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VOLUME Iv! NEWPORT. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER. 26 (904. NUMBER (82.
THANKSGIVING SERMON.
Eloquent Address Delivered on
Thursday Morning at Union
Services By Rev. T, F.
Richardson.
Subject: Thanksgiving. Text:
Psakn 167:1. “Oh give thanks
\ unto the Lord, for he is good;
for his mercy endureth for
ever.”
This is our national Thanks
1 giving day. In his annual
Thanksgiving proclamation the
chief executive recommends that
* ‘throughout the land the people
cease from their ordinary occu
pations, and in their homes and
places of worship render thanks
unto Almighty God for the mani
fold blessings of the past year,”
Thanksgiving is founded in the
goodness of God to the children
of men, and this day, set apart
^ REV. T. F. RICHARDSON,
Pastor of the Christian Church.
for this service, is a day for re
5=31 joicing, not for grumbling, com
plaining and fault-finding, as is
too frequently the case in some
sections of our country. The ser
Ivice today is intended to give us
higher conceptions of Christian
citizenship and to help us to
nobler endeavor in life.
I. Thanksgiving is a bible
| doctrine or teaching.
j When God delivered his elect
. or chosen people, the Hebrews,
® from bondage and planted them
in the “land of promise,” he con
stituted them a nation and a
church. These people had three
annual feasts, the Passover, Pen
tecost and Tabernacles.
The feast of Tabernacles was
their annual Thanksgiving, held
in the seventh month Tishri (our
October) 15 to 23 inclusive. It
was called the “Feast of Har
vprX” and the “Feast, of Imrath
Iering at the Year’s End.” See
on this Deut. 16:15, Ex. 23:16
and 34:22. It was a season of
great rejoicing and thanksgiving
to Almighty God. The people
acknowledged the goodness and
mercy of God in his providence
^ and thanked him for all national
and spiritual blessings. If these
'1 ^ people had cause for rejoicing
^ and thanksgiving, we have man
ifold more, as Americans, Anglo
^ Saxons and Christians.
'jf II. Our American Thanksgiv
; ing, its origin, etc.
j Thanksgiving day comes to us
from New England’s earliest
| times, with the turkey and the
I pumpkin pie. Cranberry sauce
| was added later and has a “less
I honorable and ancient history.”
I The Pilgrims came to the new
I world seeking civil and religious
I liberty. The Mayflower sailed
I from Plymouth September 6th,
* 1620, having on board forty-one
^b men with their families, in all
A 101 souls. Early in November
■ the ship was anchored at Cape
^■Cod. To prevent anarchy an in
^^Rstrument of writing was drawn
^Hip and signed November 11 by
^^^Lll the men. “This was the first
flBonstitution of government ever
! signed by a whole people,” says
Benson /. Lossingdn “Our Coun
try,” (p. 207.)
On December 22.1020, the Pil
grims landed upon a rock on the
site of Plymouth, and the “seed
©f a nation” was planted in the
Western world—a nation des
tined to be not only a great and
mighty world-power in commerce
and politics, but in education and
Christian civilization as well*
carrying the gospel of Jesus
Christ* the power of God unto'
salvation from individual and
national ills to earth’s remotest
bounds. The founders of this
nation endured great suffering.
Six died in December, eight in
January, seventeen in February
and thirteen in March, and in
April two more. At one time
only seven persons were left with
strength sufficient to care for the
sick and to bury the dead.
But notwithstanding the suf
fering and discouragements their
faith in God never faltered and
they sang songs of praise and
thanksgiving to him for his man
ifold goodnhss.
The next November a “Two
Days' Thanksgiving” was held,
with wild turkey the chief food.
Some friendly Indians were in
vited to the feast and enjoyed
the Pilgrims’ hospitality. It was
a real, genuine thanksgiving,
coming from the hearts of a peo
ple realizing their helpless con
dition and dependence in God,
the giver of every good gift and
perfect boon. These services
of praise and thanksgiving were
continued in some form at irreg
ular intervals during the period
of colonial history, including the
dark days of the revolution, the
struggle for liberty and national
independence.
During this war the constitu- j
tional congress recommended j
eight days’ of thanksgiving, re
citing the occasions which
prompted the observance, ' and
with one exception congress sus
pended business on the days thus
set apart. On two occasions
Gen. Washington issued Thanks- j
giving proclamations to the con- j
tinental army, December 18,1777,
and at Valley Forge May 7,1778. !
