Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1920 — A Thanksgiving Offering From a Grateful Heart [ARTICLE]

A Thanksgiving Offering From a Grateful Heart

Lord, we who set the furrow deep, And sow the seeds of Industry, For the rich guerdon that we reap “Give thanks to Thee! Lord, we who make the anvils ring, Who rive and weld laboriously, For all the wage our labors bring Give thanks to Thee! Lord, we who watch the spindles piy. The shuttles flying dizzily, For every boon our efforts buy , Give thanks to Thee! Lord, we who build with busy hand Of ’wood or stone unceasingly, , For whatsoe’er our arts command Give thanks to Thee! Lord, 1 we who delve in under-earth Far from Thy sunlight fair and free, For whatsoe’er we win of worth Give thanks to Thee! Lord, we who hoist the straining sail, And plow the green waves of the sea, t •' For what bur stormy tasks avail Give thanks to Thee! Lord, we the tollers of the brain. Who clutch at dreams that cling or flee, For whatsoever heights we gain Give thanks to Thee! Lord, we Thy children, small and great, Beneath Thy care, where’er it be, The while Thy grace we supplicate, Give thanks to Thee! —Clinton Scollard, in the Outlook.