Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 63, Number 26, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 November 1920 — Page 1

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YHE DAY OF THANKS OADED with sfl the goods the living cost ttlcwi. the home bosrds cf the Jiy of thxnls will give full witnejs to the I fact thjit the panirg yeus do not permit to grow flaccid the longestabliihed custom of the land Thanksgiving Day J has yet full flavor of the day when first oUerved upon the bleak coait where the Pilgrim fathers dosed their voyage Adventuroui The turkey and ihe pumpkin pie. cranberries and accessories will all feature as in the days gone by. And amid the fumes so redolent of cheer and peace and the iw et concord of home, will seem to fashion forth the features dear cf the ones who at that board in other years were grouped Memory that never lays aside attachments of the past will vivify the recollections of the ones whose passing meant contraction of the group, but cheer will be no less sincere because the pathos note is struck in token of mortality that time insures. From coast to coast, amid the mountains of the nearby range, amid the Rockies lifting high their peaks, where placid lie the meadows by the brook, and in the tropic Southlands and the coast that borders the Pacific will be found the units cf the nation's strength and grace, the circles of the home with sweet content as savor for the simple heartfelt feasti In many places strange and mid the scenes of desolation and of tolitude the day and dinner will be given thought

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We ThanK Thee, Lord! For all thy ministries For morning mist and gently falling dew; For summer rains, for winter ice ahdsnoWi For wtiispering wind and purifying storm; ; For the reft clouds that show the tender bluöj For the forfted flash and long, tumultuous roll; For mighty rains that wash the dim earth cleani For the sweet promise of the seven-fold bow; For the soft sunshine and the still, calm nighti For dimpled laughter of soft summer seas; . For latticed splendor of the sea-borne möori; . For tfleamingsands and granite-frontled cliffs; For flying spume and waves that whip the shies; For rushing gale and for the great, glad calm; For Might so mighty and for Love so true, . With equal mind. We thanK thee. Lord!"

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Thanksgiving Hymn Well Liked at Birth But Now Forgotten The first presidential ThnnksRlvlnpr proclamation was that of President Washington In 1TS0 on. the occasion of the adoption of the Constitution, the day, curiously enough, being November "G the date of celebration of 1803. This Jatter was the real fore

runner of our national Thanksgiving day. Occasions and special times of thanksgiving had often been appointed by different Presidents, but the yenr 1RC3, famous for Its decisive national victories, marked also the beßlnnlns of the annual series of Thanksgiving days. , The tfreat victories of Gettysburg and Vlcksburg were really the cause of Lincoln's proclamation, and his example has been followed by all his auccessors until the annual festival has become one of our national Institutions.

The proclamation of 1SC3 was re

markable as the first of a series, ex

tending now over fifty years. It. was also noticeable because it was the oc

casion of a thanksgiving hymn by the

famous Reverend Doctor Muhlenburg

of St. Luke hospital. New York city.

He Is well known as the author of the familiar hymn, 'I Would Not Live Aiwa y," und a poet of no small repute. Mr. Lincoln's glowlnir words met his iye and struck a responsive chord in his heart. A noble. Thanksgiving hymn' was the result, a hymn which at the time was often sung, but Is now comparatively forgotten. It was published With appropriate music, and even yet Is suitable for use on similar occasions.' : . - - Thehymn contains . nine. BtanzaSj

with chorus, and" takes up In order the various causes for thanksgiving mentioned in Mr. Lincoln's proclamation. The original title was "Give Thanks All Ye People," the first verse being as follows: Give thanks, all ye people, give thanks to the Lord. Alleluias of freedom with Joyful accord; Lt the Kast and the West, North and South roll along.

Sa, mountain and prairie, one thanksgiving song. Chorus. Give thanks, all ye people, give thanks to

the Lord. Alleluias of freedom, with Joyful accord. As the, hymn was suggested by Mr. Lincoln's call upon the nation to give thanks, Doctor Muhlenbur? spoke of It as "The President's Hymn," but would not permanently offer such a title without Mr. Lincoln's approval. Mr. Kobert H. Mlnturn, a prominent member of Doctor Muhlenburg's congregation, was preatly pleased with the poem, and sent n copy to the President, with whom he was personally acquainted, asking permission to unme the hymn as the author desired. Mr. Lin

coln telegraphed back: "So let It be.

In July, 15tV, Dr. Horace Hushnell published In "Hours nt Home" an article attacking the well-known hymn,

"America," as an unworthy and really humiliating effusion as n political anthem. Doctor Bushncll thus refers to Doctor Muhlenburg's production: "The hymn and air that were given to the public by Doctor Muhlenburg a short time ago appear to have missed the accident of belns fairly born, and for that reason havt not succeeded. The want of good accident here Is fatal, but the lymn real inerlL It was too long and Included three or

Furbelows for Maids

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The baby will je served and his mother delighted "t Christmas time with little gifts convenient for hold"-

ing safety pins. A doll and a basket j are shown in the picture each sus- (

pended by ribbons for hanging them. ) Little rings attached to the feet, hands (

and belt of the doll accommodate pins of several sizes. There are assorted pins in the basket.

four verses that could have been omit ted with advantage. Otherwise. It might have stuck and would have had a fair chance of success; for the mu sic. which we know only by the eye.

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mice, appeareu 10 nae u, 1001. ui ijiulu ise." The next known reference? to thi3 hymn occurs in connection with the ol)servance. of the fiftieth convocation of .the University of Illinois, on November 20, 1913. The Alumni Quarterly says: "Touches of the unusual were added to the exercises by the singing of a- forgotten hymn, dedicated to Lincoln in 1SG3 by Reverend Doctor Muhlenburg. The hymn, which had not previously been sung in public, was discovered by Professor Dodge In a contemporary issue of the 2s ew York Tribune."

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Preparing for Thanksgiving.

Be ready for Thanksgiving by al-j ways having a list of your blessings ' corrected up to date.

This Christmas candle shade 1 made of red and green crepe paper and decorated at the top with a spray of holly and holly berries. The paper is cut in petals, the under ones In red and the outside ones in green.

Daddy Gobbler's Premonition

Many u fair maid will rejoice in such new and smart furbelows of ribbon as are pictured here, when Christmas brings her remembrance. Here Is a collar, vestoe und girdle with a bag to match that ore Irresistible. This garniture for the waist is made of striped ribbon showing the glowing colors In Roman stripes. The girdle is knotted at the left side 'and hangs in two pointed ends. The bag Is drawn up and suspended by narrow satin ribbon, has a silk ornament, like those on the collar, a$ thQ bottom.

There once did live a turkey cock, And he was very proud; And walking with his little flock He gobbled very loud. Perhaps It may your feelings shock He lived beneath a cloud.

He could not 6peak of cranberry, Nor mention pumpkin pie Without a painful reverie, While tears stood In his eye. And sage, and summer savory, They always made him sloh.

I And though in June he spread hit til?, I And looked Hike Henry Eight, '

November always found him palt, Sans Delsarte In his gait, i If anyone would see him quail, Just say "deciplUte."