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Show OUR DAY OF THANKS. C'ommenioratinK Hie day -of thanks ia a national trait of the American people. It is never forgot leu, and It is never Indifferently observed. No mailer how humble or obscure , a person may be. there is always something for which thanks may be given. The president has designated Thursday, November 27, as Thanksgiving Thanks-giving Day, and has exhorted the people to render grateful homage to the souiee from which all blessings flow. 'The Divine Heing bestows His bles-sirs in many ways, and in various var-ious degrees, but always as He in Ills difinile wisdom deems best. We may marel, but it is not for us to quest ion . Although our country'is torn with ,1 -,!! til :ngs are everywhere, every-where, we yet have much for which to give thanks. Our men have .returned from the - fields of war, undaunted in spirit, unchecked in march of victory. Some have not returned, but the mark of a hero is above every grave. Our fields have yeilded bounteous harvests and our factories have given generously of their products. t Money has been plentiful and but little distress has been found. Sickness has been at the minimum and the death rate lias been small. ; With the world in a turmoil, we of America retain yet even a small measure of tranquility, with hope of rearing its head as a beacon light of the future. Lets us give thanks for the bless- 1ngs we have enjoyed, with the hope that when another Thanksgiving arrives ar-rives with the cycle of time peace may abide with us an. |