The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-30
UNION THANKSGIVING
SERVICE AT WESLEY CHURCH.
Rev. Jones Expressed Pleasure At
Presence of City OfficiaIs.-Syn-
opsis of Sermon.

Despite the inclemency of the wea-
Their Thursday evening, a goodly num-
Der of the thankful people of Pleasant
vile gathered at Wesley NJ. E. Church
and Joined in a union Thanksgiving
service. The officials of the city, with
few exceptions, attended the service
in a body. Rev. W. l.. Morton, presi-
dent of the City Ministerial Union,
presided. The address of the evening
was ably delivered by Rev. Henry E.
Jones, D. D., newly installed pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church. The
evenings program was as follows:
Introducing presiding officer, Rev. D.
C. Cobb.
Singing.
Prayer, Rev. Pennington Corson,
pastor of Salem NJ. E. Church.
Violin and organ duet, L. D.. Cham
pion and Max H. Kirscht.
Responsive reading, Rev. Linwood
Miller, pastor of Central NJ. E. Church.
Solo, Mr.. Cook, of Philadelphia.
Reading of President and Mayors
Proclamation, Rev. D. c. Cobb.
Offering, Rev. Pennington Corson.
Singing.
Sermon, Rev. Henry E. Jones, D. D.,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church.
Prayer, Rev. Linwood Miller.
Singing.
Benediction, Rev. Henry E. Jones.
Following is a synopsis of DIR.
Jones' sermon, which will doubtless
be interesting to those who were una
BILE to brave the stormy weather and
be present. His subject was, "Out-
standing tokens of Gods goodness, for
which we are thankful" taken from
Psalms 65:11-"Thou crownest the
year with Thy goodness:
Our national solidarity was severely
tested during the past year. The I'M
sympathetic immigrant in our borders,
the propaganda of the mighty espi-
onage system of our conquered foe,
the slight fermentation of the Bolshe-
Wiki spirit, have imperiled our national
unity. We stood the test. United
We Stand. We are thankful for
blessings received. They are count
less. Great was the need of the pro-
ducts of the field, of gardens, of or
chards. The supply was adequate.
We, our allies and others were fed.
According to this months Bulletin of
the Bureau of Crop Estimates the
apple orchards yielded more than 1913
million bushels; rice products We're
more than IL million; rye, more than
rs million; potatoes, 391 million;
wheat, 91S million; oats, 1900 million:
corn, PLY million. Wonderful, when
we take into consideration the fact
that thousands upon thousands of our
young men have been taken from the
farm for the front and the forget
Thanks for the willing workers from
the ranks of the fairer seX-to offset
the inhuman submarine warfare in
sending food to the bottom of the
deem: as if to offset the diabolical
work of the brewers and distillers,
who, according to the Congressional
Record of July 9Th, 1917, use annually
Z billion pounds of foodstuffs to man.
u%facture ruin. Our Heavenly Father
made our fields and our gardens and
our orchards literally laugh with abun-
dance. Oh! God. how wicked man
has beeni how good Thou hast been,
We thank Theei Another cause for
thanksgiving is in the n great out
standing blessing that has come to us
in the cessation of the cruel war. To
think of all the attendant curses of the
war is to accentuate the consequent
blessings, and deep is u sense OF
gratitude. OH God! our Father! how
shall we render thanks unto Thee for
this ~unspeakable blessing? Again, we
are thankful that the demon, John
Barleycorn". lies at last PROSTATE be-
fore the hosts of temperance workers.
The pen in the hand of our honored
President, which verify "is mightier
than the sword, slew the Goliath
whose life blood will have ebbed away
by July LIST. 1919. Oh! Cod how shall
we thank Thee for all Thy goodness
to us as a nationi