The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-11-25
NOVEMBER %.
THURSDAY
LET Us BE THANKFUL.

rises 1t warns US ana we worship
it and make some acknowledge
ment of it, even if we make no
sacrifice. 1t is the animal or in
stinctive gratitude which comes
after the cold winter of discon
tent and pinching times. But
memories are short and that
which we humbly receive at first
as a rich gift, we soon regard as
our own,b by right, and are willing
to quarrel with Providence and
our fellows, if we do not get il.
Prosperity has great uses, but the
experience of the world is, that
the .tares of it's abuses quickly
spring up and cover and extermln-
ate it's just uses. Since the dawn
of civilization until now, pros
perity' written across the annals
of nation, was in fact and in
consequence, the death warrant of
it's virtues and character. Be
cause it was only the prosperity
of material things, the rank
growth, of trees, which bore no
fruit and decayed. The problem
of the larger or moral prosperity
is now before the world. The pull
Dit shudders at the astounding
growth of wealth, and the slower
growth of charity. The enormous
wealth of America, looking to-
wards gospel missions, gives an
nually, through the Boston Board
of Missions, for the enlightenment
of the world. about the cost of
keeping battleship for year.
Thanksgiving is gratitude to
God, which largely finds it's best
expression in good works to men.
The wire that reaches from the
soul of man to the foot of the
Throne carries no currents, unless
it is grounded in the earth of the
general good of humanity.
But let us be thankful. An old
manuscript of the Dutch, preserv-
ed at the Hague says: "In 1914,
the New Workers marched TO
Greenwich, Connecticut, and shot
and burned alive five or six hun
dred Indians, including women
and children. They then marched
back to New York and sat down
to Thanksgiving dinner Maga-
zine of American History, Vol.
Wild.
In 1890, a rich man of America.
having disposed by Will of his en-
OrmOus wealth, among many char
tiles, noted on loose slip of pa
per: ''as to the future l know moth
ing, but l believe that all is we'll.
/ hold large trust for humanity
and l now balance my books and
dispose of the fund perhaps weak
ly and unwisely. | received it
from men and | return it to them
i'm different distribution. made
in honest faith" The Dutch New
Workers of 1914, were the advanc-
ed guard of the inhumanity of
their day. This millionaire of
1890, was the advanced guard of
the humanity of his day. He lived
in an air of thanksgiving.
On the physical side of our lives
we are called upon this day to
feast. Prudent engineers test
their steam boilers for capacity
and usefulness one day in each
year On this day we, with like
prudence, test the capacity of our
digestive apparatus and mark its
reliability and usefulness for an
other year. Let us be, at least, as
thankful as the hungry Turk at
the siege of Plevna. A Russian
in the assault, ran bayonet into
him. "Thank yOu," said the Turk;
sits the first thing I've had in my
empty stomach for three days."
Let US be thankful that the
price of sugar has been good. Let
US be thankful that under a wise
Providence the sugar crop of Cuba
has been reduced a million of tons
to our profit and use, though it