187
Cleveland Morning Leader, 24 November 1864
(11 inches)
~ See original
p.4, col.5
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187 - L. Nov. 24:4/5 - The order of the Union Thanksgiving service held in
the Third Presbyterian church today as follows:
Organ - "Woluntary"
Anthem - "Gloria in Excelsis"
Reading of the Scriptures
Song and prayer
Thanksgiving anthem
Chorale
Quartette
Recitative solo
Chcrale
Sermon by the Rev. John Monteith, jr.
- Collection for the benefit of the U. S. Christian
commission. -
Concluding hymn by the congregation
Hymn 814 (with Doxology) - -
Benediction. - (11)
Churches and Sects /
Presbyterian
Index terms:
Monteith, Rev. John, jr.
188
Cleveland Morning Leader, 25 November 1864
(23 inches)
~ See original
p.2, col.3
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188 - H Nov. 25:2/3 - The Rev. J. Monteith, jr., deliv red a sermon yester-
day in the Euclid st. Presbyterian church, based upon Ps. 23:6.
"Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies." He
contrasted the present prosperity during the war with the want and slaugh-
ter of past wars. He praised the North for their "progress of freedom".
and all the good they were doing and had done. "In view of all this, is
there any man before me who dare allow the finger of his conscience to in-
scribe upon his country's sword the word, 'failure'?... The 8th of November
was the most anxious day in history, but its sun set in a cloud of trium-
phant glory. The result was one for which we have sung, and wept, and
prayed, and talked, and worked. Those who think the war a failure, and who
must therefore regard the 8th of November as the gloomiest day in history,
had better, like Job, clothe themselves with the sackcloth and sit in the
ashes of repentence." (23)
Churches and Sects /
Presbyterian
Index terms:
Euclid st. Presbyterian church; Monteith, Rev. John, jr.