Thanksgiving Services.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7316, 9 June 1902, Page 2

Thanksgiving Services.

(By Electric. Telegraph — i '>■■-,■; ,' •■ (Per Press A-,,ei:.. : 'v''- ;K' _ . H. UNT.V. .!■;:;;-.^ Pc-'tce thanksgiving •■( r-ie -■; v . ■ <, v ' at most of the ehnrc!:-; :,:-:\ \\\ " '""''l j A Ip.rae ccnq-rK::'ir>'.i f\. S' * Caih.:.--r.a iti.-livlml liiv O.v.c/■.■'»'." -v,"..! inaiid.'int. and mnnv :-:i!v.-ii.-1 .:j :;,. v <'"" JiPCCIVoJ Jillii".), ,;J H.i'J ].:.'. ' , . -'">•.'.. Monday, -•vn enthusiastic I.*..?:- .-::<.!.-,-i;i"-i --m held on Fridiiv. A ri:b';> '. "" ■k-.-inro.i nn.v is,. ;,>.,.':':.;';;■,:.'.•:'-■ w"s vic-.v«..i il,e iroup,-. A, r.U^.f \v;,f given at dovu- :r : ; ;[,-..> Oa fc-uniUy '\m,k*r\S v^, \,_ x ,..-, were ht-lil iii i.l! ;!:..• th:!M_-:-./ ■•""-"a Vi'i:r.r.i:cGT >y T--,-. s to-iluy. '"""' Till: Garrison Ct : ;s ,•;...;/; ,5 tl.-. vico c. St. i'cier'V. ;i:^. i: L t ;:', -,'.j ofilc.-t-c-nnd iut::i o;i. jjiri.-io His K:.:ce!len;y ih-, Gjvc:^:- -~-; prescn'. ~ . ,- lSi:"'^"^f-N". .Tune-b. A: ail ihn c>:;;i-.;.,^ ~.;.,v s^c ;,,[ services were l:c-!.\ in ~:;,:- -.onuiJn of pcaco, and tn-mi^lvi:^. hy !u - s wore lioui.an Caihoiio L';r.;.i;'i j jV p] ■ ..," »„" Thanksgiving «c: v:: ■< ; ,-.■ , ...^ ,!.'!.., lie!d in nearly a!! iho c. i.^; : : ••_■'.!.'" most o! the y>reache:t lni!;::-.^ -..','/',c C ' to ihc oj!".cliisi;:n of :i:: -,v ■-.;■. Tiie ccr.^rcgtti&i.r. w.-r-j i ■;■■ Kai-ji:::. :-'r:,.'... v llo:irtv thniiks^iyiii'' - .• ■.',.., held :;t :Al tho local c-hsTr.::,,-'; v.. : ....'-.-.^ Iho Volunteers jiar:itii\l i:i ~."-. and altfiudril the C it':v.-.lr.ii The County Couti-iL h.is .!■..■;;.,! -.-, trrant £100 towards the cost of er..v'i- : ■ -i home forconvali'siiifs as a mi-:ii--..|,:" ,f the war. Maktos. Mc.!:d-.r Tlio services in ail the huri-ho-V.----tcrdiiy were devoted to spcci-i! thur.;--giving services for.peace. Ihert- w-'re laixc cor.srrgatiuns. Cum.sTciirp.cn, ilcK.iav. Peace thanksgiving services wore iV-'i.l in nearly all tho local churcho- v c^. rdny.

_, , . . -MibTniTox, Mon.-iav. lnanksgivmg services for peu:e w i:e held in all places of worship here ye.-l:r----dav to very large congregations mV.v-"-instance.

OOUVU.I.E. Mo:idav. iliani.:?giv-ng services lor Peace w.- e he.d at all the churches yesterday. Tin. Volunteers and band* attended the -YLelhodM Church.

