SONGS

A SONG OF THANKSGIVING

Sing to the LORD, all the earth, proclaim His salvation day after day (I Chronicles 16:23).

Can a little child like me thank the Father fittingly? Yes, O yes! be good and true, patient, kind in all you do; love the Lord and do your part; learn to say with all your heart, Father we thank Thee! Father, we thank Thee! Father in heaven, we thank Thee!

For the fruit upon the tree, for the birds that sing of Thee, for the earth in beauty dressed, father, mother, and the rest, for Thy precious, loving care, for Thy bounty everywhere, Father, we thank Thee! Father, we thank Thee! Father in heaven, we thank Thee!

For our comrades and our plays, and our happy holidays, for the joyful work and true that a little child may do, for our lives but just begun, for the great gift of Thy Son, Father, we thank Thee! Father, we thank Thee! Father in heaven, we thank Thee! ---- Mary Mapes Dodge, 1831-1905.