Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-26

as this year? There is depth Of sig
niticance in these things this year that
does not always accompany them.
Material Blessings Of Year.
I'm the things that we may set down
in tabulated form upon our ledgers,
there is full Justification for the most
devout giving of thanks. The fields
have responded in prodigal fullness to
the touch of the hand of the husband
man. We are indebted to the husband
man for his faithfulness. But the hus-
bandman, ever SO faithful, Is utterly
helpless in his work without the CO.
operation of God The sower sows the
marvellous process of growth that
laughs at all the attempts Of the
science of man to detect or discover?
Hos is it that each seed brings the
harvest after it's kind. From soil and
air come the food for the building up
the rich harvest. But the same soil
yields so many kinds of crops. how is
it that the sower known what he shall
reap from the sowing of his seed? The
only answer to this question is to be
found in the word of Him who has
ruled that each seed shall yield seed
after its kind. God works with the
sower.
But how helpless. is the sower to
bring the conditions of growth to bear
upon the seed, If the rains bring de-
struction of all his hopes he must
stand by, powerless and see the ruin
of his harvest. II the sun pours its
merciless rays upon the parched field
until the fruit perish. he can not ward
it of. Sun and rain just al the right
time and not too much of either ne
must have. And for them both he is
altogether shut UP to his trust in God.
"Rounteous as are the crops OF the
field, the blessings of the year do not
end here. Iowa is coming TO be
manufacturing state, whose products
OF mill factory for the year have at
tained the respectable sum of $780,
100000. In this we ought to rejoice. In
these mills and factories are multi
tudss OF the best men of this land.
toiling for the support of their homes
and for the honor Of their native land.
Iowa sineuIarly Blessed.
I'VE are in the habit of calling Iowa
the garden spot of the world This
sounds ike boasring. The world is
wide and there are many most de-
lightful spots upon its surface. But
man who has travelled in every coun-
try in the world except two has been
hru our city He has been looking at
the soil in every land. He has digged
down into the fertile delta OF the Nile.
He says there is nothing in the world
like>this right here This land yields
her increase when failure overtakes the
workers in other sections. This beau
iiful land stands ready 10 receive the
sad and disappointed prodigals return
ing from the lands of fair promise,
where they have found only failure and
vexation in return for their toll. Iowa,
ike the old home that she is, has her
door open to welcome them all back,
asking no questions tina, might make
the tender heart sore, and gives 10 all
another chance.
and let US remember the favorable
organization of Iowa. She has no large
cities. She has many small ones. The
large city is the fostering sore of so
many states. where the intensified evil
and formidable organization Of crime
makes the government Of free people
a great problem. There the statesman
ship of the rural communities often
fall before the mere politics Of the
ward heeler OF the large city. In Iowa
with most OF our people living In con-
tent security, far removed from the
smaddening crowd working out the
destination of the nation ITSELF let US
be thankful to live.
THE commerce of the nation thriyes
in a most unprecedented way. In a