Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-02
ELOQUENT SERMONS
ARE DELIVERED
Rev. u. AdeIstein Johnson, Pastor of
the First Congregational Church, De
iivers Discourse at Union Services at
the First Baptist Church - Other
Thanksgiving Services and Where
They Were Held.

Give thanks unto God for year of
wonderful material prosperity and for
great Spiritual blessings was the cen
tral theme of the sermons in Ottumwa
churches where special Thanksgiving
exercises were held Thursday
President Theodore Roosevelt and the
prominent part he took in bringing
peace In the far east was subject Of
special commendatory mention by a
number Of the pastors.
We talk about the big game he cap
Ntured on his vacation in the Rocky
mountains, but the biggest bear he cap
'tured, and that by peaceful means,
was the grizzly that had planted one
root in Manchuria, another@in Corea,
and was pokingshis ugly snout into the
Island empire of JAPAN" said Rev. P.
Adelstein Johnson, pastor of the First
congregational church, IN his eloquent
sermon at the union services under the
auspices of the central Protestant
churches, at the First Baptist church,
In referring to the President of the
United States.
All the services were we'll attended
and speciaf music and pretty decora-
lions We're features of the meetings.
Appropriate services were held at
the Trinity Episcopal, Moore Street
Brethren and the German and Swedish
lutheran churches. In the East End
thanksgiving services were held at
he dining room OF the packing house
e':a Rev. Isaac Goodman. pastor of the
Second Congregational church, preach
5'rg the sermon: Union services were
l;l6 at the Willard Street Methodist
mi I'll ~
tie sermon being preached by Rev.
John HASTE, pastor of the Finley
Avenue Baptist church. At st. Pat
rick's Catholic church, Rev. Father ].
G. White, pastor, mass was said at s
n o. clock.
AN Services at First Baptist Church.
Hill Rev. p. A. Johnson In his sermon
RSi.t the First Baptist church spoke as
u follows:
II "sOh, give thanks unto Jehovah; for
yahe is good, for his loving kindness en-
|Adurest forever Psalms cxviii, L.
The psalm which is introduced
with these words closes with the same
sA3isoul stirring sentiment. Sixteen times
iEadoes the Bible explicitly declare that
goods mercy or loving kindness en-
SIdures forever, besides devoting an en-
3fire psalm to the reiteration of this
statement and its historical illustra-
alton. In this 18th psalm the refrain
Ills mercy endureth forever is intro
sYluced again and again and falls like
fsome sweet harmony upon our ears.
n Competent scholars are agreed
that this psalm was written for some
festival occasion. In all probability
lit was composed to celebrate the
of the second temple in con-
nection with the feast of tabernacles.
This feast was the harvest home fes-
tival of the ancient Hebrews. 1t be-
/ came an established national custom,
and was observed annually at the
close of the harvest 1t is. said that
Jerusalem was arrayed in holiday at
tire. Booths and tents filled every
available space. This gave to the feast
an historical aspect interpreting the
dwelling in booths as Renaissance
of the nomadic stage in the life of the
people. and more particularly of the
\ forty years sojourn in the wilderness
81 when the tents formed the only habi-
sltation. fe
u Feast Of TabernacIes.
e. The feast of tabernacles had thus.
an historical as we'll as agricultural
significance. 1t marked the close of
the labors of the field gathered all the
past into the living present, and bore
its testimony to the enduring mercy of
GOO. The whole festival was charged
with the spirit of joy and thanksgiv-
King. The singing of the psalms, the
@'riestly procession to the pool of ST.
pam with it's water libation in con-
MI ection with the morning sacrifice
/ .ghting of the golden candelabra in
The court of the women, the waving of
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