Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-28

sons md we thank God that through them
Righteousness is pushing on towards its
hnal triumph. IT'S the attest that shall
live"
The morning solo was sung by Miss Jo-
sephine Teneok and the onertory solo by
w. B. Graham.
At the First Conversational.
At the First Congregations church Rev.
Edward f. Trefz preached 20 the united
congregations OF that church, Kountze
Memorial, First Christian and the First
Presbyterian. Owing to the Illness Of Rev.
Herring Of the First Congregational Rev.
jerks Of the First Presbyterian church
presided. A special song service. con-
GLIDING with the singing Of America" by
the choir and congregation was a feature
Of the morning. The scripture lesson was
read by Rev. Hill OF the First Christian
church. An Offering was taken to be given
to the Old Folks Home.
In his sermon Rev. Trefz gave a history
OF Thanksgiving day and told Of the great
progress Of the country and Of the many
things OF which everyone had to be thank
full for. The oppression OF the poor by
the rich, the great labor strikes, the talk
Of venal voting and other questions which
we're receiving the attention Of the entire
country, Rev. Trefz said, indicated the
advancement and progress Of the country
and that it's people desired to and we're
trying to correct all evils.
During the year" he said, there had
been work and men have been needed;
there has been an increase in literature
and art; men have been more charitable
and churches, schools and colleges have
been richly blessed. To such ar extent
has the gospel spread that It is taught in
every walk Of life and II every church
we're destroyed and every preacher we're
banished the gospel would still go on.
This is not a day of gloomi It is a day
to dwell on national blessings and to de-
rive inspiration from our past glorious
history"
Evangelist Cairns breaches.
George Robert Cairns, the evangelist,
preached along the line of Christian citizen
ship at the Second Presbyterian church, in
which services the Seward Street Methodist
and the Calvary Baptist churches united.
The pastors Of the three churches, Rev.
r. M. Stevenson, Rev. william Gorst and
Rev. Thomas Anderson, participated in the
services. Vocal music was supplied by a
large mixed choir.
Mr.. Cairns drew an analogy between
temporal and celestial citizenship, indicat-
ing the requirements and duties of each as
showing in both the necessity Of single
devotion and allegiance to one govern
ment.
AS the citizen OF a foreign nation must
renounce allegiance to his mother country
before he can become a citizen Of this land,
so must a sinner renounce allegiance to the
prince Of this World before he can enter
the kingdom Of heaven. The man who
rejects the oath Of a new country denies
the right of that country to govern him
and could expect no protection under It's
laws. The man who denies the right of
God to rule him could have no security
under His dominion. This man In his
relations to God was ar anarchist.
Mr.. Cairns emphasized the inevitableness
Of God before patriotism In the making of
an ideal Christian citizen. He found In the
late President Mckinley the embodiment Of
this principle.
United Presbyterian Churches.
The First and Central United Presbyterian
churches held a union Thanksgiving service
at the latter church, Rev. F. 3. Foster of
the First delivering the sermon. The text
was the hrst verse Of the One Hundred and
Seventh Psalm: "Give thanks unto the
Lord, for His mercy endureth forever. Let
the brethren say So"
The preacher emphasized the necessity of
expressing thanks. ut is not enough to
feel glad because Of blessings said he.
"Gladness and s%elfshness may exist to-
gether. but thankfulness and s%elhshness
never. The way to attain thankfulness is
to think. Let the afnicted remember that
even his tribulation Is not commensurate
with his sin. We can be thankful that wars
are less frequent among the great nations.
Once a generation is the record Of America
and England now.
THE church is thankful that there exists
a religious sentiment in the United States
which no man high in ONCE dares openly
to defy, and the Presbyterian church par
ticularly is elated because in this year II
claims to have won the palm for e~vangel-
istic work, from the Methodists. While
there are some things to d~eplore, there is
ample reason for individual and national
thanksgiving"