Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-28
NATIONS PERIlS
ARE POINTED OUT
BY REV. HANNUM
Child Delinquency and Nor
monism Are the Greatest
Dangers in America Says
Boise Pastor.

Touching not only on the blessingsl
of the past for which the people OF this
nation should be thankful. but also
pointing out the dangers OF the iutureI
and sounding a keynote of warming
against the evils today, Rev. j. WI
Hannum, pastor of the United Presby-
terrain church, delivered Thanksgiv-
ing day sermon this morning at thel
Emmanuel Methodist church before al
congregation which completely filled
the edifice. Among the dangers cited
by Rev. Hannum was child dei-n-
ouency, on which he said that If II
were in the province of the state tol
say whether or not parents are tit %
rear their children. it should so fur
Their and say whether such people nave
the right to bring children into the
world. He also touched on the Nor
mNn issue. foreign immigration and IN
temperance. He announced as his text.
"Rlessed is the Nation Whose God is
Jehovah" Ps 33:12, and spoke in part
as follows:
ION such occasions as this which
calls US together today, are we not
in great danger Of taking the wrong
perspective? True the call Of our chief
executive dwells largely upon the
past blessings which we have enjoyed.
and rightly no doubt we are called to
gather in our respective places of
worship to render thanks to Almighty
God for the bounties which he has
vouchsafed to us. But the question
frequently arises, as to whether We
might not more profitably spend
larger portion of the time of this our
national day of gratitude, in looking
toward the future to see II 1t may be
possible for us to SO live in the next
12 months as to be more worthy of the
manifold blessing which we confidently
expect our God to bestow upon us
during the next 10 months.
Material Prosperity.
"Our material prosperity as ma
ton has been splendid during the past
year. We have grown largely in the
estimation of the world at large and
marvelously in our own estimation.
Our financial credit abroad is as solid
as the everlasting hills. Our relation
ship with the great nations of the
world is harmonious and satisfactory.
We are at peace with the world. The
loyalty and patriotism of our people
has been again demonstrated in the
fact that we have just passed through
a political campaign. the results Of
which to the outside world appear
little short of a revolution, and yet
within As hours after the results were
known the whole citizenship was
peacefully engaged in the ordinary af-
fairs of the everyday life, while our
president elect, instead of feverishly
charging his personal body guard
and requesting the aid of government
forces to protect his person from the
bloodthirsty mob of the disappointed
was quietly hieing himself, in the com
partnership of his wife and daughters
tc the sunny retreats Of Bermuda {
Isle. The past year has been one NJ
exceptional domestic prosperity will
us as a nation. The harvests have beer
bountiful in most portions OF our coun.
try. No exceptional devastation ha!
come upon us. We recall the disaster
which we with other lands suffered a
the result Of mans greed and pride, II
the loss of the great Titanic. But I,
that sad affair we, see only the neces
sary consequence of mans disregart
for that better knowledge which Coz
has given to him for his guidance. w
plenty has prevailed generally With.
our borders.
but should we not on this ou
Thanksgiving day, consider as We!
our nations future as her blessings
With the future we are to reckon. TIL
great problems of the past were large
ly solved in the preparation which ha
been made for the successful meetin
80 Co.,
own city there is in progress a vas
work of reclamation. Only few day
ago the first crane load of concrete 70
the actual work of construction Wa
dumped into place. And yet enginee,
having the work in charge tell us thu
in terms OF percentage the work
largely done. In view of the fact tina
the actual work OF construction ha
but recently been begun we might h
inclined to doubt their statement. How
ever a visit to the site of the projet
and a careful investigation of the pre-
liminary work which has been don
will doubtless convince the most skier
teal. When we consider that the rive
has been taken bodily from the plac
in which it has run for centuries, an
beent hrust through the base Of the so
Id mountain. and for almost hundre
feet into the solid rock of it's bed
mighty canyon has been cut, as a re
ceptable for the foot OF the great dar
and that into the bosom of the mour
tain on either side there have been C,
mighty gulches. into which the arms
the great dam are to be thrust, wht
we see the little city which has bee
built as preliminary to all this. then v
are willing to admit that perhaps
terms Of percentage the work is large
done.
There are some problems which a
80 evidently before us for settleme
that we can we'll begin the prelin,
naries in their solution. Chief amor
the preliminaries is the setting befo
our minds the absolute certainty
the problem as part Of our respons
bility.
"What are the problems of the 4
ture?
Child Delinquency.