The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-21

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To thank God in his heaven
Where naught is found but beauty
We must first send him our praises,
TO thank him we are living,
To enjoy the daily presents
Which he. sends us on Thanksgiving.
Let them be great and bountiful.
Or let them be but small.
BE thankful for what you have.
God knows for what 10 call
II we are poor and lowly,
He gives as suit our state
Delight in what He sends you,
To bless your dinner plate.
Maybe your year has been a one
Framed with IN fortunes sign.
Adversely was painted bright
On lifeIs progressive line.
But don't give up the battle.
Just strive on with q cheer.
The optimists will aid you
And make the conflict clear
JAMES J. kEANE.
2l Corconn building.
Thank God every morning when you get
up that you have something 10 do that
day which must be done. whether you Ike
IL or not Being forced 10 work, and
forced 20 do your best. viii breed in you
temperance and self-contrOl. diligence
and strength OF will, cheerfulness and
content. and a hundred virtues which the
idle never know.
Miss MARIE II. BOGDAHN.
35 North Carolina avenue southeast.
II one should give me dish Of sand
and tell me there were particles OF iron
in IL, I might look for them with my
eyes. and search for them with my
clumsy fingers. and be unable 10 detect
them bat let me take magnet and
sweep through il. and how II would draw
10 itself the almost invisible PARTICLES
10y the mere power Of attraction. The
unthankful heart like my finger in the
sand discovers no mercies; but let the
thankful heart sweep through the day.
and as the magnet finds the iron, so viii
Il find. In every hour. some heavenly
blessings only the iron i'm Gods sand is
gold,-Beecher. FRED MILTON.
Station 4.
Best OF al is it 10 preserve everything
i'm a pure, still heart, and let there De for
every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every
breath a song.-Gesner.
HOMER WALSH
station F.
II is peculiarly significant that Thanks
giving Day should be purely an American
institution. for simply 10 live in this cOuu-
try with its uneoualed advantages OF all
kinds should be enough 10 rouse I'm us al
the warmest OF Thanksgiving feelings.
But aside from the blessings OF freedom
and religious liberty and the ample means
Of education we in America enjoy. there
is no one without some personal reason
10 be thankful FOR the gift of life or at
least the possibility of enriching or bet
tering life for some one else.
The old darby who said that II we had
straight back and two straight legs
we had plenty 10 be thankful for sug-
gested in her homely and wholesome phil
osophy the greatest thing for which any
Of Us can be thankful-good health. And
yet. so finely balanced are natures econ
onies that there are compensations even
for those 10 whom this blessing has been
denied; and the Thanksgiving sentiment
IS the universal acknowledgment Of the
beneficence beyond our understanding
and stronger than life and death.
AIRS. LILLIAN W. SMITH.
1916 Iuglesidc Terrace northwest.
This world O Gods is brighter than we
ever dream or know:
It's burdens grow lighter-and it's Love
that makes 'em so.
An I'm thankful that I'm Twin where
Loves blessedness I see.
Meath a heaven that's forgivin'. where
the bells ring home to me. stanton.
Mrs THOMAS X. OBRIEN.
70 street northwest
We thank Thee, O Father, for all that is
bright.
The CLEAN Of the day and the stars Of
the night.
The flowers OF our youth and the fruits
OF our prime,
And the blessings that march down the
pathway Of time.
We thank Thee, Father Of all, for the
power
OF aiding each other IN nfe's darkest
hour,
And all the sOul-heIp that sad souls
understand.
We thank Thee, o Father. for days yet
to be,
For hope that our future will call us to
Thee;
Let all our eternity form through Thy
love
One Thanksgiving Day in the mansions
above.-Win Carleton.
TN street northwest.
After years OF patient waiting. when
clouds gathered and threatened storms
seemed to submerge all hope: when the
horizon seemed TO be IN perpetual mist
and the rain was unceasing; when pray
ers seemed unheard and Of no vail. for
results were not forthcoming: when sud-
denly, with no conscious effort. the long
dormant sun bursts forth. everything
seeming gradually TO fit in place, the
silent thoughts become realities. and God
is with us at last and has been nearest,
If we only knew IT, all the time when the
trials We're greatest, the burdens heaviest.
and the will the weakest He was there
at our side, in spirit and truth, cheering
and encouraging and asking only our love
or some daily sacrifice TO prove us.
An unspoken prayer is voiced in higher
realms and becomes a tangible thing. and
this complete realization of Gods mercy
AID omnipotence fills our hearts with
gratitude and a wish TO serve Him for
evermore and glorify His name. The
faithful, heartfelt prayer has become a
power for good, as a good thought trav-
els through space and fills many thou
sands with like thoughts. So gratitude is
forthcoming from every breast for mercy
shown, for He sees and knows all things
Our Thanksgiving should be doubled
when those who have complained Of their
lot realize their many blessings i'm being
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