Show WORK OF CENTURIES I CAUSE FOR THANKS Rev ev Elmer I. I Goshen Reviews Review S Blessings for Which There Is Gratitude S GREATER DESTINY AHEAD 9 lan letl of or Humanity 11 Will S I Ii Ilo t S Yowl Into 1111 National n 11 Life fc Bummer I. I Goshen addressed a alar lar large c audience at the time First I I lonal 1 eh yesterday mornin his text botn from Deuteronomy 20 0 lie lieis is Ig Thy Life LICe Life and t the c Length of r fh Thy Days Das Time The services lc 8 were for Thanks Thanks- anti and tIL time tho was ivas tlc to this topic Ih Time The sermon wasa was was- a summary of or time the history JY of ur lIm r last six Tim The Tho following Is a it synopsis synopsis sy sy- sy of tit the ii sermon Tills Is week and nUll It Itin Itis itis is in that wo we hilT tarry today to I th ls l's lessons that it brings to lo itS Time The people loire have their hUIt harvest liar har vest t homo home the thc lie Scotch their Halloween tin tin- old nit sacrificed in honor of uC Ceres tIme the Ort humid hUll their Cc festival thal of lo to Demotes the time Hebrews t laid hud the o of Tabernacle and amid wo we have hn our nih and time the instinct md am lug their use uso Is li the lie same All 11 men who arc are worthy worth th time the name nammie feel fel II fot Co CoIf life If and ind Its LI blessings H They Thoy know that limit they hL hn c e c not lIot made these thlu l' l lint but that thc they are arc gifts und In hum proportion lOll IH as aL' aL are aro worthy I lucy hey del delight t in iii ri I thanks ks to toI I Him limmi wh Is the time Author and amid Giver Olver of or all mill But Bul of or us can be thankful unless wo wc know linow time Hits greatt great t thing I In III mm hl history lory that thal t h cons to 10 mali mako us what we mire aro UK us a people au and this Is lii pre eminently tin the time to tu gather the lii reasons for fur national and amid In Individual imi- imi Than J III rat I 1 mat H llly I ty When wr wc study with any any adequate degree of or appreciation the flue stor story of oC our nations nation's history when wo WI sic sec its Us truo trun run plum co I in mm t tin hi gi- gi rat oat world plan and when w ire WI how lion even events I s ii fo for far r back in Jim the tIme misty past worn working to towards towards tu- tu war wards s this nations nation's birth and growth two lI are aro born within us Ul A renewed 11 n of oC gratitude and a tremendous of or responsibility How Ho marvellous r has hao mam been the nations nation's growth A As music from rom a few course c sounds has blossomed Into a s symphony of or Wagner migner or a son sonata ala of Handel AS painting has pa passed g d from roam crude crudo anti ami Inel Inelegant ant colors to tn and aud fres Crts coes cOS so sn the time handful of oC Pilgrims that limit lauded landed on omi lie tho blonk coasts st o of New ew J England Eng Bug nJ- nJ land laud ilLS has waxed great Icat and amid become a mighty people And imI he hc Who seeks the time philosophy of history II huts in iii tI time tho tIr ro- ro mote past certain events that foreshadowed owed and auth made possible the time birth of Democracy and liberty and amid If IC h he liC h have havo t n an own I vision ion he lie v will ill say say- these are re rethe the time events I that tiu rou wrought hl into Inlo laws and institutions will determine th the tho destiny of the coming empire o of the He lie must read history with wilh hl his imis eye Cc shut who docs 1005 not see in time the last j years o of hl history ton tho time hand of Almighty God preparing pre pre- paring the time way wa for this nation and amid finally loading lending it forth Corth to its sublime task and mission j I S. 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I rt n. n t. t I j- j tAfea the classic days ec Rome Horne when darkness dwelt where once was ivas light ht when tho time entitle of liberty was flickering in imi its socket time the the Goths and arid time the Vandals were sweeping Northera Northern North North- ern era Savage e. e crude Barbarian hordes tl they were what part can caum they la 1 play In the world drama but hut the tho part parl parlor of or violence and amid destruction But Hut they taught la the limo great prin- prin s s of oC Gods God's un universal cl al law and from them came caine tho time power that made Bugland England Eng Bug land and America famous an and amid th the tue th cent century un tho Limo greatest g t In time the worlds world's history Touched by br the tho ma magic lc wand i of oC right breathed upon by universal uni ml sal rem love lo an and amid barbarian blood be- be camo tW the time seed eed ground for the time future greatness of oC time the world Jim In tile the world story loty the thc fifteenth century cen tury holds an important place Out of or It the time printing press that flint was to undermine aU pel'S ti und and Ile destroy l roy bigotry Angelo opened th the tho en of classic art Savonarola r the tires fires o of liberty Time The thou thought hl of tho time world worl encouraged men to thin think I. I and amid the time culture cul cul- lure ture of ancient Greece began n fig again ala to live lii