Show MINISTER JOIN IN selfishness IS NOT CONFINED TO THIS AGE said rev carver in his sermon large congregation in M E r church in tho methodist church at 1030 this morning union services held by the combined churches of the city A largo congregation filled the church to listen to ail excellent program over which rev james thompson presided the morning offering was generous and was turned over to both divisions of the salvation army rev john carver of the presbyterian church delivered the sermon he based his remarks on psalms 1457 7 wherein Is contained a beautiful reference to the bounties of god we are grateful charitable and considerate si only when brought face to ance with our dependence on the lovo of god declared the speaker as a s he depreciated the falling away of that old time hospitality which so truly characterizes acte gratitude in all its beauty to illustrate that selfishness is not confined to this age rev carver related the miracle of christ when he healed ten lepers u whom but one returned to thank him for his love the proportion of grateful people in our day ho affirmed is not as largo as ten iper cent As pioneers in the observance of thanksgiving day rev carver gave credit to the jews who for years have returned thanks to the god two days in the year at th feast 0 weeks and of tabernacles the program was as follows voluntary mr whitaker doxology invocation rev horace B blood opening hymn no scripture lesson old testament rev 0 A elmquist gloria scripture lessor anew testament rev theodore prayer rev david W crane the presidents proclamation rev noble S Bl derkin solo miss hendershott i the offering of the day sermon rev john E carver solo miss mitchall Mit choll hymn no 52 benediction rev frank shaw |