Show tY O 0 DOUBT the same old question question ques No N tion will be asked that we have so often eten heard what have we to be thankful for The question is foolish almost as foolish as the at attempts t em p t s to answer it Thanksgiving means gra gratitude and there Is probably no man alive who does docs not hold Ingratitude to be one ene of ef the blackest sins Of course there can be no gratitude except as it is shown not only for something but to some one Therefore observes a writer in the Indianapolis News Itis it itis itis is that the thought of Thanksgiving necessarily implies the existence of ofa a Divine Giver and 2nd Benefactor So Sowe Sowe Sowe we are bidden to return thanks to Almighty God as the Giver of every good and perfect gift gilt When there seems to be a scarcity of g gifts ts one ene is tempted to ask the question why be be thankful And that is a question which every everyone one must answer answer an an- for or himself and it will be answered as it always has been in indifferent indifferent indifferent different ways It is futile to catalogue catalogue catalogue cata cata- logue what we know to be blessings and what we believe to be anything but blessings and set off one one list against the other and be thankful in proportion as the good exceeds the evil Carlyle long ago showed us the folly of ef the bookkeeping method as applied to things spiritual Probably most people get out of ef life llie about what wha t they deserve and in proportion to what they put into it It seems to be true that the most thankful people are arc those Ulese who have the least On the other hand those who are arc surfeited with good things take them themas as matters of course as their due and so calling for no gratitude The P V 5 J j y question seems to be whether one has a thankful spirit which surely is something to be greatly desired Without it man is less than man Even beasts are grateful Practically Practical Practical- ly the question suggested by the day touches character There is nothing mechanical or formal about it One can not pump up thankfulness thankful thankful- ness and the setting apart of a day does not suggest that there should be such an attempt The day is rather a recognition less of a duty than of an opportunity which it would be or might be fatal to neg neg- lect Be ye thankful is an apostolic apostolic apos apos- tolie command It ought to be easy to obey Those Thase men are nearest tho the truth who feel that in this life nothing nothing noth noth- ing is due them and that whatever they get is In a very true sense a ag g gift t and one which may be far beyond their deserts So we are ale called to keep another Thanksgiving day which should bring an outpouring outpour outpour- ing of not only thankful but kindly hearts Appropriate to the Uie day is Popes Pope's well known verse Teach me mc to feel another's woe To hide the thc fault I sec see That mercy I to others rs show snow show That mercy show to inc me |