The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191?, 1910-11-25
ALL should Be THANKFUL
THE THANKFUL INDIVIDUAL Is
THE HAPPY ONE
In Most Instances The Real Cause
OF Not Being Thankful
Is Seifishness

mother will early in life instruct her
boy or girl, to say for benefits re-
ceiyed, Thank you"
1t is a sign of good breeding, and
it indicates the better home life and
manners. At the root of all ingrati-
tude lies the sin of selfishness. The
person that is selfish, is ungrateful.
If you show me an ungrateful person,
you show me at the same time one
who is unhappy 1t makes no differ
ence how much the good is that
they receive, they think they de-
serve much more, hence that feel
ing of ingratitude. One of the
great theologians has said: The
essence of sin is selfishness." We
add that the real cause of not being
thankful is selfishness. 1t is there
fore a duty, that We learn to cult
vate the feeling of appreciation with
in us. This was strongly developed
in the Psalmist words when he said,
What shall | render to the Lord
for all his benefits to me This
man felt his obligations to his God,
and the sense of appreciation was
highly developed in him.
1t is strange that in this age Of
Christian civilization where the
reasons are SO very many for it.,
that there are people utterly neglect
full and destitute of praise The hea-
then philosopher had three special
reasons to be thankful
The first was that he was human
and not a beast, the second that he
was a philosopher and not a Bar
barian and thirdly that of being a
Greek.
Shall this man put us to shame?
Should not each of us maintain a
sense of gratitude that we were
created in the image of God, and
indowed with rational mind?
Should we not be thankful for Chris
tan civilization and educational ad-
,aa ages? Lastly. can any of our
eitlzers be thankful enough for the
benefits of . free government like
that of ours under whose proud flag
we live? Is there a land more high
ly blest? Did not the year again
bring forth it's abundant. harVests
and manifold other blessings?
Our national Thanksgiving day is
but a natural result. 1t is not the
individuals Thanksgiving so much as
that of the nation. The individual
should be thankful daily, and the
nations gratitude as a whole finds
expression in our great Thanksgiv-
ing Day We would make a plea for
a better and more general observance
of this city We are called to this
duty by the president of the United
States, and by the governor of the
state in which we may live. Let us
not forget that the great God, our
Heavenly Father, expects of us to
appreciate His many blessings that
he has so lavishly bestowed. Is He
asking in vain, were there not ten
cleansed. where are the nine?'
Our God is still asking, "where are
the nine?" Readers are we meeting
His expectations? Is there not a
danger that the nation may loose
the sense of gratitude to God?
Without this the worship of God
becomes impossible, and all religious
feeling and every sense of obligation
to God will die in u.s. The more
normal the Christians life the more
the sense and even instructive feel
ing of grateful praise will spring up
in the heart.
Wherever the Scriptures shed any
light on the employment of the
heavenly beings, it is that of praise
Would you be happy, learn the secret.
1t is. praise God From Whom all
Blessings Flow" Count His many
blessings and you will find more