Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-26
HOLIDAY SPIRIT
MARKS THE DAY
Thanks tothe Almighty Spoken in
Various Churches Of
The City.
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The POOR AND FATHERLEss
The POOR AND FATHERLEss
Salvation Army Provides for the
Wants Among the LoWIy
And Homeless.
Hospitals, Orphnnagcs and Other In-
stitntions Spread Seasons Boun-
ties Before Willing Pnrtakcrs.

stitutions Spread Seasons Eoun-
Ties Before Willing Partakcrs.
With furry of sleigh bells, the
s'rah, rah.'' chorus of college yells,
and a sunlight illuminating hills
never dressed so wonderfully before in
the glistening whites of winter. the
nations annual feasting holiday was
ushered In this morning.
AS differing from other Thanksgiv-
the fact that jobbers who had tried
TO hold the turkey prices too high
per pound found public sobered by
recent hard times into willingness
TO make their feast on pork chops
and beef roasts. Then comes the fro
zen weather which early this morn
ing brought out the cutters, and the
ideal setting for the family gathering
where grandmother could sit at
table to enjoy a spread and tell of
days gone by on such a farm as
Whittier celebrated on such Il day in
Snow Bound"
Feasting of the soul was carried
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not live by. bread alone on such an
occasion. In consolidated congregu-
lions the church-going population met
to listen to eXpositions Of the days
spirit. At the First Methodist church
there gathered the congregations of the
First Presbyterian, First Methodist,
First Congregational. Central Christi
ian. and Westminster Presbyterian
churches. at IL a. m. to listen to Rev.
Albert Buxton. Els sermon will be
found in another colmn of this i'm
preston of tile News
FEAST FOR YOUNGSTERS.
A banquet board about which as
much sunshine played as prevailed In
the outside snow that was bathed in it,
was that spread for little children and
their widowed mothers at the Saliva
ton hall on east Second South street.
An hour before the feast was, sched-
ulea to begin enough youngsters We're
on hand to twice fiji the tables, and
It WAS promised that there would be
food enough for two helpings all around
and to supply new relays all afternoon.
TWAS no bare board to which the little
ones We're invited. Clean white table
covers, with good seats, and an ample
table service had been arranged Fruit
and flowers decorated the tables and
mince and apple pies We're placed about
in such abundance that each child
could think only of a dreamland feast
for something to compare to it.
Al 1880 o'clock the tables were oc-f
cupied by the first relay and after that
they We're kept filled all afternoon, a
large kitchen in which chickens We're
kept on the boil furnishing plenty of
food to satisfy the Thanksgiving appe-
ttes Of all who applied.
A the Salvation Army hotel and at
other places where free reading rooms
are provided groups Of homeless men
gathered to talk of work. the possibility
of it's closing down so tight for winter
that they would remain unemployed
till spring. Their Thanksgiving joy
consisted of the hope that the weather
would abatc and work be resumed.
Union services were held also at the
Third Presbyterian church, and separ-
ate services at other evangelical
churches.
DINNER FOR THE POOR.
Separate from these, and represent
ing the Christian spirit that would fur
nish food in the terms of potato pecks,
chickens plucked, and apples polished
10 a shining red for those who see
them only under the wire topping OF
the grocer's barrel, was the Salvation
army basket party.
d.
in. and at II a. m. when the last basket
was handed to husky little boy
roughly dressed, the staff captain in
charge at headquarters had handed out
l2a baskets of food.
All of these were contributed to the
Army, and assembled by the Salvation
Army lasses who We're seen yesterday
and the day before standing beside the
Main street kettles, soliciting funds for
the days feast.
How many people do you think will
he fed from the line of baskets that
vent out?" was asked by the reporter
who had watched the boys and girls.
nnd sometimes the shawl wrapped
mother in the basket line.
Each one contains peck Of pota-
toes" was the answer, 20 can of to-
matoes, a can of corn, a can of baked
beans, q large chicken, a bunch of cell
cry, coffee, butter, sugar. berries and
apples with enough Of each for eight
ST. PAUL,s CHURCH.
Special music and sermon by the
rector, Rev. Charles E. Perkins, marked
the Thanksgiving service at st. Paul'sg
church, corner of Fourth South and
Main. The offertory 20 Lord, How
are Thy Works" was rem
dercd by the choir in an inspiring man
ner and other suitable selections We're
sung.
Mr.. Perkins took as his text the last
verse of the last Psalm, Let everything
that hath breath praise the Lord This
day, said the speaker, Is the one ma
tiona and religious holiday of the year.
1t has fittingly been set apart as q
day of thanksgiving for the returns of
seed time and harvest and all the benz
hts Of Gods mercy and providence.
Gratitude is shown in two ways, obs
served Mr.. Perkins, by word and by
deed In the service of prayer am
praise men render thanks with their
lips, and in the service of doing good |
to his fellowlnen he expresses graft
tude to his Creator in manner most
acceptable to the Giver of all good.
ST. MARKS CATHEDRAL.
The yerylRev Dean Brewster at st.
Marks cathedral preached from the
text. BE We doors of the word. not
bearers only as found in the third
chapter of the epistle of James This
Speaker asked his hearers to think OF
this topic, as most suitable one for
Thanksgiving theme for serious
Thought. 1t Is in the nature of prai:-
tical religion. to not be listeners to the
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