The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-07
Churches of City Meet in
Annual Union Service at
Park Avenue Church.
REV. E. 7. FARRILL SPEAKER
Well known Minister Sees Great
Cause for the American People to
Give Thanks This Year and Urges
That Men of Nation do More for It.

All Kenosha gave thanks on Thurs
day and in half dozen churches in
the city special services of Thanks
giving nature were heidi
The union service, always one Of the
features of Thanksgiving day, was
held at the Park Avenue M. E. church.
Music was furnished by the Unitarian
choir. The annual sermon was de-
liyered by the Rev. E. t. Farrill, pas
tor of the First Congregational church.
1t was an eloquent address on the pro-
gress of the nation and an appeal to
the people of the nation to give their
best service for it's advancement. Mr..
FarriH said in part:
America gratitude today should
be great, in fact, great above that of
any other nation; not because of its
immense railway mileage, not because
of it's mines of wealth, its great indus
prises, and not because of its command
ing position among the nations of
mankind, or the wonderful history Of a
hundred years leading up to that lead
ership; but because Of that which has
made all this possible, its manhood and
it's womanhood. The noblest asset, and
most valuable, in all this land, is man.
The common, basis upon which to esti-
mate mans greatness is his conscious
activity; and the unit of measure of
that greatness is the scope Of that ac-
tivity. The overwhelming greatness of
man is his splendid possibilities. 70
estimate his possible greatness two
things must be considered, what it cost
to make man, and what it cost to save
and maintain man. When God made man
in His own likeness he used the noblest
model and the most complicated pattern
possible. Man is the browning work Of
infinite power. What it cost to save
man will forever remain mystery hid
den deep in Gods own heart. He has
given us a hint of it in this statement,
God SO loved the world that He gave
His only begotten Son that whosoever
believeth in Him should not perish bit
have everlasting
Man can do what he will if only
he gets the combination. The pressure
of the hand Of the locomotive engineer
upon the lever appears in the movement
of the long train of ears. Human deeds
thrown into gear with God thought
reappear in character. The results that
may follow the bringing of one man s
life through faith, love and consecra-
tion into close harmony with God IS
life-power are simply beyond adequate
comprehension. Here the speaker
used telling illustrations to prove the
truth of his statement.
g. It is not only the individual man, -
the speaker continued, s'that is Ameri-
ca S greatest asset, but it is the Christ
filed man. The man who thus is en-
abled to develop and bring forth in
politics, commercial life, in daily toll,
in the home and social relations his
true greatness, his marvellous power.
=" This asset of the Christ filled man
is today all the more invaluable when
one considers that our nation s perils
are found threatening it in the forms
of Il Goddess home, worldly church
and Christless life.
"The national well being, it's future
existence as a benefcent and saving
world power demands that every man
be at his very best. Every man
therefore needs the Christ. Not alone
the historical Christ or the Theological
and theoretical Christ, but the prac-
teal every day Christ of street and
shop and school and innermost heart
experience.
At this point the speaker of the
morning laid much stres upon the large
and practical value to the community
and the nation Of the greatest work
for men ever undertaken along religi-
Gus lines, the Men and Religion Move
ment with which every man in this city
should feel it privilege to ally himself
that the work may move forward
strongly and properously towards its
legitimate results for which city and
nation shall be forever thankful.