The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-30
REV. WILLIAM W.LEEIE, ID.
PREA GHED IHANKSGIVJNG SER
MON At CENTER CHURCH..

Our Dependent State-Enjoym ts
Drawn From the Pnst-COuntry, In
stItutions and Religion Handed Down
and Inherited by Us-The Compare
| lively Small Achievements of the
| Present.
The churches of the Congregational
union of this city held a united Thanks
giving service yesterday morning in the
United church. Rev. Newman Smyth,
d. D., of the Center church, the Rev.
Frank r. Luckey of the Humphrey
street church, Rev. Theodore T. Munger,
d. D., of United church and Rev. DR..
w. L, Phillips of the Church Of the Re
deemer officiated. The sermon was de-
liVered by Rev. DR.. w. w. Leete of the
Dwight Place church.
DR.. Leete chose for his text I. Corin-
thians, iv., 7, For who maketh thee to
differ from another? And what hast
thou that thou didst not receive? Now,
if thou didst receive it, why dost thou
glory, as if thou hadst not received it,"
DR.. Leete said in part:
"An oyerweenina vanity and shirt of
self-eratu1ation was tha claracteristic
fau1t Of tba carly churcb of tho CORN.
thians aud those words of paul tha
summing IN az his argument were
meant by him to humble them. On this
day, set apart by beneficent custom
for worship in Gods sanctuary, we may
interpret these words in their broader
sense, realizing how little that makes
life beauttfI11 for us is the nroduct of
orr own efforts but that most of this
we have received HOW denendent we
are upon natura, How must tbe earth
freeze and tha eun shine ond the rains
descend and tha Winds b,ow before tba
seed which we nnt into tbe nourishing
Garth rinoos in+a frrit9 And man eavs
in his Thought II raised If, We NAV
cartainIv bv tho hsIn Of tboro,,gb
training cultivate and strengthen and
nrodpce b,f how, dono,,do,t arc wa af-
ter all On tba oripinal stamn which ma
turp pives to ali tha+ e,i,nnorte ana
co,sas ,ifa n r,,r, No. ,,oai,ra fro,,, o,,r
ancne+ore ,,o+ on1,, o,,,. o,,isto,,oa b,,t
+bosa ,,,o,it;o. 49,. ,,,r,io,, ,,,o ao,,ti,,,,o
ia avieto ooI- Vol, ;n+o +,,o t.s+ con
+,,r,, an tha ,,;ot,,ro Of tho ro11iol,i,,,
Diol, ctoe,a tha fot opd baa,+,, Addi.
son ana c,,,ift ona ,rbo,,,,o,, e,ttt +boi,,
hrillian+ c1,,b ,;fa. ", ~ oo,,,,, ,,rt of
+bis cant,,r1, uro,, tbot roh,,et gent1a-
man rbr;s+o,,,,a,, Nort, o,,d tra dworf-
ed b,,t to+eiIoct,,.l ,,ian+ no onincey.
and +bro,,gb theeo we GEO we have de,
rived +bo+ witch wo,,,-s thro,,gb and
r,lassas A. ,,ro.o,,+
"Of vo,, rlbo raca,,tI,y sau tho contest
of thoeo ,b,,sica, Giants IN vale field
how NAM, reaactod that FROM, tbsir an
castrol stno,, tho,,T dori,,aa +boir 1,iyoro
How many Of the,thinas that we have
viii male into insiqnificance in con,nar.
icon WITH v,bat cod has ,ivanq
what we n,iov is the accumulated
trsaeures of other vears IF was veeter-
dav tbat rrovide6 those tbfngs Of tho
,resor+ II vac tho yeors tbat hovo CIV
az, nc ,i+arotnro ana lave +ba partha-
NON ana the pvranids emf down the
foreets ara rearad the oitins and tho H.
hraries with thair hooks schoolhouses
and cburobas and cathedrals. which |
have given ns aur liberty and orr re- |
ieion Hero we are a great STRONG nao- |
nla of America and the nresent tolls MS |
,f our riffs from mast achievements
Hero 10 onr country which tolls the
story of its birth seemingly nv noel
7ent. how II beca,re the land of NOM
ia for those sturdy purttans who
,roueht with them all that was hest
At tbe ola mo+harIand brouobt with
hon, tba E,7olish snaecb and shake
,neara and the Rihla THAT elm, wonder
W., pe,io,,,i,, r7ron1,li,, ro,,,i,,ds
-bo NAV rrbn fonrdoa o,r country