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. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER J5, 11)06.
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Six of the loading ministers of Nebraska were asked to j?ive
a. short article on "Why We Should Be Especially Thankful This
Year." Their responses are:
Rev. H. B. Harrison
HE laden Holds the.lr harvests pour,"
Alrandiince such that every man
has store.
Contented herd!; in oasliires wide,
Abound with wealth that shall
abide.
The mines give forth their treasure, rare.
Enriching men who haHte to do mid dart.
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The cities teem with life anil thrill.
A'- monumenta of mim'i imperious will.
Thfi wireless sir awajls to wne,
Awakened bra I a and heart and nerv.
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Among nil flags from east to west,
Our Hiars nnl Stripes a righteous causa
served btst.
Reproof has matched the tyrant's greed.
Anil outraged manhood dares her raiui
to plead.
Just bread and things have had their day.
And souls stiu hungry now are led to pray.
The h''art of weary man finds res!.
And Christ exalting falls to meet no test.
of men in
love and service
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REV. H. B.
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HARRISON.
The creeds
blend.
And, stead of dogma, righteousness
tend.
A saner, freer, simpler, truer gospel , . .. ..
Th world is voum and hearts arrow light.
1 And pleads for life and love to fill all And man is pressing- onward to the light.
lands.
Of all the years our nineteen six is best, jj'
Of all thu climes most sunny is our west, w (t
Of nil earth's peoples, we havo cause to pjrBt Congregation! Church. Hasting,
raise, -v.
In life and worship, echoing songs of
Rev. William H. Buss
.Neb.
JPIIR heredity, history, education and
t J I piesent estata .should inuke us
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a grateful people. Thanksgiving
day la one of our must noble
legacies from the past. In days colonial,
revolutionary and fraticldal, as well as In
times of Kreat prosperity, our fathers
looked to God lit hope and pruyer and
thanksgiving; and the result was their ele
vation to great moral heights. "1'he lesson
of history is that "except the Lord build."
this nation, "they labor In vain that build
It." And we cannot be too thankful that
Jehovah has built with us. and will con
tlnue to do no, If we are worthy Bona of our
sires.
Special reasons for thanksgiving in this
year of grace include the following: The
ingathering of ait extraordinary harvest;
the possession of a president whom the
world delights to honor, and who Is
worthy of such distinction; the awakening
of Iho public conscience. Its scathing pro
test against graft and corruption and the
resulting exorcism of the foul spirit of
greed now steadily going on; the rising of
iho people in every quarter to dethrone the
conscienceless political boss; the rebuke
of traitorous combinations of capital and
the growing recognition of t ho just rights
of labor; tho expose of the scandal of child
labor; the growing disparagement In influ
ential circles of destructive Biblical criti
cism and tho certain coming back to the
throne of the essentials of the faith of our
fathers; the rebuke now given to the "yel
low press" and the high stand taken by
our ablest Journals upon great moral ques
tions; the fact that the gospel of Jesus
Christ, in whose name we give thanks, la
beiug seen to be of Infinitely greater worth
to the nation than any other asset, and the
.deepening conviction Uuut without that
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B.BV. W. H. BUSS.
gospel's dominance our brightest national
hopes are a deluding dream. The office of
Thanksgiving day as an uplifting influence
cannot be overestimated. It reaches all
departments of society," opens and softens
tho hearts of men everywhere, casts a
gleam of aunshlne over the world and
rightly conserved brightens the promise of
our future glory. It should do much toward
the realization of that for which our Whlt
tier plead in his Centennial hymn:
Oh, make Thou us, through centuries long,
In peace secure, In justice strong;
Arounii our gift of freedom draw
The safeguards of Thy righteous law.
And, cast In some diviner mould,
Lot the new cycle ehame the old.
WILLIAM H. BU3S,
Pastor First. Congregational Church, Fremont.
