The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-28

solo by Mrs. Elizabeth Owen Hughes.
Rev. DR.. George Il. Guild, of the Provi-
dence Presbyterian church, conducted d
the responsive reading, after which
Rev. George A. Cure, of the Methodist
church, offered prayer. Miss Mary A..
Davis, of New York city, vocalist, and
Prof Walkenshaw, q violinist, delight
ed the congregation with number Of
selections. Rev. r. J. Reese, of the
Puritan Congregational church. read
the Scriptural lesson, after which Rev.
r. w. Clymer, delivered an excellent
sermon on the subject, "God Bounti-
full Provder." He said, in part:
If a mans peculiarities and idiosyncra-
cies can be satisfied on the earth they
can be satisfied under the protecting folds
of the American flag in this kingdom,
where the people is king, except in Penn
sylvania. 1t is a great big thing to be
an American. but. beloved, it takes
great big heart and a great big brain to
fill the bill.
When I was boy well meaning. but
infidelic, men argued that the population
of the world was so great that soon we
would have to have q war to kill off
some, SO we could raise enough to supply
them. J have passed through the tor
ments of hell wondering whether / would
be one of the ones killed. Such nonsense!
1t is almost beyond human computation
to tell how many scientifically farmod
and irrigated America could sustain.
Thank God for the boundless resources of
our home country.
But" says the obiector, "things are
not equal2ed, l cannot be thankful until
get my share" II you cannot be thank
ful until you get your share. thank God
you don't have it. Both you and l have
received many times what we have de-
served A man cannot be thankful for
what he thinks he has earned by his
own right arm
This is the country of homes. In
England, with a population of 3jG0ON.0
every inch of the soil is owned by $1,000.
In America. The New York Central
railroad has 1000 employees, and 1i,0oO
stockholders.
There are three things in connection
with the recent strike that enter vitality
into our enjoyment of Thanksgiving. The
first is the loyalty of our soldiers who are
union men. Brags Were made before the
militia was called out that they would
simply stack their arms and refuse to
serve. Men who talk like that don't un-
derstand the genius of America.
The second thing is the part the women
took in the affair. If 7 had been the
husband OF a woman who so far forgot
neighbor woman because her husband
worked while her own did not. or march
on the street, or stand and yell, I'd have
given her her choice of three things:
First, go in the house and be Il woman;
second, hunt another husband, or. third.
I would go to work thinking more Of
womanhood's honor than of the union.
The third noteworthy thing, was the
way in which the newspapers as a rule
found fault with President Baers state
ment that Christian men We're trustees of
Providence. II only the yellow Journals
had taken it up We could pass it by. To
criticize, as some otherwise conservative
papers did, is infideity
Morally, we have need to be thankful.
Compare today with the time Christ was
born compare the church of today with
the church at Corinth, possibly the best
Of New Testament churches. 1t was the
church at Jerusalem upon which the
spirit of Pentecost fell that resolved it.
self into mob and demanded the blood
of the Apostle Paul. Four hundred years
ago common sight was the head of some
prominent man on a pike along London
streets. Today at the same place a man
would be arrested for whipping his horse |
Compare Ensland's treatment of the |
Beers with Cromwell's treatment of the |
RoyaliStS
There is but one thing in which the
present things cannot outshine all that |
have been. That is when we compare
The strenuous religious life of puritan |
fathers with much of tho milk and water
type of today. Our church competition |
has developed a type Of religious tramps, |
bcggars running from church to church |
to get the cheapest, and he usually gets II. |
A hymn was sung by the congrega- |
ion, after which Rev, A. II. Smith pro-
bounced the benediction.