Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 29, 1901, Page 8

REASONS FOR THANRSGIVING Amerioans HMave Muoh Onuse for Their @ratitude te God. FAVORS OF ALMIGHTY BLESS THIS NATION Rev. Dr. Hirat Points Out the Mani- go1d Advantages Enjoyed by the United States In the World of Today. “Four hundred years ago Queen Isabella 8014 her jewels and secured $7,000 to equip the little flee* of Christopher Columbus. The country which he' discovered on his voyage to the westward has grown to such proportions that fts wealth is increasing at the rate of $2,600,000 every twenty-four hours. Imagine an investment of 37,000 which has made such great weaith possible. Is there not reason for thanksgiving in the United States?”’ said Rev. A. C. Hirst in his Thanksglving day service at the First Methodist church. “The progress our nation has made during the past year fs marvelous. From mine and factory the output has been greater than ever before. Yot, aver the year there hangs a great eloud. One of our cltizens, crazed by the violous teachings imported from the other side of the Atlantic, shot down our chief axscutive. A greater sorrow never befell a nation. It s the one dark spot in the bright history of the past year. But a strong, God- fearing man stepped into the place left vacant by the noble McKinley. The ruler of all emplres and republics gave us a president who {s worthy of the natfon. Geography and Christianity. “In reviewing the history of the United Gtates the thought must force itself upom the student that a geographical position determines the history and future of a pation. The time has come when geography must be studied from a Christian stand- point. Worship, to be acceptable, must be intelligent. Faith bas its basis in the logic of facts. Vast oceans, rich valleys and mountains of mineral wealth are divine facts, magnificent object lessons. They are the indlces of universal history and the mute prophets of our future. “Valleys are the homes of oivilization. Since time began the valley has been the wbode of ocivilised men. Commerce was born of alluvial deposits, mineral wealth, n breezes amd magnificent harbors. It has centralized population and has broken down the barriers of nationalities. The physical geography of the United States was the prelude and prophet of its great- 088 “San Francisco is to be the gateway of Al commerce and the key to the old world. I'he wealth of the Orient must pass through he Golden Gate. In the barbor of the “alifornia city there is room for the ships of he world. Europe may struggle for the rade of the old world, but it cannot hold 't away from our western shores. Burope may formulate great plans and dig chan- aels for commerce, but the lines of trade were settled in the foundation plans of the world. The council of eternity made the program for all future. God has written our destiny In characters that cannot be misread. The Suez canal or a tunnel through the Alps will not change the writ- 1 of the Almighty. European Efforts in Vain “~Europe may construct an Adriatic rall- ‘way and shorten the time between London and Alexandria in Egypt; it may connect Paris and Constantinople; Russia may fll the Black sea with ships and run trains to tbe Casplan and across the frontler to China; but the Pacific must be blockaded and the trade winds stopped before the mighty tides of Oriental trade can be turned from Sen Francisco. Channels of comtherce were cut by the Omnipotent. Time, statesmanship, legislation and money cannot change them. The course of civill- zation is surely determined by geography. “Great dangers face the United States in its increasing trade with the Orlent. Thousands of people who are wholly un- like our citizens will be dumped upon our ahores each vear. The evils of the old world will be brought to us with the wealth of the Orient. A change of politics and re- ligion is threatened by thie great influx of strangers, who know nothing of Christian- ity and a republican form of government. Bnt the strangers who have come to us in the past have been swallowed up in the sea of loyal citizens and the result has mot been disastrous. Our institutions soon be- ome the institutions of the men and women who drift to us from all parts of the world. The duty of .the Christian ohurch is clear. Tt must meet thess new- comers and convert them into an army of loyal Godfearing citizens.” Music a Foature, The music at the First Methodist Episco- pal church was given by the robed cholr under direction of Themas J. Kelly, as ususl. The Lord's Prayer was chanted in the north tower before the choir entered the chirch. The ‘“‘Jubllate” was sung and the anthem was a beautiful setting of special Thanksgiving words, beginning ‘‘To thee, Oh Lord, onr hearts we raise.’” The organ music was of a festive nature. Bullt Arou 1 Liberty. The congregations of the churches in the Hanscom park district united in & Thanks- giving service at the St. Mary's Avenue but there is timely warning. The danger signal is hoarseness. A day or two before the attack the child becomes hoarse, then a rough cough appears. {The following night” uu child has croup. It can be prevented-- can be warded off. /There is a remedy-- @ safe one, and sure too. It never fails., It is called Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy>. Given, as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the rough cough appears, it will prevent the attacK. It has done so thousands and thousands of times and has never been Known.to fail NT ON TRIAL. ‘S0ct soaled in plath savelope. 