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Show l-t- '- -i-l 1 t ' ' ' v t 1 1 . t -By NATHAN HOWARD GIST J t in Grit 1 t t 1 t- y,HE cost of saying "Thanks" ilSTCO is not very great. But it "sljjs sometimes costs a great rEH'Et leal not t0 say it- Not t0 say it costs friends, self-respect and a surrender of those sacred instincts which give life ' its stability, and power, and sweetness. The one who says "Thanks" is blessed with the virtue of gratitude, is a king among his fellows, and a leader of his kind. He possesses the first qualities necessary to manliness. Those qualities include other rare qualities. That person is like a welcome beacon light on a dark night. It is a pleasure pleas-ure to serve such a one. The one who lacks this finer sense Is to be pitied. He soon becomes lonely and desolate. None care to serve him, for he is unappreciative. He lives a miserable Ue because he is never awake to the fact that he is a recipient recipi-ent of the good and indispensable things of life. His own ingratitude is his worst enemy. j The value of Thanksgiving lies in the reminder it gives us, that none too often do we say, "Thanks." The season also suggests that we may well say, "Thank you." The expressing of that sentiment does one good. He from Whom all blessings flow is entitled enti-tled to an expression of our gratitude. That is man's chief blessing the presence pres-ence of an Infinite God who created him, in Whom man lives and moves and has his being, and to Whom he again shall go. Next to this holy privilege is man'c brother man. Each one should be grateful in the depths of the soul for friendships, for fellowship with those about, and for the opportunity of service. serv-ice. Among life's rarest blessings are those which claim our devotion and our share of the world's work. We should be thankful for adversity ! more than for prosperity. The best I discipline comes through adverse circumstances. cir-cumstances. That is the best teacher. Superior lumber comes from trees that have long been lashed by storm and tempest. Without hard times and bitterness bit-terness men would soon become as cattle, grazing knee-deep In t lie meadow, mead-ow, with no concern and no achievements achieve-ments worthy of more than passing notice. For the blessing of work, hard work, men should be thankful. He who regards re-gards work as a cursed hardship that should have no place In man's life needs to readjust his program. He who fulfills his every task fur the fun there is In it Is getting the most out of life. Many a man who Inherits a fortune for-tune from his father does not know the value of things until the crash conies and he loses his fortune. He applies himself to his task. He gathers up tiie tools of a wasted life. He builds his life's house again. He makes another fortune. This Is because adversity, disappointment, hard work put that man on his mettle and brought out the best he had. Not all of life's blessings are those measured by health, fortune, position and honor. More often they are the things which bring forth and develop the fiber of the Individual. Thanksgiving season should take Into In-to account the habits of thrift and Industry, In-dustry, the disposition to live wisely and well, contentment with small means, and the riches of patience and perseverance. He who loves God, fellow fel-low man, lives honorably, and leaves the world better than he found It Is he who knows the blessedness of gratitude. grati-tude. Others algo are grateful to him for sowing the good seed of a well-spent well-spent life. 2B THE HAPPY COMBINATION Thankoglvlng Joys will coon expand; The thought that makes a hit Is an extensive menu and An appetite to fit. |
