The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-26
THANKS TO THE MAKER
SERVICES HELD IN KEEPING
WITH THIS DAY
Sermon Is Delivered BY Rev. w.
P. Clark; Splendid Song
Program
THE NATIONS THANKSGIVING.

THE NATIONS THANKSGIVING.
Not alone for mighty empire.
stretching far Ger land and sea,
No/alone for bounteous harvests
Lift We up our hearts to Thee.
Standing in the living present,
Memory and hope between,
Loro. We would with deep thanksgiving,
Praise Thee more for things unseen.
Not for battle-ships and fortresses,
Not for conquests Of the sword,
But Tor conQuests of the spirit
Give We thanks to Thee. o Lord.
For the heritage Of freedom.
For the home, the church, the school.
For the open door to manhood.
In land the people rule.
For the armies OF the faithful.
Lives that passed and left no name;
For the glory that illumines
Patriot souls OF deathless fame.
For the peoples prophet-leaders.
Loyal to thy living Word
For ell heroes Of the spirit
Give We thanks to Thee. o Lord.
God OF justice save the people
from the war Of race and creed.
From the strife OF class and faction,
Make our nation free indeed.
Keep her faith in simple manhood
Strong as when her life began,
Till II find its full fruition
In the Brotherhood of man.
Rev. w. P. Clark, pastor of the
Christian church, delivered the SER
mon at the Union Thanksgiving SER
vices, held at the Presbyterian church
gram, which was listened to by a large
congregation, follows:
Prelude (Organ), Andantino, Le-
mare.
Doxology.
Invocation led by Rev. E. H. Kne-
hans.
Hymn, Rejoice the Lord is King.
responsive Reading, Psalm 116 and
Anthem, Ey'ry Voice Shall Praise
Thee, Petrie.
Scripture Lesson. Isaiah Chapter IL,
Habakkuk 3.17-l9.
Anthem, l Will Lift Up Mine Eyes,
Salten.
Prayer and Thanksgiving led BY
Rev. George Arlington.
Hymn, Come Ye Thankful People
Come.
Offering for relief of the poor.
Contralto solo, Open to Me the
Gates, Bischoff Miss Maud Barnes
Thanksgiving sermon by Rev. w. p.
Clark; pastor Of the First Christian
BlsSnisaicdon sss,..-u..ss,...ss.
Choir Miss Cornelia Mansfield
Mss Nancy Williams, Mr.. Joseph
Kendall, Mr.. E. p. Kelly. Organist
Mrs. F. E. Gerlach.
Sermon BY Rev. Clark.
Rev. Clark spoke in part as follows:
Both because II is our national custom
and because we have enjoyed many act
usl blessings from our God. II is fitting
that we should thus consecrate this hour
to the giving OF thanks to Him for all His
IN =
we cannot hallow this hour or make ii
holy, but we can assemble ourselves in
this place and offer thanks unto Him. and
II becomes us to do so: ] take my in
scriptures which will be considered in
their order.
The first from the wonderfullIttIe book
in the Old Testament called "Habakk ul.S
after its author. In this hook the pro-
phet surveys most candidly the condi-
tons Of MIS- time. r-edi-ntns v7o- tNA
concludes that Although tho fig tree
shall not blossom. neither shall fruit be
in the vines: the labour Of the olive tree
fhaH faiL and the fields shell yield no
food; the focks shall be cut of from the
fold; an6 there shall be no herd in the
stalls: Yet will rejoice in the lord
viii iov in the God Of my salvation"
Iabaklruk lived in the midst Of dis
"tressing conditions So do we. Long
fellows little verse:
There is no flock Horsepower tended.
rs
There IS no freside. now soccer defended
Put hos one vacant chair"
finds painful confederation in our day
On the eighteen thousand NANTES there
ere photographs Of plain wooden crosses
witch mark the graves of our honored
dead and other thousands Of American
firesides have been bereft by natural
causes: the god OF Greed has been UNI
leashed and given free htnd to rnanIp-
ulete necessary commodities and boost
prices until dissatisfaction and unrest are
everywhere and N places open anarchism
breaks out: in the field OF our politics de-
ception. trickAry. fraud, chicanery. and
sometimes knave-y pre- abundant in GER
tain circles: moral liberalism and laxity
pre- on every hand. and spirituality Is at
cbb-tide IN orr ration.
All May Take Inspiration.
Vet we. Ike the ancient nrophet, from
confederation Of the mighty struggles
end friumDhs o. our God. may take in
spiral ton for high resolve that. though
we are In the midst Of a crooked and
perverse Senern ton, yet we will retoica
IN our Cod. r5d soma one saw: 'whnt
ir there for which we should praise God?'
answer. first for the comrnonpln ce
things Americans rniov IN common with
al mankind: namely. food. rairrent,. air
etc. Second. for representative forrr
OF government granting us the right end
privilege Of voting In political affairs.
which enables us to unhorse undesirable
bloody revolutions. Third. for hard r-oh-
IAnns the solving OF which deveIores phys
jcai nnental and spiritual muscle Such
problems ~ t~-if' reform: industrial and
economic adjustments; our information
81 rriet'oGrhir~: md the reimbursement If
ths world 20 Co6'r nrNgrarn. Note spec
Tally trat enid the readfustroent ~ the
world N rIod's rrocram' not the adjust
rnent of GoS'~ rr~cr~~, RI the new world
conditions. Fcurth. for the hosts Of sob
sr-nnindPd well nOl~a6 men end women
who have remained true and stoedf- et
through every c-isis. And then for the
nrezent-dsv fHndercv toward Chriatiar
Unity a. wns manifested nv the rece-+
Geneva Corr~-Nnce md In the great In
tor church wn-id Movement
The seconS rcr'r''r-e frorn vvh'c', ta,re
fnspiratisn &c T-v'd's carSid uunstio, IN
J7sairns 1912. What shall 7 render unto
the ' ord for ell His benefits tows rd rne7
j will acknowledge PIN AZ r'-e donor ~
sri good TO men: will make Hir, first IN.
FL things bv giving Him tire FIRST and
hest % time, talents and substance:
win offer Hin NV bndv. not 70 be burned
pa . da.d sar-'frn. hnt to be used as a
li-ir- one. rv hesrt TO be Insured hv
tIis love: nv hr>ir tn Re vitaiized nv His
v;sdo-r; md my bands 20 be guided 80
TTFz sorv'ca,
60 thor while the-e ere so-,,a di~coII-.
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