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

F5r life and strength 10 bear
Thy shield and banners on
For these. o Lord. Thy blessings all.
We humbly thank Thee
For plenteous crops Of fruit and grain.
Harvest OF hin and field;
For this, our happy land.
Where peace and plenty dwell
And brothers love TO brother flows;
For coasts that raise
No trumpets blare, nor lannon's roar
In wars sad devastation
For these 0 Lord, Thy blessings ali
We gladly thank Thee
For our peace without
And our peace within;
For right that rules
And freedoms light.
Tor gentler winds and calmer waves
Where sails our ship Of state
For these, o Lord. Thy blessings all.
We truly thank thee.
MINOLA RESLEY HATCH.
Columbus Ohio
Lord, am glad for the great gift OF
living.
Glad for Thy days Of sun and rain;
Grateful for JOY with an endless thanks
giving.
Grateful for laughter-and grateful for
pain.
Lord, / am glad for the young Aprirs
wonder.
Glad for the fuuness Of long summer
days;
And now when Inc spring and my heart
are asunder.
Lord, give thanks for the dark su-
Sun, bloom. and blossom. o Lord.
/ remember.
The dream Of the spring and its JOY 1
recall:
But now in the silence and pain OF
November
| Lord. ] give thanks 10 Thee, Giver OF
ALL
yosEPHA ANGELA LANCE.
The Roland.
Thanksgiving. like other great powers
In us, is not an occasional exuberance. but
IL is power to be gained by thougEtfUl
attention and practice. II a hundred
| more good things were added 10 US they,
/ OF themselves, could not make US thank
/ ful unless We worked directly for that
! spirit. Nothing that can happen from the
outside can change this for US. Some
thing must happen from within. We must
I cultivate a thankful. appreciative heart.
I extracting motives for gratitude from
everything; this is life's most invigor-
ating element We need a course OF
I treatment IN thanksgiving to transform
Z and transfigure life and restore US 10
/ health. Let Us say. Il viii be glad and
E ADKINS.
aol street.
The first step toward helping others is
get right yourself In the morning when
/ you arise ask God 10 make you helpful 10
some one else during the DAY. Then
watch for the opportunity. 1t viii come.
I We do not have 10 be Rockefeller TO do
I this. either. We do not have 10 go cut OF
our family, as some seem 70 think for so
] often we have frOwn for the one We
v love the best and a smile for the some
/ time guest" Be kind 20 the aged mother
/ who has done so much for you: smile
\ upon the brother and sister instead OF
finding fault Do all YOU can 10 make
| those OF your own household happy, and
/ il you then find that you can enlarge your
/ borders. why just pay a visit to that
\ shut-in friend. Take him or her a book.
\ a flower. TO while away the tedious hours
I
/ she needs help financially and the Lord
\ has blessed you with an abundance, why
\ lend a hand: II not. then report to some
one who can. Give that poor little ragged
urchin a cap or coat TO keep him warm
\ this winter. as he has TO father. When
/ you hear any one spoken Of disparag-
/ ingly, speak a good word for him and
/ lend hand TO rebuild his character.
| Speak a good word to the one who
! through temptation has fallen. II mas
| give him courage 10 try again. Then.
/ too. we can help all we come in contact
/ with just by being pleasant, and thus 81
! lently but surely influencing them 10
/ make right decisions. For illustration,
! take the great Salt Lake in Utah II re-
ceives all Il can get. but sends forth no
\ sweet bubbling stream 10 gladden. the
! fields below. on which the flowers might
I bloom and the animals be refreshed. Oh.
no: it keeps all to itself What is the
| consequence? II has become bitter and
/ stagnant and has no beauty Of its own.
i Just so Il is in our own lives If we re-
/ tain ell the great and rich blessings that
! come into our lives we become narrow,
| self-centered. and Disconnected. Open the
! hoodgates Of your lives. Let them pour
! forth ali Of the richness, beauty and
goodness that comes to You. You VIII be
made better and the lives around you
Will become enriched and the world shall
/ have been made better by your having
| lived in il.
Mrs J. ELIZABET4 HAWKINS.
/ 1ll6 Bedford avenue. Lgnchburg. Va.
To shelter our brother in deep despair.
| The helping hand draws near.
To cheer the seeming cOmfortless.
! And make this life more clear.
Help that helps the thirsty soul.
/ To depths OF love and grace.
( Is the helping hand most needed,
/ We must meet IL face 10 face.
/ Do lfe's common work as IL comes;
/ Be quick to see needed relief.
Be happy. be generous. and loving;
! Fear not, for the time IS brief.
/ Our portion, however so little,
! If done in the spirit of love-
! The help that We are needing
/ Will come from heaven above.
EMMA HUGHES
/ s0s Westminster street.
sure of One Audience.
From the Chicago Post
Having told his favorite joke four times
! over without eliciting even polite smile
\ from any OF his listeners, the mar turns
angrily upon his heels and mutters:
] by George, I'll set laugh on that
story or know the reason why. I'll go tell
I II TO Simpkins. He borrowed some money
from me the other day