The Detroit times., 1910-11-23
WILL OBSERVE
THANKSGIVING DAY
Many Churches Will Hold Religious
and Patriotic Exercises-Union
Service in Opera House.

In religious and patriotic addresses,
song and story, Detroit Will celebrate
the nations Thanksgiving Day, Thurs.
day, In all of the Roman Catholic
churches, masses will be sung. and
in the Episcopal churches there Will
be holy communion and morning
prayer.
According to custom of several
years mast, there will be union, In
er-denominationaI meeting. in the
Detroit Opera house. The service
will begin at 1890 o'clock with the
following program, the Rev. Lee s.
McCollester. Universalist, presiding:
Invocation. the Rev. j. B. Clark, Pres
byterian: responsive service, the Rev.
r. r. Galpin, Baptist; scripture read
ing. the Rev. J. p. q. Wallace, African
Methodist; prayer, Eugene G. Foster,
secretary Boys department. Y. Nj. &.
A.. congregational hymn; music by
First Congregational church quartet
and chorus of men and women; read
ing of President Tafts Thanksgiving
proclamation. Tracy McGregor; offer
tory to be divided between the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children and the Children's Milk
Fund association; cello solo Der
ceuse" Miss Emma Mcdonald: music
by the quartet and chorus; brief ad-
dresses on the general topic The
universal struggle upward by the
Rev. Eugene X. Shippen, Unitarian;
the Rev. Leo NJ. Franklin, Jewish;
Judge Alfred J. Murphy, Roman
Catholic; the Rev. J. Percival Huget,
Congregationalist benediction, the
Rev. John McCarroll, Episcopalian.
In the Central NJ. f. church num-
Der OF Methodist churches will join
in a union service, with the Rev. G.
B. Allen. district superintendent, pre-
siding. and the following pastors and
churches taking part: The Rev. w.
r. Fruit, Preston: the Rev. Thomas
Gregg, Tabernacle; the Rev. F. +.
Fitchett. Simpson: the Rev. r. Cros-
by. Haven: the Rev. G. B. Marsh,
Centenary; the Rec. G. III. Perrin,
Campbell-ave.; the Rev John Sweet.
secretary of the Methodist Preachers
Aid society, and the Rev. +. ID. Leete,
pastor of the Central church.
Bishop Charles ID. Williams will
preach in Christ church and special
services will be held at 1890 o'clock
in st. Johns, st. Joseph's and Ephi-
phany Episcopal churches.
The Mems club OF the First Presby-
terian church have charge of the SER
vice in that church. with the Rev. J.
II. Boyd taking for his topic ''rhe
penalty of progress" In the Fort-st.
Presbyterian church. the Rev. f. n.
Pence will speak on THE moral foun-
dation 70 rcivic greatness" A ser
vice in which the Cass-ave. NJ. f.
will join with the following churches
OF the Presbyterian denomination,
Forest-ave., st. Andrews, Second-ave.
and Trumbull-ave., will be held in
Westminster Presbyterian at l45
o'clock. with the Rev. J. NJ. Barkley
OF the Forest-ave. Presbyterian
church, preaching the sermon. Special
music consisting of Matthews can.
tata "The Life Everlasting" will be
given by the quartet choirs of For
est-ave.. Second-ave. and Westminster
churches.
The only evening service will be
held at 1880 o'clock in the Trumbull-
ave. Presbyterian, which will be inter
denominational and include the fol-
lowing churches: Simpson NJ. F..
Grand River-ave. Baptist, Arnold NJ
e, United Presbyterian. Haven NJ. f.
and Ninde NJ f.. The Rev. f. d.
Leete. of Central NJ E., will preach