The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-11-29
FRANKLIN SCHOOL.
Thanksgiving Enterts ;nment Last
Night.

failure during the evening. The ex--ci>,-
were spicy, pleasant AID hearty. Tn,
singing was loudly applau'lcd by the au-
dienc-. and especially were lhr p.-c,- sung
bv the bows good The ROOMS were all
lighted and decorated. AMI the mrnb-rs
oi the board, ,up, rinienicnts of school,
and parent, were shown through the room,
~ the Teacher after the .x,rci>., were
over. All visitors passed compliments "r
the rooms.
Mis- J->.i-'> room was said to b. thu
m.,,i original; Mis-, Natir>, the brightest
Mis-, Lilies the most modest, amt Mr.
l.anm'- IN, richest.
The principal oi the Wa-hin ston school
not only Expressed him-.- plea, II wilhl the
exercises and the taste manifest, IN tn,
DECORATIONS If the rv"ms. but also took nc
little interest IN the lrarh, r. oi No. ]. The
other ro"n,s of Franklin ~ill give snsnter-
isinmcnt near the holidays.
The following sa- on. al the exercises
written ior the occasion and rad by iour
boys:
THANKSGIVING LESSONS.
To IN. threshold III this dav, II to the
threshold al IN. old parental home befor,.
our pilgrim feet. Ne have come at last IL
nav be- Ne have BASED the twentieth,
ihirIi~th, fcrtieth. al even more n.ilestont-,
To r-.,ch IL And With how many dear as
-OcistionS. IL IL rucUmpasSed; every wear
they thickcn. We ran remember when We
were but little vines. - IL were. clineing
TO thu wall. \ -ingl. support va, all that
was needed. Then some climbed the first
story, then the -rc,n''. and then scaled the
nd hay In I~h fh.s
old homestead with the b-auty OF their
luxury. Others wcr,. Iran>planied, some
In c..ng-n:al. ,ome III barren soil.
Now, as We Come Ia another Thanks
giving. when the early autumn Winds al
our life arr stirring these remembrances
and associations. let Us listen To- the teach
ing If these trrnulous sounds.
What lesson, should they teach US.
FIRSr i.E>>oN TO THE GLAD.
Ii the heart il glad, what a blessing
JOYFUL workm-n proclaim good master.
IL il not To the credit of any employer
when hi, servants work for him with
gruans and tear Therefore. II We arr glad
We might remembsr who makes u glad
';iadn.>s is good. IL Is Jewel. God loves
IT, He ha, made his children capable al
III. that they NAV share our cheerfulness
We are in possr--ion TO-DAY of that for
which We should bc truly thankful, If We
can say: Our hear, is glad; our children
are glad; the nation does not weep; the
stream Of Gods mercy is ours, and His
providenors are the inheritance of His
people.
To them who can say these things, let
this day he for gratitude and JOY.
SECOND LES~oE-ro THE POOR AND TN
LEARNED.
II NAV b. that some of US. standing OH
this summit of DAYS and looking back over
the past, see our footprints on painless
journey. In the shadows that fell across
our path, VIZ had neither the aid OF wealth
nor the light of education TO guide us.
We wandered. we knew not whittier. We
have come, We know not where We have
fallen, but none would lift US up. For
these, there is future which Is not sill
dark.
There are agencies at work for US.
which are angler In disguise Our Inf.
would be repeated in the life Of our chill
il il were not for the free institutions of
our country throwing their arms of pro-
lection around our offspring. The United
States can boast of . common school sys-
tenn which is To American youth more
than Grecian valor or Roman patriotism.
The boy who Comes from a well-graded
school. disciplined by a conscientious
teacher, is equal for tasks in life which
would be unsurmountable to q Grecian
hero or Roman veteran. IL ne are poor
the state grants their boon-a free educa-
,ion-to our children, that they NAV lead
more prosperous live, than ours have
been
In the schools and churches and SUNDAY
schools, the poor and illiterate man has
chance for hope. His children have a
chance. and those of Us who are poor ought
10 rest with no little sense OF security be-
hind the bulwark of our free institutions
THIRD IESsoN-To THE sORRowING.
The associations of to-day NAV stir with
sounds sometimes mourniul, but the sad
music Is from golden wires. Some of Us
nave wcpt Those in whom We trusted To-
guide the nation have fallen and our hopes
have been disappointed; or, the parental
land has ceased 10 provide; or, the child
sh laugh Is not heard in the hall or,
'ome cherished hope is blasted
But through there openings Of sympathy
he light Of heaven NAV flash more
brightly upon US. We may be able Ia
near through these rendings, the chorus Of
iarps, as it rolls downward, fuller,
weeter, richer. grander.
These things which cause us tears may
Ne current in the ocean upon which we
Ire cast that will bear us on its bosom To
he throne Of God.
Then, as flowers carry dew drops trem-
bling on the edges Of their petals, and
'eady TO let them fall at the first watt of
Wind or brush of bird, SO the heart should |
AIRY It's beaded words of thanksgiving (;
md at the first breath of heavenly favor,
ct down the shower perfumed with graf
tude