ON the occasion of the Thanksgiving Day service held in First Church of Christ, Scientist, Concord, New Hampshire, in 1904, Mrs. Eddy wrote to the members of that church as follows (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 167): "May this, your first Thanksgiving Day, according to time-tables, in our new church edifice, be one acceptable in His sight, and full of love, peace, and good will for yourselves, your flock, and the race."
Fifty-six years later, as we meet in our respective branches of The Mother Church to render our thanks to God for His universal gift of goodness, may the services glow with evidence of our deepening spirituality and thus be "acceptable in His sight." May the impact of the services on the congregations and on the human race bring an awakening to the presence of God's love and peace and good will.
What must the individual member do to lift the service in his church to the high standard set for it by our Leader? Is it not the responsibility of each one to bring his thoughts and actions into agreement with that which is pleasing to God?
