The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-26
THANKSGIVING DAY.

In all human philosophy there is moth
ing wiser than the suggestion that
at stated intervals of time it is profitable
for man to briefly call halt and take an
inventory, so to speak, of the immediate
past; its cares and responsibilities and
the contra account of benefits and privi-
leges. Hence, the exceeding appropri-
ateness Of the custom that has fixed upon
the last Thursday in November of each
succeeding year as a day to be observed
in such interest and for such purpose.
OF truth may it be said that no other
area of this planet has been so bounte-
ously enriched by the products of the
soil this years as has the United States
of America. A teeming harvest means
prosperity for all the people. The burst
ing granaries of the west mean the start
ing into fresh life of the thousand and
one channels of industrial prosperity
that are ultimately dependent upon the
soil. Not that there has been any special
depression in any line of business. On
the contrary, this years golden harvest
comes at a time when the nation seems
to be at the flood-tide of prosperity.
Again is literally fulfilled the saying of
scripture: "Whosoever hath, to him
shall be given"
The horn Of plenty coupled with pro-
found peace, scatters to the winds the
pessimistic croakers who, like the poor,
are always with u.s." This is an opti-
mistic year. Over this broad land re-
echo the strains of exultation and glad
ness that the people will be fed and that
there will be abundance to spare for the
starving Millions of the old world.
From the prosperity of the farmers
the prosperity of the railroads, the mer-
camille community and all wage-workers
is natural and easy outgrowth. The
link that binds the agricultural sections
of the country to the manifold industries
of the cities cannot be broken. a red
letter year for the farmers means that
the outside world must purchase in our
markets, that gold will flow back to this
country from European strong-boxes
and that every channel of commerce
will feel the reviying force of the none
tary influx.
There is not a cloud to mar the bright
ness of the picture, and be would be a
clod who would withhold from a boun-
teous Providence the need of praise and
thanksgiving for national blessings SO
widespread and so prolific
And as in these material things. so
also in things pertaining to the moral
and spiritual conditions. The will Of
the majority still pervades as the con-
trolling influence in the government,
and this exercised to the fullest extent
and without let or hindrance. Under
this regime. the citizen enjoys personal
liberty in the broadest sense compatible
with the term, and as no inhabitant of
any other portion of the universe enjoys
it. The great mass of the people of the
entire country are in accord touching
these things, while in no quarter is there
an adverse sentiment calculated to dis
turb the profound serenity of the ma
TONS peace.
In the realm of the spiritual it is even
more gratifying 10 observe the great
strides of progress made. The year past
has been one unusually full of events
touching the status of the church and
Its mission in the world, aud while
questions that threatened the existence,
almost, Of some Of the branches Of the
church militant, the outcome in every
instance has been 20 clear the vision and
broaden the understanding to the extent