The labor world., 1899-12-02

sual one. INSTEAD of skating and
} isleighing and all the acc ompaniments
Of winter, ma tural to Minnesota, at
this time Of year, the weather was
misty, with occ asionally a light show
er Of rain, MAXI ng walking muddy and
Il disacreeable, It was observed in a
) VERY quiet manner: The day was gen.
orally observed by business houses,
} and the federal building, the court
house and the city hall were closed all
} day. The postoffice was open a short
time in the morning.
Most of the churches held Thanks
giving services. Several joined in
} holding union services DIR. Ryan
conducted services in st. Paups Epis-
} Icopal church and there was a special
I program of music under the direction
of Professor A. F. M. Custance. The
I First Methodist, First Presbyterian,
I First Baptist and Pilgrim Congrega-
tionaI combined and the service was
held at the First Baptist chuch.
i Rev. A. w. Ryan took for his text
i for the Thanksgiving day service yes
Il terday at St. Paul's Episcopal church
j the tenth verse of the eighth chapter
i of Deuteronomy: when thou hast eat
en- and art full, then thou shalt bless
the Lord thy God for the good land
which he hath given thee" DR.. Ryan
said in part:,
'.ThanksgiviEg occurred in the bible
i for national and individual blessings.
Our day has been hallowed by long
use and connection with such names
as those of Washington and Lincoln.
The day looks toward national and
material benefits and so begets in us
and of us a spirit Of inter-dependence
and brotherhood.
"Religion and experience naturally
tend to a true optimism which teaches
that God made the world and that it
is good. 1t doesn't shut it's eyes to
faults and imperfections Of our time,
it sees before us a definite progress
| and uplift for the human family. We
are quite sure, Phillips Brooks says.
tl,t there is growing sense of re-
sponsibility and consciousness of
wrong. There is as well definite de-
termination to right such wrongs as
soon as we can see just where the
right lies.
| "A kluu pIOVIucHC3 Seei1lS W nave
directed our national life. There has
been expansion from the beginning.
when Louisiana was acquired. and
there is expansion now in the air.
| With the new. foreign islands to be;
governed and developed it is great
problem, but it's solution demands a
publication of our politics and
broader conception of our world re-
sponsibility.
"Slavery is a great blot on our ma
| tional life but it drove manufacturers
into the North, turned immigration
into the uninviting West and has pre-
pared the way for the life of the new
South.
"The reign of Quee Victoria covers a
period of development unequalled in
| the history of the world. Agriculture
in 1915 was not much different than in
lPharaoh's time. Postage was high
and variable and fraud was common.
Railways and steamships were just
beginning to be built. Sanitation and
city lighting were not much better
than in the days of Samuel Pepys
day. The modern man would be as
much out of his element 100 years
ago as 500 years ago.
"In many directions our modern life
has been enriched by the inventions
of the last half of the century. In
agriculture, in valuable mineral pro-
ducts, in transportation facilities, in
our wages and in our wealth we have
distanced any nation in the world.
JTr,,rr icrra hoS
to nullify American ideals but in the
first or second generations the Anglo
Saxon stock amaIgamates the most
stubborn migrant. American politics
are not above reproach, but 70 years
ago in England they were as bad off.
or worse, and we feel that expansion
of our territory compels long needed
Improvement. All this has to do with
the national side of life, but we feel
that we can give new sense to st.
Paul's statement: "Eirst the natural
and after that the spiritual"
~"Public schools, specialized technical
schools and colleges are multiplying
about us. There a definite reach
after the ideal as presented by Christ
and the permanent and unchanging
| ICSItulH III lHc IL utl VI
Christianity is making itself practical
in humane work, philanthropics and
charities. We feel that the day is
dawning when men will be men to
take their full responsibility in society.
state and church.
zone conspicuous mark of our time
is shown in the extraordinary intellect
ual activity that is displayed by the
women of our country in club life. So,
for these and many other reasons we
gladly give thanks today, recognizing
that all law is dead without active
, and present God, who is given of every
good gift and grace. The law of life
as we read it from the history of our
race prOphesies advancement, purity
brotherhood and the ideal Of the white
Christi
At the union service in the First
Baptist church Rev. r. A. Montgom-
cry read the presidents Thanksgiving
proclamat ton, Rev. Cleland read the
scripture lessons and Rev. S. p.
Long offered prayer. Rev. Alexander
Milne of the Pilgrim Congregational
church preached the sermon. taking as