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Thanksgiving
Soon Thanksgiving Day will be at hand again. The celebration of this day dates back to our Pilgrim Fathers. It was born through the experiences of much hardship; cold, poor crops, and almost continuous danger of Indians, followed by the blessing of an abundant crop. The people realized and accepted
Our topic is, in a certain sense, self-explanatory. As such it simply refers to the setting aside of a day to give thanks. However, in our land, Thanksgiving Day refers to a holiday in November at which time a formal giving of thanks is now a custom. During autumn when the glories of nature assume t
The time of year has rolled around again when old and young are directing their thoughts to Thanksgiving Day, and plans are being made to celebrate the festival among relatives and friends after attending church services to thank the providential Father for the abundance of food and clothing and for
The time of year has rolled around again when old and young are directing their thoughts to Thanksgiving Day and plans are being made to celebrate the festival among relatives and friends after attending church services to thank the providential Father for the abundance of food and clothing and for
So often when we think of Thanksgiving we immediately think of turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie, and two days off work or school. Our main worries are usually, “will mom make enough stuffing this year,” or “do I have enough room in my kitchen for all the company,” or even, “I hope we have dinner on tim
The three possible purposes for celebrating a THANKSGIVING DAY are these: First, that on this day we give thanks in distinction from other days— that we as Christians on this day consciously give thanks to God for all things. Second, that on this day we give more thanks than we are accustomed to g
November 24 is Thanksgiving Day, at least for those of us who live in the U.S. For our Canadian friends Thanksgiving Day will by this time be past, since the Canadian Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday. It is also a day on which we
Thanksgiving, in actual experience, implies: that we are aware of the fact that we have received something good: that we have our minds on those blessings and count them one by one: that we are deeply conscious of the fact that we did nothing to merit them, but actually forfeit them a thousand times