St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-01

| and all the sentiment of the liturgy of
the church speaks forth thanks 10 God
| for favors received, and from time to
Time IN memory OF some significant
favor from God there are special eXer-
ciSes prepared in the same behalf. We
owe thanks to God as individuals. The
reasons are secret to each one, perhaps,
but we owe thanks to God as people,
and in public worship we should assem-
able and offer thanks to Him, the
great giver of all, because we are
his creatures and because we
depend from day to day on the
O0unteouS offering Of His hands.
Not only do we owe thanks for benefits
received but the dangers from which we
have been spared. When we turn over
the record of the past we find much to
be thankful for.
We have been preserved from sick
ness and death; our friends have been
spared to US. These and numberleSS
other favors we should thank God for.
1eS, were we not thankful. each and
every one of US, then, indeed, would we
be IngrateS. And, oh, the ignomlny OF
lngratltude! The one that is not re-
SponSlye IN words and feelings OF
thanks for things received is selfish and
Ignoble and is not imbued with the SEN
tlmentS OF Catholic faith. As people
we should be thankful. A long time
ago. IN the pioneer days of this country,
when those hardy torerunnerS. the
pilgrim fathers of Maryland, as well as
the pilgrim fathers of Plymouth Rock,
Ill thanksgiving for their deliverance
from tyranny, went forth in a body, and
In pubic worship offered thanks to the
great and good Father for the blessings
bestowed on them, they inaugurated
principle fraught with the greatest
blessings to us all. Is this not Il sub
Ject for congratulatiOn. for praise to
GOD. that this great nation, the great
est on the face of the earth,
has set aside one day in
the year as national holiday,
not holiday for national sporting or
pr01ane diversion, nor for vain boast
ing-no, national holiday set apart
Us thanksgiving day, when the chief
magistrate OF the land speaks to all,
irrespective of color, race or creed, and
invites them within their temples to
give thanks, not to the times or the ma
tlon, but the great AMI good God of
heaven? Is not this Il Source of great
gratlllcatIon to the Christian soul, and
ought IL not to add a new ZeSt to our
reasons for thanksgiving?
what solemn lesson TO all Christian
people to be mindful of every day,
every moment OF their lives, that they
are creatures OF a common Fatheri
God has spared our nation from the
terrors of war, from famine and pesti-
lence. GOD has blessed orr nation with
plenty and peace-not only that peace
which means the absence of armed
forces, but that peace that reigns IN the
minds of men-a brotherly love. love
OF equal rights and liberties. Here is
The boon our nation-equality in our
liberty. This spirit Of peace, of liberty
rightly understood - this spirit OF
brotherly love-should not be a delu-
sion but reality, if we are faithful to
the legacies left us by our forefathers-
If we are true to the spirit Of our con-
stitution. This is the tombstone of
Americanllberty, that there is a brother
iy love reigning i'll our country.
Let us thank Almighty God with all
our hearts for these benefits bestowed
upon us; let US pray that He may drive
from our midst any stalking element of
contention, any insidious evil that will
poison the fountain of our national
greatness.