The Portland daily press., 1899-12-01

~ WIS S@AB9s3 - o88E3 oooo4 ION -
spscial public shanksgiving and prsiss
fos The providsntiai care and goodness II
8sd.
"It rseogsissd VI - spovs the eonnsn
msreiss and tsps1ba of God Was the
family order end the family life Of the
nation anl u aimed ~ give occasion for
the sxprsss,sn Of family joy and family
gratitude.
nxhis nost bisnssd fsst ~ IT pstisp- )
81 thanksgiving has not oaly bees prs-
served bus hes bsssns rrs-sminsntiy tie
spirit Of the day.
'.If our Thaaksxivsng has become lsss
. church day. nsrksa By religious e.
sroisss, 10 hes grown 70 - more generally
. fs.ily 80. fss sas rsunssa u heuss-
hoids.
"shouid ~ ~ svsr esme when
Than sgiving shali b Exclusively homo
festival with no epss churches, no ring.
ina Of 6sils. no public praise no religious
services. then oar Thanksgiving fsaso
VIII bsssns Whss too oessn Of late
they ere, Coolies fsasts Of selfish Joy,
mimsmsd THANKSGIVING daussrs. God
forbid that such day should come The
only way 10 prsssrvs real Thanksgiving
day with real Thssksgivias Household
feast - 10 prssssvs ies original character
~ rsligisus and Church 1Ay.
ION thts day family jos 0sd family
gratitsas susns - -usssts In one stream
Of family praise ana Thanksgiving. In
every hsu0hsh 0od shoubd b rsmSis-
bsssd, rsvsrss1ls addFssssd and suppl
cat.d. - Ne sssrssf end ssusisus Father
of all human heussholds.
I'VE ere net sorry that this 10 moro
distinctly family thsn church day.
We would kssp the househoid reunion
and the hsusshsla festival tbs most CHAR
antsristio snd ssssrsl features u ths day.
We tslieht 20 tAink To ~ happy sosnss
In the family Nss of shs sstasn 20 b real
Ind today. q sens AID dsughtsrs eoDing
from near and far to the ancestral honss.
The fsslisG b quite national shst the
passrnsi nfssids - the place for Ne on
Thsnksgivipg day.
y"Lss us dwell only on one ahsusht. WIS.,,
The vs,us Ct 1hansksivisg day TO the
nation.
"whstsvsr fosters and psrpstustss the
home fsssisg strengthens tho nation.
Pure faaily life il ths nstion's life; ~ u
the basis Of all r1ghsousnsss aad the
stronesst element II In power. The best
way 70 purify the nation and redeem the
country from It. most shFeateni.g evils
10 20 prstses and purify its hensa We
uay that true and pract,oai Christianity
is the salvation aad the we'll being o. the
nation. This L. true bscAuss Christianity
not only gives 70 the natio a it prsssut
pussst homes bst makes shsse homes tho
prouotsss Of nstisaAl virtue.
"Out Of tAss homes. some Of them
humble and obscure, come ths brightest
aad bsst a pablo ssrvants Of che nation.
"Thsrs 10 cause. tndssd, % niasls
with our ThankasivSnss today for our
American family ufs. petitions fer It's
preservation and purify. Whatsysr harms
ths homo wsaksns the nasiss. Whassvsr
sulilss aad disintegrasss she family u
dssesuetion 81 tbs oomnonWsal aad tbs
sommsnwsalth.
LET " rsDssntsr that ne religious life
Of The nation deYsads more upon ths
Chrisaianissd faaiiy than upon tbs
church. He, who. In shs love a God and
the pure love Of woman, ~ molly mar
riass, builds for himself . household
where HIT 10 ones spring Up around the
family altar. nourishsd In ohildheed b.
tbs Christian atmosphere Of the home
iifs, Il doing his best for himsslf, Tor his
church end Tor his country. His homs
10 . Vital force, and living fsoser In
the prosperity Of the nation. and In the
progress Of Gods kingdom.
"Aay such homes, founded on hOly
love and Christian faith b. multiplied In
our land.
mot all the worlds wealth, ner any
human wisdom, without the pure lows
OF woman and true faith IN God. estab-
lish and psrpstu~te them"
CHESTNUT STREET CHURCH.
A unien Thanksgiving service was hek
Il the Chestnut street Msthodist churof
Thursday forenoon. There Was . large ~
tendsnoe.
Rev. Luther FREEMAN. the pastor o.
the church wss unsvOldsbly absent. ant
Rev. kolliu 4. Hack. the pastor OF tht
Second Par ish. Congregational church,
oosduoted tbs servisss. The sermon Wa
delivered BY Ksv. ]. x. Wilson. d. D.,
the pastor Of the Free STRESS Baptist
| church. ard the text chosen was part q
the 18th verse Of the sSth chapter O
! Acts. "Hs tnAnksd God and took oour
age"
Our thanksgiving ID apt to miss ON
of the most important uses Of the thank
full spirit bsoauss 1t fails TO note or =
mss the possible prospective influence
We psraist In making 1t somsshinl
which soncerns she past md present 81
olusively, and rsfuse 1t any power owe
days to ooDe. ''Shs thanked God An
sighed: some people always sigh II
thanking God" That Is not . false
hood nor . oarisaturs; scarcely an exsG
ssrataon. Some people always siEh II
thssking God and they are not insnssr
In their prefsssian If gratitudA but no n
sstiy thankful for bsnsnts received, -