Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-11-24
WHY THEYARE THANKFUL
Responses ELECTED by "The
Chieftain'S" Enquiries.

Lee Barrett: ] am thankful for
life and for successful business.
e. NJ. Ming: First for the gord
health of my family: and because the
war is over.
Hamilton Balentine: | am thank
ful for life and for the ability to be
around and attend to business.
Rev. NJ. L. Butler: am thankful
that | have better health than ever
before in my life and can do more
work, and have the work to do.
Capt. White: l am thankful for
health and strength and the proper
exercise Of mind, and that the law
abiding element and not the lawless
element is in control in this country.
Mrs. ]. c. AndeIson: That J. c.
Anderson is not going hunting this
Thanksgiving.
j. C. Anderson: j am thankful
that l will be released from business
and that all arrangements have been
made for big hunt beginning at day
break, lasting until 1890 p. m.
T. NJ. Burlington: For the health
of self aud family. We should be de-
voutly thankful to Divine Providence
for the promise of continued prosper
ity and for the manifold blessings of
the past year.
w. A. Caldwell: lam thankful for
good health, kind friends and haPpi-
ness. am thankful because of the
certainty that all these gifts are from
a kind father above. God blesses Us
if we do His will.
Mrs. Blythe: l am especially thank
ful that heartfelt religion is at enmity
against card playing in any form. The
boy that is taught to play cards in
the home may sometime say that
mother made him a gambler.
John b. Turner: l thank God that
the golden sands of my youth have
not entirely slipped away and that
live in free, happy christian land
with the hope of heaven and eternal
life through the death and suffering
of our Lord and Savior. Jesus Christ.
N. E. Milford: Next to being
thankful for good health | am thank
full that live I'M community where
there is SO little destitution and want,
where there are so many people will
ing TO relieve it when called TO their
attention, and where those who desire
to work can usually find plenty of it
to do at fair compensation.
c. NJ. Coppedge: This Thanksgiv-
ing day awakens in my heart senti- |
ments of profound gratitude TO God |
for the victories of our armies on land
and sea: for the prospect of the speedy |
conclusion Of the peace negotiations,
for liberty for the oppressed of Cuba
aud the Philippines; for peace and
plenty, and for that providential |
watchcare that has never forsaken us.
Geo. Z. McCullOch: If there is any
one feeling for which / am thankful
it is for the protection and comforts
of an enlightened and civilized gov
eminent: for its opportunity and ad-
vantages which call forth the highest
skill and the highest effort. Under
such government We have that feel
ing OF security and independence
which gives one the capacity to enjoy
health, friends and prosperity.
b. r. Morrison: Among the vast
of reasons why we at Willie
Halsell college have cause to be pro-
thankful. not the least are
these: Thus far, during our school
year, there have been no deaths and
no serious sickness in our midst. We
have one of the most delightful
schools with which we have ever been
Perfect harmony pre-
walls. We have as nice and obliging
friends as heart could wish. We are
thankful for 50 appreciatiye a public.
Most especially do we devoutly thank
Sod for the conversion of several of
our students.
Rev. W. L. King: ! am thankful
that the believer may acknowledge
-he Lord in all his ways and be guided
by his eye. and that amid the hustle
and battle Of life-amid its cares, its
evils and its pleasures, he mag have a
safe guide to direct his steps. l am
thankful that there are few Chris
.ians who prefer the disfavOr of the
fashionable world rather than grleve
he Holy Spirit by whom they are
ealed till the day of redemption. l
I'M thankful for a personal Saviour.
am thankful for the precious prom
ses of Gods word. l am thankful for
rials, because they are the evidence
# sOnship.
John Cassell: l am thankful for
ife, health and mental ability To I
now and enjoy the march of events =
nd progress of the world in this year :
f Grace. 1898. Thankful that the
;ospel of Christ has so far quickened ,
he national heart and made keen the /
onscience To lift up the fallen and to ,
ct the oppressed 90 free. Thankful :
or the literal fultillment of the prom +,
sc of Jehovah, Isaiah XII. Is. Il will :
pen rivers in high places and foun-
aims in the midst of the valleys. l y
'ill make the wilderness a pool of
7ater and the dry land springs of
'ater." =
Isaiah ii. 3, "For the Lord shall D
Omfort Zion. He will comfort all C
er waste places He will make her t
Tilderness like Eden and her desert b
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