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THANKSGIVING SONNET

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 19, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 51.

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THANKSGIVING SONNET.

By B. F. M. Sours

For what can I be thankful? Let me see: My life is lengthened through another year; And health and blessings, too, of love and cheer, With song and joyousness, have come to me. Affection's kiss, with arms so warm and free, And country, home, and bread, with hearts sincere, Are mine. Then, too, perchance a scalding tear Has come from Love, whose plans we can not see Through clouds and tempest; but the flowers of hope Are freshened by the storm. For faith in God, For love, for peace, for Christ, for heaven above, For stronger faith, with fuller, freer scope O'er vistas by no mortal pilgrim trod,— For these we worship at the feet of Love.
Mechanicsburg, Pa. B. F. M. SOURS.