The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-29
Much to Be Thankful For
Rev w. H. coysott Delivers
service at Laurium M. e Church. America Is Prosperous

hearted and fresh. IL was warm and
enthusiastic. was suitable for The occa-
sion and thoroughly natural. IL was
altogether up TO the mark for the
heart comes out in every line and
though more than three thousand
years have passed since this fcrvid
anthem was sung ii seems as fcrvid
and glowing as If it had been sung
YESTERDAY.
~ We gather here this morning we
are reminded of that first ThanSsgN-
ing service held in Boston, Feb. 1851.
II VAS year of almost famine, ana
Captain Pierce with his good ship, the
Lion. had arrived from England with
goodly stores OF wheat and other pro-
visions, These We're distributed b.
the governor to his COO people accord
ing to their several necessities. These
mer were godly men and they would
not accept ply steal comfort and luz
airy before thanking God for 1t. II might
be that they thanked God because Tho
Lion arrived the right day or because
the bay had yielded stores of halibIt
and the streams stores of salmon, but
they did not think that they made the
haiibut ur the salmon. or that their
winds had brought The Lion TO her
harbor No No Tney knew and
recognized God in all their thoughts.
They knew that Pierce in his ship hal
been "A fellow worker with God as he
: trimmed his sails or stood at the helm
; at midnight. God had hidden the wind
TO blow and the wind was ready for
Picrco's top sail and main sail. They
knew that God was in it all ana SO
they said ITO God We owe the thanks
= giving. TO God we owe the Lion and
the arrival of the Lion. and because
We are godly men. We thank God and
we make a special Thanksgiving Day,
like Deborah and Barak their song OF
thanksgiving was spontaneous and re-
, ligous. Praise We the Lord Hear,
q We Kings. Give ear. - We Princes,
!, even !, will sing unto the Lord. !
will sing praises to the Lord God of
Israel"
Prosperity is the gift OF God in na
ture II has well been said that M :
: ture is but the name of effect whose
: cause is God. He makes the grass and
q hills to adorn.
=. Prosperity is the gift of God in bust
, ness.
God of our fathers known of old
: Lord Of our far-fune battle line be-
meath whose awful hand we hold do
minon over palm and pine. Lord God
: of Hosts, be with MS Yet lest VT for
- get. lest wc forget Far called our ma
vics melt away on dune and headland
sinks the fire. And all our pomp OF
yesterday is one with NineVeh and
TYNE Judge of the Nations. spare L,
yet. lest We forget '-,Rudydrd Kip.
: ling .......,'. n.IH'
% We are In grave danger OF forget
u ting Cod tho Bliepticism OF the life il
a q thousand times more to be- deplore,
{, than the skepticism OF the intellect.
& ply your nets. use Your drags bu
ii do not worship them. save your in
It Cense and your worship for Almghtl
Il Tod i'm short. enthrone Cod "Hear
il q We Princes. Give ear. 90 We Kings
:. l. wen l. will sing praise unto tn
y Lord. | will sing praises unto the Co
= Of Israel"
= 1t was a confession Of deep obi
N cation. The people of that day felt !
e was q life from the dead to have -
e great Il deliverance wrought for them
ii Between the murky gloom of midniGh
- sky and the brightness Of noonda,
sun the contrast was not greater thai
! the changed face of things produce
e 10y the destruction of the espresso
It from what the land sroaned under be
], fore. All that realized IT seemed pre-
= pared to say What shall We rcnde
Is unto the Lord for all His benefits to
j. ward us'"
y Now We are closing year of pros
perity. No Thanksgiving Day ha
= ever brought richer promise of ma
FL tional well-being. Harvests are abun
c dant business is booming. We are liz
e ing i'm a wondrous age, our old worl
lie is renewing its youth, shaking it's in
Is vincble locks and spreading its loos
= enirg silver in the sun. IL Is a priv
ID lege TO be alive.
10 Let vs. say from our hearts wv
IL thank Thee -. oui Father, for IA
IS things great and good. the harve.
sc and the sunshine-our lives. OF
ne health our food-accept the gifts "
M offer with all Thy love impart TN
,n what Thou most desrest. \ humid
thankful heart"