Concerning Thanksgiving.
By A. J. B.
ELDER I. D. VAN HORN occupied the Tabernacle pulpit Sabbath, November 23, preaching a sermon on Scriptural thanksgiving, from the text Phil. 4:4–7. He was assisted in the services by Elders I. H. Evans and H. M. Mitchell. In the old dispensation the feast of ingathering was celebrated in the fall of the year, after the crops had been harvested. In respect of time, then, the American celebration of Thanksgiving day on the last Thursday in November is consistent with the Bible feast. Christians should always give thanks to our Heavenly Father for His many gifts and blessings, and there can be no objection to the proper observance of Thanksgiving day. However, instead of gratifying our appetite, we should minister to the worthy poor, that they too may have abundant reason for thanksgiving. Baptism was administered at the close of the service. A. J. B.