The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-29

The union Thanksgiving Day services
at Central Union church at IL clock
yesterday were of an interesting char
aeter and well attended. Every seat in
the large audience room was filed, both
upstairs and down, and as many extra
chairs were brought in as could be done
without blocking the aisles, and these
too, were all occupied, and throughout
the service many stood in the vestibule
of the church.
The congregations of all the principal
churches of the city were represented,
and pupils of the Kamehameha Schools
and of the Kawaiahao Seminary were
there in force. The decorations of the
church were exceedingly effective. In
front of the pulpit on the communion
table were all the fruits of the season
in profusion, pineapples, coeOanuts, ba-
nanas, oranges, apples, papayas, lemons,
grapes veritable cornucopia of plen-
ty. On the pulpit platform were ar
ranged masses of pampas grass which
gave harvest appearance. On
either side of the organ were banana
trees bearing the ripened fruit which
was most striking in effect. Tall stalks
of sugar cane were used effectively in
the decorations as were also potted
palms. On the whole, the decorations,
though simple, were very pleasing.
Tho of hppan Will
an organ voluntary by Prof. A. b.
Ingalls,, the congregation rising to sing
the Doxology, "Praise God from whom
all blessings fow.'
The invocation was by Rev. w. Eel
my of the German Lutheran church.
The opening anthem was Unto Thee,
o God, Do We Give Thanks by Wat
son, by a choir consisting of Mrs. B.
McV. Maekall, Mrs. Waite, Mrs. F. j.
Hare. Miss Gertrude Hall, Miss Mary
p. Winnie, Mrs. A. @. Marcallino, Mr..
H. F. Wichman, Mr.. Chester Living
ston. Mr. Stanley Livingston, Mr.. Geo.
H. Mayer, Mr.. Walter Dillingham;, Mr..
Clifford Livingston.
The responsive reading of the Psalter
was led by Rev. Albert l.. Hall of the
Episcopal church, in place of the Rev.
w. E. Potwine who was called to take
charge of a service at St. Elizabeth s
at the same hour. Rev. A. c. Nc
Keever of the Christian church read the
scripture lesson, and Rev. David w.
Crane made the prayer. The offertory
anthem was Barnby's 80 Lord How
Manifold - The Offering of the day
will be divided among Leah Home and
the japanese and the Chinese hospitals.
THE PRESIDENTS PROCLAMA-
TION.
Acting Governor +. A. Mott-Smith
read President Roosevelt s Thanksgiv-
ing Proclamation as follows:
s'Once again the season of the year
has come when, in accordance with the
custom of our forefathers for genera
lions past. the President appoints a
day as the especial occasion for all our
people to give praise and thanksgiving
to God
'1During the past year we have been
free from famine, from pestllence, from
war. We are at peace with all the
rest of mankind. Our natural resources
are at least as great as those of any
other nation. We believe that in ability
to develop and take advantage of the
resources the average man of this ma
tion stands at least as high as the
average man of any other.
Nowhere else in the world IS
there such an opportunity for free
beople to develop to the fullest extent
all its powers of body, of mind, and Of
that which stands above both body and
mind-character.
..Much has been given US from on
high and much will rightly be expect
ed of us in return. Into our care the
ten talents have been entrusted; and we
are to be pardoned neither II we squan-
dar and waste them. nor yet if we hide
them in napkin; for they must be
fruitfpl in our hands. Ever through
ont the ages, at all times and among
All neoples. prosperity has been fraught
With danger. and it behooves US to be
seecb the Giver of all things that we
NAV not fall into love OF ease ana OF
luxury: that we may not lose our SINS se.
ibiIitv. that may