Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1917 — Thankful Spirit. [ARTICLE]

Thankful Spirit.

There is an intimate and vital «m----qectinn of the grateful and the trusting spirit. The thankful becomes the trustful spirit In view of what seem privations, losses and adversities. The plains of sand seem to be In more need of rains than the cultivated field? and gardens. Yet when the rains fall on the sandy plain there are no signs of refreshing there; but when they fall on the grass or grain or flowers, all these things, as if responsive, revive and rejoice in the blessings—widchin an emblem of human life.—Edwin. Pond Parker,