The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-01
SHOULD GIVE THANKS
EVERY DAY, NOT ONLY ONE
Said Rev Charles E. Freeman in Annual
Thanksgiving Service Held by Union
of Churches at Methodist Build
ing Last Evening.


The churches OF this city held union
Thanksgiving service IN the Methodist
church last evening, the Rev. Charles
e. Freeman delivering the address.
The speaker said in part: "Such a
service as this emphasizes the great fact
of the essential unity Of the Christian
people. We believe in one God, one
faith, one baptism. God is in us all.
That great fact means that we must
be one. God is not divided, but is one
God. God dwells in us and Is not di-
yided; it must follow that we are one
just so far as we realize perfectly the
presence OF God in our souls. So we
Shall perfectly realize our one essential
unity.
"We are met together for common
purpose, most blessed purpose--that
OF giving thanks. The man who does
not believe in God, can he give thankss
What shall he give thanks tot The man
who has no God to thank cannot have
any JOY. We believe in father who
gives us all things to enjoy. How blessed
it is to feel that we are in Gods world.
Gods nature is in everything, to make
us happy, TO elevate cur thoughts, be-
fore the common things of life. A little
flower speaks to us Of the Father who
made it.
So in all the presence that comes
to us we may feel under it all, the power
of love, All these things speak to us Of
the power of God OH that we might
get closer to God that we might feel
in all the great discoveries of the mind
that they are revelations OF the love Of
God, gifts from the nature Of God. Ev-
Ierything in life should bring us nearer
| to the realization OF His presence in our
own souls. We believe in a loving
Father, and so we give thanks to Him.
that is low and earthly is a service Of
| thanks. Is it not more blessed to praise
God than to be continually asking him
for things we need
"Jesus said: IT is more blessed to
give than to receive We too often
forget the higher service of Thanks
giving. We ought TO thank God every
day, but it is in all our natures that
the thing which we can do every day
| il very seldom done at all. So it fs well
to have special day appointed for
Thanksgiving They say we are not a
Christian nation, because the name of
God does not apear In our constitution.
But the fact that we are a Christian
nation is shown every year by the pres
ideut of these United States setting
aside day for public thanksgiving and
By the governor Of each state pro-
claiming 1t to the citizens Of bis state.
| Every nation that fails To recognize
God as the supreme Ruler IL doomed
TO destruction. God is on the side of
right, justice and truth. Let us always
believe il and LET us feel as a nation
| that we ought to thank God today that
the heart of the nation IS still faithful
to God.
9Ne are shown that the people OF this
country do not love dishonesty by the
| fact that there are men brave enough
to disclose the political scandals Of the
great cities to the public, and by the
great support which they have received
from the mass OF citizens. The heart
Of this nation is still faithful to God
faithful to the praises Of truth, right
eousness and honesty.
we have all these things to thank
God for, and we onght to thank Him for
them