Show tak T V IOU G PEOPLE ro thanksgiving sq sermon reou B by y rev B R P nichols TO KEEP BEFORE YOU STAND UP UPI the speaker fiker exhorts the youth to stand up physically intellectually morally and religiously the following address was delivered by rev ransom P nichola nichols at town hall on thanksgiving day november 28 1907 friends this is the first thanks giving I 1 have spent in the homeland for eight years the contrast of attending surroundings of thu the last eight with is striking there were the balmy trade winds the nodding palms a movement of I 1 life ife a vividness of color here a cold snappy clear half balf wintry day but there I 1 was far away from horpe howe and somehow there comes on days like ike I 1 thanksgiving christmas and the fourth of july to the wanderer a yearning oh a gre gres longing tobe to at home hoine the heart seems to hunger for tho th love and sympathy for homeland and the home folks so this will be a most happy thanksgiving for me nip already I 1 feel feet at home among you and after all I 1 am in the homeland and in that part of our great republic which I 1 soon shall learn to love the best it matters matter snot not so much where burlot our lot in life within the bounds of our nur great country may be cast we are all americans and glory in one common heritage secured by our forefathers who established the observance of this joyous day when a man sojourns anille abroad an e I 1 bave have dona I 1 lie ile likes to think of 1411 the folks he left at home as a one aid and so they are 1 all represent the alf kimt lt of tte tle I lod iad ad across the cea ves all for or one high pu pwe in our co in fn ff or of jbf bv tree free methe a man be from rom the south the 14 irta 1 the west the east so 84 long as be a american it the lct ICIM whether his cress orest be badger bear dmn u aitto word sword or pine his t Is tb lory glory 0 of the that with the tricea comba combia but I 1 am not here today to tell you how glad I 1 am to be in price on this thanksgiving day I 1 should consider myself very remiss in my duty if I 1 allowed this opportunity opportune opp y to speak to the youth of this thi pace place to pass by unimproved some things said dr gedde god gives often some he gics only once thelea the seau bons u come and go days and nights alternate in in regular succession aJon flowers fruits the plenty of the land come in their recurring seasons sese ons but youth comes to us only once yet how poorly we realize ita its value youthfully youth full of hope hpe health energy and freedom from care pasas in a flood tide of sunshine and we never know what weve had until it its la pm ss cd ed it is by tho the bitter contrasts of the tho later years that we learn to know what we have had one hour of the radian radiant health and spirits spirit oj of youth in later years would be a priceless boon it is that you may prolong into the af ter years much of this health and d radiance that I 1 stand before you boys and girls and al ways tn keep in mind the simple lit tie tle maxim I 1 brine bring to you yuu if you do A IL many will be the Thanks thanksgivings gh ings you will enjoy arid and the probabilities arc are that every one will bu bo happy ones thi this s is the motto I 1 want you to leap before you STAND UP in the first place stand up physically gods creation reached ita its culmination mi nation in man man is the only one of his creation that can stand erect lift up your head broaden out your shoulders let the pure air air of gods great out of doors percolate into every crevice of your lungs do not cramp our lives into ones atoo stooping mg and round dered stand up in fn your lessons at tt school this year bear when you go to the blackboard to perform your problem or to demonstrate your theorem let it be with the absolute consciousness of careful preparation and independence standing upon your own feet and not leaning upon the crutch of work do a little thinking for yourself this to I 1 hie the only fair way to yourself vours elf your teacher and your ol 01 classmates lass mates stand up in your our morals you have your sports soi retime the keenness of the rivalry the zest ze st of th encounter Aun counter the excitement of action may tempt you to seize some advantage which your sense of right and wrong knows to be questionable or downright wron arons then is the time to show the stuff you are made of 0 dont stoop ata tand id up not long ago at a public reception I 1 had the great pleasure of shaking I 1 the hand of that great and good man who verily stands standi at the head of our nation lie has his U bets ats as great ones as any other of our presidents yet in his dealings in the way he play the games at wb which ich so much it at stake none ever knew him to bend or sway no standing firmly erect he gives the blow straight from tle shoulder stand up this year in your religious beliefs you have your convictions live up to them with all the and acl purpose you can put into life let your life be a plumb I 1 line arve carnet carne bt brave brae your influence will count for more than you think oh what an inspiration there is in an upright I 1 manly hoy boy a brave true girl I 1 remember aber how we officers and soldiers at chickamauga threw thre our head up squared our shoulders and made our posture elpi ess all of the manliness we ne could when general miles stiles that erect soldier came to visit r camp the influence of a boy or girl who this year will stand up physically intellectually morally and religiously will have wonderful ul effect not alone on himself but on all jils eo comrades A stranger coming coming to price will say How straight these boys boyi and girls stand |