The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-04
WE THANK THEE!
(By Rev. r w Eo11cN


One OF the sweetest. most gracious
and most acceptable expressions that
ever falls from human lips is 81 thank
you"
1t is so full of cheer and good will
of courtesy and kindness, of grace
and gratitude that We should never
forget to think 1t, feel it, and ex.
press it.
1t is debt We should instantly pay
for every kind word spoken to us,
and for every service rendered. And
if we want June morning in our
hearts when the fall is bleak, or the
winter is dreary, say or do something
which will call forth from another
an heartfelt sincere Il thank YOU"
When everything goes right, when
business is good, when debts are
paid, when notes are met and our
larders are full, we are happy and
feel thankful. but there is one al
tar on which We often fail to burn
the sweet incense OF thanks.
For no matter what has come into
our lives or happened to us since
last November, enough of blessings
of brightness and prosperity have
fallen to our lot to make us pro-
foundry thankful. The crops have
been good; business first rate; and
things have gone well with us tenn
porarlly; this whole year has been
one all-embracing, gracious, favoring
smile of God upon his children. And
as We think of sun and rain, the fall
ing seed and ripening grain, the
glorified fruit Of tree and vine, the
gold and silver of the mines, may we
hear the voice of the Hebrew poet
saying. "All things come of thee"
And with glad hearts, grateful hearts,
sincere hearts, say: I'VE thank thee"
One hundred and twenty-five years
ago we were but an infant nation of
a few millions, struggling for exist
ence. on the edge Of vast domain
of forests, prairies, hills and noun
tains, lakes and rivers stretching
away to the point where the Column
Pacific. Today we number over TO-
100000; the forest have fallen; the
prairies have been subdued; splendid
cities and towns dot the continent;
the industrial pulse beats steady and
true under the impulse of belts and
pullies and laundering rolls and fam
ing furnaces; the voice of industry
laughs on lake and river; prosperity
floats from mountains peak and ships
masts; the commerce of the world is
falling into our open hands. Dreams
of % years ago have become living
realities, SO that there is danger of
us becoming commercially intoxi-
Gated. The voice of our nation is
heard round the world and respected.
But the spirit of thanksgiving
makes it's way through this blaze of
political glory and commercial splen-
dor and while we remember our IL
lustrious presidents and statesmen,
and what they did to make the ma
ton what it Isl while we remember
the heroes of '76, who gave to US
national existence; the multitude in
blue who, from 81 to '65 settled,
once for all. the question of freedom
and slavery; the heroes of Cuba and
the Philippines. who killed and buried
oppression, still that spirit of thanks
giving makes it's way to the top, and
render it's inspiration we build our
national altar and put on it this in
scription: Thou hast made of us
great nation" And with gratitude
for the past, with gladness for the
present, and with hope for the fu-
ture of our land, We burn this in
cense upon that altar, Lord, we
thank thee"
J. W. FALLS