The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-11
THE PEOPLE GIVE THANKS.
Assembled the Churches of the City, Response to the Presidents
Proclamation They Render Praise to God for Victory

In response 70 the presidents prociama-
s;an Of Thanksgiving for the recent VIC
f1rsss Of the nafEon's arms On land ana
sSs. patriotic services were held In nearly
al the Ioeai chruches yesterday, Seattle
1o.ning her sister cities throughout the
s,n,on In q grand expression OF patriotic
6eyo.ion and gratitude Many OF the
e..d.ssrtuus xsre drspec with rags ard
nunt.ns. while flowers Of crimson. white
and purple decorated the affairs and ,nS
s,uaustx The proclamation was fea1
s1sad, national hymns were sang' ana
sa> alsccsargss were OF sn appropriate
>a.rtotic nature. Almost without exeep-
ren the audiences were large. the a1a'-
forums being filed 10 OVERLOOKING WIZ"
CONGREGATIONS and visitors asseno'ea 7"
rive praise and Thanksgiving Tor Use
hens6eant Provieenoe watch has zasaea
the nation ia her righteous war "p'"
s~vanuv ana crowned with victory ner
.arla ngh. FOR the freedom and succor OF
. aovn-froAsen race. In some INSTANCES
she deep feeling Of the peopss. wrought
20 the highest pitch by the eioauehes Oh
the speakers when dwelling upon achiese-
..r,. ,,,x. won. broke the bounds OF re-
.,raint and gwep. over the Teversnt as
..,nb,sxe in A wave OF half-supprsssed ap'
u,snse. There was cause for JOY and TIE
people rejoiesd-
a, Plymouth Congregational.
Plymouth Congregational church was tue
.esns both morning and evening. OF
unson service OF the congregations OF tnat
church and the FIRST Baptist a large
American flag hung above the pulpit dfap-
ing the organ pipes To the right was
cluy.er of beautiful lilies and pansies. aho
70 the left a mass OF flowers. REQ W.
and blue rising from staha os@p~~
gracefully In bunting
The scripture lesson was an appfop.i a~
one-the song Of Moses. first half OF Lxo-
aus XVI. read By Rev. W. IL. BoweF.aah,
s,astor Of the First Baptist cht.fch. After
the opening prayer, Mr.. Bow errnan intro
duced Rev wayland Hoyt. " D., Pas.oI
OF Epiphany church. Philadelphia. ana oI.e
~ tho most prominent divines Ia the East.
DIR Howl delivered the sermon. taking TOT
sis text Psalm cxviii Isis: Il VIII pay
my vows unto the Lord. now. III the pres
ence OF all His people, In the courts Ok
she Lords house in the midst OF thee'
O Jerusalem, prsise ye the i@fo.
DR. Hoyt spoke In part as foiio"s'
And this Is what | would suggest We
40 this morning, as In obe0ienes 10 the
Srhr,sftar proclamation of our noble ana
CHRISTIAN president. we render thanks 10
God for supplying national msrcses and De.
s~sch the swift coming OF triumphant ana
honorable peace.
s.one Of the great reasons We nave TOT
national praise 20 God is the national ce-
-
In accomplishing There she lies. wrote
Buckle OF spain. at the further extremity
Of the continent, huge and torpid mass.
the only representative now remaining or
the feelings and the knowledge or the MD
die ages Ard what is the worst symptom
Of all. she Is satisfied with her own con-
di,!on. Though she is the most backward
country In Europe. she believes herself 70
he the foremost. She II proud OF every
thing of which she ought 10 be ashamed.
That was written over a generation ago.
and /. is truar today than when IL was
written Europe. which submits 10 the
nicer Of Turkey. may submit to the ulcer
OF Spain But the United States viii cut
A. cut OF this continent forever.
THE war had 10 come-a war for human
SIS, and If, for the cake OF humanity, We
crfve Spain forth aud end forever her
atrocIous rniaruIe en- this western continent.
that were reward. and most righteous re-
ward, enough And. God bless him. We
have a man I'm tine White House who Will
never accept any terms from Spain but
unconditional surrender Suppressed ap-
piauset
Another reason We have for national
praise 10 God Is the surprising success
which has attended us In this most right
eons war. 4 little more than twn months
ago IL began. IL does not seem possible
when you come 30 think OF what has been
accomplished in that time an army
formed. uniformed. equipped. drilled. sent
10 tho front: battles wen. Cuba soon TO he
freed. Manila, Porto Rico. the Philippines
already ours, Have We not cau=e 10 sup
port oar Government IF there is any one
man I'm these United States who has right
20 be ahamed ~ himself, and stay
ashamed 80 himself clear down 20 his boots.
that man ia the editor OF the New York
Journal And | think ii any man ought 10
praise himself it IS be. For since going 10
Cuba he has made what PREPARATION he
could Tor he Wild. unreasonable criticism
81 the president. and he now knows that
wlSe. good hand Is on the helm of the
shit, % state.
This War ~ the era Of another united
nation Thsre Is now No more North. no
mere South; there IS no East there IS no
West: there is only one America under ths.
sissvicss starry rag The war had 20 come.
II IS the nozt r,shtsaus war that Wis eyer
~sEed. u IL ~" Only instance ga history
when 4 great patton has dared 20 60 "a