Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-27
I|IIED STATES HAS
BEEN ABUNDANTLY
BLESSED BY GOD
| Thanksgiving Sermon Dean
Chamberlaine Points Out the
Things for Which Citizens
Should Be Thankful.


Should Be Thankful.
Episcopalians Of Boise united today
Ia Thanksgiving service at st. MI
chaers cathedral The cathedral was
wen filled and praise to God for bless
I1ngs was given in song and sermon.
Hearts grateful for the prosperity OF
|Skiy country bestowed their gifts IN
the shape OF flowers, vegetables and
fruits which were later taken to 81.
Luke's hospital to cheer the sick and
suffering. A beautiful program or
THANKSGIVING music was rendered Dy
the full choir of the cathedral.
The many reasons for Thanksgiving
. as q nation and as individuals OF that
nation were pointed out by Dean Cnam-
. te rlaine. He spoke or THANKSGIVING
As the oldest OF all national holidays
and made comparison OF now .ne
Pilgrim fathers on the cold bleak shore
of New England amid dangers and pri-
yations held service OF Thanksgiv-
ihg because of their riches given by
. God and then cited conditions of today.
Rev. Chamberlain said in parS;
SHOULD BE REMINDED
1T is most appropriate tnat we
should gather in our churcnes TINS oay
O, national thanksgiving and offer TO
the great God and father of us all
oalr praise and thanks for the many
Hlesslngs bestowed upon us, not only
during the past year but throughout
the whole course of our national his
tory. ,o,
thanksgivings are wise and necessary.
Men need to be reminded of what they
have received, and they need to have
Yroyision made for the special express
sion of their gratitude. On this one
aeat day of national thanksgiving
church and state may join hands, and
With united voice praise GOD from
whom all blessings flow. This day
links the whole nation together into
ona family, making men forget their
religious affiliations, and directing the
national consciousness to the fact or
Gods providence in the affairs of our
beloved country and in our every day
FRESH EXPRESSION OF
GRATITUDE
He must be dun of heart and of
imagination who is not moved to fresh
expression of gratitude as the story
OF the years unrolls itself to our mem
CRY. Since the first day of our great
republic we can see the guiding hand
of abeneficent Father shaping, mould
ing, guiding the affairs of our nation.
Each year since that eventful day OF
the Declaration of Independence in
1c76 has seen q steady growth and de-
velopment There have appeared from
time to time ominous and threatening
clouds upon our horizon, but every
storm that has broken upon our hand
has clarified the atmosphere and left
US stronger and richer in experience
and knowledge than ever before.
No one who is a student of Aneri-
can history can fail to see through all
these years the guiding hand of God
AvxNo vfn r. o. no ION, Nf \,
time, and destined to be the greatest
nation the world has ever known.
strong in the sense of our own rights
and inspired by as strong sense of
the rights of others, we wish to live
in peace and harmony with all the
world. Rich in the priceless and album
Gant resources wherewith the unstint-
ed bounty of God has endowed us. we
are unselfishly glad when othe~ peo-
p'es pass on to prosperity.
with increasing wealth has come
IN increase of intelligence and happi-
vie with one another in the endowment
OF schools and colleges, libraries and
galleries of art. Never before were the
chances OF gaining information in ev-
. fiy possible branch of human endeavor
as good and as plentiful as in this age
and in this country. Judging by the
achievements of the past lew decades,
this goth century promises to be one
Of the most fascinating chapters in
all the story Of mans upward progress.
The most luminous page in that chap
ter will tell of the remarkable broad
ening of the Humanitarian spirit
DANGER IN TOO MUCH PROSPER
iTY
1t frequently enervates and lowers
the spiritual vitality: Ii weaves into
the web of Civilization threads that
erdanger the durability of the whole
q. kx-i<, M.te .s.,lt ~,
ter times of great commercial pros
perity, makes men forgetful of the
spiritual treasures committed unto
them. Thus the great privileges that
lie at the basis of our government and
which infect our religious and moral
lives need careful watching: otherwise
that which now seems so firmly es-
to blished will be swept away by the
pa ssions of men, and another genera :
ton VIII hold us responsible for violat :
MS a sacred trust.
But v, reed not blind us to the
higher lie, its duties and obligations
II may, on the contrary, prove a bless
ing and great boon to mankind If con-
secrated to high and noble purposes.
OLDEST AND BEST.
Today our thoughts go back, moi
only to- those stirring days of revolu-
tionary fame, but to the earliest period
Of colonial history. When we think OF
those bleak, inhospitable New England
coasts, and the little band of settlers
struggling against such fearful odds
and then think of the broad fair land
Of this great nation of today with its
teeming millions living in ease and
comfort, wo are conscious in how much
better times our lot has fallen.
"And yet our loss may be the greater
because OF these very privileges, fol
with every privilege comes the attend
ant danger OF misusing or neglectine
It. It was = spiritual need which
prompted these sturdy, godfearing mer
and women. our forefathers, to face
the perils OF the sea and the dangers
e avid and unknown country. And
Al through those trying days wher