The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-25

The above are few OF the many
splendid thoughts brought out in the
sermon Of DR.. G. G. Creegan, presi-
dent of Fargo college, at the union
meeting of the churches OF the city
held in the First Methodist Episcopal
church this morning.
His sermon was on Thanksgiving
and the things we have to be thank
full for. In it he showed that the hand
OF God has been working in this coun-
try from its very discovery = working
in it with favoritism that has not
been evidenced in the, history of any
other country since the time when Is
rael was at its height and before the
time that nation became the flgura-
tive football of the nations of the
world soon after the time of Christ.
"He hath not dealt so with any ma
tion," was the text, taken from the
147th Psalm and the 10th verse.
In opening his discourse and after
few preliminary remarks upon the
condition of Israel at its height OF
power, DIR. Creegan began with the
discovery Of America. He showed that
it was the hand of God working when
Columbus discovered America, not the
mainland of North America, bat the
islands of the West Indies, leaving the
mainland for the settlement of this
country, not for the Spanish but for
the Anglo Saxon races.
The hand Of God led Hudson to dis
cover the river and bay which. now
bear his name, instead yof finding a
route to India as was his intention, a
fact which resulted in the colonization
of the country along the Hudson. His
| guidance also led the hardy pilgrim
fathers, whose influence is still felt
in the country, to land at Plymouth in
stead OF Virginia where they were aim
ing-a place where they could never
! have gotten along on account Of the
cavaliers who settled Virginia.
The French settled that country
along the st. Lawrence and the Mis-
sissippi from which they easily pushed
after the deciding battle at Queht1 -
a battle in which the hand of God
decided the result, again leaving this
country for the Anglo-Saxon. His
hand was also placed on the side of
this country in its struggle for indie
pendence sending France to our aid
in the crisis; again during the civil
war when trouble with England over
the Trent affair was only averted
when the belligerent note to Secretary
Seward from Lord. North was modified.
And again in. the Spanish American
war, when unprepared for hostilities
as we were, six months conflict de-
cided in our favor. -
I'm our geographically location, we are
especially favored" said DR.. Creegan.
Lying between the two greatest
oceans and having material resources
greater than any other nation in. the
world we are especially blessed by
God. We have the greatest fresh wat
er lakes in the world which are of
immense value permitting such great
cities as Chicago and others to spring
up-a fact that in other countries
would not be possible except on the
sea coast. We have beautiful rivers
and our mountains are rich in mineral
wealth, probably the richest in the
world. These mountains were and are
to some extent still covered with
splendid forests"
Here the speaker dropped a word of
a conservation Of the timber or in
twenty-one short years it will have all
been wasted through greed.
Pays Tribute to North Dakota.
"Then here is our great state of
North Dakota" continued Dr. Creegan.
while I have lived here only a short
time I have learned many significant
facts about North Dakota. With It's
10000 square miles Of territory
amounting to 100000 acres Of the
finest farming land in the world we
can soon feed the entire nation. I'm
like any Other state in the country, one
can put pillow in the ground at the
northern border, and barring the
streams, can pillow a continuous furrow
to the southern border. Does anyone
know Of another place where this can.
be done?
Surprising that we take 1000, 900
acres from the total acreage OF the
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