The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-11-23
THE FEAST
TRUE MEANING OF LESSON OF
THANKSGIVING.
Should 30 Time Of Rejoicing for All.
Those Who Have Abundance
Sharing With Their Less
! Fortunate Brethren.

Ha|mM. ..n
The sober ioyfulness of the hrs,
New England Thanksgiving did NOT
exhaust itselt In 4 singls day. Gov.
ernor Bradford after the frst scanty
harvest made deliberate provision for
three days seasting and rejoicing.
during which the infant colony enter.
tanned more than Its own number OF
visiting Indians. 1t IL true that these
guests contributed renison for the
feast. AZ they had earlier contributed
corn for the ms. ~ tho COLONY. Int
the heart OF tho feast was IN tho
hospitality which made thom vel
come.
II would DO hard to imagine 4
greater contrast than that which
must have existed between tho sober
Earb and quiet manners OF the PHI.
grims. uchooled In persecution and
prtvation. and the fanatic dress and
unrestrsined impulses o; &assasolt
and his people. The Indian could be
dignined enough upon occasion. but
his uncsreful seltindulEenco even
moro than tho e%olonists' hospitable
anbendinE was tho sign OF an unusual
confidence, That mutual confidence
and good understanding. to the con
enunnee OF Which these Gays OF
hassEirhc n teasunc EVIDENTLY
contributed MOI = lttie, procured 0
n-eessat! years OF peace ana security
~n'eh eaao'ea ths nesSsn%' OF the
li 'eieh' " nas1eh mo
We call ThnnksS'r ~ day especial.
" n home festival. AID lts associations
arc most deliShtfrl IN family ~rc.nions
and homo pleasures. Yet the prece'
dent OF Plymouth hospitality hqs
never been and neyer ought to be
neglected, It is a time when those
who are blessed with homo Joys take
pleasure in sharing them with the
homeless. Families enlarge them
selves to include rot only tho scat.
tered next OF kin, but those also who
are far from their own homo circle.
A touch OF the blessed spirit OF home
10y and mutual heipfulness stretches
beyond the limits OF the family to
include those for whom the day would
otherwise be lonelier than others days
for ~prtvatton OF home companionships.
This gracious hospitality OF the
Thanksgiving season brings home
memories to many guests. It ought
10 have its teachings for nan others
young men and women In our towns
who dream OF homes yet TO be earned
or reallzed-in keeping them in touch
with the true home spirit. There Is
no s~elfishness in true home love. II
IL not merely as a refuge for opr.
serves nat we oaiid the walls ana
iaE the hearth and hndle the ire
anu spread the table. To gain .
nome ana make II beautiful Is the
ofeam Oh many OF homeless
ones, 10 make home ministrant and
nospitaoie ana 30 TO crown It WITH
a Hisner beauty ought to be the sus.
sesuoh OF the happy feasting and Tel
iowshlp OF thanksgiving.
The community was tho host in
that FIRST Plymouth festival. yet tho
community divided into families. As
they kept the feast n the large family
groups into which the necessity Of
house building and defense had up TO
this time divided them. did any OF
them think. we wonder. OF the law Of
tho passover established for other
exiles and pilgrims 30 many centuries
before: And II tho household DO too
little for tho lamb. let him and his
ne!ghbor next unto his house take II
according to the number OF the
-eula"!
Az = commun,t, We are today much
'ettas' from aproiuSe "ant anu peril