Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
LARGE CROWD At
UNION SERVICE
Rev. Zeno Doan, Pastor Friends
Church, Delivers Thanks
giving Address
OTHER PASTORS OF CITY ASSIST
orsatsr Part of Audience Was Of Old
or People, in Meditative Period Of
life--Absence. Of Business Mon, En-
srsstie Women and Young People
Observation-Disclosures $27.

The Christian church. Rev. Zeno HI.
Doan, pastor of the Friends church,
Aelivered the address. The attendance
was large, but there was a noticeable
lack Of business men, energetic wom-
On and young people. Fully 80 per
cent Of the audience was composed oil
older people, now in the medftative
period Of life. Rev. Doan delivered
practical gospel message, earnestly ex-
pressed. Other pastors of the Mar
Sphalltown Ministerial Association as
sisted in the service, and the choir Of
the First Baptist church, with Miss
Mande Salisbury as accompanist, had
charge Of the music.
j. Rev. Edgar Ellyson. president Of the
ministerial association, presided over
Z the service. Rev. j. B. Meloy. of the
stare street United Evangelical, gave
the scripture reading, and Rev. L. B.
Xix, OF the Congregational, offered
prayer. DR.. Jones' Of the Baptist; Rev.
Meloy, Rev. A. B. Morris, First Unit
+ ed Evangelical, and Rev. Hix, received
the donation to the poor. The sermon
followed.
sour coodly Heritage"
Rev. Doan took as the subject Of his
Thanksgiving discourse, "Our Goodly
Heritage His text was from Psalms
1876. 1.-THE lines are 6allen unto me in
pleasant places; yea, have goodly
heritage" He spoke in part as follows:
"A feeling Of pridee is pardonable
with US as a people, when we stop for
Q moment to contemplate our fertile
fields, our pleasant homes, our educa-
tional facilities, our commodfous
churches; our, vast transportation sys-
ternbS Athe government which is ours,
the mighty nation Of which we are Q
part. IT'S well for us to stop once a
year and recount these blessings; think
If how much they mean to US, of the.
price that has been paid for them, and
TO express our Thanksgiving to AL
mighty. God for all these manifesto
tons Of His loving care.
"This spirit OF Thanksgiving, this
observing special day Of thankfulness
Is not new; the Jews observed such
. time in their harvest feast the feast
of ingatheriny,' which was observed
when the result Of the years toll was
gathered. Jewish influence probably
gave rise to an observance of similar
kind amongst the Greeks when they
made q feast to 'Demeter, the God Of
the field Very soon after our land
became the home of Englishmen day
Of thanksgiving was observed, but
only, In recent years has such a day
been, generally observed or its observ-
alton been annually suggested.
"Under three general heads wish
us to think OF our causes OF thanksgiv-s
Ing today:
"First-on the score Of home and
home comforts, we have large room
Tor -thamkfulness. A bountiful harvest
has given abundant store for the years
provision; the fields have yielded In
marvellous profusion, furnishing seed
for the sower and bread for the eater
Pestilence and tornado have not come,
bringing death and destruction, an1
their two frequent allies gloom and
despair. Providencs has smiled with
loving favor upon US we have q good
" heritage
y s. "Second-In educational and relig-
5ious things we have ample cause for
THANKSGIVING. We rejoice IN the fact
that at the head OF our schools in this
city we have man who stands for
Goodness ard purity, and Is Of an ag-
eressive Christian spirit. You take
away from the educated man the Chris
) tian spirit, slnd 1t too often makes him
an intelligent highwayman. The spirit
OF Christ and intellectual advancement
are inseparable.
"There has never been time, I am
told, when Christianity was taken more
seriously In our midst than the pres
emit. This is apparent inside the
churches and also without their bord-
ers. Men and women are giving more
serious consideration to right living
today perhaps than they ever have be-
fore. The spirit Of reform, which is
always akin to Christianity, and never
rises higher than the moral and relig-
1ous sentiment Of the community where
1t strikes. II, in the very air, surcharg-
ing It as electricity does the clouds.
Shall we not help it strike Marshall
town? Roosevelt, LaFollette, Folk,
Hook, Hanlsy and numerous other men
Of affairs, have given remarkable Inn
petus to applied Christianity inasmuch
as they have preached public righteous
ness, civic honesty, regard for law, and
have chaml,ioned the cause Of the peo-
ple in their determined stand against
corporate greed and its abominable
selfishness.
Third-We have just cause for
thankfulness as nation. The spirit
OF brotherlyness and union has never
been so apparent since the sixties as
they are today. The welcome Of the
south to our president was a remarka-
BILE series Of demonstrations of loyal
ty and regard for the man who rules
the nation. In the concluding of peace
between Japan and Russia we have
large ground for rejoicing. No ruler
the world has ever seen has dared
witKsuch constantly and determination
stand between warning nations and
command them to cease the struggle
and force them, inch, by inch, to yield
to this demand.
These things give us large room for
thankfulness. They are a sacred heri-
tage which being delivered us, we are
hidden keep clean and intact for fu-
ture generations. That this may be
done there are foes for US to fight.
The first OF these which wish to
mention Isl the most deadly and most
un-American OF them all-the saloon.
In no SENSE does this monster help
our natior.al life or add to our happi-
ness O. increase the security or, sane