THANKSGIVING by Olive E. Dana

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, Cal. · Nov 21, 1906

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 32, No. 45.

THANKSGIVING.

By Olive E. Dana

OVER and over and over again God's harvests fall in the hands of men, And never weary our Father is Of feeding these clamorous children of His; Of ripening the grain and painting the fruit, And giving the oak its sturdier root; Of wrapping the corn in its husk away; Of hiding the seed for the wand of May. Over and over and over He pours Into our bins the bounteous stores.

Over and over and over again God sets His hope in the souls of men; The joy in the joy, the gift in the gift, The light that enters through sorrow's rift, The swifter days and the starrier eyes, The strange, deep peace in the heart that sighs; The thrill that says, "He is very near," The trust that owns, "He is now and here"; Over and over, in all our living, His mercies come, and we keep Thanksgiving. —Olive E. Dana.