60,100 Therp Bikdasisnngeiiy, bad Congregational church. Rev. C. & Sargent, the pastor; Rev. Clyde Clay Ciasell of the Hanscom Park Mathodist Episcopal church, Rev Winthrop Allison of Westminster Presbyterian church and Rev. L. M. Kuhns of Grace Lutheran church participated in the service. It was unusually well at tended Re Clasell, who delivered the sermon, sald in part It is easy for every individual to cata- logue reasons for being thankful today—for health, for strength, for happiness, for pros- perity In ousiness affairs. But it s not of those things that & wish to speak, but rather of the things that ought to make us thankful as a people, as a nation “Every race and every civilization is built around a distinctive idea and devel oped along certain lines, With the ancient Egyptians it was sanctity of human life with the Hebrews the purity of religious lite, with the Greeks upon beauty in all things, and with the Romans It was the majesty of the law. The American lite and the American civilization were built around a very different ideal, that of liberty. “The Greek and Roman republics and the free citles of Italy had a measure of 1ib- erty, but not such a liberty as we possess today. It was rather the freedom of the classes, not of the people. It was a free- dom bought by treaeure or by personal herolsm. The American independence, the American liberty was a new birth and a new thought Our forefathers came here that they might be free to worehip God after the dictates of thelr own conscience and where they might build homes after thelr own ideals. Wher they wrote the Declaration of Independence they were laughed at by royalty and fts retainers They went to war against great odds, hut our God was with them and they came oft as victors and lald the foundations of this great nation, Unfolding of Liberty. “The first contest of the revolutionary fathers was a struggle for the everlasting principle that all men are created free and equal. But when our fathers fought for that independence not all mem were free, for there wero thousands of slaves in this country. When the Declaration of Inde- pendence was written and the constitution framed the black man was still in bondage. And so your fathers and mine responded once more to the bugle call and went to the battlefleld, not to fight for their own Iberty, but to strike off the chains from the black man. “And how this great idea of liberty un- tolded fn our late war. How the brave sons and grandsons of those who were opposed in the great civil conflict fought side by side in the war for humanity. It was waged not for territory, mot for ma- terlal gain, but that liberty might become the heritage of the downtrodden and of the oppressed. The lust of territory and of gold lies at the bottom of nearly every war and so when the nations of the world saw the young glant come out of the west with the avowed intention of bringing free- dom where freedom was unknown, they | laughed, they ridiculed. But our ships of | war destroyed that second Spanish Ar- mada and the nations have seen the truth of our declarations and the development of our lberty, which has not reached its Iimits “It 1s not many days ago that we saw an appalling instance of what may come from liberty, from unrestricted freedom of speech and of press. It came from that nest of vipers, the anarchists from all parts of ths world, whose object Is strike down trom its place of majesty all government among all people. Are we, as a people, oblivious to the fact that this freedom, this liberty of ours, has momentous problems which must be solved? Behold the swarms of ignorant humanity coming to us from the south of Europe, 80,000 from southern Italy alone in the past year. They are settling in the cities and causing a congestion which must be reckoned with. “While today we have great reason to think God for the unfolding of this great idea of liberty, we must not forget the problems which it has brought. God every- whege has laid by the side of the paths we travel problems which His people must solve.” AT KOUNTZE MEMORIAL LUTHERAN, Four Congregations Unite in Services at the Down Town Church. Services at Kountze Memorial church yes- terday united the congregations of the First Prosbyterlan church, the First Chris- tlan church, the First Congregational church and the church In which the services ‘were held. The pastors of all four churches took part in the services, prayers being offered by Rev. E: H. Jenks and Rev. E. F. Trefz. Rev. H. O. Herring read the scripture lesson and the sermon was preached by Rev. Sum- ner T. Martin. Mr. Martin's theme was jod’s Hand {n American History,” his text boing Psalms vilf, 8-11. The speaker re- viewed the history of the country from