p. 776 | Thanksgiving

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 26, 1901

THANKSGIVING.

The ripe rosy apples are all gathered in; They wait for the winter in barrel and bin; And nuts for the children, a plentiful store, Are spread out to-day on the broad attic floor; The great golden pumpkins that grew such a size, Are ready to make into Thanksgiving pies; And all the good times that the children hold dear Have come round again with the feast of the year. Now what shall we do in our bright happy homes To welcome this time of good times as it comes? And what, do you say, is the very best way To show we are thankful on Thanksgiving day? The best thing that hearts that are thankful can do Is this: to make thankful some other hearts, too; For lives that are grateful and sunny and glad, To carry their sunshine to lives that are sad; For children who have all they want and to spare, Their good things with poor little children to share; For this will bring blessing, and this is the way To show we are thankful on Thanksgiving day. — Christian Herald.