Show WRY V GIVE THANKS Manifolds Manifold Blessings Accorded to This Nation Surely One Needs Only a Few Moments Mo ments' ments Reflection Reflect to Realize the Causes I for Gladness It Is written of ot Plato that looking through the dim spectacles of ot nature he gave thanks to God for three things Fir First t. t that he be was created a aman aman aman man and not a beast Second that he lie was born a Grecian and not a barbarian Third that he was born borna a 11 possible philosopher If this represents the pagan Ideal of gratitude it Is In marked contrast to the Christian Ideal A boastful spirit has no place In true thanksgiving to Sod God The Pharisee who went ent up to the temple to pray and thanked God Cod that he was was- not as other men was roundly rebuked by Christ for his pre pre- presumption The last place for one to display his egotism should be before the throne of or God Whosoever er will willbe willbe be great among you let him be your minister said Christ It is a time for true humility of or spirit Now that this nation has grown rich beyond the dreams of ot the austere auster pioneers do Americans of today recognize recognize recognize rec rec- the source of their manifold blessings and will wUl they with true humility humility hu hu- hu- hu acknowledge their gratitude t to the giver of ot all good gifts forgetting bot hot all his benefits America is today the richest and most powerful nation of ot the eart earth and if It Is this very opulence that leads the people most liberally blessed of all to neglect to remember the source of good aced In days of opulence and p power men are prone to put their trust In tn themselves and to underestimate those Influences that have made them great greatt Ingratitude has been called the most popular sin slI In the world because It is the result of selfishness or egotism or ambition or br whatever the case may be lie Nations being an aggregation of Individuals in their days of ot power have a tendency to trust In themselves es and to disregard t the e laws o of God Pittsburgh Dispatch |