Show THANKSGIVING day has come around again and with it all the pleasant associations of this festive sea sea- son The name of this holiday has become almost with feast day and we have come to look upon the time as one of merry pleasure This is proper for when we are glad we are more likely to be thankful than when depressed but we should not let our pleasure so absorb us that we neglect to consider the purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose our ance ancestors tors had of setting this day apart and the feel feelings ng we ye should hold regarding it now J In the early d days ys of our our country ou try when when the sturdy colonists were Yere laying the foundations ns of this great g eat commonwealth v A conditions were different from what they are now The settlers were surrounded by the dangers of frontier life wars with 1 the savages were continuous and only by the utmost diligence could food he be obtained Often starvation times would come ome and sometimes so grievous were that the could f. f they only strongest survive survive sur sur- vive them During one of these periods the colonists prayed fervently for a plentiful plentiful plentiful plen plen- harvest and when this came out of gratitude they appointed a day in which they and their descendants should give thanks to God In these days we live in comparative 4 security we have not only the comforts comforts' but some of the luxuries of life not only only only on- on ly enough but abundance of food If our forefathers were thankful what should we be Let us enjoy our holiday holiday holiday holi- holi day engage in all proper amusements but rem remember em ber its ts purpose and spend a little time in real earnest thanksgiving |