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Some Thoughts For Thanksgiving Day
Thoro is great joy in being thankful
because you have given others a reason
for thanksgiving.
Selfish indeed in the man who finds
in Thanksgiving nothing but an op
portunity to be thankful that he ha3
had an unusually good dinner.
There are three hundred and sixty
four other days in the year on which
the really thoughtful man feels thank
ful. The thankful heart never keeps its
thanks to itself.
How miserable a man must be when
'. he can find .o causo for thanksgiving
and how selfish.
Cheer up and be thankful it could
easily be worse.
Thanksgiving morning in the grand
-mansion. On every hand are the evi
dences of great wealth costly paint
ings, rare tapestries, velvet carpets,
Louis Quinzo furniture. Sitting de
jectedly before the fire in .the open
grate is the owner of it all. moody,
silent and alone.
Rich viands await him, but he has
no appetite. The great corridors are
silent, for the happy laughter of chil
dren is never heard therein. Trained
servants answer his every beck and
nod, but their ministrations are meas
ured by their monthly wage.
. In a lovely boudoir up the polished
stairway sits a wife whose every
thought Js on fashion's follies. She
sits and dreams of society's conquests,'
of rout and ball and cotillion. The
man below is but a machine whose
wheels and cogs and cams and levers
move but for the purpose of grinding
out money.
The man who gives thanks only for
what he has gained ina material way
is too selfish. The man who gives
thanks because he has been permitted
to bestow upon others that which gives
rise to thankfulness in their hearts
knows what true reason for thankful-
most dreary day, At noon he started
for his dreary hotel for his thankless
dinner, and on the way passed" a res
taurant whose display window -was
filled with a tempting display of edi
bles. Standing before the window were
two children, a boy and a girl, the boy
about seven years old and the girl
possibly two or three years older. The
day was bluer cold and the children
were thinly clad. Hunger had pinched
their cheeks and the cold had he
numbed then.. Smith noted their long
ing looks at the viands and a thought
struck him:
"Why eat alone?"
Ho invited the children to eat with
him, and after somo persuasion they
accompanied him to the hotel. Smith
,-Thanksgiving in the cottage. On
every hand are the evidences of com
fort secured through honest toil and
sweat. A few pictures upon the walls,
neat curtains, ingrain carpets, simple
furniture. Sitting before the cheery
blaze of the stove is a man, happiness
shining upon his face, for it is a day
of rest whereon he may sit amidst his
loved ones and listen to the prattle
of happy childhood. 4
Singing away in the plain but spot
lessly clean kitchen is the wife, joy
fully .preparing the mid-day Thanks
giving feast, her little flock gathering
uround her and watching with kind
ling eyes the preparations for the
coming festival. Ever and anon lov
ing glances are directed at the stal
wart man in the next room whose
broad shoulders have bent to the task
of giving shelter and food to his dear
ones.
Not uncommon pictures, these. And
yet have yo-' ever asked yourself which
is the prettiest? 0, ye who toll J
Think ye ever of the blessings of
health and strength and loved ones
ever near? Would" you trade them off
for the mansion grand, the tapestries,
the velvet carpets, the magnificent
paintings and the cares of the man in
the mansion?
And yet, if ho only knew it the
brooding and lonely man in the man
sion has cause for great thanksgiving.
How thankful he might be, if ho
would, that he has the opportunity to
make hundreds thankful that he lives,
has a heart, and feels forlhe sorrows
or nis fellows.
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Through all the dayg, come good, come ill, .., .
The Lord has been our shield and guide; .. .
Through storm and stress, through, shine and calm,
His hand stretched out whate'er betide.
And well we know as seasons go
The Lord in wisdom will provide.
For alL the blessings of the year
For garnered grain, for health and. cheer
We gather now, dear LiOrd, to pay
Our homage this Thanksgiving Day.
For harvests rich that pay rewards . - .
. To those who toiled in sun-and. rain ;
For loved ones gathered heart -.to heart
Around the fireside again;
For loving smiles that care beguiles
And solace gives for every pain; '
For all the hope and joy and cheer
In bounty given through the year, u
Before Thy throne, dear Lord, we lay
Our off'rings this Thanksgiving Day. '
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.' Though ofttimesMn Thy wisdom, Lordv-'
Thy chastening hand upon us fell7
u Yet still we ivnow within our hearts
; Thou ever doest all things well,
And looked to Thee, content to be
Thy children, and near Thee to dwell.
For chastening h.and that spared us not
And called us back when we forgot'1 "
For all Thy love along life's way
' We bless Thee this Thanksgiving Day. "
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For paths that lead to perfect peace,
For ways made plain to stumbling feet;
For hope whose shining beacon light
The weary travelers eye doth greet; --
For handclasps warm amidst life's storm
When loved ones with their loved ones meet
For all the blessings, one by one,
Upon us heaped from sun to sun,
We gather, Lord, and sing the praise
Of all Thy blest Thanksgiving Days.
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thought, too, of tho dinner at the hotel,
and the sorrow for the one missed was
outweighed by the joy of the one lie
provided. . ,
ness Is. A little story told before,
perhaps, will illustrate:
A young newspaper man who will
bo called Smitli because that, is not
his name, was working on an eastern
daily newspaper several years ,ago. Ho
had always eaten his Thanksgiving
dinner at his mother's table, and doing
so was a matter of principle with him.
By some misunderstanding he was un
able to get leave'' of absence one
Thanksgiving day, although ho had
made all arrangements for going home.
He was compelled to work at a desk
all day Thanksgiving, and thoughts
of breaking a long record made him
angry with all tho world.. It was a
kept their plates piled up with food
and watched them eat with ravenous
appetites. He forgot about the dinner
he was missing, an'd thought only of
tne pleasure of the little folks. He
filled-their pockets with fruit when din
ner was over and escorted them to
the door. Vhe little people left him
Inside, but they stood outside for a
few minutes in earnest conversation.
Then the door opened and the little
boy stuck hiz head Inside long enough
to exclaim:
"We're much obliged, mister." !
r The .rest of the day was thoroughly
enjoyed by Smith, for every time ho
thought of the dinner at" home he
Stufflne one's self full i turkey and
cranberry sauceris not giving thanks.
But some neonle think that is the
chfeTend'of Thanksgiving day.
Have vou no cause for thanksgiving?
Look at your two stout arms, and then
look at the unfortunate cripple, look
at your healthy little ones and then
think of the thousands of puny babies
scattered all over the country. Listen
to the happy laughter of your chil
dren, and then think of the homes
where childish laughter has been
stilled by the icy hand of death.
Then, giving thanks for your bless
ings, start right out and try to give
cause for thankfulness to those who
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That is the best possible way to od
serve Thanksgiving day.
The enjoyment of Thanksgiving day
rests entirely with yourself. You can
make it a -day of happiness, or your
can make it a day of doom. Andtne
cost of making it a day of MP1"
.is so small that good bus mess --
demands that you mauu m
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