The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-30
n n ny CITY CHURCHES
THANKSGIVING WAS OBSERVED
At SEVERAL UNION
SERVICES
THE ATTENDANCE WAS LARGE
Ideal weather Prevailed and Places
of worship Were Wen Filled
at Morning Serv-
lees.

The Observance of Thanksgiving in st.
Paul churches yesterday was character
ized by an attendance fully in keeping
with the ideal weather that prevailed.
Many Of the churches, in keeping with
the custom observed Of late years held
union services, and these tended to bring
together q greater number Of people than
would have been the case if held in the
several churches separately.
At the First Baptist church, WacOuta
and Ninth streets this feature was Oh
served by the c0ngrega lions of the Cen
trail Park Methodist, Peoples, Plymouth
Congrega tional and the Pacific Congre-
gadUnal churches assembling as one and
listening to an interesting sermon by
Rev. S. 9. Smith. His subject was "Ex-
pansiOn IN Church and State" He advo-
Gated united work on the part of the
religious sects in spreading the gospel
and the taking advantage of the eXpan-
Zion system advocated by the national
government.
At the Central Presbyterian church
Rev. 4. 3. Meldrum addressed a large
number Of people, taking for his subject
''The Feast of Harvest The subject
was in keeping with the sanctity of the
day, and an interesting description of its
observance as purely American Gus
tom.
A union meeting of the Bates Avenue
was held yesterday morning at the lat
ter edifloe. Rev. George Parker of the
Bates Avenue church oficiated and
preached on the subject National Rea-
sons for Thanksgiving"
The congregations Of the First Meth
odist church, the Woodland Park Baptist
church, the First Christian church and
the Park Congregational church held
union Thanksgiving services at the Day
icT7 oh
avenue and Mackubin streets. The ser
mon was delivered by the Rev. Alexander
McGregOT, his subject being The Rea-
sons We, as Nation, have to be Thank
full. The services were well attended.
SERVICES AT BETHLEHEM CHURCH.
Special Thanksgiving services were
held last night at Bethlehem German
Presbyterian church. The greater portion
ton Of the congregation, together with
the many members OF he Young Peo-
pies society, filed the church well. add
ing a certain solem sty to the otherwise
quiet. simple services.
Pastor ". c. Laube spoke in German.
He said that every one ought TO be thank
ful for blessings, temporal and spiritual.
Worldly acquisitions are not the only
things to be thankful for The pill
grirns had very little, yet they never
NSeNSSN 10 pia+SS COO. 1ney were Lnank-
full for all things
Nations should be thankful for the
same reasons as individuals Further
more, they should, ike individuals. en-
deavor to raise their morals and their
blessings would increase, and there would
be more to be thankful for He said that.
because Of recent events in the history
Of this country, some people feared that
danger would follow. Parties or the prin-
ciples they advocated could not hurt
the nation if its moral standard was high
enough.
Rev. Chas. L. Warstler, Trinity church.
spoke yesterday morning from the text,
THE Progress of Time The occasion
S was the union services by the three
sEnglish Evangelical Luthern churches.
Memorial, st. James and Trinity. Good
music WAS offered.
. Rev. D. D. Mitchell, with the assistance
! Of Mr.. Geo. Shaw, conducted the services
at the Emmanuel Baptist church yester
/ say morning.
Rev. Theo. sedgwick delivered an eIo-
~ouent Thanksgiving discourse at 1850