Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-29
oFFERuNTo GOD THANKSGIVING.
Topic of Sermon at Metropolitan II.
e. Church.

Reading Of the proclamation Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt was a feature of the
Thanksgiving service at the Metropolitan
Memorial M. e. Church. Rev. Frank NJ.
Bristol, ID, the pastor. chose the text
for his sermon from Psalms, SOFA. "Oner
unto God thanksgiving"
in the enlightenment Of the highest
spiritual and scientific education It In
given all civilized peoples to see that a
supreme intelligence, q sovereign. divine
will, a power that makes for righteous
ness. Is ruling in the affairs of men and
controlling the destiny of nations" he
said. Those who seek for the deep and
true philosophy Of history can give no
complete and satisfactory explanation Of
the events, epochS, national origins and
evolutions, without introducing into the
problem the divine equation-Providerce
The world Is coming more and more uni
versally and unequivocally to accept the
philosophy which Israel found in her In
SEPARATIONS and revelations that the SUPER
natural underlfes the natural, the spirit
ual Overarches the material, the divine
permeates creation and a sovereign eter-
nal omniscience fashions all things to it's
purposes. II any nation Is forced by its
material conditions, its political expert
ences, it's educational advantages, its
moral traditions and its spiritual light to
acknowledge God In her history 1t Is this
nation.
The very foundations of this new world
civilization were laid In the faith Of q
people who sought a land where they
might worship God according to the die
tates Of their own consciences. Upon thar
foundation the trainers of the Constitu-
ton built the magnificent superstruc-
lures Of national government in the faith
expressed by Franklin that If a sparrow
could not fall without Gods notice q ma
ton could not rise without His aid.
Washington felt called upon to &C
knowledge the Providence that had ia
vored our arms in the revolution and I'm
pressed upon the people the Importance
of maintaining religion as essential to
morality and morality as essential to the
perpetuity of freedom. The prophets Of
old did not speak more clearly and power
fully in vindicatton of the ways of Provi-
their confidence in God as the source of
individual and national well-being than
did the men who signed the Declaration
| of Independence, fought the revolution
public. j.
IF our fathers had proofs many and
multiplied Of the favor and goodness, the
protection. guidance and bountiful love
of the God Of Providence. we their chill
dren and children's children have mora
Our material wealth Is In uncalculated
multiplication greater than was theirs.
The light Of truth in science and religion
is more widely diffused and shines with q
glory they knew not of. Our bounds of
freedom are wider yet Our rights are
more firmly established and more secure
than were theirs. Our nation has grown
to a world power beyond their most ex-
travagant prophecies or dreams. Then
too, should our confidence in the divinity
that has shaped our ends be- II possible,
more firm than our fathers. our graft
tude more devout, our hope for and faith
in the future more constant and unwayer-
Ing. our obedience more willing and loyal
| cheerful and exultant. OFFER unto GOD
Thanksgiving