The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-11-24
Thinks on Things
By T oung Steady.

Infuenct by due senle OF
gratitude for favoIs past and pres
ent, or by well established Gus
tom, common to all civilized lands,
we dedicate today as one OF thanks
giving. Not only as nation up
on which bounteous Providence
has lavished the blessings that
make for prosperity and universal
happiness, but as individuals, as
well, are we inspired by sense OF
due obligation for the graces and
benefits with which the receding
year has crowned our lives.
There is no one, no matter in
what sphere OF condition they may
live, who has not ample cause to
be thankful. True, there are some
WHO share more generously in the
good things of life; others there
are who still need much to make
happiness complete, but none may
live for single day without being
brought to due sense of obliga-
ton for some favors received-fa-
vors without which their lives
would have been more desolate. 1t
is only by worthy appreciation Of
small things that we prove our
selves deserving of the greater
things of life. There is that,in the
| life Of every man that yearns for
such things as make for happiness,
as the daisy by the roadside yearns
for tbs warm caress of the sun in
the brilliancy Of noontime. But
the sun does not always shine to
, gladden. and make bright the life
of the flower. So also the sun of
, happiness and success is some
: times clouded and obscured from
our views by clouds of our own
) making. Still, as the little flower
) continues to reflect its beauty
: when denied Natures blessings to
> the full, SO should we by making
) the most of whatever position we
occupy, and looking only at the
best life has 10 offer, endeavor to
6 show gratitude in our lives for the
) blessings we enjoy.
2 Even in the life Of the man in
). prison there are many things for
8 which to be thankful, for while
prison walls may shut us out from
many of the material pleasures of
life, there are still many higher
and more worthy joys Of which
: they cannot rob us. Who is there
J. among us who cannot find it the
J. memory o a sainted mother due
: cause for JOY and thanksgivingf
d The greatest treasure in this world
It is mother living; next to that is
y the joys of mother whose pres
s ence we no longer know, butwhose
y memory still lives to influence and
) direct our lives. Whose past is SO
drear as to contain no period, up
) on the memory of which they can
1t look with pleasurep. It may be
d that of some happy occasion, spent
l. in the company of those We love;
is it may be- the memory of some
le1 kindly act which made glad the
a life OF a. fellow man; or it may be
l. but a happy vision of the future
based upon some worthy aspira-
e tions for the years to come. But
l. whatever 1t is -be it memory OF
It the past, a hope for the future, OF
b the realization of some cherished
J. longing of the present-it is csuse
II for JOY, for contentment, for q
pleasure which, though feeting, il
}. very sweet and welcome in oul
) present condition. Therefore, lei
r as be thankful for such as we have
l. and trust to the future for better
g and more choice favors.
T We are told that Of the three
!, virtues. Faith, Hope and Charity
Charity is the greatest. Admit.
8 tinO tho frnfh IF tho aScnrfion ;f;e