The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-21

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Il EISS@5@=7 BE proclamation OF Thanksgiving
HlSNV(SvSNHtIsDa Day by the President OF the
lHSEgll United States, and by the Gov
IGslN94SYlSlI errors Of the several States, II it
y l&S3| means anything Mt all, is public
I|e&i & ~ k<lE acknowledgment Of Divine Provi-
ssHkSll s H NIL dence, the dependence Of man on
hUNnSMM.-lI Mi God, and the reverence and the
sHHkSEM@A(Y| love man owes to the Almighty.
SykNSE4SSyLII our Heavenly Father and the
X eessszss=z.4zzs=99l Giver Of MI good gifts
y ~ impossible to give thanks to God without at
the same time, adoring and praising Him In word
the religious spirit that gives soul to Thanks
giving Day. which. after ALL is but the herald Of the
festival bringing to the world the message
of the Prince Of PeaceGlory to God in the highest
and on earth peace to men Of good will"
thanksgiving Day Is inconceivable IL the Saviour
Of the world had not come manifestation Of the
infinite love Of God for man. It is from the Re
deemer, and through Him, and with Him, the spirit
OF Thai,ksgivin Day breathes and has its being.
While the greatest tragedy Of mans inhumanity to
man being In Europe in the titanic struggle
Tor material gain and Commercial supremacy while
very temples Of the worlds highest civilization are
falling, having been shattered almost to their very
foundations; while peace good will and charity have
Il lied from mems souls and given way to hatred and
poodshed 1t wisely behooyes the American people to
seek first the: kingdom Of God and His Justice and
n with gratitude most profound lovingly and humbly
praise Him for having blessed this land with such
u marvellous prosperity.
Is neither accident OF history nor a freak OF
blind fortune that America has become the almoner OF
thetworld The heart OF this nation has gone outin
tender compassion and In all embracing charity to
every people afflicted with the scourge Of war and
with the plague Of famine and disease following In its
wake. God his bounty has blessed our fields most
fruifully and enriched most abundantly our treasure
mousse which imposes on us the duty to stretch our
hands In relief to the suffering children Of men at war
with each other What an asset to the worlds prog.
ress the ultimate peace of the world to the restora
ton of civil and social order America has been and
be II she be but true to the spirit Of her founders
+ and to the God that they ever acknowledged and
invoked.
Equality Comes from God.
This republic was conceived and founded on the
principle that all men were born equal with an equal
that came to them from the God who created them
was the Christian notion Of universal brotherhood
that gave inspiration to this principle The dominat
spirit in brotherhood is charity God Is charity
and without Him there can be abiding and genuine
love- 1t Is religion alone which teaches men three
great vrtues-faith, hope and charity-and the
est Of these is charity To have faith in God to hone
l,tn God and to love God with ones whole mind and
heart and soul Is mans first and supreme duty
Neither education nor philanthropy nor science nor
progress can ever take the place OF religion The
modern mind would have substituted these merely
intellectual and human agencies for the supernatural
faith that is distinct and superior light and r,ide
from that of human reason. Something higher and
nober than flesh and blood, something eternal and
Immortal something divine and spiritual broods over
this world for the regeneration Of man unto destiny
with God that the human mind within its own natural
Limitations can neither grasp nor comprehend
Religion alone can reach the soul and conscience OF
man. The Christian dispensation has proclaimed
startling ideals to the world. Christ identified Him
sef With the poor and the outcas the sinner and the
lerer. he blessed poverty, meekness and humility.
He preached that the rich must serve the Door the
strong the weak the sound the SICK the learned tbe
Ignorant and that the virtuous could best be sanct
fled by serving the sinner
Disposition to Secularize Activities.
the present hour thereis disposition to secnlar.
ize all human activities. The underlying thought he
lug that man Is all sufficient to himself and can man.
age to get along very well without religion It would
seem that the words Of st John the Evangelist were
never uuer than now: He was in the world and the
world was made by Him, and the world knew Him
y no" The end of mans existence would appear to
be not the love of God who is the beginning and end
OF all Things but the love Of man for this world and
for all that 1t represents Charity which is the love
Of God must give way to philanthropy, which is the
love Of man. Philanthropy is sympathy for man for
the sake OF man and human society Charity Is love
! OF man. not only for his own sake but also for the
love OF God himself Philanthropy which is born Of
man; emphasizes distinction of talent culture wealth
and social station. True charity which is born Of
Heaven fills up the valleys and lays low the bills that
all men may be brothers and children Of the same
Heavenly Father. Charity is magnanimous; it seeks
not SELF but the honor Of God and the welfare Of the
STRIKING EXTRACTS FROM CARDINAL
While The srea.s.t tragedy Of man. inhum.n.y