the landing of the first vessel on American shores, tracing the hand of God in the efforts of ‘' Columbus to secure the means of making the voyage, which, according to the discoverer, had for ome of its purposes the dissemination of the doctrine of Christ; ip the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, whose exodus from Europe was distinctly on re- liglous grounds and who sought on these shores an asylum where they might In peace worship the Lord in the manner which seemed to them right. From these Massa- chusetts colonies grew other colonies, the hand of God appearing in their growth as men of liberal ideas were driven from the original colony to carry the word of God to the forests and to set up shrines and temples of worship in the wilderness ‘The men who lald the foundations of the republic were Christian men, who based the government upon Christian principles, and these principles underlie every fabric of respected American lite. Music at the service was furnished by the regular choir of Kountze church, the solo being sung by Delmore Cheyney. ON SERVIC Rev. D. K. Tyndal Agnemb Trinity Methodist, Immaniiel Baptist, Knox Presbyterian and Plymouth Congre- gational churches united in services at the Plymouth Congregational church yester- The pastors were all present to as- sist in the services. Song and prayer and responsive readings preceded the sermon, which was by Rev. D. K. Tindall of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church. In his remarks Dr. Tindall sald: “We should cultivate the spirit and habit of thankegiving to God. Of all the creatures of earth only man is capable of returning thanks to the Creator. The earth drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, hut gives no thanks. The flowers are Indebted to the sunlight for their ex- quisite beauty, but they can express no gratitude. Instinct is not able to give thanks. The swine returns no thanks to the tree which drops the acorn, nor does the horse give praise to the fodder in the manger or the grass in the fleld. But as fhe child may reflect the kindness of its father iu its acts of gratitude, so may the child of grace show forth the love of God in grateful words and ways. We thank our friends for the smallest favor bestowed how much more we should show gratitude to God for His abounding grace. In Eu- rope and the Orient the expression of thanksglving is heard on every hand. They are trained and habituated to it. I heard to thank God that he awoke every mornin of a man who had so accustomed himselt l){uh ‘pralse God' upod bis ligs. 1 kaew & | | | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY NOV man converted to God late in lifs who at once began asking a blessing at the table Forgetting one day to return thanks at the beginning of the meal, he stopped eating and sald, ‘Lord, 1 liked to forgot You Safd a happy old Christian woman as she kneeled to quench her thirst from a cool, saweet brook, ‘This and Jesus are too much.* “Our nation has much to be thankful for. It is the best country on the globe. It has the fertility of Egypt, the beauty of Italy. the brightness of Greece, the healthfulness of the sea and nearly all the variety of climate of the world. In this it is Mke Palestine, it Is a world n itself. A land of freedom, thrift and protection, it has become the asylum for the oppressed of all nations. We are a Christian nation We are not a nation of infidels, as the Turks, nor atheists, as the Chinese, nor pantheists, as the people of India, nor yot mythological and polytheistic, as ancient Greece and Rome. We are Christians. Of the 300,000 of our population, 72,000,000 are Christfan adherents. The cosmopolitan Joseph Cook said we are the most Christian nation of earth. Once infidelity flourished in most of our great universitics, now many of them are centers of revivals ot religion 8till, there are some among us who do not seem to know what the word Christian signifies. 1 once asked a man In Omaha if he was a Christian. He re. plied: ‘No, 1 am a Bohemian.' ‘Let us thank God for plenty. in our state this year wae short, ficlent for all our needs. of our country at large. We have plenty and to spare We have no starving mil lions and few in real want. There is gen- erally plenty work, good wages and happy homes. But, while we are feasting in our homes today on the fat of the land, lat us be sure that our neighbor is neither hungry or cold.” The ecrop but suf- The same is true MORNING MASSES WELL AT the Catholle Churches Draw Out Devont Worshipers, Thanksgiving services were held at the various Catbolic churches yesterday in harmony with the request of the president of the United States. At St. Philomena's cathedral the services were in charge of the pastor, Father P. A. McGovern. At the Sacred Heart church two masses wera eald, one at 7:30 and the other at 9 o'clock. At the second mass a sermon was preached by the pastor, Father P. J. Judge. At St. Cecilia’s church mass was sald by Father Harrington, the pastor, at 9 o'clock. At the churches of St. Poter, St. Patrick and the Holy Family the usual maeses were sald MASONS HOLD BRIEF FESTIVAL St. John's