Evening star., 1925-11-26

A'N'1Sii' IIiSS were greeted Dy tnTOng
/ gathered about the entrance to the
! church. The President and the First
| Lady bowed graciously in acknowI-
/ edgement
| Sanctity of Home Stressed
| Bringing the Pilgrim principles
! down to twentieth century applica-
/ ton, clergvmen admonished their con
/ eresauons particularly about guard
I ing the sanctity of the home against
/ present-day inclinations to disregard
! the Nolstead amendment and to toler-
! ate a lax moral code.
| Rev. Jason Noble Pierce pastor Of
J First Congregational Church, used as
his text the 147th Psalm He dwelt
! upon love and gratitude and of the
/ many things besides those of a ma
terial nature for which man is in
| debted to God. He spoke of the great
prosperity throughout the land, the
| peace that prevails and the happi-
ness that should exist everywhere DR..
Pierce stated that the people Of this
! country should be thankful that the
| Government has made prosperity pos
| sible, and he praised the President for
the proclamation he issued calling
! upon the country to give thanks to
/ God on this day.
! During the singing of several hymns
| President and Mrs. Coolidge joined in
| with the others of the congregation
! Prior to the opening of the services,
I Charles T. Ferry, organist of the
/ church, gave a recital.
! Speaking at the Joint THANKSGIVING
! service for Jewish residents of the
/ District, Senator Lenroot of Wiscon-
/ son emphasized the prevailing gen
! eral disregard for law and too great
concern for the material things of
| life" He declared that we are lack
! ing in that spiritual vision that we
/ should have
| Conviction that an ideal home
| should be the goal of every American
! citizen was voiced by Bishop Frank
/ NJ. Bristol at the united services of
| II Methodist churches a. Metropoli-
! tan Memorial Methodist Episcopal
/ Church. He said that the ideal
/ home should be the goal of all Amer
lean citizens and those who encourage
any modification of the Eolstead act
are inviting the disruption Of the
! American home"
! Gobbler for White House.
! Thanksgiving at the White House
| was just about the same as the
average American home. n gobblsr
! turkey, weighing more than 90
| pounds, will feature the holiday din
ner, which is scheduled for o'clock
! tonight, the usual hour for the Cool
| idge's evening meal. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Frank w. Stearns of Boston, who
are visiting the Coolidges, will be the
| only guests at the dinner.
| John Coolidge, the son Of the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge, sophomore
| at Amherst. did not return for the
| holidays.
! Arising at his usual early hour, the
J cfr a hnIIf the downtown
/ section before AS o'clock this morn
! ing, enjoying the crisp air. Following
! breakfast he read the newspapers for
| half an hour. dropped in the execu-
! tive offices and then went to his study
i on the second floor, where he was
/ busily engaged writing the speech ne
| is to deliver in Chicago, December 7,
until the time arrived to leave for
/ church.
Flock to Churches.
Following the example set by Pres
! ident and Mrs. Coolidge, who attend
, ed the THANKSGIVING day service at
the First Congregational Church,
/ Washingtonians fiocked to local
| churches this morning.
! Surrounded with it's customary pomp
and dignity; the annual Pan-American
mass was attended by members of the
! diplomatic corps, which was held at
! 10 am. in st. Patrick S Church. Those
not fortunate enough to obtain seats
/ lined the sidewalks to watch the pic
turesuue procession. Mgr. Pietro Flu
masoni- Biondi, apostolic delegate, and
i Archbishop Curley of Baltimore. pre-
! sided Mgr. George A. Dougherty was
| celebrant of the mass. Rev. Charles
! LYONS, president of Georgetown Uni
/ yersity, preached the sermon.
/ Churches represented in the Baptist
denominations met in union services
at Calvary Baptist Church, where
Rev. Samuel Judson Porter, pastor OF
First Baptist Church, delivered a
! Thanksgiving sermon. Music was
rendered by the Calvary Male Quartet.
United Methodist Service.
Seventeen Methodist churches unit
ed in the tenth annual union serV-
ice at Metropolitan Memorial Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. Bishop VII
liam Fraser Mcdowell presided. Frank
| NJ. Bristol preached the sermon. The
| chorus choir was assisted by the I'M
perial Male Quartet.
For the first time in two decades
Jewish people of Washington Joined
in a Thanksgiving service conducted
by Rabbi Schwefel. at the Sixth Street
Synagogue, Sixth and streets north
| west.
The only noontime service was held
at Shiloh Baptist Church, colored. The
| Presidents Thanksgiving proclama-
| ton was read by the church clerk and
| Rev. ]. Milton Waldron spoke on In
| gratitude or ThankfulnesS-Wh hich
Fills Your Heart Today
Holy communion was celebrated in
| Bethlehem Chapel al 7:30 this morn
ing In all there We're three special
| services at the Washington Cathedral
| on Mount st. A!ban. The Rt. Rev.
James e. Freeman, Bishop of Wash