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Show Have Cause to Give Thanks. If we remember what were the conditions, con-ditions, circumstances, events and incidents in-cidents of the first Thanksgiving day, and allow thought to traverse even rapidly and superficiayy the path of blessing until this Thanksgiving day of 1913, we shall have a faint vision, at least, of that for which the land should offer praise. .If we dwell only upon the great benefits that affect the general gen-eral welfare, abundant reason appears why we should set a season apart, assemble as-semble in our places of worship, and lay upon the altar our united offering of praise. And this is not alone for abundant harvests, for commercial prosperity, for continued peace and increasing in-creasing power; not alone for good bestowed, be-stowed, but thanks for evil spared; for fires of trouble from which we passed unharmed; for the floods that threatened threat-ened but did not overwhelm; for the casting down that yet did not destroy; for all calamities endured and overpast over-past Surely if ever land should in humility humil-ity bring tribute from multitudes of grateful hearts, ours should make this a true Thanksgiving day. |