Thursday's Impressive Gathering of the American Community in Shanghai The impro: 3 Thanksgiving Service held in Holy Trinity Cathedral on Thursday morning at 11 o'clock not only voiced the gratitude of the American community for the "bounties and protection which Divine Providence has extended throughout the year," as the President's Proclamation reads, but turned their thoughts homeward where so many similar gatherings were being held. The} courtesy of the trustees and! vestryman of the Cathedral im offering the edifice for the service was a much appreciated act of international fellowship, and_ the Thanksgiving Committee in charge of the programme by inviting representatives of various Americar denominations to participate made it a truly union service. The Cathedral was beautifully decorat-with—bamboo. chrysanthemums and poinsettias and _a' large American flag stood near the reading desk. The American Company S. V. C. was present in strength.
Mr. R. C. Young presided at the organ and the congregation joined in singing the familiar Thankssiving hymns. Mr. Edwin Cunningham, U. S._ Consul-General, read President Harding's Proclamation, the Rev. Dr. W. H. Lacy. led the responsive Scripture veading, the Rey. F. L. Hawks Pott offered prayer: the Madrigal Club of the Shanghai American Club rendered the anthem While the Earth Remaincth," by Maunder; and the Rev. Dr. G. P, Fitch, pronounced the Benediction.
The address of the morning was given by Mr. G. Sherwood Eddy.
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