The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-02
THE PEOPLE GAVE THANKS

A Large Congregation Participated II
the Thanksgiving Services ct
the Baptist Church.
Mitchell people were certainly
awakened Thanksgiving morning to
the opportunity to render thanks fol
the blessings of the year. for the
Baptist church contained such a large
audience that it was difficult to pro-
vide seats for all without bringing in
some chairs. Not in a good many years
has there been such a large attend
ance, and the pastors of the city ap-
preciated the manner in which the
people of the city turned out.
Rev. Mr.. LETTERS had charge of the
services, and the music was furnished
by the church choir, which was aug
mented for the occasion. The scrip
ture lesson was read by Mr.. LETTERS,
the 10th Psalm being selected. The
invocation was given by Rev. Mr..
Bowdish of the Congregational
church. Mr.. letters read the procla-
nation issued by Governor Vessey for
the observance of Thanksgiving Day.
The address of the morning was
given by DR.. j.. S. Hoagland, pastor of
the Methodist church, his text being
taken from Ephesians $3.50. In lay
ing the foundation for his sermon the
pastor referred to a sketch he read
of an American who was travelling in
Italy, who noticed the difference In.
the health of the people of Savoy,
some of whom lived high up in the
mountains, and others who lived In
the valley. The latter gave indica-
ton of having various diseases while
the mountaineers presented a strong
rugged health characteristic of those
people who live in pure air and fol-
low clean habits. The pastor also re-
ferred to other instances of which he
had read concerning the environment
of people and their method of accept
ing things and making the most of
them-to live a life in the heights
and above the baser things which sur
round them.
These Illustrations said the pas
tor, ARE taken from the various
walks of life to show that each of
us has something to fight in the
course of our lives. 1t is not always
the same thing in every case and it
might be different in each. But
whatever it is let us carry it to the
heights and leave it in the highlands,
where we have the hope of winning
against those things which seek to
prove a stumbling block in our path
way.
THE business man who has proven
recreant to his trust or the student
who has made his way through his
class through questionable methods,
or any individual who has not come
up to the standard Of morality and
honesty can take his burdens to the
heights and leave them and with the
consciousness of support from on
high change his methods. Commenc-
ing on this very day of THANKSGIVING
let every day for all of us be a time
for honest effort with the business
man, the clerk, the student. the
laborer, even our neighbors to come
up to the mark where we can bank on
you every day of the week. With tnls
sentiment prevailing we can live the
Thanksgiving Day and a glorious hap
piness will prevail. Instead of get
ting up in the morning and picking
up the newspapers with its yellow
ness of news of the foulness of the
earth, why not fill our souls with the
much kindlier thoughts and sugges-
tions of the poets or ideas from the
bible-which are much better for the
mind and to carry those thoughts
into OUT daily lives with us.
my friends" said the pastor, 'our
souls need q bath. We often think OF
the necessity Of cleansing our out
ward body, giving 1t the physical ex-
%ercise, but SO few of US think Of Civ
ing the soul a bath. It will be a
great day when we can so control
ourselves, and stay among the
heights It is invigorating to the soul
to know that one is contributing in
some measure to the happiness of
others. It is bringing into real ex-
istence the beautiful spirit Of the
brotherhood. II we can live in these
heights for an hour why cannot we
live there always. There is SO little
for a man or woman in the despafr.