By J. R. Miller (1904) - Posted at Grace Gems : "O, Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His mercy endures forever!" 1 Chronicles 16:34 "In everything give thanks, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus!" 1 Thessalonians 5:18 The annual Thanksgiving Day in America, has grown to be a national festival. It is a day of rejoicing. It summons all the people to gratitude. It is fitting that a people who have received untold blessings, should set apart one day on which all should recall their mercies, think of God as the Giver of all and express their grateful feelings in words of praise. But it is not intended that the other three hundred and sixty four days shall be empty of thanksgiving, because one is named as an especial day of rejoicing. We cannot crowd into any one day—all the thanks of a year. Indeed, on no one day can we be grateful for another day. No one person can give thanks for a whole company of people. So no one day ca
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