Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-24
UNION SERVICES
ARE HELD TODAY
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East Side Churches Unite at
Tiff Methodist
Church.
CATHOLICS AT ST. MARY's
CATHOLICS AT ST. MARYs
Early Morning Masses Arc Said and
Thanksgiving Sermon Delivered
Marriage Ceremony Performed.

The lift Methodist Episcopal. Third
Presbyterian, Liberty Park Methodist
and the Phillips congregational
churches held union service at the
1liR church on Ninth East this morn
ing at II o'clock. The opening song
Come Thou Fount of Every Bless
ing" was rendered by the choir and
congregation. Prayer was offered by
the Rev. i. c.. Moore of the Liberty
Park church. A song by the choir I'VE
Give Thanks to Thee" followed. The
congregation gave IL reading Thanks
giving" after which Thanksgiving Of
terings were made. The SONG Awake
My Soul" was sung by the choir and
congregation. The sermon was deliv-
cred by the Rev. T.. G. Moore. in
which he said the proclamation issued
by the leaders OF our land. setting
,aparttt his day ats a day of thanksgiving
is truly inspiring, inasmuch as we arc
the only nation on the earth that OBJ
serve this day AS Il national day. If
u ruler did not issue this proclamation
he would be highly ccnsurcd by the
people OF this nation. even more SO
than when the leaders Of this nation
attempted to take the motto I'm God
We Trust" from the coins of the
United States. On this day for all
We offer up TO God our thanks.
1t matters not that all our friends
forsaRe up, whether we have health
or pain, whether we have riches or pow
crty, we have cause for praise that they
are not WorSc than they might be- there
is not soul that exists in the whole
world that has not "a cause for thanks
to God. God has been wonderfully good
to US and we should be truly thankful
- Il n, rsst, -1I Hoo. Ill H.
people of this nation more than any
other. we can see 1t on every hand, not
only in Christian work. but In our gov
crnment, and our educational works.
Education Is within the reach of all
who have the ambition and the deter
minntlon TO get 1t. What would Gar
field and Lincoln have given to have
had the chance that the average young
man has 10 day to get an education, and
as our condition Is so much better today
than it was in their time we ought to
be thankful. Concluding he said, we
ought not TO merely give outward
signs Of Thanksgiving. but we should
offer up our hearts to God, In return
for all that he has done for us.
The service was concluded by the
choir and congregation singing, when
All Thy Mcrccs, Q My Cod" Rev d.
3. Scott offered the bcnedction.
AT ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL.
The Catholic cathedral was well filled
at three masses said this morning, at
1880 when Rev. w. Flynn officiated; at
$50 when Rev. w X, Ryan offIciated
and at . when Bishop Seaman himself
officiated. There were no special
musical features, and ut tho first two
masses only the Thanksgiving ritual
was given. At the mass the bishop
made n short address suitable to
Thanksgiving day, explanatory of tho
festival occasion: and the obligations
resting on mankind. particularly at
such times. to return heartfelt thanks
to Almighty God for the blessings con-
ferred during the past year as well
as for the power and presence of his
Holy Spirit in the heart. The speaker
urged the duty of Thanksgiving upon his
hearers and greater appreciation OF
the divine bounties SO freely bestowed.
This last service was made tho moro
notable by a marriage ceremony per-
formed by Bishop Seaman. tho parties
being Miss Doran and Wallace Bruce.