Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-11-28

this morning at II o'clock. A large
number Of the residents Of that section
OF the city were In attendance. Bishop
lleber lverson presided over the exer-
cises and thte ward choir furnished
appropriate music Seymour Il. Young
offered up the opening prayer, followed
by the hymn. Jesus Once Of Humble
Birth" sung by the choir.
JUDGE KINGS ADDRESS.
The chief event OF the occasion was
the address of Judge William II King,
a magnificent effort which elected the
warmest praise from those who were
fortunate enough 20 hear ii. Before
the address, however, Thomas ASH
worth sang Calvary with all the
sweetness and power that Is required
in the rendition of that beautiful COM
position,
Judge King expressed his approval
of the action of the authorities of the
ward In calling the people together TO
appropriately celebrate Thanksgiving
| day. IL there Is one thing above an
other that distinguishes the American
people is the light and trivial manner
with which they treat serious problems
of life. The American does not think
as deeply as the German or as consci-
entiously as the ScOtchman, They re-
semble most the French.
The Germans treat everything seri-
ously, they approach everything as II
| the fate Of the world rested upon II.
| The French live IN the sunshine. and
| reyel lin fiction, yet they are sometimes
| profound No man held higher the
| torch Of liberty and freedom than Vol
taire. No man touched more tenderly
| the heart strings OF humanity than Mo-
| liere. The American Is composite OF
all and embraces the virtues and fall
| ings of all.
/ Judge King expressed the sentiment
| that the world is progressing; that
| more civilization was shining upon the
world today than ever lllumined man
kind before. The civilization Of Greece
was dwelt upon In . scholarly style.
| The speaker was ready TO grant
that In philosophy, poetry, tragedy
and architecture the world had not sur
| passed the immortal Grecian masters OF
those fields of achievement. Yet out
side slavery was in vogue. Ii was so
In the glorious days OF the Roman en-
pire. The speaker pai1 some attention
| to the civilization 81 China and stated
that the world was today working upon
| riddles that the Chinese solved 1000
| years ago, The latter long since ceased
! TO believe In conquest and blood and cx-
claim that they would always live In
peace If their country were not invaded
by the false civilization of the present
day,
After dilating for a short time upon
| the political and rel giOus intOlerances
Of the past, the speaker depicted in
happy phrase the present condition of
the American nation. standing sub
timely upon the glittering heights Of
the worlds greatest civilization" said
| he, eve know more Of God Than they
did thousands OF years ago, we know
more of poetry. music and art than
they did we can meet together and
worship God according to the prompt
ings of our consciences, and Is there not
therefor ample reason for giving thanks
today?
Judge King thea briefly sketched the
rise OF the Puritan fathers, following
them from England to Holland and
from there 10 the bleak shores OF New
England. He then told how Thanksglv-
ing day was established by the Puri-
tans and how Presidents Washington
and Madison recognized the day until
now II has become one oe the nations
holidays.
The speaker turns his attention to
things at home and pointed out the
reasons that should cause tie people OF
Utah TO give thanks. The coming OF
the pioneers and the laying Of the fnun-
dalton Of a great state were portrayed
In impassioned language and their ca
reer was characterized as the greatest
epic poem OF the ages. After express-
ing structures on the tendencies
OF the age 20 spend little time with
students and scholars and devote near
ly all the time TO pugillsts and clowns,
Judge King closed with an eloquent
flight OF fancy in depicting the grand
and glorious civilization tFst Is the
destiny Of the nations, when each man
shall love God with all his heart and
his neighbor as himself
A male quartet rendered 70, My
Father after which John Robinson
rendered In excellent style the solo, in
the Valley Of Shadows The services
were brought TO close by henedic-
ton pronounced by Bishop Iyerson.