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Show He Thinks He Can Find Jipom This Year the Spirit of Thanksgiving Thanks-giving Should Properly Be Filled With Praise. r jgnilO that views tho universe , &2aEnl In Its orderly movements 'jJJf and sees the mind of the Al-"P Al-"P mighty In the fixed blessings S of existence can douht Unit i- xi out from tho cataclysms of the world wur tho choice of blessing or cursing will work out In the victory of, tho good? The old 'cry, "Ilnth God forgotten to bo gracious?" needs no longer be voiced. God. bus not' forgotten forgot-ten to bo gracious. So that, as the Americans assemble In their churches on the day set apart for expressing national na-tional gratitude, tliey wltl rejoice above all else that tho nation of freemen free-men has adopted as Its motto: "Whom the Lord makes free Is free Indeed." Let them rejoice that Amerlcu Is bent upon proclaiming liberty to the entire bounds of tho earth. Tho curse of autocracy, au-tocracy, the curse of a blasphemous assumption that God Is on the side of the strongest battalions, the curse of di'bauchery of human Ideals and human hu-man aspirations, the curse of the establishment es-tablishment of force In the place of purity; of power In the place of peace litis Is tho cursing that Is being wiped out In blood. The blessing of world peace nnd the prevalence of the spirit of brotherhood and of tnutunl advancement for the peoples uch Is the peace that Is being wrought out The United States has placed Its all on tho altar, realizing that sacrifice Is tho noblest virtue of a nation. Hence, while exuberance may not abound, the spirit of thanksgiving Is filled with praise over the mighty manner Invwhlcll the mind of the A--mighty Is being mado clear In the movements of the times; with the United States playing a leading part In its Impressive unfolding. Our Nation's Greatness Founded I on Fatherhood of Man and Brotherhood of God. T FrSil lITH tlie rowtn of the nation fcttSTfitjt there has been correspond- Iftr lng growth In responsibility. 5p The raw experiment of a S nation framed from the ultel-- SSyJ jton colonies of tho eastern qeabonrtl has proved the greatest success suc-cess In government the world lias ever known. Democracy sits at tile tables of tho land today. Brotherhood asks Its horplug from the amply filled boards of the American home. These two attributes of the American people fully express the secret of America's success us a tintkm. The growth of the nation has been in nccord with the extension of these Ideas. They are both home Ideas, nnd therefore they are both Ideas that express the Inner spirit of tho day of thanksgiving. The fatherhood of God nnd tho brotherhood f man these wero the lcadiug conceptions of tho Pilgrim Fathers. Fa-thers. They aro the leading conceptions concep-tions of the sons of those fathers today. to-day. They are the conceptions that can nwer bo mado hackneyed by hypo-emical hypo-emical tjse or by designing abuse. They will stand forth In tho genius nnd action of the American people until un-til eneh year shall add praise to praise in the measure of the fullness of reasons, rea-sons, for the giving of :hanks. INence, provision, protection these are ike prized possessions of a nation na-tion whose one aim Is to exalt the ends of human liberty, to extend human hu-man democracy nnd to exalt the Ideali of human equality. As this nation touches tho world nt large It does so through Its leading national conceptions, concep-tions, and only when these are vitally assailed can It take up arms for Its own defense. It has the obligation resting upon it to conserve the true needs of liberty, and this can be done only by Insisting upon the sacredness of human rights nnd human opportunities. opportu-nities. Hence the dny set nslde for thanks Is a day of pure and unadulterated unadul-terated Americanism, Into which no alien sentiment can possibly enter. Hence it Is that every head of the family In acting In his capacity at the, head of the family board becomes the prjest of tho things made precious n tho life of the country and of which mention Is made as thnnksglvlng themes of the day. No more can tho natton depart from Its lofty mission and progressive Ideals than can the earth swing nwoy from the solar attraction. at-traction. TIu day of homo happiness, the day of praise, the dny of felicity Is a sacred and singular day In tho annals of American progress and American Amer-ican world Influence. Much Wore Than Material Are the Blessings for Which We Now Give Thanks. pVffiVAT IS to be hoped that this JK Thanksgiving will not be a fiJKT pagan holiday, and that those who do render thunks B will do so not as a licathon I k ' philosopher, boasting that he Is not as other men, but In greater humility hu-mility because he has perhaps been more greatly blessed than others. Outside of the many material blessings bless-ings that havo come to the American people during the past year, which aro good In so much ns they contribute to wholesome human happiness, tiierc Is reason for the people of this country upon this Thanksgiving day to be unusually un-usually thoughtful concerning their place In the world, nnd to remember how this eminence has been obtained. 'Who can look bock nnd not see the band of Providence shaping the destiny des-tiny of America? This liberty which Is the marvel and tho hope 'Of tho world today was set up on these shores by Godfearing men the pioneers who Inaugurated this very Thanksgiving holiday. It was for the love of the service of God that liberty was established estab-lished In America, and It was this liberty lib-erty that has been the basis -of our national na-tional greatness and which Is to be the political salvation of the world. America cannot look back upon Its history without seeing God, and by taking thought cannot fall to acknowledge acknowl-edge Its gratitude for all his benefits. With thnt stage of our development pnfised we are now permitted to enter upon that new era when America participates par-ticipates In abolishing tyranny and Injustice, In-justice, ever hateful to God, and to carry to the oppressed nations of tha world those principles of liberty through which our own chief blessings have come. This is the supreme service that one nation can render to another to safeguard safe-guard the liberties of Its people. In this momentous time the burden of our Thnnksglvlng this year It seems should be thnt we are to be chief among tho ministers In working out the Divine purpose to have all men Greek nnd ISnrbnrlau free. |