRA. BERNARD.
by His Excellency's Command
"A OLIVER, Secretary.
'GOd Save the King
God save the king has been replaced by
God direct the President up in Massachu-
sets. and even out in Hawaii. and next
year the same prayerful petition will rise
from grateful lips in Cuba and Porto Rico
and the far-off Philippines.
Religions Services.
The observance of the day will be gen
eral in the national capital
AT the First Congreg gztionaI Church there
will be patriotic choral service at II am.
Program: Organ prelude; invocation
Holy. holy. hciy." hymn by choir and cor
gregatio1; And the Glory of the Lord -
chorus. Messiah Handel: Il viii ExtoE
Thee. soprano solo. Ell Costa: The
r. Heavens Are Telling" chorus. Creation, >
Haydn; Lord, God of Abraham" bass
solo: Cast Thy Burden" quartet. Eli
jah,' MendeIssohn; short address by the
pastor, Dr. S NJ. Newman; offertory. In
His Hands Are All the Corners of TIE
Earth. duet. MeEdelssohn: magrifcat.
chorus. Barnett: Jerusalem" contra!to
solo. Parker; Thanks Be To God" chorus.
Elijah" MendelssoEn: Hear Us Father -
tenor solo and quartet. Millard; Let God
Arise" new Thanksgiving anthem Surette:
benedictiop: organ postlude.
The choir consists of the following: Or
ganist and conductor. DR.. John ". BischoH
organist's assistant. Mrs. Elsie Bond Bis
chof librarian and secretary. Walter Allen;
quartet soprano Mrs Hattie Meads Smith;
contralto Miss Edna Scott Smith; tenor
Mr- Douglass Gresham Miller: bass. MIR.
James Walter Humphrey. Chorus-So-
pranos. Mrs. Elsie Bond Bischofr. Miss An
ME E Buriingams. Mrs. Mary Campbell
Miss Mabel Faith Clafiin. Miss Margaret B.
Crawford. Miss Helen A Davis Miss Xarffa
Hancock. Miss Bessie Jolly. Miss Margaret
E Lewis. Miss Adslia Estelle Mathewson
Mss Mamie K. Moffett, Mrs. Elise E. Ray
mond. Miss Grace Isabella Ross, Miss Helen
Elizabeth Rowe, Miss Jessie Bancroft Stew.
Alice Atkinson. Mrs. John S. Beach, Mrs
Julia G. Burnett Miss Lizzie Aurilla Cay
wood. Miss Grace DeRiemer Miss Minnie
Lathrop Doane Miss Letta B. Fisher Miss
Zaidee w. Gibson. Miss Lydia R. Hughes
Miss Gertrude Maud Johnston. Miss Dor
othy b Lair. Miss Jessie MacBride Miss
Ellen E Matthew'S Mrs. George /. Myers
Miss Alice H Peabody, Miss Mabel b
Piatt, Miss Mary E. Pond; tenors, Mr. Bela
W. Beebe. hr. David L. Burnett, Mr.. Thos
r. Cliff. Mr. Philip W. Coleman. Mr.. Henr,
Allen Hazen. Mr. George C. Johnston Mr.
o. Thomas Howard McGin. Mr.. George New
ton. Mr.. Henry Player, Mr.. David G. Proc,
tor. Mr.. James 8. Raymond, Mr. William ]
Reed, Mr.. Charles II. Wright; bassos Mr.
Arthur Wilbur Bache Mr.. Jesse c. Brooke
Mr.. David II. Clark. Mr.. Samuel g. Gard
her. Mr.. Wilmer E. Griffith, Mr. n. CoIum
bus Harper. Mr.. John Humphrey MIR
Arthur II. Howell. Mr.. Herbert D. Lawson
Mr.. Orlando NJ. Mcpherson. Mr. Franz
Ayers Mute. SIR. Jasper F. Snow and Mr.
Herbert G. Young.
Union Services.
There will be a union service tomorrow
morning at the Church of the United Breth
rem in Christ. corner of North Capitol AM
r streets. when a Thanksgiving service viii
be celebrated. Besides the Church of TIL
United Brethren, the congregations of tn