Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25
CHAPLAIN COLE On
G|)DDLY HERITAGE
REV. JESSE COLE GIVES ANNUAL
THANKSGIVING ADDRESS
AT UNION SERVICE.
SHOWS RESOURCES OF
COUNTRY AND DANGERS
Glasses Saloon as the Principal Danger
Confronting Country Today-Return
to Virtue and Full Faith in Gods
Word Given as Remedy For All
paneers-colection For Poor.

An audience that we'll filed the au-
ditorium Of the Presbyterian church
attended the annual Thanksgiving ser
vice of the evangelical churches Of the
city today. Chaplain Jesse Cole de-
livered the annual sermon. speaking on
The Goodly Heritage The head Of
the religious work in The soldiers
home had much 10 praise IN the coua-
try and its resources, but sees dangers
confronting the nation. The principal
danger is the saloon business, and Its
remedy was declared % be return TO
virtue and full faith in Gods word.
Rev. c. II. Morris gave the invoea-
ton in opening the sermon. following
which Rev j. Auracher read the gov
errors Thanksgiving proclamation. \
hv,nn was followed BY the scripture
rsading bv Rev. W. NJ. Force Rev.
E. Ellis offered prayer, after which
the Congregational choir sang an an
them. The sermon followed
Chaplain Coles Address.
CHAPLAIN cole took e his -ext
Psalms 1916, THE lines have fallen I'M
ro ne in pleasant places. / have
goodly heritage
Chaplain Cole said in part: IN noth-
ing is the thought OF God toward me
American people more clearly mani
tested than in his bequeathing 10 Us
our goodly heritage.
I'VE hatter ourselves that we nave
the best country on the face OF the
earth. and il is so. but we sometimes
forget that it is the gift OF god 70 US,
but make ourselves think that our own
right hands have got US these things
Gods care IS exercised in The pre-
serving Of this country and keeping !
from the eyes and occupancy of EuTo-
pean nations until the time came WAen
1t could be settled by people OF ms
own choosing.
.~rhe Norseman discovered the coun-
try about 1000, and had settlements IN
New England, but did not remain.
They were not the kind Of people God
had fitted up this country for.
columbus made his discovery IN
1892. At that time seeds of dissen-
sion were sown, mighty religious up
beayals were arising IL Europe. 7iad
ground swels We're shaking society,"
There was some significance in the fact
that Martin Luther was years 90
when columbus -anae0 q 'A
yador. Prosecutions Of extensive char
acter arose iii France against the
Hugenots bu. they only mult'T,ted 4!2f
ceuenrel them a5s.fleI A5ent he
same -inle the Pur-.7T.S Nse ~
plying n Ensiane' ana e2'l i.''ss3 .iiS
best blood % tile '.A
We're being Ters '5e IN = '-i@ =, -
their manhood Ms yaTS
and their re4is HS e-i'-ls
ing deelene5 aT 2
"Thse thTee le2es
for an asylum "hse
could worship GOO
ton 1hey came g -sili-t'ea ~ = -
these diversified races pi@t-
American pe0pls '1s'q "oi va 80
ends Of the t!re-Frt'I'@ ''7
try, and preparing ne l'73p
II.
Whence Comes our Greatness
NO colony or settleineA. Prosl''sFsa
IN TINS country ahlt4 '-s
came. The greatness % eur ef7attrs
attributable more - me qlailsF o- -
Inhabitants man is paEs-cal aEFaf4--
ages The question aT.ses " hence
comes our greatness
John W1AaT Draper, professor u
chemistry ar 2aEslol2zy n ne n
versi.y II New YORK, wrote DOCK
comprehensive IN character .2FY Years
ago emitted, Tn7pgrts On Tle lIdre
Civil Policy Of America
sTn this book ne attributes our great
ness 70 physical causes He aha4Nzes
tina S0i' watches me barometer ana
thermometer, notices tae topography.
and assumes that the darhest problems
in human history could oe solVea oy
isotherTnal lines ard the uses 81 lhT
globes. HIS axloEFas Nelr .ila q. ~
dane events are the ?esuIt O me opeF-
allon 81 ~ @4-1 -
pnyslcal elFcu II ID ne
human face' d1i0 80 -l
niue more spee-.t'-1'-s -
c1use c. z,-.-
ms t-4io.4' -. ,r;l.-,,.
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49, 49, -. ,a-;orr ana i,di-
--,ls,lal- az -,,a -,rc.a,,,9+ ~ me soil and
49, o,i,-,.+e witch tbev inhshi-
opt another class nf plilosophers
Who ;noh,,ed with full faith in the spir-
,+,,a1 ana Invisible. s11ldv The interior
life of 41ha people. see the divine hand
laid everywhere in human affairs. and
regard all else as secondary and in