The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-11-28
THANKSGIVING,
Rev. 6. WI LutZ's Historical and
Happy Remarks on That Day.
(Coatinued from Sd page.)

the original spirit and holding on to
the customs Of THANKSGIVING Day.
For one thing it binds us to a
noble past. Some are apt to regard
it as an old Puritan institution
which this busy industrial and COM
mercial world has ontgrown. But
in reality the custom is rooted In
the remote past. and should be per-
petuated during all time to come.
1t is as old as Moses and comes
down to us with divine sanction.
Moses, considering the prosperity
of Canaan said, when thou hast
eaten and are full, then thou shalt
bless the Lord thy God, for the
good land which he hath given thee.
Thou shalt remember the Lord, thy
God, for it is he that giveth the
power to get wealth y No note re-
ours more frequently throughout
the Psalms than this one of thanks
giving and it is the very core of the
doXology, which occupies such an
exalted place in our worship. The
Psalmlst said ''Oh that men would
praise the Lord for his goodness
and his wonderful works to the
children Of men,. Again he says,
We, thy people and the sheep of
thy pasture will give thee thank
forever, with nv mouth will
make known thy faithfulness to all
r generations.
Quiet thoughtfulness will supply
abundant reasons for gratefuIness.
Isaac was in a mood of blessing
after a splendid feast, while Charles
Lamb thought one should be equally
thankful for books and mental
treasure. Above the venison and
the book, however, one should
cherish the treasures of the heart
And how can this be better done
than in the family reunions on
Thanksgiving Day. We might dis
pense with the long drawn political
harangues that we sometimes hear
in public assemblies on this dav.
but pot with the Homecoming
without the refining influences that
, linger around the hearth stone and
find expression at the family table.
To make happy fireside cline =.
Towe'ans and wife,
That's the true pathos and sublime
Of human life
It is not onl v fitting that we
should recognize Gods benificence
IN the bestowal of spiritual gifts
and domestic comforts, but His
goodness in blessing us with things
temporal as we'll We stand today
facing the twentieth century. The
door stands ajar. We shall soon
enter in and the door will be closed
behind US forever. We therefore,
have not only occasion to be CRATE
full for the blessings of the year but
we may appropriately, as we gather
in public worship and around the
tireside, recount the blessings as
the century which we are now clos
ing and the last page Of whose his
tory is now being written. The
curtain will soon fall on the latest
act in the drama of human history
1t is the monumental century of the
ages. 1t has no peer in the galaxy
of centuries that have come march
ing dow n the slopes of time. I,
stands 1t the front towering above
all.
1T doth bestride the narrow world
Like Colossus
1t belongs to this century to for
ever do away with the crime o
slavery in the United States anc
Great Britain. This century ha!
put away the sickle and the cradl,
and has given us instead the modern
self-binder It has laid aside tn,
fail and has put in it's place the
steam thresher. THE man with
hoe, has exchanged his hoe for
modern gang pillow and corn plant
er. In place of the OK cart we nov
ride in handsome carriages or skin
across the country in automobile.
at the rate of 20 miles an hour. Fo1
: the numbering stage coast we nov
have our Pullman palace trains Will
drawing room, dining and sleeping
cars, safely vestibuled, heated b,
steam and lighted by electricity. T,
this is hitched the iron horse, fet
with coal and nerved by steam witt