Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1902 — THANKSGIVING THOUGHTS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THANKSGIVING THOUGHTS

I’t* be'n countin' up my bleasin's. I’ve be'n suramin' up my woe* But I ain’t got tb’ conclusion sum would nat’rally suppose. Wby I quit a countin’ troubles 'fore I had half n score, While th more 1 count my blessln’s I keep flndlu’ more an’ more. There’s been things that wa’n’t exactly as I thought they’d ought t’ be, And I’ve often growled at Providence fer not a pettln’ me; Bat I hadn’t stopped t’ reckon what th’ other side had be’n, 80 I guess It wa’n’t correct, the way I calkerlated then. Far there’s be’n a gift o' sunshine after every shower o' tears, And I’ve found a load o’ laughter scattered all along th’ years. If th’ thorns have pricked me sometimes, I’ve good reasons to suppose Love has hid 'em often from me 'neath the rapture of th* rose. ■„ ■o I’m goln' t' still be thankful fer th’ sun shine and th' rain, Fer th' Joy that’s made me happy; fer th’ purgin' done by pain, Fer th’ love of little children; for the friends thet have be'n true; Fer th' guidin’ Hand that’s led me cv’ry threat'nln' danger through. I'm rejoicin' In tb' mercy that can take my sins away, I* th' Love that gives me courage In th' thickest of the fray. I am thankful fer th' goodness that from heaveD follers me O! how happy and how thankful I forever ought t be. Bo Jeat leL tis count our blessln's as we’re Jourueyln along. Then weil Arid less time fer growlin', and more fer mirth and song When you lift ycur eyes t’ heaven earthly shadows tfee away— Lot us learn this lovin’ lesson ns we keep Thniiksglvtn' l)ay. — Kam i Horn.