This is from a newspaper I found, like a time capsule, under the fifth layer of linoleum flooring in my grandparents old house (approx 100 yrs). It was a great find, so I want to share them with you.
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President Joins in Prayers for Men in Armed Services and Those who died
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (AP) -- President and Mrs. Roosevelt worshipped today at the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany and heard the Rev. Howard Stone Anderson proclaim that "there will always be a Christmas."
The services were under the auspices of the Washington Federation of Churches, and the President joined in prayers for those of the armed services and those who gave their lives for the cause of world freedom.
The Rev. Mr. Anderson, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Washington, praised the Chinese and the "heroic legion in Mother Russia" who love their land, soil, family and human decencies. He said they displayed the moral initiative that "fights and dies for freedom," and he said that so long as that initiative existed there will always be a Christmas.
There will always be a Christmas, he continued, as long as there are simple joys.
There was a prayer--a formal one from the Episcopal prayer book for the President of the United States and all in civil authority.
Mr. Roosevelt listened to the collect for peace from the the prayer book:
"Oh God, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom; defend us Thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; that we surely trusting in Thy defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord."
Seated beside the President and Mrs. Roosevelt was a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., in the row behind were Harry L. Hopkins, a close friend of the President and his family; Mrs. J. R Roosevelt, the Chief Executive's sister-in-law, and Harry Hooker, an old friend and neighbor.
[The last two paragraphs are very hard to read, but they read something like this]
They listened to Christmas music ... the decorated church ..the capital a business, ..they listened and joined in Yuletide hymns.
[The last paragraph was not legible, but mentioned the White House and a Scottie pup.]
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It's hard distort history when you find it under the floor of an old house, and you can read it first hand. When reading history, one needs to always go back to the originals, that's why it's so important for our children to be well educated in all areas, writing (including cursive), arithmetic (without a calculator or a computer), reading (good adventurous books that will interest them and encourage them to read more), and history (true history, not the history today that is being distorted.)
I hope you enjoyed, Roosevelt's at Church Services in Capital, from the December 26, 1942 St. Louis Post Dispatch. If you did, please share it with others, and I will continue to pull stories from the old houses' Time Capsule.
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