The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1896-11-25
Some Rambling Thoughts
RY MEMO"
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A LAYMAN's THANKSGIVING.

A LAYMAN's THANKSGIVING.
Oh, great Architect Of the infuite, to
whom thousand years are as day,
We ephemeral, vanishing creatures bow
before Thee in quiet, humble thanks
For immeat space, so extensive
that the most cunning devices Of men
turn ms back defeated from all attempts
to set its bounds; for the weight Of our
world and Of all the other wondrous, I'M
supported, circling bodies, 30 ponderous
that the human mind reels in computa-
ton, we thank Thee, Thou who art pow
err.
For the accurate movement OF each
star, revolving in its orbit with precision
ind, scribable for the Visible voice of the
heavens, our perennial time-piece; for
the inclination of the axis of our world,
so cunningly devised to give comfort and
advantage in the changing seasons and
the broadened area OF habitation, we
thank Thee, Thou who art order.
Oh, thou Mechanic OF the infinitesimal,
we who are not the least of all Thy crea-
lures enter thy presence with praise.
For the perfect detail in the short lived
gnat, dancing in the light OF the dying
day; for the structural adaptation OF those
creatures that escape our vision save as
the eyes are aided by the microscope
for the pervasiveness Of life, things even
that die being the sustainers of things
that live; for the evasiveness of life, so
that after all research we give up foied
in every attempt to find a natural origin
for life in the tiniest atom for all these
things We thank Thee, Thou who art life.
For our own bodies, sacred because
they are Thy handiwork, so brief in their
endurance and yet 30 potential because
of the blessing or sorrow we pass to those
who come after us; for our brains and
their power to set us on the apex OF all
living things; for thought and its prod
ucts in solid form that are seen in every
direction for the challenge to effort that
comes fr IN the elusive secret of nature I;
for the power to conquer and transform
this inert world beneath our feet, we
thank Thee, Thou who art supreme in
telligence,
-.
Oh, thou Mind of the universe, we who
direct in ourselves free-will and an indi-
vidual consciousness that separates US
from the beasts and gives sense OF kim
ship with Thee, approach Thee with as
surance.
For the protest OF the human mind
against the claim OF any human knowl-
edge to be the final and complete for all
honest doubt that drives us steadily for
ward to clearer comprehension for the
great scientists who have helped to shake
the dead husks from creeds and opened
the eyes OF their makers and preachers
to a fuller religion, wherein the unity
and comprehensiveness of Thy plan for
onward movement, both in nature and
revelation, are more fully recognized, we
thank Thee, Thou who art not far from
any one of us.
For all passing away of forms and cere-
---;--, b. tL- --ive-~~l eH.vVI sstioa of
hollow Pharisaism, for the growing I'M
derstanding that sanctity is never more
to be measured by mere attendance at
worship; for the spiritual and material
progress OF our race; for Thy stately step
pings in human history, making life seem
no longer thing Of chance but the Dos
sible opening notes of grand eternal
symphony, we thank Thee, Thou who
dwellest not in temples made with
hands.
For all sorrows that break down our
self-satisfaction for the furnace of afflic-
ton that destroys the dross and makes
OF the residue golden chalice for bear
ing solace to our fellows; for all agony
that touches us with the feeling of others
in6rmities we thank Thee, though Thou
afli ct us sore, pending over us as a fryer
and refner OF precious things.
For all great disasters that electrify
US with the feeling OF brotherhood to all
men; for famines and pestilences that
turn us for the time from the rakings of
selfshness to the works of sympathy for
sudden death and its warnings that our
own time is limited, we thank Thee, Thou |
who notes the fall OF the sparrow.
For all children thought of with love
before birth, nourished with tender iov |
and welcomed to the world with holy |
purpose for all mothers who compre- |
lend the far-reaching influence of mar
iage for all fathers who keep their bod ]
es consecrate for the growing feeling
hat the family life is sacred and fate.
ul function; We thank Thee, Thou who
'rt Love.
For all maiden women who with hearts
II flesh sanctify to humanity seek a wild.
n family than home can give, and 90
orth to cherish the sick, the bereit, the
rphan; for all the helpful ministrations
Il those full OF Divine self-denial who
Jury their sorrow to turn sunshine
ace TO the world, we thank Thee Thou
atisher OF hearts that yearn to be filed.
For the great Teacher, the Emancipa-
DR. OF mind, the Founder, the Center, the
ecret OF all that is lovely and of good re-
ort in our later civilization for the