The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-11-27
THANKSGIVING SERMON.
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new. > Ana how true tHat isl In oyoiy
neld, IN every nne OF Thought, tue vid
mas passed, or - passing, IA "A new
era, nRe tue morn, I'm Iusset mamie
yi&u, WALKS y 70 tno Jew VI you uisn
eastern mai. Aud this new cia snOuiu
90 greeted with loud aociaim. A. Is tuat
winch merits our tnanKsgINlng ratner
IA the tact that duIIug tuo last yoaI
We raised 80 many bushels Ot coin VI
50 many pounds VI pCrk. At Is be
cause the shaeKles have Ueeu DroNou
from our minus and We have Deen per
United to thinN, that should cause us
~ rejoice. Chemistry mas succeeded
Alchemy Astronomy has taNen the
place vi Astrologyj Investigation has
dispersed the mist OF superstition, and
religion occupies the throne onee usurp
ed by theological dogma.
There was a time when 1t little mat
,cied what you did, just 50 your belief
wa right. IL your ldca regarding Orig
,nal SIN was correct, II you held the
proper view vi the atonemvnt, aud a.
you had been baptized by the proper
mode, your christianity was raIed very
nigh. Your faults might be many, but
II you believed right, wore the proper
coat VI bonnet, and your cOuntonanco
was shrOuded in gloom, you had a
through ticket Tor heaven and all the
! devils could not block the way.
We should DO thanktui that that old
thing has passed away and that tho
light ot reason has broken into that
old cavern vi superstition and ignor'
auce anu has dispelied the clouds aud
gloom that hung over US like u pail.
lhe position that 4 take Is that II Is
not 10 much what We believe as what
Ne do. / do not mean that 1t would
Ue harmless II our minds are poisoned,
but / 10 mean that II We 10 the right
thing our mind will not be tar from
right. Did you know hat 1t IL the
hardest thing in the world tor people
to agree on theories aud doctrinesi Dad
you ever realize that no two people
think alike or believe the same thing
But there Is one thing about which w
can all agree. We all nov right from
wrong We may not agree as ~ the
iail OF man, but wc do KNOW II Is
wrong to steal. We may not all be
lieye that Jonah wa swallowed By IA,
whale, but We all know 1t Is wrong tC
ne or deceive. We may not all belIey,
ia the miraculous birth OF the savior
but we all, jew aud u%entIlc, protestant
and Catholic, know that II Is wrong Il
SANDER your fellow man, and the bases.
of all characters Ia the smiling hypO
critic.
aud If you walk in the path OF re
ciiitude; II you visit the widow an,
the orphan in their allietiOn aud keel
yourself unspotted from the world, d,
you not think that you have done abOu
all that is required and that 1t doe
not matter 50 much just what your par
ticular view is Oh some theological quos
tioui ! once had u Qlat.. -, an eldefl.
gentleman, who was an ardent believe
Ia the doctrine Of sou sleeping. III
believed that the soul slept in the gray.
until It WA awakened by Gabriel
} trumpet on resurrection morn, wheI
it would come forth to be judged. An,
} hour after hour he would discuss tina
= doctrine. lie would appeal ~ reason
TO logic, to the Bible, ~ anything tina
might aid him IN maintaining his posi-
ton. / remember hat AS a boy, | ney
/, or could see how any benefit could com
from the discussion-How the worl
could be made better by has ceaseles
: chatter-how one sad heart could b
! made happy, or one human burde
hghtened by all his proof hat the sol
slept. In the same neighbOrhOOd on
winter night Il poor fellow tToAe I
4 death and was eaten by hogs. IL wa
Il grusome illustration but l venture
to ssk the old man that If the hoe
ate this man, aud We in turn woul
eat the hogs, where would the SOL
sleepi lie replied that he didn't n
tend to answer any fool questions pr.
pounded by a boy. But | never "a
able to comprehend why one would
more interested in knowing the eXa,
status Of the soul after death Eath,
than knowing what is good Tor the So
during life. There may DO a questiC
OF sentiment connected with the matt.
but | cannot see ware 1t is really IA
terial whether the soui repOses Ia a &c
tie slumber during the ages betwe'
now and resurrection morn, or wheth
it takes its immediate night to the "
who gave II.
Let US busy ourselves with the sou
that move and breathe and think, al
that needs our thoughts and assistan
in this world. The souls of our depal
ed friends are in tue hands Of One at
to take care of them.
a coupe VI sSeAs a." 1900
preacher deliver n sermon on ange
lie endeavored TO distinguish betwe
the position they occupy in ne cell
tiaI world than what We will occupy
we are fortunate enough to get the
To my mind such a thing is absurd
presume that II there are such thin
as angels they are the embodiment
purity and innocence, but ! am not