Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-11-28
WAR DOES NOT
MAKE SAINTS OF
MEN" HE ASSERTS
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full Discourse, from he words, Let all
the people praise thee. oh God; lc; nh
the people praise thee lie SAID in
part the idea of holding thank >eit-
ing service dix not origin with the
Ame~'C9l nation or WI The Pres
dents P.rc.ama,ion, or ". 1 tfe 1sni-
ing OF he fisTim Fathers "a lc20 or
after the Battle OF Gettysburg, but the
idea originated. or WAS in evidence
1000 years before the landing OF The
Pilgrims on these shores. With the
Psalmist. who called upon an nations
10 praise God and 10 eive thanks 20
Him
The same spirit of the psalmist was
emulated ly our forefalhers The Civ
ing 10 us, the preacher said of ma
terial things. is a type Of Gods spir.-
tual blessings To the children OF men.
If The earth hath yielded her increase
We are sure God viii Lenen, Us spiri-
tually
The Presidents Proclama ION. ,he
preacher said. has back of il the
Scriptures. Ii is eood ,hiug for men
rs a nation 10 give ,hanks. ana il
good thing for individuals for every
Good ana every perfect eift coMc,l
from God il pleaaes God for liz
+ people To lie thankful
+ After He had cleanscI the ten lepcr.
and only one came hack 10 thank Nm
! Christ felt sorrowful and asked
Where are the nine Cod is mind
full when His children are NOS thank
full.
We should be thankful lccaus, Va
have so many things to be Thankful
for Even in all this period OF un
rest. OF radcalism when Grim,
wave is sweeping over the country
the aftermath Of war. we are rcapinl
the by-produ2ts. the baekwash OF tu
world war We.had hoped that labo
would be satisfied with IT'S waEo tia
capital would be sat,s fed vita its pro
Gteering We had hoped one men WIN
had been in The trenches across TIN
seas would put into practice what the'
had learned OF the Fatherhood Of Go,
and the brotherhood Of man We IN,
hoped that the Treaty OF Peace woul
be ratified; tina; war was ended. an
Fyet today there Is an element OF unrest
We are on the VERGE of uncer 1inN
We do not know just whore we stand
We are disappointed after six months
ton of the Treaty Of Peace, and "
stand facing grave possibilities Ye
Withal. Cod has beea good to This IA
ton
The preacher referred 10 the hig
esteem in which America is held b
the other nations OF the world. an
said the President had himself said h
was accorded such Difference at tn
peace table, not because he was Wood
row Wilson but because he was In
President Of the United States, tn
representative of such a nation a
ours
Another thing for which to be thank
full is, the preacher said the stand Pre-
hibition has gained throughout tn
country. Despite the turn an4irs hay
taken in Ohio and in New Jersey, tn
preacher said the trend of public sen
timent is toward nationwide prohib
ton. and we are all nearer To-Day IN
goal of prohibition than ever before.
We thank God, he said for the re
turn of our mon; We thank Hr
for our glorious army and navy tina
made it possible for us to win a vic
tory for right; We thank Him that II
who never slumbers or sleeps watche
over our men; that he has given II
good crops and the earth has yielde
her increase. We thank Him that Their
has not bean return of the "fu" cpl