Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-11-29
The Union Service.

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Congregational, Methodist and Chris |
tian congregations. Suitable decora- i,
tons of palms and other vegetation
emblematic of harvest home appeared
in the front of the auditorium. The
platform was occupied by Revs. w. NJ.
Kincaid. G. l.. Pearson. T.. s. Muckley,
]. p. Erdman and l.. NJ. Hartley, Prin-
cipal Bartlett Dyke OF Kamehameha
Schools and A. F. Judd. Following
was the order OF exercises:
Responsive Reading psalm 1901
Rev. L. s. Muckley.
Gloria.
Prayer-Rev. G. l.. Pearson.
Response.
Hymn No. 1S7-Choir and Congre-
cation.
sermon-'To Whom Shall We Be
Thankful" psalm 100:D-Rev. w. NJ.
Kincaid.
Solo-Mrs. G. NJ. Whitney.
Hymn No. 1O59-"America,'' Choir
and Congregation.
Benediction.
Postlude Harvest Thanksgiving
March, '-Calkin.
Prelude-Andante Cantabile &c.
SgambatD: violin. Miss lola T.. Barber;
organ. Prof. A. b. ingalls,.
Doxology.
Invocation and Lords Prayer-Rev.
l.. NJ. Hartley.
Reading of the Presidents Procla-
mation--Albert F. Judd.
Authentic Deum in ID (FestivaD,
Dudley Buck). Choir.
Mr.. Kincaid began his sermon with
the theory that thankfulness was
largely a matter Of temperament He
touched up the grumbler In good shape
as one who is always unhappy, even
when fortune favors him most. The
doubter was another character In
whom gratitude finds poor ground fol
fruitage.
He proceeded to discuss the ques
" ton OF whether there we're anyone tc
whom we should be thankful. 1t wal
demonstrated that there was cause o
gratitude to the human race for 1t.
- achievements OF the past making FOL
pleasant experiences in the present.
But is this all? Shall we be thank
full simply to MANI" the preache
questioned and thus answered: II wan
to hint deeper truth than this, tina
underlies 1t all: Man. the world, tn
sky over our heads, whatever we ca
: see or touch or hear-these things ar
only manifestations OF somethin
deeper. broader, higher. Scratch tn
surface Of the world anywhere. an
you are face to face with the infinite
the incomprehensible, the divine.
call II God-not because I am fool
ish enough to think that that on
word measures II. call 1t Father 4
0. heaven, because Jesus has SO laugh
- me to say, and because there is not on
aspect Of the working Of this powe
that does not seem to me fatherly.
.. friends; believe we are grandly RI
. tional when we stand on our feet a
men, when We behold all we are an
all we have, and then, looking up an
recognizing living love and power a
the source Of 1t all, we bend our head
- In gratitude, saying: I thank the,
Father!'"
How should we express our thank
fulness? The first step In any tru
Thanksgiving is always a generou!
manly recognition Of the obligatio
We are under. And then the thankfr
spirit Is one that makes the best @
everything, that seeks even on cloud
days for streaks Of sunshine: and thi.
=, you know, without my telling you,
- the one for happiness. Its possessio
is worth more than a fortune. for n
fortune ever yet made the fault-fnde
happy. We talk about monopolies
that all the best things OF the worl
are getting into the hands OF the few
This is a mistake. The best things 1
" human life are not monopolies. an
~ never can be. The power to think, (
feel, to love, the power OF friendship
u. the glory of the sunset, the majesty c
the mountain, the music OF the wave
- of the sea-are these monopolies A
= the grandest things in the world ar
free, as Lowell sings in the opening {
VI his poem, Sir Launfa...'
All the finest and highest an
noblest things In the world are tn
property Of all. Not only is the graf,
full spirit the secret of happiness-it
also the secret of all great achiev,
81 ment. 1t Is the glad, the hopeful, tn
i aspiring spirits that have done II
most and the best things for the worl
The fault-fnder grumbles over what
not; the grateful soul turns what
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