The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-26
SIX PASTORS At
CHURCH SERVICE
Union Service Was Held in
Phillips Congregational on
Thanksgiving Morning.
REV. BOWERMAN breaches
SAYS TRUE HOME is ONLY pos
SIBLE UNDER CHRISTIANITY.

Churches of the east side joined in
their Thanksgiving services at Phillips
Congregational church at II o'clock yes
terday, and at a. m. the Y. P. S. c. Z.
held a sunrise prayer and praise meet
ing which was led by Todd Shields,
president of the society. There was an
attendance of nearly fifty young people,
and many took part in the informal pro-
gram.
The IL O'Clock union. service was well
attended, and an appropriate program
was rendered, in which six pastors took
part. The Rev. L. S. Bowerman took
occasion to inject a denunciation of the
Mormon church into his sermon.
The opening prayer was offered by the
Rev. H. l. Hanson, pastor of the First
scandinavian VI. +. church. The Rev.
d. NJ. Crane read Psalms 14S. Presi-
dent Tafts Thanksgiving proclamation
was read by the Rev. Herbert E. Hayes,
pastor of the Third Presbyterian
church.
Rev. Bowerman's sermon, in part, was
as follows:
He took his text from Mary V, 10:
Jesus said unto him, Go home to thy
friends and tell them how great things
the Lord hath done for thee" He said
in part:
In one of IsraePs homes they are
singing psalms of thanksgiving for the
marvellous deed of d loving Christ. The
dear one has returned with reason
again on the throne and love supreme
in the heart. Thanksgiving day is the
home day. and from east and west,
north and south, they gather to be with
the old folks at home"
Mr.. BOWerman gave a tender account
Of the gathering about the tables spread
with Gods bounty and of the fellow
ship about the fireside family circle. He
said:
Remember, in your joy and thanks
giving today, that the true home and
such a family circle is only possible
under Christianity. 1t is only in the
land of the open Bible that the three
greatest words of our language find
their real significance. They are the
words mother, home and heaven The
Jews had the best home life in the an
cient world, and the best home life
since the advent of Jesus has been in
the lands where his name has been hon
Ored
Tell Tidings at Home.
Tell the joyful tidings at home 7
have no patience with a religion that
makes a man cross at home and anna
bic elsewhere. The life of Jesus in the
soul is going to find its best expression
in the home. The mother who is train
ing her children now in ways of love
and gentleness, and with generation for
truth and justice, is doing more than
nun or sister or lecturer upon public
platform. The father that is comrade
with his boy, and chum with his girl
and giving them the real perspective of
life, is doing more for the world than
many a merchant prince.
Remember, in the second place. that
the home is the safety of the state.
Read the story of Egypt, Assyria, Me
dO-Persia, Babylon, Greece and Rome.
Why have they fallen and civilizations
passed away? Study the story of the
homes, so-called, and you have the an
swer. Unless the mother is the queen
Of the home, unless woman is treated as
the helpmeet and receives her honor
and due, you have the degraded homes
and civilization that will not last, or
if, as in China and India, seeming to
last, it does not progress. In the lands
of the open Bible is progress seen. The
greatest nations are Germany, Britain
and America. These are the nations of
homes, and the elevating more and
more of woman to her proper place
how IS II that thou, oh, America, /
youngest in the sisterhood of nations,
art the greatest The answer comes. /
Because of thy homes In the begin
ming the Pilgrim fathers laid deep the
firm foundations of thy greatness.
Around the fireside they told of the
wrongs they had suffered beyond the
seas, and instilled deeply the love of
liberty and equality; around the hearth
stone, with open book. they told of him
who fights the battles for the right and
the love of justice and truth. |
And around the family altar they Of
tered thanks for grace received, petit !
tons for help to come, and at last, peace !
and rest in the glorified mansions in /
that beautiful city, in the home of the !
soul, where God is Lord and Father, |
and all are one in him."
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