New-York tribune., 1913-11-28
CLERCYMEN FIND
LOGIC in THANKS
Numerous Reasons Sci
Forth as Causes for Re.
joicing by Community.
NEW TARIFF IN LIST
OF DIR. VAN DE WATER
Memorial Mass of the Catholic
Benevolent Legion Held
in st. Patrick's.

Ministers from the pulpits OF all -.
churches gave messages of good cb.a,
yesterday to hundreds OF thousands :,
their Thanksgiving messages the minis.
ters told the people Of their concen,o,
of the meaning of the day. One asked :,
We were ready to pay homage TO ,ba
King on this his coronation" anotbs,
spoke Of the privations of the Pilgrim,
Of their losses and how they knelt dou,
and thanked God for what they had. or.
told OF st. Paul, who through perios,
of adversely became a light, through
spirit of thankfulness, TO his brethren"
An impressive sermon was delivered 4,
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
by the Rev. John II. Jowett, who said IN
part:
Where the spirit OF true Thanksgiving
exists you will not find condition OF
desecration of the bodily, mental and 90.
cial powers Of an individual or nation.
The Thanksgiving spirit, which is a con.
fession of dependence on the Almighty.
will act as moral antidote and keep thu
soul immune from evil"
Pilgrims His Theme.
The Rev. William i. Sullivan, Of All
Souls Church, delivered the Thanksgiv.
ing sermon at the Church of the Messiah,
3ith street and Madison avenue telling
of the privations OF the Pilgrims. He
said:
They were separated from home ana
all comforts, but still, half starved and
with the enemy In front of them and no
hope of help from across the ocean, they
knelt down and thanked God for wha,
they had. What had they to be thankful
for? II was the freedom to live up to
the principles they believed in, the right
TO create a commonwealth Of their own
founded on their beliefs that they were
thankful for; they inaugurated custom
that has been followed faithfully ever
since
In St. Patrick's Cathedral the annual
memorial mas OF the Catholic Benevolen.
Legion was celebrated. The Rev. James
J. Talbot delivered the sermon.
Many hundreds Of worshippers in TrIn-
ity Church heard the Rev. Stuart L. Ty-
son. Of Sewanee, Tenn, preach. He took
for his text the words OF st. Paul, In all
things, give thanks"
In St. Andrews Episcopal Church. Har.
lem, the Rev. DR.. George r. Van de
Water mentioned some OF the things he
thought we ought to be thankful for
They were as follows: Passage OF tariff
bill along lines of reduction, election Of
United States Senators by popular votN
an income tax. the acquittal Of Beliss IN
the ritual murder trial, 100000 TO the
Young Mems Christian Association and
the Young Womens Christian Assocla
ton. the completion Of the Panama Cana
and the overthrow Of Tammany Hall.
Praise for the President.
In speaking Of President Wilson Dr.
Van de Water said: president Wilson,
son of a Christian minister, a scholar an
author. experienced in public ahaHs'
trained as college president which latter
is certainly as good as an army general
IS an honor 10 the nation, 10 Democraey
and the world. He has kept his WcFd.
His party has revised the tariff. The peo'
pie wanted II revised"
The Rev. Charles Stelzle, at Grace
Methods, Episcopal Church, IN the union
Thanksgiving service OF that congrega'
tion with the congregations Of Wcs, End
Presbyterian Church and Hope BspuS
Church. spoke of the conflict between ths
Church and the masses. He said that
was time to place emphasis on social sa''
walton rather than individual salvation