The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-25
ThaniSgiVInC.

II is in human nature to take less ac-
count Of blessings than of misfortuues.
Men are always after something they have
not got, and in the quest their minds arc
apt to be rather occupied with the expect
ed happiness which success has IN store for
them, than with the blessings they daily
experience. This /, well. for the feeling
provokes energy, and leads to achieve
mcnt. 1t is not in the order of things that
this life should seem TO men satisfactory.
The only complete existence is that which
we are promised hereafter
Thanksgiving Day comes in To remind us
Of the happiness we have and the debt of
gratitude we owe to GoD for II. Its occur
renee leads MS TO take on our eyes from
gazing on the desired, and H. them on those
blessings which we have secured. II
teaches us all our equal dependence on
Divine favor. and brings to the rich ~ well
as the poor, realization of the duty Of rem
dering thanks for daily bread, whether
that comes in profusion or in scanty inca
sure. 1t leads us 10 take account of those
simple gifts of food and health, without
which all others are as nothing. Mankind
joins in blessing Con for the great gift OF
The year has not been prosperous one
for most men. Yet II Ia. not been one OF
disaster. The shrinkage in values going
on is healthy, and the economy lesser prof
its have necessitated is one of the best of
the practical virtues. No people need to
learn IL more than we, and none could find
the lesson bitterer.
The sorrow which afilcts so many thou
sands OF men aud women who earn their
daily bread by their daily toll in missing
the work they are ready to do, is the worst
i'll that overhangs to-day's festivities. IL
should remind those who sit down to we'll
filled tables that the Thanksgiving which
takes account only Of individual blessings,
and does not find its best ground of utter
ance in having fulfilled the duties which
the brotherhood Of man imposes. is Phar-
isaical offering. We insult the Divine ia
vor If we send up our thanks that we are
better fed than other men are. and do not
give them rather for opportunity granted
Us ANA improved, TO dispense the bounties
showerel upon us among those who,
through the chances and changes Of this
mortal life are bereft of the food which is
so convenient to ourselves.
A day OF feastiug, however, brings its
greatest pleasures TO those who are not
rich As the pampered appetite of the
gourmet may find only occasion for criti-
csm in the most bounteousy filled table
90 the man who daily sits down TO dinner
60 which the best Of the market contrib
utes, gets less enjoyment and finds less con.
trast IN Thanksgiving feast than The man
who eats on most other days frugal meal
We rejoice in the thought that in hundred,
of thousands of humble homes to-day
there win be happiness, content, mcrri-
mrnt, and satisfaction in the Thanksgiving
good cheer. that the turkey will taste more
delightfully."- to the feastcrs than the high
est triumph If the French cooks art can
10 the cpicure who gathers about him hi.
household at "A table which eroans with IN,
dolcaci, of all the IN rkets Of the world
aud that the law of compensation vhot
work, 80 beuignly will thus be accom-
plshcd.
To all our readers we wish Il happy
Thanksgiving; that the pleasures of TN,
day may drown the remembrance of sor
rows past or impending; that the material
blessings experienced will make them al
more thoughtful of the miserics of those
who are without them; and finally, tina
good digestion may wait ON appetite.