Lodge Listens to a Short Program Prior to a Social Dinner, INDED, Services at The annual Thanksglving celebration of St. Jobn's lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, last night at Freamasons' hall was one of the most successtul of the meetings | at which the members and friends of the lodge assemble with tho women of thelr households. The large assembly hall was filled with the members and their guests when at 7:30 o'clock the program opened with an overture by the Boyd orchestra. The general theme of the evening was “The Grand Lodge of England,” and@a paper on the founding of the lodge was read by W. W. Keysor, past grand master of the Nebraska jurisdiction. The paper went back to St. John's day— June 24— which 1s fixed as the date of the beginning of speculative Masonry, the lodges existing previous to that time de- voting their time to the work of operative masoury in the comstruction of buildin, According to writers of that day Masonry In England had declined until there were but four subordinate lodges and a decrepit grand master in the country—or, at least, in London. These four subordinate lodges united to form the Premier grand lodge of England, which later united with amother grand lodge claiming equal jurisdiction to form the mother grand lodge of the world. Judge Keysor paid high tribute to the early grand masters, who did much to advance the cause of speculative Masonry. This paper was followed by a solo, “My Desire,” by Miss Louise Kellogg, after which followed an address, ‘The English Grand Lodge of Today and Its Branches," by George W. Lininger, past grand master. Mr. Lininger spoke without notes, his re- marks covering many phases of the subject. The spéaker found that in England less time is devoted by Masoms to matters of legis- Iation, while more time is spent upon char- ities. The proceedings of one grand lodge session was shown, in which the general report occupied about sixteen quarto pages, while in this country 160 pages are not re- markable. This, the speaker said, is be- cause English Masonry holds fn high esteem the ancient landmarks of masonry, whila in this country the desire for innovation causes laws to be passed which must later be repealed Miscellaneous meetings of a Masonie character are unheard of in England and women never enter the lodgeroom. English Masons maintain four charitable Institu- tions, supported by the united grand lodge. The late queen was a patron of these char- ities and since her death the grand lodge has appropriated 300 guineas to be used in erecting a monument to her memory. The king of England was the grand mas- ter of the English lodge until his accession to the throne, when he was succeeded b his brother. The real presiding offcer is the pro grand master, but the management of the soclety Is in the hands of a general purpose committee, which decides ques- tions which {n this country are submitted to the grand master. Following the address of Mr. there was music by the orchestra. Merwiy aynard read “My Mother Lodge,” by Kip- Barton sang “The Holy Lininger UNION SERVICES ARE HELD Many Nehraska Thelr T Charches Unite In nkagiNing Cele- ASHLAND, Neb., Nov. 28.—(Speclal.)— Union Thanksgiving services were held this morning at the Congregational church In Ashland. Rev. William F. Smith, pastor of the Immanuel Baptist church, delivered the principal address, ministers of all de- nominations uniting In the services. Busi- ness houses were closed from 10:30 to 12 o'clock during the meeting. WEST POINT, Neb., Nov. 28.—(Special.) ~~The Thanksgiving season was properly observed In this place. Services were held at all the churches and a general holiday observed by the citizens. LEIGH, Neb., Nov. 28.—(Special.)—Unfon Thanksgiving services were held at the Congregational church this morning. Rev. Mr. Fowler delivered the address. Johbers' Injunction Dissolved, SIOUX FALLS, 8 D., Nov. 28.—(Special.) By stipulation filed in the United States court here, the temporary injunction se- cured by the Sioux Falls Jobbers ~associa- tion restraining the Omaha and North. western railroads from taking out the term- inal rates at this city and leaving them in at Sioux City, has been dissolved without prejudice and without costs. A. Points, Upper Sandusky, O “I have been using Foley's Honey and Tar for hoarseness and find it the best remedy [ ever tried It stopped the cough immediately and relieved all sorene Teke none but Foley's, VIADUCT FORMALLY OPENED Twenty-Fourth Strest Strwoture Beosmes Leng-Desired Reality. OMAHA NOTABLES SHOUT FELICITATIONS Make Southwest Improvement Clah Hear Their Encouraging Words Despite the Blustering of an Inconst te Wind, A crowd, estimated at 800 to 1,600 people, wAs present at the ceremonles attending the formal opening of the Twenty-fourth street viaduct Thursday afternoon. The celebration began at the corner of Twenty-fourth and Leavenworth streets, where the room of the Southwest Improve- ment club is located. Leavenworth atreet for several blocks was decorated with flags and bunting and the committees of the club were busily engaged in preparing for the celebration from