Show all special ham ditl reasons ah americans should lie ile grateful to god this lear I 1 ear if custom had not dictated nor time hallowed the setting iside aside of a day for a national r recognition cognition of divine blessings the situation in the world today would mould of itself have instinctively brought about the senti lienti in the hearts of americans suited to the spirit of thankfulness yet there la Is no occasion to resort to the elements of contrast at af forded corded by the he pictures presented here and in other countries at this s time our people are determined to assert the nations rights as opera the at all times and desirous desiro us of defending them as a part of the heritage received from ancestors who feared god but had scant ro re spelt for persons or nations when these ignored the principles of lib erta ert for which they were angly set in defense it Is 1 beyond and outside of the field of contrast that the country bows on thanksgiving day in ac knowl edgein ent of a providence dence that has preserved it from the ravages of mir and given it t to partake richly of every form of prosperity for which a people might justly yearn the crops are excellent labor in practically every field of endeavor Is giving employment to the many the distribution of material wealth Is thus effected in such manner that plenty abounds and no table so BO poor that it cannot present evidence of good cheer on this festive occasion mingled nevertheless less with tb the e consciousness of our own happy state must be the sobering senti mento indents that hat take cognizance of ct far other conditions elsewhere tor for the war torn nations it is wished that they may soon find an honorable way back to permanent peace As these sentiments take form in our own minds they cannot but suggest our own great responsibilities present and future and among these the of being prepared to assert and defend the principles for which we stand and to the pro pre of which thus far in our political history we are under the goodness of god indebted tor for our present peace and pros perit must have its recognized place |