Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-01
FOR CHURCH SERVICES
Rsv, Mr., Smith Of First Congregations
breaches the Sermon.
PAYS GLOWING TRIBUTE TO ROOSEVELT
blessings OF Year Have Deen Many
and nation Has Cause 90 Render
ThRnlks-Other Observsnces
OF the Day.

The union Thanksgiving services at the
First Baptist church last evening brought
out large congregation. made up from
the several English speaking Protestant
churches of the city. The ministers taking
part in the services were Rev. w. d. Price
Of the Epworth Methodist church. Rev.
H. w. Starr of ST. PauI.s Episcopal church,
Rev. w. B. Clemmer of the First Christian
church, Rev Charles Mayne of Trinity
Methodist church, Rev. Marcus p. Mcclure
OF "A First Presbyterian church, Rev. w.
n ayes OF the Fifth Avenue Methodist
Oh H. Rev. @. w Snyder of st. Johns
English Lutheran church. Rev. Harvey
Hostetler of the Second presbyteri IN church
and Rev. Otterbein o. Smith of the First
congregational church, who preached the
Thanksgiving sermon.
Rev. Mr. Smith took for his text. But
# shall be one day that shall be known
10 the lord, not day. nor night, but It shall
come to pass that at evening time It shall
be light" zech xiv:I saying in part:
Contains Helpful Messages.
This prophecy has many beautiful and
helpful messages in il for the people to
vision grows broader and more far-reach-
ing than local conditions and needs and
have their perfect fulhllment only when
the kingdom of God shall have come in
it's fullness among the children of men.
These words we're uttered about 2,400
years ago This seems a long time and our
earth has undergone many changes. Ma
@ on atb tribe a5a sas P from
a time held the destiny of the world In
its hand, only. to be supplanted md dis
appear. Continents have been discovered
and peoplqd with millions of inhabitants.
All this and much more has happened
since these wonderful words were uttered,
and yet the prophetic finger points to the
The majesty, beauty and divineness of
this statement is brought strikingly before
rs when we remember that the vast mil
lions Of the. Christian church for the past
700 years have been striving to fulfill
write in our Bibles opposite these words,
Finished" sun this glorious vision 2t
peak above the valley and points to the
future and urges the whole church OF God
The gospel is flying with the majesty OF
a storm and yet with the sweet influence OF
nations are being born TO- God in day, as
In view OF this. should we not on this
our Thanksgiving day, Make a joyful
noise unto the Lord and come before His
presence with singing
Emerson once said: Gods latest charity
to man is America" so, may we feel that
this unfolding truth of Gods love is most
perfectly seen in the history ana splendid
the United States is miracle among ma
tons and that by clean living and high
L may be duplicated and even exceeded IN
= the future, we should be full of thankful
Aess to God for the splendid past and fol
he opportunity of the future. So
- We have specim feason this year to DC
perity in every department of CONNER.
ciai life 1t has been year of peace and
for all of these we should be thankful
But l would be ungrateful indeed II
should close these remarks without refer,
ring to our greatest of all blessings, tina
is the splendid. clean, noble, upright
manly leader OF our nation, President
Theodore Roosevelt. What he is doing fol
our nation will be felt by generations ye
unborn. May God be praised for such al
unspeakable gift at such time as this.
Old Resident Dead.
Mrs. Elizabeth Proctor. wife of Charles
: Proctor. died Yesterday afternoon at hel