The Portland daily press., 1899-12-01
Rev. ]. Z. Wilson Preached Of Chest.
nut Stfeef Church.
Rev. w. 8. Bovard's In
teresting Address.
Rev. A. H. Wright Also Spoke at
st. Lawrence Street Church.

The religious obssrvnnos Of fhanHsslv-
log day In Portland took the usual form
OF services In which the various churches
united. tine Of thsss was held ct ths
Chestnut Street Methodist church and
> he ether at the st. LAwrsncs Congresa-
tionni church on Aunjoy hill.
SERVICES ON THE HILL.
Addresses were delivered BY Rev. W. 8.
Bovard and Raw. A. H. Weight.
The union services on the hill were
hsld In the st. LAwrssos church. 1hs
attendance was about ~ large ~ usual
on Thanksgiving day. Mr.. 4. B. Hall led
the singing, only portion Of the choir
Of the church being PRESENT. Al organ
voluntary IVES played BY W. II. Davis
Rev. Nh. howard spoke on tbs "Natisnal
Aspects Of Thanksgiving" He sid -
part:
"Ws are asssmtlsd t0dsy In this house
Of worship in compliance with the procls-
nation of the President Of the United
States seconded by that Of eur Goy@nor.
Thanksgiving day has always been M.
tional expression Of the spirit Of those
who Rave made our country areat. Civil
war did much to root out the athsisticsl
inaxims from our national traditions and
bring rs back to simple. frank. reoog-
milton Of God IN the slsirs of our ooup-
sry. Il wss the. that ws vut upon our
coins In God We Trust
"It veuld seem hitting that part
u, sxvrcises Of shis hour should direct
an, attsns,ss 10 same tntsrssts Of natios-
nj ,moortance. II it Was n day appointed
for fasting and hupiiistiou We should
No doubt ind much of nstiopal evil 70
condemn. But it N . day for thanksgi
tns ana pr,,sa. Shall We not lind abund-
ant reason for such an observance.
al. First Of all God hAs laid upon -
responsibilities the maspituds Of which
does NOT yet fully appear. We have bssn
81 for the psgsasrsssen % he lands sf
Cub. ana Porto Rico md the distant L.
thus commissioned shows thst God finds
.. ms A. = ,~tssa a servant whom he oan
sruss. It n always q msttx~ for gratitude
IN be ss,eoted for a respoasibls service,
The uumarovs marks Of divine favor dur
inc the war. BY which he laid upon ~
thess dutiss were ~ signs that He would
b with the unshrinkiug psspis who
vpun dar, dissn.sale them SAVES from
human trssitions and follow the call of
9od. A nation without a mission might
wall srembys far Its uafety.
"We might have known and We paused
no think that tbs n. pAralsllsd prosperity IT
our country In DEVELOPED resources and
In education and nationality was a
ureuheoy Of o call from tod for some m
usual task.
"s. 1t 10 mstser for tAsnksgivi and
national sonarssnlssion that when Cad
called We obeysd and In spite OF tbs un-
folding OF The mission We have not yielded
to tiusdity Or eassloyins, but have ~
sumed our full measure Of the world q
| rsAsupeion VS. destroyed tbs rule Of
Spain. We did not Leave the tmpovsrishsA.
ignorant races to be lost n the wilder
nsss to be the prey OF selHGh. inaApabls
diotstors, nor did We turn over to any
monarchy the task which republic caz
| surely perform. The success OF the nm
| dsrtnking 10 by NO msAns disoouraging
| kote the WORK In Cuha. Sach men y
Gen. Wood and Gen. Lee making Of thai
pestilsntisl country . piaos 70 b. dssissd.
showing the people what Industry and
learning oan do toward making LIE msrs
desirable. The influence Of saoh munioi-
pal rule can bnt b. beneficial ALREADY
over 80 per cent Of the Philippines an
eager ter tie bsssusenk work Of our DIV
ilixation.
"Ths insurrsction Il limited 10 one 10
ANA AZ" ~ pnS '"e VI 80 ~,
anes "pIe1',on .s~s.
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