The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29
THANKS GIVEN
BY CHURCHES
OF CITY
Union Services in SOme--Dr.
Cadman on Dropping of
Motto From Coins.

the morning and special services were
held in Episcopal churches, while other
Christian denominations and Hebrews,
also, had services at union meetings.
st. Paurs Methodist Episcopal
Church was crowded to the doors last
night with a congregation representing
| six or sever churches. The choir rem
dered special appropriate music prior
to the preaching service. The service
was opened by the Rev. Mr.. O'Don-
| nell, the PEI t of the church. In the
pulpit were the Rev. Daniel Halleron,
presiding elder of the Elizabeth dis
trict, and the Rev. DR.. Meeker. pre-
siding elder of the Newark district.
The sermon was preached by the
Rev. S. Parkes Cadman, of Brooklyn.
Following the sermon DR.. Cadman paid
a compliment to the congregation, n
said that he would like always to
preach to one like it. He will preach
again tomorrow at the revival service
to be held in the same church.
DR.. Cadman took his teri from Micah
", 4. His sermon was on the RESPONSE
bility of men and women for temporal
blessings. He said the rich mai was
more to be pitied than the poor one,
as he was in danger constantly. The
wise and intelligent disposition of
wealth, he said, was one of the most
important of the worlds social prob
lens.
He referred to the present agitation
among the Hebrews in New York. who
are striving to take the Bible out OF
the public schools.
"Why, in some of our schools" he
said, ';the children have already been
told that when they come to the word
Christ to omit IT," He said that when
Christ was omitted, not only from the
religious exercises in the school, but in
the individuals conception of worship,
the very fundamental principle OF
Christian hope is gone.
He made an appeal for his congrega-
ton to keep to their instincts" The
trouble today was that people were too
anxious to apply science and reason,
as they call it, to an endeavor to ascer-
tain why conscience and reason
prompts this action or suggests that
action. If they would, like the child.
just keep to their instincts and follow
them, the necessity for preachers would
cease.
DR.. Cadman also touched briefly upon
the action of President Roosevelt in
striking from the newly minted gold
coins the words In God We Trust"
After giving reasons why the motto
should remain on our gold currency the
doctor said:
"They put the motto on our money
in time of peril, for the lawgivers know
from whence cometh their help and
strength, but now that prosperity has
visited our land they want to take the
motto off"
He said that whether the motto was
taken off or left on mattered not; that
the standard of the nation was not in
gold or mottos, but in the lives of its
men and women in the estimation of
God. He urged the congregation to
stand out for the Christ they professed,
and to those who possessed wealth he
advised that they prove to the people
of Newark that the financial depression
of the present has no effect on those
whose trust is in God and who realize
that wealth is from God, by distributing
it in Newark, where it will do good n
return tenfold in results.
Thanksgiving was observed in the
morning in the Forest Hill Presbyte-
rian Church by union services. The
Rev. Henry c. Vanderbeek, pastor of
the church conducted the services, the
Rev. DIR. William g. Robinson. pastor
of the Summerfield Methodist Episcopal
Church, read the Scriptures and offered
prayer: the Rev. Henry Merle Mellen,
pastor of Christ Reformed Church,
preached the mt
He took as his subject "The Spiritual
Necessity of the Time He declared
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was all but perfect, in these days, Tat
what was needed was the ~overwhelts
ing conviction Of spirituality. He urged
the people to absorb the spiLit of
Thanksgiving.
The Rev. e. c. Wilson, pastor of the
Emmanuel Baptist Church, offered the
closing prayer and pronounced the ben
ediction.
In the Centenary Methodist Episcopal
union service the churches represented
were the Belleville Avenue Congrega-
tional Church, Eighth Avenue Metho-
dist, Emmanuel Reformed Episcopal Mt.
Pleasant Baptist and the Park Presby-
terrain churches. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. John Mcdowell,
pastor of the Park Avenue Presbyte-
rian Church. He touched upon the es-
sentials of a Christlike thankfulness,
and a liberal Christian charity.
Thank offering prayers and brief
talks were made by the Rev. Fletcher
l.. West, the Rev. Thomas M. Shepherd
the Rev. w. T. S. Lumbar and the Rev
Robert w. Peach.
At the close of the service a special
collection was taken up for the Bureau
of Associated Charities. An appropriate
musical was also provided.
At the Fairmount Baptist Church, or
Paramount avenue, a union service wal
also held. The discourse was delivered
by the Rev. Harold C. Harmon, pastor
of the West Presbyterian Church. The
Rev. G. E. Lombard also tok part in thu
service, and special anthem music was
provided.
The First Presbyterian congregation
united with the South Baptist, in {
service held in the Third Presbyteriar
church. The program consisted of spe'
cial musical and short addresses by thu
Rev. w. G. Fennell, the Rev. Rober
Scott Inglis and the Rev. DR.. David r
Frazer.
At the union service in the Clinton
Avenue Reformed Church the sermon
was preached by the Rev. Samuel J
~Skevington, pastor of the Clinton Ave
nue. Baptist Church. After special choi
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