early morning At 2:30 o'clock Brandt's Musical Union band marched to the corner of Twenty- fourth and Levenworth streets and for half an hour played various inspiring airs. In the meantime the south end of the viaduct was filling up with the carriages of people who drove down early to get good positions to hear the addresses, Notables Proceed to Viad At 3 o'clock the procession formed on Leavenworth street and, headed by the band, marched to the viaduct. .In the pro- cession were: Mayor Moores, W. nell, city attorney; Andrew Rose: engineer; members of the Real Estate ex- change, members of the Prospect Hill and North Omaha Improvement clubs, with nearly a full attendance of the Southwest Improvement club. Arriving at tbe viaduet W. H. Green, president of the Southwest Improvement club, called the embly to order, briefly told of the reason for the gathering and jn- troduced Mayor Moores. The wind was strong on the viaduct and all of the speak- ers were troubled by this, the remarks of the mayor being heard but a short distance from the platform, which had been built upon & wagon and hauled to the center of the new roadway. Connell Recites Viaduct History. The mayor said that he congratulated the Improvement clubs, the city and the resi- dents of South Omaha upon the completion of the viaduct, which opens to travel the natural means of communication- between the two cities. He sald that he hoped to see the day when, through the efforts of the improvement clubs of the city, Twenty- fourth street will be opened from Ames venue to South Omaha and a line of street cars operated the entire length, thus bind- ing in closer bonds the cities of Omaha and South Omaha, which, while under separate | municipal governments, are one in their purpose and development. He said that the completion of the viaduct at this time was due to the persistent work of the mem- bers of the Southwest Improvement club, who gave no rest to city or raliroad officials until the work had been accomplished upon the lines advocated by the club and ap- proved by the city engineer. He advised the members of the club to continue their organisation and to pursue in all matters affecting their welfare the same course they had followed in the agita tion for a viaduct, with assurance that they will ultimately'succeed. City Attorney Connell Speaks. City Attorney Connell was mext intro- duced. He briefly traced the history of Omaha viaducts from 1885, when, under the administration of Mayor Boyd, the attention of Charles Francis Adams, then president ot the Union Pacific, had been called to the subject. He told of the completion of the Eleventh street viaduct under a law by which the city pald two-fifths of the expense and the raiiroads the balance, and then recited the enactment of the law under which the Twenty-fourth street v duct was built wholly at the expense of the railroads. He said that the completion of the road- way on its present lines was due to the unyielding demands of the club and advised the members to continue the good work for the advancement of the interests of the southwestern part of the city, knowing that what is of benefit to one section will be of benefit to the entire community. Engincer Rosewater Gives Credl Andrew Rosewater, city engloeer, Wi then introduced, but declined to make a speech, saying that the work of his depart- ment, as evidenced in the structures de- signed by it, should speak for the depart- ment and its officers. He told, however, of the dificulty in getting railroad officials to concede the demands of the city engineer’s office usually, and added: “‘The present ad- ministration of the Unfon Pacific railroad is a fortunate one for Omaha, as it has ad- hered to cvery proposition agreed upon.” Counclimen Speak Briefiy. Councilmen Hascall, Mount and Lebeck then spoke briefly upon the advantage to be derived from the viaduct and related their experfence in advancing the work. H. T. Clark told a story of old Omaha, of the hopes and fears of the early settlers and their final triumph in the face of difi- culties. B. F. Morearty made a five-minute talk on the subject of “Twenty-fourth Street,” in which, on bebalf of the Southwest Im- provement club, he thanked those present for thelr attendance. Backache should mever be meglected. It means kidney disorder, which, it allowed to run oo 10ng, may result in Bright's disease, diabetes or other serious and often fatal complaints. Foley's Kidney Cuse makes the Kidneys well RAILWAY MEN GIVE DANCES Two Large Affairs Tax Capacity of Halls and Never a Trolley Sitps. One of the largest crowds ever in Wash- ington ball attended the ball glven by the Omaha Stroet Railway Trainmen's Relief association last night. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lennox acted as motormen for the grand march and so well was the train handlsd that not a couple flew the trolley. The committee of arrangements was compossd of C. Jacobson, W. C. Blake, B. Schlitz, P, Cullen and J. J. Lennox, and the Arrang ments couldn’t have been improved upon, Every cne in attendance had an enjoyable time. 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