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Show DEAN EDDIE'S TOPIC "Christian Gratitude and Good Citizenship" Citi-zenship" Was the Theme fct. Andrew' day. as veil as Thanksgiving vvac celebrated rt Bt. Mark's cathedral, so there were the morning prayer, holy communion com-munion and the sermon at II o'clock The vet? k-v .inmeM it Bddle hu.i v barge of ail the services und preaehed a xerinuii on "hrl tlun Qratltudl end Qood 'Itlzenahlp." The Special feature of the mush-al aer lee was the splendid "Tc lu-uin" jWarren). rendered ren-dered bj the choir, and the anthem. "Lord. Th Qlory PUIS the Heaven" (Sheldon), Mra. W. V. Adam and Miss Wlnuna Jonra singing sing-ing the cio parts At St. Mark's, as well a the other churches of the eltv. the morning offering will be given to the poor In addition members of St Matk'a pariah contributed a goodly aupply of provisions for the children of the state Street orphanage. In his sermon Iean Eddie said In part : Dean Eddie's Address. Kaeh one of u has a thousand reasons, a Ihouaanl Individual nier.-les, for which to give thanks ,oday But on this great r.aMoruil feast of Thanksgiving patriotism as well as religion Is a constituent element In accordance wph the proclamation of the -l authorities and the requirements of the church, we are here this morning to render our humble, heartfelt thanks .o Almighty fiod "Aa a Nation, too. there .i Innumerable reasons for which we have to give thanks Ood has gowned the v esr with abundant har-v-a's. o there Is Indeed plenty of bread for the eater and sed for the sower As a Nation v e ha', e also cause to be thankful for a year of gr.-at progress and prosperity In our com meroial life, for the peace that hns reiicned within our borders also for the peace rertored between two ivRrrlni; BatlOhfl largely through the K0j offices of our own President. Following' Old Custom. "In our annual national expression of gratitude grati-tude to Almighty God as our public benefactor benefac-tor and preserver, we are not only following the ploua custom of tho New England colo. nisi but th- example of ancient Israel In the most ideal moments of her history The Bible is full of thanksalv Ing. full of aCkAowl-edgment aCkAowl-edgment to c?od Ir. the national life and history his-tory of 'srael there were a thousand events hat jelled for Thanksgiving Providence of God Shown. "Now, has the providence of God ben anv less iippnr'-nt in our history than In the history his-tory Of Israrl? Did li not grant to our Nation Na-tion a wonderful dHi. r-ranc ; Mas ho not led u triumphantly through the Revolutionary war, the i jnr and e erv ..tier crisis" " Have not the wnHr of SVeT Jarlcbo that stood Ir! the pith of our progress crumbled Into ruin? A' .1 Iff 0W G'-i no debt Of gratitude' Vre we so blind a n..t to "' his hand more ceari In each successive period of our history? Do you think that we can throw away our rec-Ogultlon rec-Ogultlon Of God. throw awnv Thanksgiving, hrow away t Irtue, throw awnv Integrity bs-come bs-come besotted, grecdv. materialistic, a nation of atheuts Slid -till be able tr, hold and enjoy our matchless heritage ? For Better Citizenship. B along with our Christian gTatltude and recognition Ol Qod there must go n effort for better citizenship sn endesvoi after higher lOClal und political Ideals. One Of our tnaga-r.lnes tnaga-r.lnes recently asked If thero were such a thing as Christian eh.n-acter, and then answered an-swered Its own Question decisively. 'No. but It could be created ' That l-. the gigantic task that on-alts our Nation to create Chrbtton citizenship. But how can it hn done'' How It Can Be Dene. "First, by a cleansing of personal life and character second, carrying our Christian rode of morals !nto public life and Interests; third, placing personal cnaractei and ability t,jr office of-fice above mere patty politics, fourth, conservation conserva-tion of w-.ditu to ih, highest njs public good "May It b given to us not only to understand under-stand our country Slid Its needy, hut tnav It be; given us to transform prophecy Into achievement, achieve-ment, to create that which Is greater and grander than arty work of art Bny victory of arms or diplomacy, any COmmen lul triumph or auccess to crente Christian citizenship." |