Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1938-11-01
In Giving Thanks
Social Science Department, Alcorn A. & M. College
By CHARLES H. WILSON

In everything do say, give thanks. This express
sion is true today it since the of man
runneth not to the contrary.
For the yield of harvest, furrow acres in and
Showers luscious fruit and natures balance in generous
store For those who do not know the sweet OF
tomorrow bread which call Life They must be fed
For Christians who remember those of whom else
thinks. ,C
To inspired Pilgrims and Puritans, whose lives we
today for their determination, iron will and an
xety worship God they fit in spite of the many
economical, political, and religious stumbling blocks
that placed in their paths And from them
should be thankful that through them radiates that i'm
peachab word of gratitude to God for his unspeakab
gift in Christ
We should be thankful for those who still believe in
the power of prayer Those consecrated souls who still
fall down upon their knees asking God to within build
well rounded character that greed hate hypocrisy and
bgoty will beset To those courageous heroes
who still lift their voices toward the celestial heavens
for mankind and know and realize that in Christ is the
power for victorious living.
Thanks should be given for various events of the
day For the fact that feet still pod the soil of the
dearest section of America that know the Southland
section that know has many advantages we'll as
many drawbacks; section whose voice is still ringing
from the wildness begging its people to work together,
to live wholesome lives and to that justice given TO
every American citizen who lives within its bounds
gardless of race, color, creed.
Appreciation for the fact that Southerners are
awakening to the sad plight of the sharecropper and
tenant farmers, who got themselves into such predica
ment. But we must depend upon the sympathetic and
Chrstke Southerner to them and them to-
place their feet on higher ground.
We should be grateful in observing again another
trial dealing with wholesale murder and that the tria
of Irwin, the sculptor, who wilfuly and maciously kill
ed three innocent vctmsYe in allowing the law to take
its he too will be given his just reward The
snation of the German governmental official by the Polish
Jews is not solving this i'll by bringing pressure to bear
upon all Jews is exempied by Hitler Yet thank
funeSs should to realize that the instinct to kill
will always be with us, and barbaric methods
ed to not only the Southland but in the world of which
part will not balance the instinct to kill
Happy should be in knowing that Mississippi has an
antilynching bill, but grateful should become
when people who live among in knowing that two
wrongs make right That if Justice is to be upheld
it must be mbedded in hearts and not Just the
statute books.
For the celebration again with reverent hearts of
Armistice Day. day in spite of that will always
remain foremost in hearts, for it depicted that TWEEN
ty-two nations offering and women who had
been fed from their mothers breasts offering all that
men could give-their lives
For President Roosevelt and his llustrous advisors
who have thought of every method imaginable to put food
in the mouths clothes the backs and shoes the feet
of those who unfortunate His administrative abi
ty and his unfaering effort to peace that the
world is badly in need Of The Pan-American Confer
is in session, helping add to humanys list of
peaceful endeavors the logical way of stimulating bust
ness and trade relationships through nterna-
tional channels.
For the peace of mind and the elimination of worry
that life for most people will be happy and satisfying