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

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heart.
And breathes In free and interrupted
praise
For benefits received, propitious heaven
Takes each acknowledgment as fragrant
incense
And doubles all its blessings"
Miss r. A. MERRILL.
4s5 Randolph street. Eufaua. Ala
Why arc people not more thankful?
Because they don't think enough. We
accept everything as II comes along as
though Il were our due Never stop TO
think what we have ever done to merit
so many blessings. why are we favored
10 be living I'm such a glorious age, under
such favorable conditions, IN undoubtedly
the most favored country under the sun.
We ought 20 stop and think sometimes,
think as hard as we can. think rightly.
If our thoughts are IN the proper chan
mel we VIII Their realize just what all
these things are that we enjoy. We will
be brimful and running over with exuber-
ant spirits. and every one we meet or
come I'm contact with in any way we viii
help II viii be a help TO them just 10
see us
II is not only our duty and our privilege
Will be an utter impossibility TO keep
from rejoicing and being glad And this
thankfulness reacts upon ourselves. does
more for US really than It does for those
around us. SO, you see cultvating
thankuiness has a twOfold result. A
joyful cOuntenance IS as medicine 10
most people. When our hearts are right
and the corners Of our mouths are in
clinod to 20 up, rather than 20 have a
downward tendency, II seems 20 warm up
our own hearts.
We can't be made to be thankful COM
manded 20 be thankful II must be spon-
taneous. When people cultivate thankful
ness for these best things IN the world,
then the wilderness and the solitary
place shall be glad FOR them and the
desert shall rejoice and blossom as the
rose We all In this country. no mat
ter how poor IL seems 10 me. have THE
worlds best benefits" Who hasn't
Think Of our little daughters, and who
that takes any interest whatever IN chill
dren does not bless God for conditions in
our country after looking upon the little
girls OF India? Not only girls, but boys
also.
a hgh-caste Brahmin was travelling by
the side Of a bishop In India when he
said "Oh. can YOU help me? What must
] do?'' The bishop asked. What Is your
trouhle2' The other answered. MY sor
is at oxford and he can now never sit al
table with me again, and ~ his shadow
falls on my plate ali the food must bs
thrown out" OR 10 regain caste his SOY
must undergo "A terrible ordeal
And IN famine the little ones. such as
our Saviour blessed, must slowly starvC
% death with proper food IN plenty a
hand % that food before reaching thei'
shore was put ND by polluted hands"
We are told, Then the people rejoiced
FOR that the offered willingly, becaus,
with perfect heart they offered Willingly
10 the Lord "
One OF our best benefits" Is 20 hav,
the good and noble IN high places, foi
when the righteous are in authority tn,
people rejoice (. +. BARNES.
l7l9 Fifteenth street northwest.
When our forefathers landed on IN,
unknown New England coast after al
! eventful voyage across the sea. leaving
home. friends, the known for the an
/ known and established themselves upof
I the borders or a vast wilderness beset 10y
the savage, the first glimpse or land mus
have engendered the very beginning o.
/ the thought Of what is now an estab
/ lished custom. a day appointed by on
/ h0nored rulers as day 20 be observes
/ throughout the length and breadth OF IN,
/ land by the whole people for praise an,
! thanksgiving The celebration Of the oil
grins on the very first day used by then
/ as thanksgiving must have been a solemn
and sublime event they being trUl,
I thankful for blessings a divine Provi
/ dence granted, and IL would be httin
/ subject for the brush OF a great artist q
] leave 10 pcsterity. can see In magma
! ton their humble prayers IN thankfulnes
\ 10 the Heavenly Father for having bless
/ ed them with peace and what must hav
/ been to them the greatest OF all bless
/ inEs. namely. 70 worship their God FIRE
/ from persecution.
] To-day we should profit thereby. as "
/ are living i'm a country changed from
/ wilderness into n mighty empire IN
/ grandest country that Gods sun shine
I on. creating an opportunity for a Twin
/ IN many things that kings could no
have then enjoyed.
We should be grateful for the man
! blessings through the year. free from wa
| and pestilence. and with a bounteou
! harvest and a return &c normal cOndi
tons from the stress OF hard times Of
few years ago.
II we could only extend the fun mean
ing OF the day throughout the year wit
our fellow-man, doing unto him as W
! should be done unto. how benefcent
would be, CHARLES +. SNYDER.
100 D street northwest.
! It is poor soul who. reviewing IN
! fs
| which % be thankful He may have Ia
his rebufts and failures. but surely Their
| were at some time a bright ray of ligf
! which shed encouragement along hi
pathway. And 1t is just this for whic
he should offer up the prayer Of thanks
giving. for such a CLEAN Of sunshine wa
just the needed help at the right time an
that which caused him 10 take fires
! courage. And then one cannot receiy
BENEFITS without i'm some measure pas.
ing them along, and 20 be able 20 hel
another should cause us real thanksgiy
ing. Thanksgiving for the years hes
benefits might well cause US TO offer IN
following prayer Of gratitude TO the Give
Of all blessings:
For health. friends, and bounteous stor
We are thankful. and what Is more.
We offeT our heartfelt, humble praise,
And ask Thy blessings through othC
DAYS. EDWARD N. cox.
lo2 Columbia road northwest.
Thanksgiving Is the one day Of the yea
specially set apart when generous though
should hold full sway. The truly graf,
full heart mindful Of its own blessing
; and good fortune, seeks at the same tin
: to mako the occasion one OF cheer an
glaoness to others. Our own Thanksgi'
: Ing dinner seems all the sweeter il v
share 1t with another household. An
; what a world of things we may well I
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