The record-union., 1899-12-01
PASTORS UNION SERVICES.
THANKSGIVING DAY AT SIXTH
STREET M. E. CHURCH.
Sermon Of Rev. T. ]. Bauder ON Ou1
Enjoyment Of Other Mems
Thought and Labor.

There was a large attendance at the
pastors union services yesterday at tue
Sixth-street NJ E. Church ana the ser
mon was preached by Rev. I. :. 6au-
der. pastor of the United Brethren
Church. His subject was: w nat we
Have Enjoyed Through the Tnougnt
and Labor of Others" His text was
John w.. 3S-"Other men labored and ye
have entered into their labor" He spoke
as follows:
Agreeably to a request of the Chief
Executive of our nation we, with mill
ions of others, assemble to-day in our
respective places of worship to render
unto our beneficent Creator praise,
alteration and thanksgiving. What ex-
ercise could possibly be more penttlng
a. people upon whom the eternal good
has bestowed unnumbered blessings!
Surely HE hath not dealt SO with
any nation, and as for His judgment we
we have not known Them were we
to consider on the one hand our utter
helplessness and that with all our WIS
dom and ingenuity we can hp0F no way
of getting along without God; then on
the other hand, the unnumbered bless
ings so freely bestowed upon US we
would find beating within our breasts
hearts filed with thanksgiving and
praise to God, and be led to exclaim,
Surely, goodness and mercy hath fol-
lowed us all the days of our life"
Standing on an eminence reared by
the facts and forces of a century take
a retrospective view of men and things
as I find them, and ask this question:
rs the outlook favorable?" The strug-
giles, defeats, victories and revolutions
of other countries have had their in
fluence on the present We cannot say
that "since the fathers fell asleep all
things continue as they We're from the
beginning" But because the present
generation does not adopt the customs
and maxims and theories of their an
cestors can it be said that therefore
the masses are degenerating?
sometimes think I would rather be
the returned prodigal than to be the
elder brother outside the house with
the corner of his mouth drawn down,
pouting like spoiled child, finding
fault with everything that is going on.
1t often happens that those who find
the most fault have little wisdom to
dictate better things.
Well, we are not yet where we ought
to be, but we are somewhat advanced
from what we were two thousand years
ago. At that time our ancestors were
wild men, living in caves on what is
now known as the Island of Great Brit
ain. Less than century and a half
ago the Father of our country" was
a modest Virginia Colonel. The United
States were loyal to the British crown,
wit GOO 0a1 a, fy,1i hot II, c.,
short time there would be laio the
foundation of republic, the most pow
erful the world ever knew.
At that time there were but four
newspapers all told. Indeed, there
were but two hundred when this cen.
fury began. 1t was not until 1916 that
the first religious paper was published,
called the Boston Recorder No
mans brain had as yet imagined a
steam engine, while locomotives, steam
boats, railroads, telegraphs. lever
watches, postal cards, friction watches
revolvers and percussion caps and
breech loading guns stoves. furnaces,
gas for dwellings, india rubber shoes,
sewing machines, anthracite COAL pho
tographs, chrome paintings, kerosene
oil, spring mattresses, free schools,
wood engraving. brussels carpets, cot
ton and wooden factories were all I'M
known.
AT that time there was not made in
the United States a single nail, brick,
knife, razor ak. hoe, lock, key or a
single plate of glass. The death rate
in the seventeenth century was one in
seventeen. Now one in forty-some say
one in fortytwo. Production then was
seven bushels to the acre; now thirty
Think of it. Even potatoes were not
discovered until seventeen hundred and
fifty-four. I wonder how they got
along
This century is providing a better
body for a nobler SOUL Behold the
growth of a century. From less than
three millions, now over seventy mill
ions.
The gates of Castle Garden, no doubt
have been too wide open. Many pau
pers and criminals have come among
us. We have made a mistake in Civ
ing them landing. But we welcome
good immigration. Without a doubt
before another century rolls around our
population viii exceed half billion.
1t is true we have a very singular
admixture of allied varieties. But Her
bert Spencer is quoted as saying, THAT
the eventual mixture of the allied varie-
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