Show PREACHERS ON MEANING T Of FEAST T i Services Held at Various Churches of City on True ThanKsgiving 31 It- It PADENS PADEN'S THEME IS DISCIPLINE OF JOY f. f Special Recognition of Day f by Members of All De Be- nominations I. I Salt Lakers are enjoying themselves c this Thanksgiving in da day that's evident on flyer over cert hand band But people of this cit cite city have e not forgotten or otten to thanks to God for tho blessin blessings bestowed during the past twelve months Large con congregations e attended the churches thi thiM morning to join in the special services of thanksgiving and praise praie Special union services E in iii which o churches cs took part pait the First Presbyterian PresS Pres t tho First Methodist a. Christian an and anti Westminster Pre Pres r 3 were held clat at tho tile Phillips Con Can Congregational church this morning mornin In Inthe Intoe toe the ab absence of ot Dr K E. I I. I Goshon Dr JJr F. F B. B Short Shore presided preside Tho sermon irman of tho the thorla day was Taft del delivered cred by br the Rev William WilliamM M M It Pad Paden pastor tor of of tho the First Presbyterian Presby terian church who spoke poke on tho the discipline liSci- liSci pline of joy ov taking as as' as his text Ixl Phil I iv 12 I 1 know knon ho how to bo e abased and andI nd I know also how bon to lo abound I Dr IRdon n said id in part Th There Thero re arc aro two very er Insistent In th the th school chool of or lIf lire life On One wo ono catl cail PI pleasure pleas R ure the other p paIn n. n B Bentham would havo havous us liS 1 lx lh thai tha th they arc our mast ins IN wo their litel aves a Wn Wo n prefer r to think thin o 0 t them m mno no our tutors tutor our servant ours oun to u te t To t learn leani how to ue wic them I l to mal make the most of or life lf XV tv II h have havo heard muc of the iia's of adversity J Jot Jet t. t us 15 turn our thoughts ht I towards to the uses UH of or cRl or abundance I w 0 have C good reasons B aside id from t the tho day for speaking pe of or the tho u UP ties ts S of or Tho Tim Uses of Abundance First Fiut we have more opportunity to lI use O the discipline disciplinA of ot jO joy than we havo o to lo II use O Othe the discipline of or In this w we need not deny that th our I aT vantage 11 ground nan hall cost co t and may yet et cost and an an- an anguish that Is iN an as sure uro as It fl It Ia that w wu j live e. But Thit H It Is also 0 true that through It all we wc have like th the rich your man come Into great reat PO possession and nd that the lines lilies havo I O fallen In J pl pleasant places paces OUR One of the thc great ethical tasks of our day dai J Is Isto Isto to adjust t the thc human character to aa a n. a vast l Increment of enjoyment We ma may bell believe e that tim balance in tim tho ledger of such life ax as we U live Is 18 on onI j I he the f fide ld of or pleasure Wo We do not however hoc care car to raise rl that question If we ncr ncr-d to l learn arn how ho to bo be In want we also need to know knot how hOI to abound A reason for attention to the JI half of our t t Is that Ihal It Is harder to wise use ue of plenty plent than it Il In Is to make wise use o or oi want The New Ne' Testament Is o explicit n not t. t only In Its Ith a against th th love of riches nut hut J against the Iho perils po Jo with Hh th the thery very ery lO of them The Tho rich man whatever what what- ever r tho the nature of hit IK abundance Is t d to t In his rIches to 10 rest on the tho consolations th thy y afford rd him and in inthe in inthe the th end cod to make an Idol of his hit wealth e Misuse of ot Blessings s. of ease case comfort opportunity or abundance Is not confined d to those who aro arc rich 1 In sold gold The student may succumb to the fascination of the nearest near near- est cst book regardless of tho use UM he can n make of It tt h no may busy busi himself Jr In hi his hl studies t or his library oblivious to the tho thoc c calls of social obligation atlon or brotherly love lot comfort nay may dl Into dom domesticated tlc selfishness or lazy laz- lo love o o of or ca case e. e contentment ma may become n n. ca calamity calamity ca- ca lamity and self satisfaction a R. lure lute to top p perdition So Fe th the tho man who do does tI not know how to abound ma may do violence to himself Jr and liin lila own R. R The ascetic cU not knowing knotting how bow to abound throws awa away his abundance Sometimes ho coos oo Ct farther and e t espouses pou cs poverty or pain Tho The quest for pain eliI ItH own Rake nake Is 15 like the pu pursuit of for tor Its ItJi own sake at once an nn abuse of or good r raw material and anti a II fools fool's C errand rr B r. th the ascetic despises 15 the pleasures of or life the epicurean abuses es them He Un looks looR tipon thorn thom not as a means mUllS but hut butas butas as al the tho end and becomes R a mere meN pleasure seeker meeker Mankind in Two Glasses Classes Men may IMS ho divided Into Inlo two classes the tho tho peckers and tho fin finders re those thol who want and those who po possess Blessed arc nrc they who ho want the right things hl we ad l also they th that t obtain It Ie they make right use uso of ot the et co coveted posses posses- shone CE 1 An Au abundance or how ho tenc how have It and he be worthy How Ho po possess enough nough and to spare para and nd b he blessed sed h by It or bo be a blessing II How shall wo employ em em- ploy pio our our abundance to make life the thc the life me that Is life Uto indeed abound abound Gratitude a Duty The Tbt primary duty of ot the m man mn n who abounds is gratitude Vr We n nerd need tho thin spirit of him who bo said zairl Roth Both riches anti and honor come from th the did and in thine hand It Il i It bc to make maie great real and to give JI strength unto all Now ol th therefore our God Cod d w we wc thank thee Hire anti and thy th glorious name Such gratitude sr b t r reverence e or hu hu- Who ho am I and what Is 18 this pot pee peo- t Tile l that thal we wo should ha hav enough nough and to spare yra good measure pressed down downend nod end running over oyer All our abundance ce is from Ui e eThe The Th jo Joy of or ma may quicken ones one's longings to b be bo worthy orl of It Loves Love's joys JOrs may b beget set a A. Folt solemn mn sense at nt once oneo of gratitude c arid and r responsibility lo bill t Tho The good gool fath father r or mother longs to 10 be more worthy worth of the child God Cod has bas given 11 them tIm the good hild to be more mor worthy of or the home into which ho tras n. born The abound abound- lag ing c credit lt given to to lous us for service 10 may 1 touch u us to penitence penitence knowing knowing a as AA we do 0 donow now much better We ve ml might ht havo have done So fio the goodness of God may 1 lr ad to repentance tan co Ind Indeed e tho the grace C of oC God h IB Is tb the tho supreme appeal of or his love e lie Uc who bo knows know how hol to abound can cart uy pay How good God has b been n to rn me the very Ir thou thought ht of ot It chastens sobers subdues nip me I am not riot worthy of ot the thc least of or all aU his hie mercies Two Iwo Kinds of ot Grace hIt It ha hu has been said paid that thi th the children or of God alive o two duties to 8 to bo be re resigned and Bod to thankful If resignation is tho the grace of ot tho thoo who ho how to t be abased thankfulness Is Ie pre eminently th grace ce of or those who know how to abound Thero IB Is on nn OfU wealth which has no peril one peril one fullness of ot life which cannot harm the harm the more abundant Ute life of Christ |