Show AT WING IDA DAY Y SERVICES Bennett Preaches Sermon At Union Church I Assembly REAL REAL PRAISE URGED Minister Says Puritan Settlers Were Blessing Blessingto to America Union Thanksgiving services service er were Congregational hold heM In the tho First church this morning with the th Rev Charles Charlea C Wilson con con- conducting con conducting ducting A large congregation was In attendance The R Rev William E B Bennett of the tho First Methodist church dellver delivered d the tho sermon Musical Included d a II solo by Miss Mildred Creveling and a a duet by Kr and Mrs Mra J C Walker alker Congre Congre- Congregational rational singing Included Come Ye People Come Coma And America Sterling Sterling- wu was the organist President Coolidge's Thanksgiving ing log day proclamation was waa read by bythe bythe bythe the Rev John E B Carver of ot the First Presbyterian church Scrip Scrip- Scripture Scrip ture reading rending I was aas as by the Rev L L A A I l Garrison of the First Baptist r church Tho The b benediction was by bythe bythe bythe the Rev John ohn W Hyslop rector ot of the Church of the Good Shep Shep- Shepherd Shep- Shep Shepherd Shepherd herd The ROT Rev Bennett ennett took his text from the th sevenS verse verae of the lOa I Psalm Bless the Lord Lord 0 my say soul and jid forg forget t not net all His benefits and he said Aid ald In part There Ther will be no lack of praise today From the pulpits of every city In this thia gr great at land will some ome praise lip of ot one character or another But I am amt t cry ery much afraid arald first that hot hat It will willIts fe Jb e more ot of our country ot of otlIs Its lIs it prosperity of Its fortunate sit sit- sit situation It I In the midst ot of o world dis- dis disasters dis disasters asters of ot It its rapid recovery from Irom the tho aftermath ft of 01 carnage of Its progress In agriculture In corn com commerce I merce In nc stud and In rather than praise of ot Him to Whom all our blessing are due How many of ot the multitudes s who shall sit Bit down to groaning tables today will truly take time to how the th head lift up honest bless bless- blessIn blessing blessing In ing to God Goo as ae the Giver of all these things Yet to Him this nation owes all that It Is and shall ahall be BLESSING OF ISRAEL ISRAELI Why was Israel blessed and aed and 0 5 prospered tItle It Is Interesting Int to seek out the answer to that question In inthis this Imperial book beok Turn to those pales pages which describe the th call of Abraham to become the tha founder of that nation I I will bios bless blesa thee and thou be a 0 blessing blessing- and through thee th e ahall shall al 01 Ithe nations nation of the earth be b blessed bless d For I know thee that tho thop thou wilt command thy children after thee to walk In Inthe inthe Inthe the way of 01 My commandments There is the beginning of the an- an swen an-swen An aspiring aspiring- soul who ho will Inspire his hie posterity to te operate a-operate with their great silent Partner In Inthe inthe Inthe the beneficent plans that He Re lies has hasto to fo rany obedient people As we delight to think of Abra Abra- Abraham Abraham Abraham ham Lincoln a as our best American type so ao David represents the soul seul of Israel He was wae not perfect t but buthi buthis hi heart ever panted after the knowledge of God God GodI I cold weary you yeu with the quotations which come corn to me at thi this moment to Il 11 il- il illustrate Illustrate lustrate this truth but I know of no more helpful religious study than for tor each ach of ot us to sit alt t down with the Psalms of David and earo out and write down the prayers the ejaculations the ex- ex ex expressed presH pressed d aspirations which led God to call caU him a man after alter HI His own hearte heart e 11 And as long u Threat Isreal retained that soul attitude he h ii brought forth prophets and teachers rs and Ideas Ideas j A which have enriched the world But when Isreal forgot forget the source of her prosperity and trusted In h herself and to horses horeB and chariots of war and acid to her material forces force she was es as overthrown and the inaje- inaje majesty ty of ot her name was won destroyed WIrY WIlY I iq IS AMERICA AMELUCA BLESSED The effete civilization which started In sunny Florida years be before fore tore our Pilgrim tether fathers landed up upon on en the rock ribbed shores of ot Massa Massachusetts we was not blessed but ass as wa utterly overthrown and destroyed The materialistic people who she found founded ed New ew York and the th system which was foisted upon upen the tho soil soli of ot Virginia both gave way waT to the high spiritual and social ideals of our New England forefathers or orthey orthey orthey they too would have likewise per per- perished per perished d And what brought our Puri Purl Puritan Puritan tan ancestors to this land t Free Free- Freedom Freedom dom to worship God In the th aspi aspi- 1181 aspiration aspiration 1 ration of their souls and the souls of earnest men and women In this country since Ince fine their day lies U-s ll s the an- an aner ans an s sto er to tt our material Sad Met i ell 45 The promise premise was made find and sealed with blood that ft It we would seek eek first the tho Kingdom of Continued on 1 Pace age 0 Two Iwo AT UNION SERVICE Continued from Pa Pate c One God and His Ills righteousness all other things would be added unto us Our prosperity Is of ot God let letus Ill us bless His holy name flame S SECOND DANGER I Our second danger lies In tn the I tact fact that our praise shall be tie that of service lip-service only Bless the Lord o 0 my soul In the days daya of ot the Apostolic church It was waa said sald ot of some They worship God with their lips but their hearts are tar far from Him What a distinction ts is here The worth of any action is according to the amount of soul that i is i In It What distinguishes the sinner from the saint saint Not n necessarily his speech nor his rou- rou routine routine rou routine tine actions but an Inner tire fire a 0 force torce an nn authority which shall dis- dis disclose disclose dis disclose close his hia true self In the hour of crisIs Lip praise Is I a B travesty Therefore I call caU upon l ou today to join with me In th the Praise tho the Lord ord 0 my soul When the Innermost soul holds such a 0 knowledge of God that It Jt rests In InI 1 Him with untroubled confIdence I and Is read ready to operate co-operate with Him for tor the tho consummation of ot His will then praise like Uke the linnet sings because she fhe must I THOUGHTS IN I ElRY Here are some soma thoughts from a recent poet which ought to set Bet our souls to the singing of to- to today to today iday day As we hae ha gathered In rich har A her her- As As we have gathered in rich bar har- barvest har harvest vest from Thy field As Ase ive e e have bave taken token losely fruits from bending tre treSo trees I So gather Thou 0 God I thanks thanks-t s giving from OUI our oui hearts So take Thou gratitude from oW our souls on bended beaded knees We sowed Thy ground with hum hum- humble humble ble blo seeds but Thou hast sown Our minds with wisdom and our hearts with faith and love love- love And It if from simple grain our bar har- barest har hardest dest HISt est was so 50 fair o 0 how much fairer should Thy han har est be abo aboe e Weve Wove seen our seed yield flower lower and fruit and grain grain- grain A myriad of blossoms In each barden harden bed bed- bed Frail petals tOI med Into the apple pear Jear and plum plum- plum I And sun Bun wheat from which well we'll bale bal o e our winter bread So Thu see sec Thy seeds eeds ha e bOI boino no Thee beauty too Delightful songs and poems pie pie- pictures pic pictures tures like glad ers floers- flowers And kindly thoughts become great deeds like ripened fruit And thankfulness to give Thee Thee- cheer In quiet hours I |