Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-26
THANKSGIVING

NATURALLY optimistic (Which ac-
IN counts for it's success) the Amer
~ lean nation alone OF all the ma
tons in the world has set apart a day
on which it looks only on the bright
side and expresses thanks for the
measure of life, liberty and happiness
it enjoys. In old England there is
a harvest home festival, but in New
England the day has a wider scope.
Praise God from whom ALL bless
ings fiow," the blessings of food and
raiment supply, the blessings Of home
and family. the blessings of peace.
happiness and prosperity.
On this day we remember, nation
ally. that among the inalienable rights
of men are not only life and liberty but
there is the pursuit of happiness. The
pursuit of happiness will bring con-
tentment, for it is impossible to be
unhappy and contented and it is inn
possible to be happy and discontinued.
Therefore, the more contented the ma
ton is the happier 1t is and we should
be nationally thankful because the
trend of public opinion is in favor of
a return to the first principles of
Americanism and a restoration of the
conditions which make for the happi-
ness of the many.
With bountiful harvests and with
abundance OF all the kinds Of goods
which may be manufactured by hui
man ingenuity, the American nation,
on pinnacle of prosperity, far above
the rest of the world in material adj
vantages, should also be on a pinnacle
of happiness far above the rest Of the
world in contentment. And we believe
there is more happiness in the United
States than in any other country. We
believe there is more contentment in
the United States than in any other
country. We cannot bulge from our
opinion that the nation will never be
thoroughly true to itself and will never
completely fulfill it's mission in the
world until various disturbing ele-
ments are adjusted and brought into
harmonious relations with the ma
tional life or eliminated from it alto
gether.
California has more reason to be |
thankful than any other state. If the
United States should be the happiest
and most contented country in the |
world, California should be the hap |
piest and most contented state in the
Union. Our climate brings healing to
the sick and gives added vitality to
the hale. In natural resources no |
other state in the Union may be COM
pared with California, and while its
manufacturing and industrial history
is only beginning to be written it has
already achieved more in a given time
than has any other state in the Union
in a similar number of years.
And now from the farthest west we
look to Australasia and the orient and
we see the beginning of a great new
era of commercial opportunity. In
San Pedro harbor we have one of the
finest seaports Of our hemisphere,
which will be developed into one of
the finest in the world as well as one
Of the busiest.
In every direction the outlook Of
California is one for which all her citi-
zens should be profoundly THANK
Full; and in Los Angeles, the most
favored, most promising and most
prosperous and most beautiful city of
California, let us with the enthusiasm
of sincerity celebrate this great ma
tional holy day with thanks unto God
the giver and the holiday with glad
some minds;
For his merces still endure,