Thanksgiving Words

 

Once, when my feet were bare,
and I had not the means of obtaining shoes
I came to the chief of Kufah
in a state of much dejection,
and saw there a man who had no feet.
I returned thanks to God and
acknowledged his mercies,
and endured my want of shoes with patience
- Sadi, The Gulistan

The pilgrims made seven times
more graves than huts …
nevertheless, set aside
a day of thanksgiving.
- H. W. Westermayer

Do not get tired of doing what is good.
Don't get discouraged and give up,
for we will reap a harvest of blessing
at the appropriate time.
- Galatians 6:9

The year that is drawing towards its close,
has been filled with the
blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies.
To these bounties,
which are so constantly enjoyed
that we are prone to forget the source
from which they come,
others have been added,
which are of so extraordinary a nature,
that they cannot fail to penetrate
and soften even the heart which
is habitually insensible to the
ever watchful providence of Almighty God.
In the midst of a civil war of
unequalled magnitude and severity,
which has sometimes seemed to foreign States
to invite and to provoke their aggression,
peace has been preserved with all nations,
order has been maintained,
the laws have been respected and obeyed,
and harmony has prevailed everywhere
except in the theatre of military conflict;
while that theatre has been greatly contracted
by the advancing armies and navies of the Union.
Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields
of peaceful industry to the national defence,
have not arrested the plough, the shuttle, or the ship;
the axe had enlarged the borders of our settlements,
and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals,
have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore.
Population has steadily increased,
notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp,
the siege and the battle-field; and the country,
rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor,
is permitted to expect continuance of years
with large increase of freedom.
No human counsel hath devised nor hath
any mortal hand worked out these great things.
They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God,
who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins,
hath nevertheless remembered mercy.
It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly,
reverently and gratefully acknowledged
as with one heart and voice by the whole American People.
I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States,
and also those who are at sea and
those who are sojourning in foreign lands,
to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next,
as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise
to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.
And I recommend to them that while offering up
the ascriptions justly due to Him for
such singular deliverances and blessings,
they do also, with humble penitence for
our national perverseness and disobedience,
commend to his tender care all those who have become
widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife
in which we are unavoidably engaged,
and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand
to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon
as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace,
harmony, tranquillity and Union.
It is the duty of nations as well as of men to
own their dependence upon the overruling power of God;
to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow,
yet with assured hope that genuine repentance
will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth,
announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history,
that those nations are blessed whose God is the Lord.
- Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation October 3, 1863

May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious
and your pies take the prize,
and may your Thanksgiving dinner
stay off your thighs!
- Unknown

Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure,
still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving,
and for every breath a song.
- Konrad von Gesner

An optimist is a person
who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.
- Irv Kupcinet

 

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