Show IS AMERICAS AMERICA s DAY when prayers of thanksgiving arise from hearts ot of grateful nation EMORY J HAYNES ID y yu yiu iu ever seo see the son sun rise out D DID of the ocean for nearly four hours the dawn ot of Thank ElvIng day hac hat been feeling its ray way westward across the sea before it breaks on america halt a league onward the gray light creep creeps over the uninhabitable waste of waters the new now faint light cohorts of outriders are so outing d ahead of the monarch aun sun they aro are seeking the coast of at maine feeling tor for the cap ot tera for thie this ie Is to be a great day in america it the sun era ere a god marching marc hinc over the atlantic spaces one would put the worda words in his mouth you hips ships on which I 1 flash I 1 am not con tent with you alone nor with you lighthouses which I 1 now touch with my spears of I 1 seek ft a con of grateful human dwelling I 1 gild church spires burnish the white walla walls of at great cities gleam steam in farm bouse house windows the homes of men it la Is not a it day of toll but of thankful joyous rest I 1 will match over the rast vast areas of mighty elates states cross rivera and lakes climb the maharas and beyond before I 1 slip again into the pacific ocean for this Is a day set apart to me lien men ara are waiting valt log out of harness tor for the sunbeams I 1 acknowledge their tokens I 1 make malve the american hag flag beautiful everywhere in my y blue eky sky thousands of at flags dipping to give thanks I 1 do hear the ring ing of bells the shout shouts of play the laughter aughter ot of kinam en greeting kinsmen and the voice ot of a nations prayer dut the tho sun nun Is no god cod A day Is to merely a stretch of hours there la Is a maker ot of the lun sun who trains it to be but the servant of hie his children there Is an in all seeing boeing eye which views us at our grateful office let us u try to think of it that way then the tho day has ha a thinking ot of it nil all in that way what a sublime day it Is A whole youth ful tul nation with uplift bands hands and merry marry hearts this nation has been at times in tears today it burst into laughter and the sounds of thankful ness the tm fragrance grance of at ft A delost flits ails the air ii it Is a very festival ot of charity when none Is proud or selfish wen when the poor are not fore forgotten otten have you ever watched the clouds awaking by mists rising by the advancing tun aunt what a spectacle it would be if it from a star one could witness this uprising ot at sun touched caper from valley to plain across a continent so go does the nations cat ions praise illse lse with incense of at remember that by this th figure we are seeking to isake make our answering ado ration visible to our out ands aad thra le Is 7 tr a egnatt ekcert it there L be a clous cloua lo 10 a la daxe ge ZA the gilding bo so may way the evening be ot at this glad day for the bord god Is our sun and shield V when the day in done may heaven 8 blessings yet to be sent us lie more than the ere eye nine stara stare for multitude stare stars on oil stars the light from many a star Is so distant that it las never yet reached us but it Is t on an the 06 way |