Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-29
Omaha UNITES
IN CHURCHES TO
Give THANKS
"a ~
Union Services Well Attended
as Entire City Rejoices Over
Success and for the
Coming of Peace.

Services of thanksgiving that
~elled up from the depths of the
heart marked Omaha's observation
of Thanksgiving day in this porten-
tous year of Our Lord. 1918.
Churches united in the Thanksgiv-
ing services. Some united by de-
nomination and others united &C
cording to the section of the city in
which they are located. Heartfelt
thanks assembled from the congre-
cations that crowded the churches,
thanks in sermon, prayer and song,
thanks for world blessings and
thanks for the ordinary blessings of
life, liberty and happiness.
Offerings were made in several OF
the union meetings for the benefit OF
the Old Peoples Home.
Charitable agencies were busy
passing out baskets OF good things
to the very poor of the city who,
even in these prosperous times. are
still numerous.
Rev. Paul Calhoun, pastor of the
Central United Presbyterian church.
preached the Thanksgiving sermon
at the First Methodist church, in
the union services of these two con-
gregations and that of the First
. Central Congregational church.
Episcopalians Unite.
A large representation of Epis-
copalans of Omaha joined IN a
union Thanksgiving service in Trim
ity Cathedral Thursday morning.
Rev. A. H. Marsden of the South
Side delivered the sermon, in which
he emphasized the thought that this
is a particular time when Omahans.
Nebraskans, Americans, and all
the people of the earth, should be
thankful for cessation of hostili-
ties which have been raging for sew
eral years. -
Assisting in the service were Rev.
H. H. Hancock, brother of Dean
Hancock of the Cathedral; Rev. T.
]. Mackay of All Saints church, Rev.
c. M. Warden of St. Matthias
church, and Rev. John Albert Will
liams of the Church of St. Philip
the Deacon.
The choir rendered special
music,
At First Baptist.
A union Thanksgiving service
comprising the congregations OF
the First Presbyterian. First Bap-
tist, First Central Congregational
and McCabe Methodist churches,
was held at the First Baptist church
at II o'clock Thursday morning.
The Rev. Mr.. Townsend of the
McCabe Methodist church offered
the Thanksgiving prayer and DR.. E.
H. jerks of the First Presbyterian
church preached the sermon.
Dr.. jerks said in substance that
. never since the star hung over the
hills of Bethlehem, has the world
had such cause for Thanksgiving as
today. The war is over, ard it has
ended right.
"Our president has said the war
was waged to make the world safe
for democracy. The spirit of Christ
was to exalt man to conscious
ness of his dignity, rights and
power. Our dead is vicarious
sacrifice and they have not died in
vain. We shall understand better
than ever the great life of service"
Mackay to Soldiers.
At the special invitation of Chap
lain Sanders of Fort Omaha, the
Rev. 7. J. Mackay, rector of All
Saints Episcopal church. addressed
the soldiers at their Thanksgiving
services in the Knights Of Colum-
bus hut at 10 o'clock Thursday
] morning.
Rabbi Frederick Cohn, of Temple
Israel, read q scripture lesson, and
Mrs. Fred Hill sang solo at the
opening of the services.