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Show I WHY SHOULD WE BE I THANKFUL? I This Is Thank3givlng Day. And for I what 6hould we be thankful? The gov- I ernor in his proclamation gives no I answer except to say: I "Transcending In value all other in I dividual possessions Is the grateful neart. Aside from the sense of peace I and contentment that it awakens. I gratitude serves as the ballast of the ofttlmea recklessly driven craft am bltion. Gratitude is the check to self-sufficiency, and the golden link Lo the chain of universal inter-depend- I So long as the thankful heart abides, so long as gratitude finds ex I presslon whether through the spoken f word of appreciation, or through that sacred communion that 1b held within . the sanctity of the chamber of pracr I the human race will make toward righteousness and right living The I lullest outpouring of the human heart I ib the expression of gratitude. The I warm and lriendly feeling that grati I tude awakens toward a benefactor inspires loyalty and devotion and cul- tlvates and strengthens faith "Distinguished as a God-fearing I people who sought to apply the Ideals I of a sublime faith in an Over ruling I Hand to tho every day affairs of life, I the Pilgrim fathers established and I sacredly observed an annual day of I; thanksgiving and prayer. The cus- torn has Burrived the test of time ana I1 once again is renewed in the Proriiv I mation of the President of the United I m States fixing a day for such observ- ance. IT "Now. therefore. I, William Spry. Governor of the State of Utah, in ac cordance with custom and pursuant to the Proclamation of the President, do hereby designate as a day of thanks giving and prayer, Thursday, Noven-ber Noven-ber 27. 1913. "On that day let there be a cessation cessa-tion of the customary dally activities, let our thoughts be directed to contemplation con-templation of tho blessings of life, of health, of plenty, of material, Intel- lectual, moral and social progress; and recognizing these gifts, let our hearts bo opened in grateful acknowledgment acknowl-edgment to the Source of all good l lft,M The governor haB well expressed a beautiful thought and we Join with I (him In gratitude. We must aim to be contented, while holding to our highest ambitions To be contented is to be thankful But the people of Ogden have much to be thankful for even In a material way. Of course, every place has Its sorrow' and sadness, but Ogden ha? less of the wretchedness of life than any city its size in the Cnlted States There are over 30 000 people in Ogden Og-den and of that large imputation there 1b no one in extreme poverty, of horn we have know ledge. There are helpless old people and a few disabled younger folks, but the community recognizes rec-ognizes an obligation to aid them, and o they, too. are blessed In being part L -TUN,... w, ., k of a communln where the brotherhood brother-hood of man finds expression In deeds as well as In words. Ogden is more prosperous and has a brighter future than any other city nf t class In the country That is one reason why we should be thank-tul. thank-tul. but a greater cause for reJolcliiK is that there is evidence everywhere of a better day approaching, when no one will be left to suffer alone and when all will fairly share In the good t nines of this world We see pros? ress along those lines In ten thousand activities of the great men and women wom-en of today Even men of money no longer think of money as the all desirable thing, and many of tho I wealthier are turning from the emptiness empti-ness of nothing more roan money-getting to the higher aim of helping to pass prosperity around and make ot existence, even' in the slums of the large cities, a condition endurable. We can bo thankful that we live in a period so promising of tremendous reformations in our social affairs. |
