Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-11-25
THURSDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 25. 1885.



There are few Of us left, on the earth,
who have not something tO be thankful for,
one day of each year, if not on all of the
days. He is a very unfortunate wretch, in
deed, who cannot, on reflection discover
many good reasons why he should be- CRATE
ful TO God, and also to many of his fe Ow-
beings. The person who fails in this line
must have made bad use OF his oppOrtuni-
ties. or must be the victim of very extraOr-
dinary circumstances. and in either case is
a very pitiable object
1t is therefore well that the entire people
have an opportunity, once year. to unite
their efforts in diScoy ring and grou ing the
good things that have been given them.
We have not a more wholesome and useful
holiday in all the year. People have a con
stitutOnal tendency, in most cases. to
brood over miSfortuneS, and a. a matter of
fact it should be stated that the very worst
thing one can do with misfortunes
is 10 brood over them - to
magnify and multiply them. We
should not make the most of them. but
the least of them. In nine cases out OF
ten, if one turns his back TO a misfortune
and refuses to give it consideration, it will
dwindle into significance and sulkily pass
away.
What one needs 10 make the most Of are
his blessings and privileges. And these
are things which grow ON inspection. We
are too apt to take them az matter OF
cOurSe-as things which will run them
selves, and need neither attention nor rec
OgnitiOn. That is TO say, we get in the
habit of neglecting them; and we cannot
complain if they resent such treatment and
often leave us in the lurch. blessing is
good thing and il deserves fair and courteous
treatment II is entitled to generous rec
Ognition and TO ample and continuous Guilt
vatiOn. For the more one thinks and
philosophers about blessing the larger il
will grow and the more it will
expand the heart By way of illustra
ton, here are the little rascals about the
household who are always teasing the
dog, and pulling the tail of the
cat, or upSetting the chairs, or
tearing the newspapers and magazines,
or breaking the China, or marking the walls
with black crayonS. These little pirates
often prove TO be blessings, very thinly dis
guised. They only need little study and
some careful cultivation and manipulation
to be made TO rejoice ones heart and glad !
den his life. Really they are a great deal
better than We used to be, and We ought to |
h. ;t
Tot h l g ag To-, and nobody ought /
10 complain of him for that. We ought TO /
be thankful on such day as this that God |,
made boys. boys. and not men. and to de- |
vsutly ask Him TO make boys of more men. !
The world would be the better for it. And |
girlS-5ut it is not necessary TO elaborate. |
They speak for themselves.
But this is not a day when long edi- |
tnTial-hnweyer good. or bad-will be read. |
1t is a day for solder and better food than
one usually gets in newspapers. But one |
OF two pointers are needed, We doubt not, |
to help many people appreciate and fully !
enjoy the day. A man cannot enjoy |
thanksgiving day HlrsS he knows how. |
PessImiSm is OUT of place on the |
occasion of national festival. II there |
are dark sides of pictures We must not look !
at them. If there are clouds we must get |
around them and look for the silver Innings. |
For each cloud has one, which the true |
philosopher certainly the devoUt man
will ind. There are few troubles that can |
not be so turned and twisted about by men |
of sense and grace that they may be made
really factors of an improved condition of |
things. Then, when We learn how TO |
properly utilize Thanksgiving days, We
shall have some valuable information and |
experience for use on all other days. In
deed. there seems 10 be no good reason why |
each of the 365 days of each year should |
not be crowned and glOrihed by all honest, |
deyOut welimeaning people as a thanks |
giving day