Tho rhe old world looked to lo time the new and a great hope was born boni And the time sixteenth century dawned a 0 century marked with literary genius and devastating de dl- wars Out of or time tho struggle belWIn be- be WIn l' Franco and amid England land camo the time fact that Anglo n lo blood and Anglo brain were to rule the time thew w western world But the time fact Hunt meant that thirteen struggling colonies were to contest with tho time greatest nation of time the world fur rill time this right ht lo to build a temple of oC freedom with liberty's nag flag unfurled above it And what whal a ti contest it was Buffering was ivas everywhere o privation led lell till thi van mu gaunt hUn hunger r reared d her hel skeleton ton lou form forma death stalked through h the time streets timid and rivers riven wore Score red with blood Buffeted across seas semis and amid over 0 continents conti despised by every monarch of time the t cartim liberty dropped h her Imer r tired wings and amid r lovingly 10 mId and braver at home in 11 America I. I Gull Got U hied t lime Lae Forces When hen we find Franco unable to stamp her hel ideas upon tm us as a. a people when we wo timid Spain unable to win foothold foot fool mold hold litre when whelm wo we lind time the Ideas of or 01 or tho time Jesuits Jesuit unable in to de determine do- do c. c termine the hit policies police of oC this timis land lot let u us learn that God moves es In history aint that ho guided time the forces that Were rc to found on these free fee shores a a. govern that hunt was to tu bespeak liberty and tr freedom edom and that Is IH y yet nl t to tu write the lie r brotherhood Into Inlo the lie enduring fabric of uC time tho world world flow How sublime our mission Within the time past few fe- years curs 1 square unties of uC territory and 1 souls havo have conic como under our cure carl And Amid whether we ire like it or not it brings us tact face lo Lu face faco with tremendous responsibilities Not with wilh time thu sword t time the cannon or 01 tho time bayonet will w WI we r rul rule ruly the lucIte u people hut but with the school the hospital the time court lid and time tho church And nd may we wc see sec to It ft that lint the time skeleton Iton ton Lou hand of oC superstition never dares to lo throttle their liberties but bul that thal they be be- be taught the thc universal enal principles of oC liberty equality humanity This Thanksgiving fl g p period finds us a u world power und anti for Cor It Jt wo wu thank the nod God of Nations for we believe that lint He lie I Ihas has hams meant thus this nation to lead the time world worldon on to tu brotherhood to self government anti and to 0 o time the final emancipation of or every child If earth on Moral Lumn Let Ld u us today that thal our country wa was founded upon the time principle plc pIc of or Gods God's moral immoral law Lot Let us remember remember ber that its mighty progress has 1 j en cn under the tIme influence of or those principles And let lei U know kloW beyond every doubt that thal when lh c principles havo have been violated that Ural our nation has hns a tremendous dous price When the nation forgets or that the tho Eternal God hud laid touch touched 00 with his linger this timis lund land and Ilu had said u llero through rul hall nall be a u nation nation na nit- i tion ion that shall lend lead the Ibo world to it Jt Its Ir dr dream im am of brotherhood and liberty then the land was red with blood and amid out of f the the- awful battles buttles of or Shiloh tho time Gettysburg anti and to ux the tho nation anew God grant I i Hint It learned it r lT that Go Gods God's moral immoral law must be bc obey obeyed etl That tin ship o oC of state stale rode time till storm that there is loony IH-loony today tiny no jun miami aud no south but hut that we Wt are arc a u happy UJ un Hod und amid growing g people we wo thank the hue God o of Nations and wo wr breathe our gratitude e and pl our lives saying Haying This l God bid shull bo ho our God for r Truly can we w thank God today that however much commercialism muy WY have c on us that thal there has J been marked during time the rust year cur a steady rot return urn to time the abiding principles of r f civic Jc 1 and nil national tlona I hll Integrity rH Throughout t lla time land th then r h lots has HI swept w pl a tidal Udal wave ira of ur r rm that thal has made all Invent n of ot i liberty to rejoice rt And nd iid wo n that t tills I IM is no spasm ml o of virtue limit hut I 1 that lIml it marks markt the time of an era cra I wh n tnt men shall hull count for more than t dollars and nod when methods shaH be of oC more mOlo consequence rc S has haM been the time past but behold be Lc- hold n. n greater destiny Just ahead a head a destiny that bids bills us UI pick up th tangled threads of humanity and amid to o them Into a symmetrical und and lO loyal 11 national nation life liCe a du destiny Uny that bids us keep bright the time fire camp of oC liberty until they re- re fleet thu tue golden age JC in III tho thu perfected manhood and und womanhood o of ih time th worlds world's tomorrow I j 1 f |