The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-28

DMSENDERESI memories OF the old
folks at home, of family gather
u ings about the laden dinner table
on Thanksgiving day in the past
and of all the associations which hui
mankind has for loved ones far distant
were uppermost during the union
: Thanksgiving service in Central Union
Church yesterday morning when the
familiar, neyer-old words and music of
Home, Sweet Home" filled the crowd
ed auditorium. Following a Thanks
giving sermon full of patriotic resolve
and OF expressions of gratitude to the
Almighty, in which the true meaning
OF the great American day was graph
ically told, the song, written by lone.
lorn, homesick man, was listened TO
IN silence. Plaintively rendered by
Mrs. Montague Turner, the emotions of
several in the audience were touched.
and before the last word had died away
upon the music of the organ tears had
welled up in many eyes.
The service was conducted as a
union of the Central Union, Methodist
and Christian Churches. The auditor
ium presented a pleasing appearance in
its decorations of vines and blossoms Of
the bougafnvillaea, the parasite, limbs
and fruit of the breadfruit tree. while
numerous crotons, of the deep autumn
shades in the leaves, made a scene typ
ical OF the harvest time. The choir
railing was hidden behind a mass of
croton leaves and in front tie plat
form was great basket containing
bananas, apples. oranges. and most OF
the fruits known to Hawaii, while
strings of cranberries hung temptingly
, over the side in confused mass. A
stand covered with crotons and ferns,
before the pulpit, completed the pic
ture
Sanford b. Dole, Rev. William Morris
kincaid AMI Rev. J. P. Erdman of Cen
trail Union, Rev. E. 5 .,Muokley of he
Christian Church, Rev. George L. Pear
son of the Methodist Church and Prin-
cipal c. B. Dyke of Kamehameha
School. In the audience were large
delegations of members from each
church. and the students CT Kameha-
meha Schools were present.
Following the opening sentences, 20
Lord, Open Thou Our Lips" hymn
was sung. Governor Dole was then
introduced, and he reid in a clear
voice which penetrated to every part Of
the church, President Roosevelt's
Thanksgiving day proclamation. The
singing of the Doxology was followed
by responsive reading. "Thou Crown
est the Year With Thy Goodness was
the first anthem, and was sung by Mrs.
Otis, Mrs. Whitney and the choir.
Prayer was offered by Rev. ]. P. Erd-
man, followed by the anthem Praise
Ye the Lord the solo parts being car
ried by Mrs. Otis. Mrs Whitney, Mr.
Elston and Mr.. Rockwell.
The Thanksgiving sermon, THE
Philosophy and Expression of Graf
itude,' was delivered by Rev. E. S. ,
Muekley in an impressive manner. j
The sermon was replete with patriotic ,
Americanisms, and after the service
the minister was heartily congraIu-
ldleu. he Salu III part
MR.. MUCKLEY'S ADDRESS.
Let the redeemed of the Lord say
So" This expression is part of the sec
ond verse of the 10th Psalm and from
it 1 want to address you on the philo-
sophy and expression of gratitude. 1
believe ingratitude to be one of the
greatest crimes of the ages. The Scotch
bard says, MANS inhumanity to man
makes countless thousands mourn"
believe a stupendous portion, if not all,
of this inhumanity comes from the
heart of the migrate. More misery than
this world dreams of is caused by in
not only from its direct, but
its reflex influence as well. There are
too many people built on the plan of
the man told of in the Ladies' Home
Journal a few years ago who shame
lessly acknowledged that ne never told I
his wife when she cooked a good din s
ner for fear it might spoil her. Such l
a man is a ehurl and is not fit to have
a wife. y
There is another large portion of the t
race who apparently think that graf
itude is like money, in this respect c
that it is good thing to have to be
given only when you cannot get what t
gratitude of this class you may depend '
upon it that you will have counterfeit h
coin. Throw it away, don't pass 1t on a
There is still another class who have
;chooled themselves to go through this o
world seeking the unpleasant things, n
md they usually find them. Instead i:
IF smelling the roses, they sniff the, n
and the rag-weed. In "
stead of listening to the music of the a
world and attuning their souls to hear b
he music of the spheres, they listen g
or the harsh, rasping, grating sounds.
When you tell them that the sun is a V
plendid luminary, they say then that Il
t has spots on it. When you tell them n
he moon is shining brilliantly they W
'oint to the cloud that is about to cover G.
t. These are the people who point out c
he hypocrites in the church and re-. s;