The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-26
CONCEALMENT
OF BANKS TRUE CONDITION
ONE OF ALLEGATIONS MADE
THANKSGIVING CAUSES
TOLD BY B. ]. LEHIGH
At Union Services Held Yesterday at
Universalist Church in
Barre.

At the Universalist church yesterday
| morning at 1880 o'clock though only
comparatively few of the members OF
/ the Protestant churches of Barre at
| tended, the union services were no
1 less fitting to the day and savored no
/ less Of the Thanksgiving spirit. Every
/ song and word carriedowith it a feeling
Of deep appreciation and gratefulness.
/ Pastors representing nearly every
/ Protestant church in the city took
some part in the service. Rev. Bert j.
/ Lehigh Of the Baptist church preaching
the sermon. Music was rendered by
! the Universalist choir.
During the service Rev. B. G. Lipsky
read President Wilson's proclamation
of Thanksgiving day; Rev. William
Kittredge led in prayer, and Rev. F. L.
Goodspeed read the scripture lesson
from Psalm l03 Rev f. 0. Hokerk
made the announcement that the offer
ing was to be turned over in full to
the City hospital For an anthem the
choir sang, praise the Lord, Oh My
Soul" and George Mackay gave a bass
solo entitled, "Hear Ny Cry, 0 Lord. !"
Mr. Lehigh made his talk short,
clear, simple and interesting. His man
ner of delivery was reserved but firm,
and he held the attention of the con
gregation fixed constantly ON his topic
The speaker selected for his subject,
Grateful Remembrance
Choosing for his text Psalm l03!2
Bless the Lord, Oh My Soul. and For
get Not All His Benefits" the gist of
the sermon was as follows. The gen
eral lack Of gratitude is for the most
part due to forgetfulness. Everyone,
in periods Of recollection. readily recalls
only the disagreeable experiences and
the bitterness. and foTgets all the good
and brighter things. II is well to.
day TO look back on the blessings which
have been bestowed upon us BY God,
for there Is no person on earth to-day
but who has reason 10 he thankful. ut
is always healthful for us to do this. II
il never healthful to be thinking of
the things we do not possess, or to
dwell too long upon the partialities or
injustces Of this world" There are
blessings national and blessings indi.
vidual
National blessings Under this head
we must not forget the greatness of
the American nation and the broad ex-
tent Of its lands. We must realize its.
civil liberty and religious freedom.
There are union services throughout
the country to-day which enable peo
pie of all denominations to come to-
gether in grateful praise to the one
God. By estimates Of the department
OF agriculture harvests of rice, pears,
sweet potatoes and corn are greater
han they have ever been in the ma
tious history There has been no
"blithing, devastating epidemic" in
the United States during the past II
months: there has been mo war with
its awful carnage, devastation and
death"
Individual blessings. If we have
health. we have. as Emerson says, ''the
greatest wealth. II IL benefit we do
not often realize until it is taken away
from us Many fail to note sleep as
a blessing. Yet there are those who
would willingly part with all their
possessions TO be able TO en-.
ioy sleep And then there are sight, !
hearing and reason which are lacking to
many. You have vour home, your !
loved ones and your friends All these
are blessings for which everyone should
be grateful
In times Of disappointment and dis
try and count all the ben
efits You have received The true pur
pose Of Thanksgiving day is inc Of we'll /
doing and Of helping Others. Freely |
We have received. freely give"
Mr. Lehigh brought q fitting end to
his sermon in recalling a story illus
trstive OF grateful remembrance. He |
told of how a young lady went to a
bronze statue Of a fireman in the /
great BROOKLYN cemetery each day and
left there either bouquet. n wreath /
or a basket Of flowers. II seems that
when this particular young lady was
yet a child the fireman had lost his .
life in rescuing her from a fiery death,
The young lady showed her gratitude
The best she knew how in making these
daily trips 10 the cemetery
At the end of the service the bene-
liction was pronounced by Rev. MIR.
Hokerk
The collection going TO the hospital
amounted 30 s22Ol.