The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-11-23

Where ali the fresiC e charities come
The shrine of love, the heaven of life,
Hallowed by mother, or sister, orxife,
However humble the home may be, 3
Or tried by sorrow by heavens decree.
The blessings that never were bought or
sold,
And center there. are better than gold"
Thanksgiving Reveries.
For many years, aye, almost since
first this coudtry had a name, it has
been the custom of the people to set
apart One day in the year, after har-
vest time, for thanksgiving and
praise to the Great Ruler OF the uni
verse for His loving kindness and ten
der mercieS. Who can live in bcauti-
full America and not believe that there
is a God, n that it is His pleasure
to prosper the liberty-lOving people Of
this great country. The evidences,
strong, indisputable, convincing, are
On every hand.
The greatest of feast days in An err
lea should ne q Of rejoicing and
thanksgiving by all the people. This
is the harvest time for the ingather-
ing Of thanks for the blessings Of the
year. Thanksgiving Day was first
| established in the United States by
the Pilgrims at Plymouth, New Eng
land, replacing Christmas as the
great family festival, and has been
gradually adopted in other parts Ut
the country. Congress recommended
days of thanksgiving annually during
the Revolution, and Washington, in
StitntiOn. Other days of national
thanksgiving have been proclaimed,
and since 1868 the last Thursday in
November has been annually pro-
claimed by the president as a national
Thanksgiving Day.
In this muniticent land Of ours, as
void of famine, pestilence and diSaS-
tiers common tC other lands, and
where peace and plenty Sc universally
abound, and civilization in it's highest
type 50 exaltS humanity, we are truly
dOubly blessed aud our autumnS are
golden in more ways than one, and as
sewers and reapers, the children Of
men, particularly in the bounds Of
this latitude, can do no less in graft
tude than absorb and reflect the sun
shine SC laviShed upon them.
Freely we receive, then freely give,
Bless as ye are blessed;
Yield forth In the life you live
The purest and the best.
This is tn. harvest time for thanks.
True, there have been trials, calami-
ties In some places, home destroyed,
losses aud SORROWS, but taking the
country v our blessings have been
very many and far ~outnumbeIed the
dark ap iiling things Of life. In spite
of many evils there has been as much
Of true sympathy, of genuine benev-
olence, Of d cordial spirit, of brOtherly
love and good fellowship, we a keep
our thankSe wing in the Spirit o the
scriptural Ammunition, : BE We thank
full"
1t has come to be that we hear TOO
much abOu. teaSling and too little
about thanksgiving. The house wife
whose menu reads:
Oysters CD the Half Shell.
Roast TURKEY, Creamed Potatoes.
Chicken Pie, Baked sweet Pot atOes.
Pickles, White Bread, Brown Bread.
Cranberry Sauce. Orange farts.
Cake, Fruit COfee.
VIII likely have very little time for
another reading:
song of Praise.
Address. 4;
Love Feast.
Old Hundred. d.
Let us bu thankful that however
difficult and full Of temptation life
may be, we are given wisdom that
sutfices for daily living. No part Of
man S nature is so strengthened by
right choice as the conscience. 1t is
the still, small voice that we must
listen for, and the oftener we hear it
and obey, the clearer and fuller is its
tone. 1t is the delicate intuition
that is dulled and finally destroyed by
the doingS of evil. Let us be thank
full that most men are blessed with
the righteous desire to do good and to
deal fairly by their neighbOrs.
T.osn Thar