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Show THANKSGIVING. The proclamation of the president of the United Unit-ed States has been issued setting aside Thursday, Xov. 26, as a day of feasting and thanksgiving to the Giver of all good things. The annual holiday . is one which is distinctively American, and tho 'American people with one accord should bow before be-fore the Creator on this day and give thanks unto him for the bounteous blessings which they have enjoyed during the year that has passed. Each soul in the country has some great and deep-set cause for thanks which he feels in bis heart, and etch should reverently give thanks unto the Lord for those things which are distinctively the gifts from our Heavenly Father. And what is there that we have 'enjoyed during the past year that has not come through the goodness of the Supreme Guide to whom all must look for comfort in their sorrows and for cheer in their moments of despondence? de-spondence? There are those who have suffered the loss of dear ones through the visitation of the grim reaper, reap-er, and those whose bodies have suffered through pain and accident. While a spirit of resentment may enter into the souls of those who have been called upon to suffer, yet in the annual summing up of the blessings bestowed, even the humblest and the most sorely tried can find cause for thankfulness, for we have as a nation been kindly dealt with. The day is one of. feasting throughout the country. Those whose adverse fortunes have made them feel the need of help will not appeal in vain to those more fortunately blessed, and the children chil-dren bereft of parents and located in the various institutions supported by the charity of the people will all be made to understand thatt he blessings of our Lord are bestowed" upon them, too. While the Thanksgiving dinner has become one of the chief means of spending the holiday, yet should we all consider the day as one of greater import than one of feasting. Children are better satisfied with a good dinner than with anything else, but the grown-ups of the country, the fathers and mothers, and aunts and uncles, while providing the necessary enjoyment for the little ones, should be actuated by deeper motives than merely the enjoyment of the good things.- To them it is given tho privilege of bowing before our Lord and humbly petitioning for a continuance of the blessings bless-ings which have been bestowed upon us, and of thanking our Lord for the blessings of the past. Crops have been good, and though we have suffered suf-fered through a financial panic, let us all bow our heads and with contrite hearts beseech our Lord and Master to guide us in paths of uprightness that we may merit the continuation of the blessings bless-ings which have been given to us. For in meriting what we ask we are sure of the fulfillment of the promises of our Lord. |