Rev. A. S. Clarke
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I A rratffu! hwrt finds numb'-r-
i In scripture the "unthankful" are
classed with "unholy." God has
crowned tho year with His goodness and all
His paths have dropped fatness. Compari
son Is the only correct method of reaching
a Judgment. Let Americans of the twen
tieth century p'.it the conditions of their
lives alongside those of other peoples or
times and the sense of well-being must fill
them with gratitude. Much might be said
about this. -V preacher appreciates every
indication of the ' divine favor. IT can
echo the words of the Latin poet, "I
man; and I think there Is nothing alien to
me." But the special cause for gratitude Is
the wave of rtghtebusness that Is sweeping
over our land. There Is no doubt that we
are In tho midst of a mighty revival of nu
tlonar a4id civic righteousness. Thor is a
holy discontent with shams and Injustices
In personal and corporate life abroad. Pop
ular magazines and writers are tho icono
clasts that are smashing the Idols of selfish
ness. These men and women are the
prophets and prophetesses of the Most High
God. who are showing unto us a way of
salvation from national peril. And It It
cause for gratitude that God has not left
Himself without witness In the hearts ot
men. as Is seen In the response given by tho
masses of the people.
It Is a ground of special thansgiving that
our own city is experiencing a wonderful
1 revival of religion. Hundreds of men and
women are being turned from darkness to
light and from the power of Satan unto
God. The most hopeful sign la th unani
mity with which the pastors of this city
irot together In this wonderful mission.
They were all of one heart and one soul.
Men are getting right with God, and conse
quently with each other. We are not of
those who believe that, provided only con
ditions are altered, character will be
changed, but of those who know that, when
Rev. U. G. Brown
1 fllY should we be thankful?
That we have much to be th.mk-
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what we should be most thankful
for there may be difference of
opinion. We should be most thankful that
we belong to a nation that calls Its millions
to count their blessings and render thanks
and praise to God for the same, and that
as a nation we are at peace with other
nations of the world. We should be thank
ful that while the people have been sighing
for relief from graft and greed the dawn
of a new day Is come; that In many in
stances Justice has been meted out to tho
lawbreakers whose god Is gold. We should
be thankful that tho people of our land
are bocoming broader minded and are
asking what the truth regarding a sub
ject is, rather than what their party says
about It. For a bountiful harvest to glad
den Uio heart of the husbandmun, and for
health of our people wo should be truly
grateful. Thanks should be given for the
increasing number of young people who
are coining forth from our schools with
trait ed hearts and minds to bless the land
which has given them such opportunities.
Thanks should be given for the forward
movement of the Church of Christ, and
that followers of the Great Teacher are
paying more attention to good deeds than
dogruus, thinking more of the now than ot
the by-and-by. Strewing more flowers In
the pathway of the living than they are
on the graves of the dead. Giving of their
means to erect hospitals to care for the
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A. S. CLARKE. D. D.
once .character has been changed, condi
tions of life will be altered. The mightiest
Ideal that can Influence men Is the Christ.
In Him we see loyaltv to God and devotion
to the best Interests of His fellow-men. We
thank God that the leaven of His gospel is
spreading, and, though it may seem
slowly, yet the kingdoms of this world are
surely becoming the kingdoms of vur Lord
and of His Christ.
Blessings abound where'er He rHgns;
The prisoner leaps to lose his chains;
The weary find eternal rest.
And all the sons ot want are blessed.
Pastor Lowe Avenue Presbyterian Church,
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Pastor Methodist
Beatrice, Neb.
Episcopal Church,
Rev. John F. Tuttle, D. D
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V. G. BROWN.
sick, rather than making large contribu
tions to the erection of marble shafts mark
ing their lust resting places. In short,
we should be thankful that we have less
theory and more practice.
S NO year have we as a nation
had so much for which to give
thanks as In thJs now closing.
If to the unrnralleled reward
of toll in shop, faj-m and office be
added our freedom from national calamities
and the general Increase of physical com
forts, the tot;il Is a. volume of material
blessing sufficient to Inspire the thankless
with gratitude and kindle our altars with
universal praise.
But because the soul of a people Is more
important than their soli and character is
worth more than corn, the deeper reasons
for thankfulness are in the marked advance
of popular sentiment concerning funda
mental principles of American government
and life.
