The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-09
rl,anLsciuing Services.

Thanksgiving Services.
Thanksgiving services were held in
all the churches Of the city. In most
of the churches Low Mass was cele-
brated. and the celebrants delivered
brief sermons Father Organ cele-
/ hrated Mass at ST. Leo's Church at
/ G'cIock All the pews were filled.
Rather -O'Ryan saw one cause for re-
erat in the general offering of thanks.
The nolifys 81. war in the Philippines
was enc thing the people had no rea-
/ son to be thankful for, he said.
"One thing" said he,i I'VE must
,-,-ie,,a for, foday. In the name of
| Christianity and the flag OF liberty we
ore ebootiny Christians, who are fight
inc for liberty in the Philippines"
Soncerning the origin of ThanksgiV
inc Father, O'Ryan said that while it
was NOT instituted in any wise by the
Catholic Church, it tracess back TO,
Catholic sources. 1t is the memory. OF
the harvest feast, Whlcn Vas ceIepIaI- 1,3lIl-.
ed in England by the Cathollc Church
90O wears before America was discoV-
ered In early days, long before the
puritane landed on the shores of New
Enpland the parish Church in Eng
land was decorated with, fruits, cereals
and the products of the heid, represen-
tative of the tithe to be pald the pas
tor. -, 49,. >,
ba continued. ITO thank God for his
Gifts. Not one of US is so poor that
he does not receive inestimable gifts
from God-life. with the opportunity OF
serving God and gaining eternity;
health, with many of us; human COM
forts. and above all the great gift OF
faith which sheds its radiance ana
light, which we know are not extln-
guished in the grave. For our coun-
try there are many things for which
to be thankful-its prosperity, especial
". and those blessings which come to a
people distinguished in the great walks
of life
At ST. Elizabeths High Mass was
celebrated at $3.50 o'clock, with bene-
diction afterwards. Father Hugo was
celebrant, Father Bernard deacon, and
Father Peter subdeacon. No sermon
was preached.
Masses were also celebrated in st.
Joseph's, st. Dominic's, st. Mary's Ca
thedral. Logan Avenue Chapel, the Sa-
cred Heart Church and st. Francis de
Sales Church. The brief sermons de-
livered dealt with the subject of the
day.
Adjutant General Overmeyer, who is
to have charge of the distribution of
llGQdlS lO lIl6 AOlOIduO NOluANNOlS. Scilo
yesterday that he thought he would be
able to place them in the hands of
the boys by December 20, thus giving
them the significance of Christmas
presents from the State of Colorado. A |
arge batch of blank certificates were |
by the general yesterday, and
lis clerks will begin to engross them |
tomorrow.
- 4, ar
an Volunteer Firemen'S Association |
lrew about 800 people to the Masonic |
Temple Thanksgiving night. All the /
I'D fire chiefs were there, some in old |
line uniform, and the hall was lined /
With trophies and mementoes of the |
volunteer days. The committe Of ar
consisted of First Assist
ant Chief A. L. Barker, Henry Klefus,
William A. Knox. c. A. Hartman, w. |
9. Roberts, Frank Bishop. Tom Hig-
rims, T. T. Owens, ]. .Dulmage and G.
I. Linton. The committees of the even
ng were:
Reception-Chief c. r. Hartman.
Chief w. E. Roberts, EX-Chief ]. L.
Bailey. Ex-Chief George Duggan, Ex
Chief T. IS. Clayton EX-Chief Phil
Assistant Chief T. F.
owen. Assistant Chief J. Dudmage,
Hon Daniel Sayer, Hon. r. w. Speer,
1Oll 1lldI tES IDbi PCN- A4OAi- ~ aim 1'i7AA-
%, George T. Roberts, Charles I. Lin
on. William Knox, Henry Klefus. A.
=. Barker, C. c. Collier, c. w. Thur
ow. Cad E. Hagar H. r. Ramsey,
Iohn z. Force. Theodore G. Smith.
Floor-Second Assistant Chief Tom
1iggens, Frank Bishop, Charles Ey
nan, Theodore Smith. j. NJ. Gilchrist,
rohn 2. O'Leary, H. NJ. Sarwash. P. j.
Daley. Joseph f. Troy. A. B. Butler.
!. r. Whitaker, ]. w. Molsbey, Leonard
yutshaw.
door,. n. Campbell. George Bohm,
William z. Edon. Jacob Gundeclzer, j.
R. Holland. Martin Casey, John Foley,
70 L. Reese.
The Junior and Senion departments
# st. Mary's Academy gave a most
EXCELLENT entertainment in the large
tudy hall of the academy last Wednes-
lay afternoon. A beautiful cantata,
The Gypsy" was the main feature of
he programme but the little people
Ilso gave many charming vocal and
locutionaTy selections. On December
! the High School grades of the acad-
my will give one of the finest dra-
natic and musical entertainments ever
leld in the institution. The magnifi-
ent drama. "Portia, the Daughter of
plate" viii be rendered on the occes-
on by a number of the alumnae of st.
Iary's.
Thanksgiving Dinner.