Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1897 — A Thanksgiving Hymn. [ARTICLE]

A Thanksgiving Hymn.

We thank Thee, Lord, for dally food. For all received of dally good; For sunshine and the songs of birds And melody of loving words. We thank Thee for the books we read, And for the books of books we need; For hopes of earth so sweetly given, And for the higher hopes of heaven. For children’s voices full of love: For the bright clouds that float above; And for the tears we’ve sometimes known For sorrows other than our own. For loved ones here and loved ones gone, Who still, with Thee, keep loving on; For spirit tones that softly call, And for the cross that's over all.