In tiolitlrs the year has been signalized
by the relaxing of the hold of party tl"S
and tho tightening of the grip of enlight
ened patriotism. The Boss is passing; the
Machine falling to piece. Partisan politics
Is at a discount: Independent action at a
premium. The average man has been awrk
enlng to tho royal dignity and Individual
responsibility df the American citizen.
There has never been a time in our history
when conscientiousness was such good pol
icy and. criminality such folly in politics.
Toward the adjustment of vital social
questions long steps have been taken.
Giant corporations, Imperiling the fair
chance and success of the Individual, have
felt tho power of outraged justice! the
right of the people to pure food has been
vindicated: a fairer wags has been secured
for the man who does tho world's necessary
work; tho responsibility of the rich to so
ciety for the way he makes and spends his
money has been demonstrated; the relations
of employer and employe placet! on a more
j'ist basis, and a hundred crying Injustices
und threatening problems set forward to
settlement.
But most significant of all Is the manifest
quickening of public conscience, indicated
Rev. T. W. Kahse
CHArLAlW TUTTLR
by universal popular condemnation of bid
morals in men in high place and the gen
erally new recognition of common virtues
as the basis of individual worth and the
ground of a man's right to the respect of
his fellows and the suffrages of the people,.
This outstanding fact of moral growth,
tersely voiced by the Wall Street Journal,
is tho greatest of the reasons for thanks
giving with which the year Is filled. There
Is now going on a se-trchtng of records, a
scrutiny Into careers, whlrh is gradually
shelving the man who cannot be successful
In busineFS without being a criminal. Tin
type must go, either by self-elimination, by
force of judicial procedure or by dint ot
outraged public feeling.
JOHN F. TUTTLK, P. I)..
I'a:tor First Congregational Church,
Uncoln, anil Chaplain S"Cond Infantry,
.Nebraska National Ouard.
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L I In the history of the American
Sk I i w.r ii I n whpn It la tint ntilvr t I n n
honored custom, but a sacred
privilege as well to render grati
tude unto God for His manifold blessings.
To such a task our beloved president's
proclamation summons 80.nco.Oeo of people.
If ever the citizens of America had reu
soiib for gratitude It is today, when, at
home and abroad, our country is at peace!
when our public servants are striving for
the highest welfare of Its people; when
gned Is held in restraint; when the courts
of our laud do not flinch to measure out
Justice to the man of high standing as
well ns to the man of humble station. Tho
faithfulness of our men of public trust
was never more evident than in the past.
Such measures as the rate regulation bill,
the meat inspection bill, the efforts of the
government to restore to the people that
which has wrongly been taken, the enforce
ment of Sunday observance, all testify of
our government's deep interest In the best
welfare of its people surely there are good
reasons why every lover of the Stars and
Stripes should feel thankful.
And how bountiful everywhere has been
our harvest. From 'orchard. Held and
meadow the farmer turns home rejoicing.
His granaries are filled, his cellars over
flowing. Hvery where can be seen the mani
fold bounties of God. How flourishing our
industries have Ijeen and are. Neither
night nor day can the busy wheels of
Industry rest. The commercial world never
was more active. And what of the many
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, THEODORES WILLIAM KAHSE.
homes prosperity has built and the many
more made happier? Shall we forgot these?
No life but knows some moment blest
Of sweet contentment and of rest ;
No heart so cold but heaven above
Hath touched It with its warmth of love.
Therefore "sacrifice the sacrifices of
Thanksgiving and declare His workB with
rejoicing."
THEODORE WILLIAM KAH8K,
St. Paul's Eiigllyh Lutheran Church, Grand
Island.
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All the merchants of Omaha will display
their new holiday goods in their stores.
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You will find the most varied and beautiful displays of holiday wares on Exhibition a veritable expo
sition of the choice selections from the markets of every country on the globe will be shown in our
Omaha stores. There is no admission charge to this exposition, which begins December third. You
should not miss seeing Omaha s stores in holiday array.
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It will be more satisfactory to make your
Christmas selections from the complete stocks ,
before the big holiday rush begins.
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