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Show LET ALL REJOICE Taking Courage From tho Spirit of the Pilgrims. Surely tho People of Today Have More Causes for Thankfulness Than They Possessed. To ua It certainly seems as though tho Pilgrims hnd Httlo to bo thankful , for. If tho settlers In Plymouth could "sncrlflco tho sacrifices of thnnksglv-l Ing" In 1021, what, pray, ought wo to do in thlo year of our Lord 7 Think of tho blessings which wo enjoy as tho commonplaces of tho day, of which tho Pilgrims novcr oven dreamed I A vast territory mastered, surveyed and thickly settled abundant treasures of farm, mine, forest and mill poured out for human uses Innumorablo Inventions Inven-tions harnessed to tho servlco of human hu-man efficiency and comfort a great republic "conceived In liberty and dedicated ded-icated to tho proposition that nil men aro created equal" freo political, educational edu-cational and religious Institutions, hitherto unknown and unparalleled, successfully established a higher grado of material well being, n wider diffusion of culture, a nobler Ideal of happiness, a finer conception of democracy, de-mocracy, achieved for all tho people, than tho world has over seen bcforol It Is true, of course, that not all Ills havo been suppressed, nor all blessings won. But becnuso wo havo not yet achlovcd everything Is no renson why wo should not bo glad that wo havo achieved much I Decauso wo havo not yet won the goal of Ufo Is no reason why wo should not rejolco that wo havo advanced! Tho world today Is hotter than It evor has been before. Men havo less suffering, greater happiness happi-ness and nobler opportunity than In any epoch past Humanity Is still fighting tho same persistent ills and seeking the snmo llluslvo goods, but In now lick's and on higher levels. Tho goal etlll lies far ahead, but bo-hlnd bo-hlnd Is n long road of miseries conquered con-quered nnd battles won. & :.-- , i , i , , ,i, , ,i ft.ii ni fo |