Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-11-28
SANTA FE HAS
ideal DAY OF
THANKS
BEAUTIFUL NEW MEXICO SUNSHINE,
FROSTY AIR AND BLUE SKIES
BLESSED ANCIENT CITY ON Big
NATIONAL HOLIDAY

With glorious weather, consisting
Of i0yous sunshine and bracins air
which painted roses in the cheeks OF
those who ventured out shortly after
breakfast. Thanksgiving day was
ushcrcd in as a national holiday.
In many ways the day suggested
Sunday for there were streams of peo-
ple going to or returning from church
land there was silence around the
great bindings which on weeks days
echo the footstep of official or visitor.
Most Of the gates opening to the capl-
tOl grounds were closed and on enter
ing the capitol one found but few
offices open. The secretary of state,
Hon. Antonio A. Lucero, was at his
Office throughout the forenoon, crap
pling with the many details of his
work which even a Thanksgiving hol-
iday could not relieve him, Several
other officials were at their desk for
a few hours.
The federal building and court
house had CLOSED DOORS The post
office observed Sunday regulations
except that there was a distribution
of mail in the lock boxes, which was
a boon to the man who likes to hear
from friends or business associates,
AT THE CHURCHES.
There were services in all the
Catholic churches and chapels this
morning and a union service at 1880
o'clock at ST. Johns Methodist Epis-
ccpal church. All Of the services were
well attended just as on Sunday.
At the Cathedral Rt. Rev. Monsig-
nor Fourchegu celebrated solemn high
mass, Father Bobst and Father Bar
rat serving as deacon and sub-deacon
The choir furnished special music.
During the service Monsignor Four
che2u read a prayer of thanksgiving,
a. lie knet OIL a prie-dieu. Arch.
bishop PijavaI was not present as he
had been called to Gallup.
UNION SERVICES.
The program Of Union services held
at St. Johns Methodist Episcopal
church was carried out as announced
in the New Mexican yesterday. A
TO cefhl Thanksgiving day sesalon
was preached by the Rev. b. Z. Nc
Colloueh. He said in part:
Nov in keeping with this day we
all know that there are many reasons
for Thanksgiving. These may be
correlated around the terms individ-
one are blessings that we have for
ourselves in particular, Some of us
have homes, wives, children, lands,
position, health, strength in sorrow,
power in defeat, conquest over temp
tations, etc, that are ours personal
ly. Again the individual and the col
lective may overlap. AS a city we
have many blessings evidenced in
health and progress and stability that
others for example do not possess.
There is Guadalajara, Mexico, for ex-
ample that within the last three
months has had over $40 earthquakes
and through the seismographic branch
of the national observatory has been
warned that she is resting over
seethng volcano that is now within
300 feet of the surface. Within a
year some men think that an eruption
will take place that will wipe out the
city.
Then there are the collective ones
in general for which we as a nation
are thankful They may be consider
ed from the material, mental, polite
al commercial standpoints or from
the religious. 1t is from the last that
in its Individual and collective sense
! wish that you shall think with me
this morning. And my primary prop
osition is this that the church is the
rainstay of true civilization, the main
power for the uplift and progress OF
humanity, the thought and the pur-
pose Of the Almighty God for His
children Is it not strange that for
all these things men should be will
ing so often to accept Gods gifts as
a matter of fact, as their Just due,
and not spontaneously and constantly
thank Him for all of His blessings?
Man is much like the small infant,
satisfied with everything and unre-
sponsive to the blessings but always
crying out when hungry or in distress.
A few years ago Missouri, Kansas and
Oklahoma were facing famine through
drought. The governors We're petit
toned for a special day of prayer to
Almighty God for rain. This year
these states are staggering under
mighty crop but as yet no one has
even thought of asking any executive
to set aside any special day for par
ticular Thanksgiving for these bless
ings They are accepted as matter
Of fact Let trouble come and many
will call upon God who forgot him in
their hour Of sunshine.
Prom the viewpoint then of our
text, believe that we should be ever
thankful for the fact that God i'll His
goodness had compassion upon the
human race and instituted a church
for their blessing and profit as well
as for His glory. That unlike almost
every other institution on earth. it is
divine in its origin. And the great