The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-28


services of the churches OF Marion
were held at the United Brethren
church at 10 O'Clock this morning.
A large crowd was present and the
services proved very interesting
and impressive.
The program opened with spe-
cial music by the United Breth-
ern choir under the direction OF
Mr.. William Dowler. A short
prayer service was conducted in
which practically all of the minis
ters of the city participated. Af-
ter another selection by the choir,
the annual Thanksgiving sermon
was delivered by Rev. ID. II. Bailey,
pastor OF Epworth ri. II. churcs.
Rev. MIR. Bailey took his text
from the t'ifty-seventh verse of
the Fifteenth chapter of First
Corinthians--itThanks be to God
which Giveth lis our Victory
Through our Lord Jesus Christi -
The minister in part spoke as
follows:
AZ stood on an enhancement
and watched a ship coming into
harbOr. It's every movement de-
clared that It wus neither con-
ltrolled by tide or wind. II wound
about islands passed sarely by
breakers, escaped rocks and
finally came to It's place OF an
chorage. There was no one visible
on the ship, but there was an
unseen hand, controlled by an in
telligent mind, guiding the ship on
its course. The destiny of the
ship depended upon the man at
the wheel.
The great movements in world
history, and more particularly in
recent history the progress in
world civilization, the triumph OF
great moral and renglous ideas
The otherthrow or great injustice
the correction OF wrongs and the
victories OF righteousness clearly
reveal the hands OF omnipotence
affairs of men.
~ do not care to offer proof
of the reality OF divine prov.
idence. Our gathering here at this
thanksgiving service is an ac-
acknowledgement that we already be.
lieve in that Providence. Our
thanksgiving is q confession OF our
belief that God is on His throne
and Is ruling and overruling In
this high tension exciting. bewil-
dering period OF the worlds his
tory. My purpose is to point out
some OF the benefits conferred
upon us in consequence of such a
beneficient Providence.
| MATERIAL PROSPERITY.
| 1t is my purpose to spend but
little time in tabulated statements
of the greatness OF our harvests,
the value OF our minerals, the
output of our factories; the tri-
umphs of Inventions or the mar
velous development or our National
resources. 1t Is well however for
us to remind ourselves, that these
great haryests, great inventions,
great bank accounts and the like
are limited very closely to the
nations that yield an obedience To
the Divine VIII and worship at the
shrine of Jesus Christ. His Son.
! A most interesting article was
published in one of our magazines
on ..The Movements OF Wneat".
| Din that article IL was shown that
some where in the world there
was wheat harvest each month
in the year with possibly a
single exception. 1y the methods
OF conveyance II there should be a
failure of the wheat crop in any
part OF the world it is not neces-
sary to wait year for bread until
another crop can be grown, but
the very next montn IN another
part of the world a crop Is
being harvested and shipped to that
part of the world where most
needed. In Christian nations a
famine becomes almost an impos.
sibility. This continuous harvest
portrays the wisdom and goodness
OF the Creator and modern meth
ods OF commerce are distinctly
products of Christian countries.
While the wealth OF the worlt
largely belong to the christian
nations of the world 1t Is a mat
ter OF interest and an occasion o.
gratitude that our own land is 81
favored. At the, taking, OF thu
last census the, wealth, of the few
of the great countries was as fol
lows: es, .,sl
United States $94,300,000, 900. s
. Great Britain $4,000, 100000.
France $4,000, 100000.
Germany $44,000,000, 900.
Russia $4,000, 100000.
From this is seen that tn
wealth of the United States !
r greater than the combined wealth
; OF Great Britain and Russia o
than the combined wealth OF Ger
many and t'rance.
In 195O the per capita Wealtl