# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1904_S85
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The Lutheran Pioneer. : S85

Thanksgiving Day. they wrote about as well as though it was made for
her. I thought I should like to wear it to school,
but my other will answer every purpose; and it

Father of mercies, enthroned in splendor,
Praise for the harvest we yield Thee to-day;

: Hear the thanksgiving we joyfully render, ten Fite Ay 5 10h57 2D meeD uD second beed
Hear from Thy throne the glad homage we pay. when other people are cold. I’ll send it, mamma.’
; ia ‘SAll right, dear,’’ the mother said, with.a smile.
Praise for Thy mercy forever enduring; FF .
Praise for Thy showers that watered the grain; Then Dinah went out and shut the door. She
Praise for Thy sunshine, the harvest maturing; did some hard thinking while she was paring ene
Praise for the wealth of the gold-laden plain. turnips for dinner.
Praise for Thy promise through ages unbroken; “Jest to think of Missis sendin’ off that black
Praise for the increase in basket and store; dress, jest as good as new, and Miss Carrie givin’
Faithful and true is the word Thou hast spoken, her gray coat that she said she liked so much, and
‘‘Seedtime and harvest shall fail nevermore.” that she looks as purty as a pictur’ in; and the old
God the all-bountiful, loving and tender, dress I thought would go ain’t no ’count, it seems.
Scattered around us are proofs of Thy care; Reckin Dinah better find somethin’ to gend if she

Hear the glad hymn of thanksgiving we render,

i E ‘ belongs to this yere fam’ly.”’
Hear while we mingle our praises with prayer.

_ When Dinah went in to set the table for dinner,
she had a bundle under her arm.
““Here, Miss Webber,’’ she said, ‘‘I done found

Help us to praise Thee by pureness of living;
Ours be the joy that in deeds is outpoured;
Grant that our lives may in truest. thanksgiving

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‘Always abound in the work of the Lord.’’ - dis yexe for the mission box. 2
Selected. ‘“Why, Dinah, are you going to send your new
EPS pe eee a 3 calico dress?’?
Dinah’s Thanksgiving Lesson. “*Yes ’m; reckin I can spare it fon dat ar’ poor

woman what de letter tole bout. I don’ need three;
-It was Thanksgiving Day. Thedining room was [I got two good second-hand ones, and I can wash

strewn with coats, dresses, trousers, undergarments, ’em week about, and let her have this one.’’ :
, ‘and second-best shoes. They were trying to plan ‘Dinah has taught us a Thanksgiving lesson,”

what should go into the mission box, which was to said her mistress, as the door closed after the cook.
be packed at the chapel and sent to the missionary But Dinah knew it was just the other way.
as a Thanksgiving Day offering. Dinah, with one SES

hand on her side and the other on the door knob, : Mueh To Be Thankful For. -
wailed to see what would be done. Dinah knew ; cae
about the box; she belonged to the same church. There was once a poor washerwoman that was

“‘Spect Missis will send her old gray dress that not contented. She was continually thinking of her
she can’t wear no more, and Miss Carrie will send hard lot, and grieving because she did not fare as
the hat that got its feathers sco’ched, and the shoes well as her neighbors. Her pastor noticed this, and.

that got a hole cut in the side, and such things. thought he would try to change her sad wailing to

Dinah ain’t got nothin’ tosend. Itakescareofmy praising. ; 2
things, I does, an’ don’ let ’em get sco’ched and cut One day she said: ‘‘Oh, yes, if I were rich and
and streaks of paint on’em. Hi!” would not have to work so hard, I might be happy
: The exclamation was caused by a word from her. and light-hearted, too.”’
Bs: mistress. “‘But you have much to be thankful for,’’ said

* 3 “I think, Carrie, I will put in this black cash- the pastor.
mere.’? “Much to be thankful for?”? exclaimed the pa-

aS ‘““Why, mamma, can you spare that?” rishioner, in a chagrined tone of voice: ~

“T think so. The other black one is in good ‘“Yes, Mrs. Jones: you have good health, and
order, and I can get along without two second-best an industrious, temperate husband, and children
black dresses when there are people who have none. with sound bodies and minds. These are great
It looks very nice since I sponged and pressed it, ‘ mercies. Just think of Mrs. Smith, who has been
and the woman the missionary wrote about is so suffering with rheumatism ‘for an entire-year; or
exactly my size that it seems like providence.” think of Mrs. Winter whose husband isadrunkard. ..

Miss Carrie laughed. Now, Mrs. Jones, when you say your prayers this : ,

“‘Then, mamma, according to that reasoning, | evening, I want you to thank God for some of these - Ree
ought to cya my gray coat; it will fit that Maria blessings He has bestowed upon you: 22