The Gavelyte, November 1913

II II nntiPn ·11 to C d. ,\:i.: th origin of th <'II . tom now h 111, 11ntio11al and \ ry ,tat and p1 O\ Ince of 1111 n,ition YPr • in<' and nnn11al1,> pro– ·la.im d bJ the pr id nt of the t nitr<l t,llP. nnd thl' , ario11!I gov,•r· nor of he tat :. It i: an inde · that ours ; a r ligi u nation. hrnd" u '1" ,, nation in thought and nti111 nt to th· ~oorl tori•fntlwrs f c 1 nial . ·I:'\\ England •and throug·h the su(r cling rentnri to th· f under" or our 1;0\ ernmen( and th mnkers or 011r rountr) It l> n t! in aspiration and fealty t thf' CTod of onr fath rs nnd th l1011ntlf11I benefactor of humanity. It ser\' s the mean: of ,:bowing our kin llr office in <fr p n ing gifts to th Jes fortunat and of renPwing our te ling- th;,t all the wo,ld' akin and men to m n hou1d brother. he. To the < hristian it gh'e~ one of the be t oppo, tnniti : to P ·hihi broth rly kindne "~ of the true type. to empha ize the in al 11lahle de1bt of all rivilization t rn1ri t, and to expres th gratitude of hi oul to Gutl for the unspeakable g'ft of Ms love. :.\I asure thrn. if ) 011 an. tJhe rnlue of Thank giving Day in the light of that picture: JUP flr~t Thank'-gfring in \\ hich the New England oloni t anrl the fndian hared. in the light of the acr d and sol mn vent of 1'i'ii and I •i:1, in the Ii ht of the :rears of freedom and prosp rity ince the reunion of the tates and in th light of the blef ing- f Providenc an<l dr.\·ine grace. and J u can t 11 ::-omething or it value. ""mile, and the world smil with you, Kno,'k, and :rou go alone: For the che€rful grin ,,·m !er you in Whe,·e the kirker i never known." "The man who loaf may ha\·e pl nty or comp,:rn:r. but the riuallt • n l \' rr good. ·