The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-12-01
DR.. HALLMANS' SERMON.
Thanksgiving Services - Outlines
Many Things that People Of this
World Should be Thank
full For.

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At the First Presbyterian church
Thanksgiving day union services of
the churches Of Spartanburg were
held, says the Spartanburg Journal,
the sermon being preached by the
Rev. S. 7. Hallman, D. D., pastor Of
the Lutheran church. A large con-
gregation was presen., the church be-
ing crowded with people from all the
churches in the city. DR.. Hallman
preached an earnest and thoughtful
sermon, which was most appropriate
for the occasion, the subject being,
"Some Causes for Devout Graft
tude.' The Thanksgiving sermon
was to have been preached by the
Rev. R. f. Neibhbour, pastor of the
Southside Tabernacle Baptist church,
but he is i'll with fever, ard DR.. Hall
man was asked to preach to the peo-
pie Of the city on this occasion. He
was notified Tuesday evening that he
would be expected to preach Thanks
giving.
DR.. Hallman preached from the
18th Psalm, fifth verse: eff forget
thee, 0 Jerusalem, let my right hand
forget her cunning" These words,
he said, were freighted with the sad
spirit Of the exile far from home and
nauive land, yet they show how much
the captive Jew loved the land Of his
childhood, made doubly sacred by the
loss and hallowed associations. He
could never forget the glorious tenn
pie and the living presence Of the God
of his fathers.
When the happy dreams Of his
childhood passed in retrospect before
his longing eyes, he wept; he could
appreciate the blessings which his
own ingratitude had taken from him.
Zion was the dearest spot on earth
to him and death would have been
sweet if that could have restored him
to his home and native land.
The bitter experience of the. exile
Jew, he said, is very suggestive to
the people Of this day and time, who
so often forget the present benefac-
eions, Not until they have flown, do
most men realize their sweetness,
their greatness and their Importance.
Here Mr.. Hallman outlined some
eause for gratitude.
He spoke Of home, which, he said,
there is no sweeter word in the voca-
bulary- Christian home. Home,
he said, is not a pile of bricks and
mortar; not splendid residence, but
a place where love, innocence, purity,
honor and JOY reign supreme. He
spoke Of the church as a spiritual
home and where the church and the
home blend in glorious unity there
God dwells and angels love to linger
an dsalvation comes to men.
DR.. Hallman next spoke of country
our country-and IN the trinity
home, church and country, there is a
veritable Jacobs ladder, leading men
to happiness in this life and in the
life that is to come.
DR.. Hallman told Of the advantages
the present generation has over past
generations and in the progress Of the
whole world God seems to be laying
his treasures at the feet Of men. Pro-
gress is written in all things. The ills
which afflicted man in the ages that
have past are now removed and by
application of scientific and medical
laws human life is heightened.
Invention, he said, has lessened
mans labors that life on earth might
be like all existence in some shaded
bower in the Garden Of Eden. He
spoke Of the rapid development in ag-
1icultural interests, in the densely
populated cities and towns and the
flash Of the electric light that has
taken the place Of the tallow dip and
pine knot. The trend of the times is
upward and onward and to the glory
of God.
The people Of the United States
and those of all the nations Of the
world have much to inspire devour
.gratituds to God. The people Of this