The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-24
PEOPLE WILL UNITE
 IN GIVING THANKS Services VIII be Held at Nearly
 All Churches
  POOR CHILDREN CARED FOR  Amusements for the Day Include Foot ball Game, Golf Tournament and
 MatInees at Both the The
 atres-charlty Workers.
POOR GILL LOREN CARED FOR

Services will be held at nearly all of the churches and the charity workers have made arrangements to make many children happy.
 Aside from a spiritual thanksgiving. there will be many forms of recreation and amusement There will be the big football game between the Universities of Alabama and Tennessee at West End and a golf handicap will be played at the Country club beginning this morning at 10 o'clock. There will also be mati- nees and night performances at both the theatres
 At the Churches.
 Union Thanksgiving services will be held at the First Methodist church. the South Baptist church and the Wood lawn Presbyterian curch this morning at Ii a. m. Churches not participating in these union services will have sepa- rate services by their respective pas tors.
 At the First Methodist church. the First Baptist, First Presbyterian. Central Pres byterian, Temple Emanuel, Cumberland Presbyterian, First Christian and First Methodist church will unite in the ser- vice, the Rev. pr. J. W. Stagg of the First Presbyterian church will preach the sermon while the offering will be pre- sented to the Mercy Home by Rabbi M. Newf1eld.
 Music will be rendered by the choir Of the First Methodist church and the little children of the Mercy Home will also sing.
 At the southside Baptist, the St. John Methodist church, the Five Points Meth odist church and the Eleventh avenue Methodist church will unite with the southside -3sptist. The Rev. Frank Wil- lis Barnett editor of the Alabama Bap- tist, will preach the sermon.
 Special Thanksgiving services will be held at the Third Presbyterian church this morning at Il o'clock. Thanksgiving prayer services will be held at the East Lake Baptist church this morning at 6SO o'clock
 At the Church of the Advent, services will be held at Il o'clock, the Rev. Quincy Ewing filling the pulpit. Special music will be rendered.
 Masses will be held at St. Paul's and Our Lady of Sorrows churches this morn ing.
 Union services will also be held at the Woodlawn Presbyterian cnurcn, in which all the congregations of Woodlawn are invited to take part The Rev. Dr. c. C.. Weaver pastor of the church, will fill the pulpit. The offering will go to the Mercy home.
 At St. Mary's on the Highlands, morn- ing prayer will be held at il a. m, the Rev. J.W. c. Johnson filling pulpit Pro- visions have been received by the church for local distribution tomorrow, and the offering will go to the Clergy Relief so- ciety The choir will render special Thanksgiving music.
 The congregations of the Southside Baptist church, the St. Johns and South Highlands Methodist churches will have a joint Thanksgiving service at the South side Baptist church today at Il o'clock. The Rev. Frank Willis Barnett will oo- cupy the pulpit.
 Charity Work.
 At the Mercy I-ome a special dinner has been arranged for the little ones about noon, and the home will be open all day for the inspection of visitors. Con- tributions will be received all day, and 1t is expected that a large number will be sent.
 The children will attend the church services at the First Methodist church this morning, and win have their dinner after returning to the home.
 H. c. Hoyt, the well-known lumber and coal dealer, has contributed the entire Thanksgiving dinner for the children He has furnished everything, nothing having been forgotten from the first course to ths last and the managers of the home are very thankful to him.
 Sunday morning when the front door of the Mercy Home was opened a little baby boy about one month old was foun1 on the door steps. The baby was sent as a Thanksgiving offering to the home. and 1t has been taken in and is being cared for b;- the ladies.
 An attempt will be made by the man. agers of the home to secure a home for the baby boy in private family. as has been done in number of other instances where mothers have forsaken their chill dren. or have left them on the door of the Mercy Home.
 The United Charities will distribute baskets to the poor today as they have always done. About 150 card> entitling the holder to a basket have been printed, and a large number of them Issued. It is thought that about 100 baskets will be given away Each basket contains enough for about dozen people. The headquar- ters of the United Charities will be open all day.
 The usual Thanksgiving exercises will be held at the public schools today. Ar interesting programme has been arranged at the high school and all visitors will b' welcomed
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