Before the first United States
congress adjourned in September,
1789, a motion carried requesting
the president to recommend a day
of public thanksgiving and
prayer, in acknowledgment of the j
many signal favors of Almighty!
God, and especially his affording ’
them che opportunity peacably j
to establish a constitution of gov- j
ernment for their safety and hap
piness. The proclamation was
issued October 3, 1789, naming j
November 26 as the day.
During the civil war, when the i
destiny of the nation seemed to :
hang in the balance, President!
Lincoln issued Thanksgiving
proclamations, the last one nam
ing the last Thursday in Novem
ber, 1864, as the day to be ob
served. The next year President
A. Johnson appointed the day to
be observed, “being most grate
ful to God for having sent the
country peace during the year,
and further fur the presence of
unity anil harmony, with a great
enlargement of civil liberty and
aversion from the calamities of;
foreign wars, pestilence and fam-;
ine. Since that time they, have j
been annual fixtures in the his- j
tory of our national and religious i
life.
III. Thankful for a country
free and independent, marvelous
in resources.
Wm. E. Gladstone, statesman,
orator and author, who succeeded
Disraeli as premier of Great
Britain, said that “our country
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CROSBY DIES A
PROSTRATE COWARD, j
Murderer of Brave Sheriff Had
to Be Conveyed in Cab and
Supported Upon Scaffold
to Await His End.
Batesville, Nov. 25. —Robert
Crosby was hanged today at
11:43 for the murder of Sheriff
Jeff D. Morgan.
The condemned man was so
prostrated that he had to be con
veyed in a cab from the jail to
the scaffold. He was apparently
unconscious all morning and had
to be supported when he was
placed on the gallows.
Sheriff Kaneasfcer sprung the
trap, but Crosby’s neck was not
broken by the fall. He remained
hanging about ten minutes^ when
the body was cut down and
turned over to a Mr. Ray, an un
cle of the dead man, for burial.
Several sheriffs of the near by
counties were present, among
whom were Sheriff H. S. Sim
mons and ex-Sheriff R. W. Bandy
of Jackson county.
THE ELGIN CLUB
HOLDS ITS ANNUAL.
Officers elected to serve for
the ensuing year: J. Oliver Tay
lor, president and host; Walter
Railroad Thompson, vice-presi
dent and master of B. C. Hounds;
T. Enuff Tappin, secretary and
provider; Geo. A. Hillhouse,
chief of S. K. dept; Thos J.
Gregg, pyrotechnics.
The membership in this organi
zation is limited to nine, with no
dues; the ceremony for initiation
of candidates takes place in the
heart of the wilderness across
the river from Elgin at mid
night, Nov. 26. The principal
feature connected therewith is
losing the candidate. If he suc
ceeds in not being lost, he has
demostated his eligibility and is
forthwith duly enlightened with
the symbolistic meaning of A.M.
T. G. W. I. H. C. C. A. T. The
two novitiates are C. R. Hite and1
W. T. Dunn.
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HIDDEN CRIME.
The new sensational, scenic j
melodrama, ‘‘A Hidden Crime,” |
will be the attraction at the op
era house next Tuesday, Nov. 29, |
The cast is headed by Mr. John j
P. Lockney and Miss Pauline
Fletcher. The press of other
cities have been lavish in their
praise of “A Hidden /Crime.”,
The play affords ample opportu- j
nity for scenic display, as the
acenes are laid in and around
San Francisco, Cal. The scen
ery is by Merrifield and the elec
trical effects by Mr. Wm. Ha
vel.
WANTED.
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Men in this county and adjoin
ing counties to represent, adver- j
tise and distribute samples for ■
an oid established house of solid
financial standing. Salary $3.501
per day, with Expenses ad
vanced each Monday direct from
headquarters. Horse and bug
gy furnished when necessary;
position permanent. Address,
Blew Bros. & Co., Dept. C., Mo-'
non Bldg., Chicago, 111. 78blw
There will be a meeting of the
Busy Helpers Monday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Park
Deaderick. All members are
requested to be present, and will j
please come prepared to pay
their monthly dues.
See our new crushed plush i
belts and bags. In burnt orange
and brown. Just out. Bowen’s;
Cash Store. | 66btf
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At Christmas-tide the open hand fl
Scatters its bounty o'er sea and land; 1
And none are left to grieve alone, I
For Love is Heaven, and claims its own. I
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