At the Cul>:i street Wesievan Church yesterday merjiiiig the liev. T. W. IS'ewbold made the whole service to bear ni)on the ;ill-:ibsorbii:y subject of the. Peace in the Transvaal, Special thanksgiving prayers were eiTered a::d hymn* sung. A patriotic sermon was preached dwelling on the l.^sr-ns !o be k-arned the advantage to be gained, and the good ill at would accrue now thai a des.irV.ble and an honourable peace had been uroelaimed. The preacher .■■ilo-i^e'i "the heroes of the baiili-iii-ld who iiad proved tnenise'ves to be men of unrar i!ie'"d gallautry ai.d devotion, the >"ew Zealauders especially c^::ii^ J :i f^./ highest enconium of praise! Ii was shewn how all the cost of i'.fe and treasure of this necessary and inevitable war wunld heal the festering seres of the Transvaal, and ,iow the haired of the two races wouid cease as it h.-s i done in the United Slates after the Civil War, and the Boers would iincl they were beiter oil' and h-i.l larger liberties"than em- before. I'.'.'ao and prosperity would follow as it had done in India and Ktrvpt and whereve'the -British flag had been planted, and the coming genenuious would have cause to bless God and bless the day when they came under British >-\vav. * At the close of the service the Xitiomil Anthem was sung. Mr Williams played n. cornet solo, " Peace, Perfect Peace." accompanied by t:ie orchestra. In the evening the ant hem, " Onward" was sun?, the" bass solo being taken by Mr J. Vw'nqate. The Tiev. \V. Thomson, of Scots Church. Wellington, had a real live C.ibiuet Minister, the Iton. \V. l{>\[Jones. ia liis pulpit yesterday, to deliver au addrtss vii tile peace" i:!:estion. At the Broad street Methodist Church, the morning service was made a thanksgiving service. The l!ev. S. LiwrV preached, taking the war and declar.nioii of peace as his subject. In the course of an eloquent sermon he traced the progress of the war and pr-iuted out the many le?.«ons to bo de:ived from it. His discourse was followed with the deepest interest by a large congregation. At the conclusion Jackson's To. Deum was sung by (he choir, and the Xutio&al Anthem by the congregation. The hymns used were appivpriaU' to the occasion. The evening scrvie: at Ail Saints' Church yesterday Wis wholly oi n, thanksgiving nature i:i connection with the recent declaration of poac:l. Th? hymn '• Onward Clirtstain SolJicrs" was sung as a processional, while the other hymns suug du.-in^ the service were specially selccUd. iiev C. 0. Earner preached a forceful and earnest sermon, from tests t-iken from Isnaih •list- and -12ud chapters. Ke reviewed thn war, and puintrd out tin; lessons it bad taught the Bri.ish nation. He emplu-sised the important bearip." nuional prayer liad had'cm the course ol the. war, and urged that the lesson taught in this direction should not belost. Other aspects of iha question", including ihose from an Imperialistic point of view, were dealt with, the proauher concluding with an elouucm peroration on the importance oi sm:;-. and of individual" recognition a:ia performance of allotted duties. lvpiin:;"s

hymn, '• God uf our Fathers," was suiig at the conclusion of the service The moruing sorvica at St Ami:e;r Church was devoted to t:mi;»\--nun ■-. The Rev I. Jolly. M.A.. wVs iii preacher, and delivered r.:i c ;i r::e-: sermon, which was mos: ,i;^:iuve!y followed by the largo co:civ>a:ia::. His text was taken from the-l! j:h IVn!m, ml during the courso of his a.Uuvss he ric-iit with many iispcets of war. and the characters of the mv.i.-ns cnsj-iged. Appropriate hymns >ir..i prayers were used throughout th-.> =cnii.'-'. Services of .1 :h:i!;k<^uir.g nature wera ala held at the }?rj.d-str<-tt. CuhastrDct, ann Lo-'gburn Wesleyan Churches yesterday morning. v.h;c!i were well attended and heartily conducted. The Row E. Kiehards, preaching at tho Baptist (,'hureh lr>?t cvenijg übon "Peace wi-.h Honour." siid ho had reason to believe that the peace arranged between Briton and Boer was fouuded upon righteousness and equity. Soscial thanksgiving hymns were suug by the choir during tho service.

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