Ellsworth American., 1915-11-24

LET SOMETHING coon Be SAID
Iyar.es Ehiieoms RiIes.l
when DER the fair fame Of friend or foe
The shadow Of disgrace shall fail, instead
OF words Of blame, or pro0i of this and SO,
Let something good be said
Forget not that no fellow being yet
May fall 80 low but love may lift bis head;
Even the cheek of shame with tears IL vet.
something good be said
Nc generous heart may vsinly turn aside
In ways Of sympathy no soul 50 dead
But may awaken strong and Eiori6ed
II something good be said.
And 90 charge ye. by the ihorDy crown
And BY the cross on which the Saviour bied.
And By your own soufs fair renown
Let something good be said.
Selected br Sxnahi.<'s Dassasey.
Dear N. B. Friends:
We have been furnished with . good
motto, not alone for this week, bat it
could be safely used successive weeks.
until it became 9 fixed habit.
When you unfold your AMERICANS
this week. your Thanksgiving goodies will
all be arranged 10 apples pie order on the
n1GAstss 8A1 tnG IA DE 0lSasCa Will
the aroma from pies and puddings and
cakes and fruit and almost numberiess
good things
Some OF you may have heard persons
say: II Idon't know - have anything TO be
thankful for" They need to think OF that
first New England Thanksgiving. What
do you suppose the people OF those days
would think, il they could take birds
eye view OF even these eastern states, to
say nothing OF the vast stretch of cities
and cultivated land, the network of tele-
graph and telephone wires, the railway
lines, and tbe thousand wonderful things
connected with our so-cailed modern
civilization, that overspread this land
from shore to shoref
1t is no; too much ito say that the inn
print OF New England. the influence that
came from those stoical settlers bas been
felt over the whole country. We may
have drifted far from their sterner views OF
life and duty, and from their strict ortho-
doxy, but the seeds OF truth they sowed
have not been without fruition. Really,
we honor them in observing year after
year the Thanksgiving day which they
originated, and venture to quote q few
selections taken from some OF the Novem-
ber magazines on this day we celebrate in
reunions and feasting.
''Over and over and over again
Gods harvest falls in the hands OF men:
And never weary our Father is
OF feeding these eiamoroua children Of His.
OF ripening the grain. and painting the fruit,
Aud giving the oak Its studier root;
OF wrapping the cornjin its hnsk away,
OF hiding the seed for the wand of May:
Over and over again He pours
Into our bins the bou nteous stores:
And 90 for the richness and JOY Of living
For AL that 10 good weskeep Than ksgiving.-
'sFor all that 10 good We keep Thanksgiv-
ing" Isn't that . CHEEKY, wise mottof There
10 always good to be thankful for. IL We will
but keep our eyes open TO zee II, and our
hearts receptive TO the glad and gracious
things Of life. That il our part There 10 NOT
one among us bat can discover something to
be gracious for. It may cost quite an effort
At frst but IL 10 well worth our while TO make
the effort, and keep at it until We shall have
formed the habit Of seeing and expecting
good. not only for ourselves bat for every
BODY.
"where IL ehe tmortal man who does not
snin with keenest anticipation the savory
odors that greet the nostrils coming through
the kitchen door round about Tbankgiying
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