Show a vre W e should be thaneul texts offer to good pl P l 1 14 latitude nATI TUDE for favors and GRATITUDE blessings received Is the warrant for blessings ant anil favors yet iet to come in our individual ua I 1 and corporate life nothing Is more disheartening than ingratitude it was that that made king lear cry out ilow how sli sharper arper than a serpents tooth la 18 to have a thankless child 1 failure to acknowledge gifts and blessings conferred not only chills the heart orf of the benefactor but works to the hurt of the beneficiary to be thankful for favors big or little Is a mark of refinement and an evidence of good breeding we have often noted that alint those who are quickest to respond to a favor conferred are those who have the finest feelings an espres expression s ion of cordial and deep appreciation Is like oil that lubricates the machinery of life like the gift of mercy it blesses him who gives and mm him who takes to remember dally daily the gifts that god bestows bestons upon us serves to make us more conscious of the real values of life the mere expression ta in prayer of gratitude deepens in us not only our sense of dependence upon god but gives us a finer sense of our own place of usefulness in the scheme of life when it a nation Is called as we are to recognize a day of thanksgiving it serves to emphasize our solidarity and the richness cliness rl of our c common almon heritage and at the same time brings vividly before us our common bommon dependence upon him bin who wh Is the giver of every good and perfect gift it was the korean em geror constantine Constant lne who said to the sculptor who was carving his figure 1 I wish you to carve the figure kneeling in the attitude of prayer for it was from that posture I 1 rose to greatness As individuals or as a people we never 4 the figure kneeling in the attitude of prayer have a truer of our corporate life and our intimate interrelationships ter than cheb we kneel to acknowledge the gifts and blessings that we commonly receive thus thanksgiving day rightly y interpreted places fresh emphasis not only upon the source of all our bues blessings sIngs but compels us to recognize the closeness of the tie he that binds us together in a great fellowship it Is the family day of the nation it reminds us that we ve are b bound 0 ull d together for better or worse fo for r richer or poorer and that what affects one section for good or III afre 0 q A A |