Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-27
|H[ UNION SERVICES
Largely Attended this Morning
at the Presbyterian
Church
DR.. JONES DELIVERS ADDRESS

Church Capacity Taxed at the Service
Conducted at 1O:30-Dr. Jones Makes
an Eloquent and ForcefuI Address,
Being Heard for First Time by Many
| of His Audience-colecton for Poor.
I The annual union Thanksgiving ser
vices were largely attended this morn
ing at 10:30 at the Presbyterian church.
The seating capacity of the church was
| taxed, and the eloquent and forceful
address Of Dir. Elijah Brown Jones, OF
the First Baptist church, was greatly
enjoyed. Many in the audience had not
had an opportunity of hearing
DR.. Jones before, and were glad to
listen to his remarks at the union SER
vice.
Rev. F. w. Russell had general
charge of the services. which opened
with the voluntary, followed by the
singing of the doxology by the congre-
Egation. DR.. Jones delivered the invo-
cation. and after a hymn responsive
reading was led by Rev Russell. Mr.
George Nyden sang, followed by Rev
Ellison r. Purdy. of the Friends church
with scripture reading. Rev. A. w
Sinden, of the Congregational church
lied in prayer, after which Mrs. George
\ Of II
Shepherd" by Gounoud. DR.. Jones then
delivered the sermon, speaking as fol-
lows:
Now, therefore, our God, we thank
thee and praise thy glorious name
for all things come of thee, and oil
thine own have we given thee. "-Firs'
Chronicles, 29:1S-14.
! These words are from David's famous
address to Almighty God at the re-
spouse of the fathers and captains anG
4 princes to his appeal for funds and ma
terial for building a house for Jehovah
wherein he might be worshiped amid
conditions BETTING his character
i When the kingdom had reached a state
OF unprecedented prosperity and the
alarm of war had grown fainter, DaviC
had it in his heart to build house unto
/ the Lord But the kings hands Were
red-red with the blood of his fellows
Such hands must not rear a house unto
him who was as well the Creator OF
those whom the wars of David hao
slain. 1t must be reserved for a man
/ not SO bloody to make for Jehovah an
abiding place. But to accelerate the
/ work David gathers together out of the
kingdom the gold, the silver, onyx
stones, the stones of divers colors. and
the marbles and of such other values
as the people possessed. According to
shining heap of silver amounted tc
leighteen millions, while there Were
/ ninety millions of gold, besides
the precious stones, the value of which
was beyond computation. Now the one
thought of David's heart is that before
he goes hence he will commit this vas,
treasure to others against that day
when the future king shall begin the
work. And in the committal he will
make this munifcent gift a. witness
that all things are of God, and that he
and his people are but returning only
that which they have received. He
therefore, assemblies the princes of the
congregation, the captains of troops
and the venerable men, and in the
presence of the nation, in consignins
/ this priceless heap to their care
/ breathes forth this prayer: Nov
therefore, our Lord, we thank thee and
praise thy glorious name. But who am
] and what is my people that we should
be able to offer so willingly after this
sort? For all things come of thee and
of thine own have we given thee"
| I wonder if you have not by this re-
c!tal, been made mindful of the pur-
pose of our assemblage. We are here
to raise our Thanksgiving song, for all
things are of God. We declare by on,
thanksgiving today that in our national
life we are dependent upon God, OF
whom are all things. No ecclesiastical.
invitation brings us here, but cal
from the chief magistrate and the gov
ernor of this commonwealth. From the
snow capped peaks of our northern
borders to the Gulf of Mexico; from the
pine, trees of New England to the gil
gantic evergreens of Calavaras, there
will meet for public worship a people
made sensible of the fact that thru al
/ the years of our national existence Goo
has brought us. In every hamlet and
city the note of thanksgiving will arise
for the munificent blessings upon oul
nation. Strong, then, is the religious
sentiment of people that can stop the
cares of state and force from their ex-
ecutives this recognition of Almighty
God
In our ancestry we had large bless
ing. I can not conceive the trend oul
public life would have taken had those
men been limp backed in their theol-
ogy. I can not see the result in laying
the foundations of new empire hac
these men been so learned as to gel
past the Bible account of creation OF
had they been engrossed with socio-
Illogical problems. They were men with
the fear of God implanted in their
hearts. They were such men as Coo
selects only for great enterprises. They
were not in any sense ordinary men
They were endowed with native indie
pendence of soul. far-reaching fore
sight and strong common sense. Theil
i belief in the right of all men to make
their direct appeal to Almighty Goo
without the intervention of clergy OF
priest caused an exodus from their ma
tive land to a wilderness wandering. A
title to heaven they preferred above all
other considerations.
1t seems to me that much of the trend
of our national life is due to the mo-
tives moving them hitherward. The
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