Thanksgiving morning is a time
Designed for special gratitude:
Not only thanks for harvest grain,
For wealth of apple, grape, and lime
And other fruitage rainbow-hued,
Nor yet for timely sun and rain,
But gratitude for answered prayer,
For healing, and for comforting
Through Truth's clear vision that reveals
The proof of God's eternal care.
The heart's deep thankfulness will bring
The spoken evidence that heals.
When at the tomb of Lazarus
Our Master thanked the Father for
His hearing ear, he said that he
Assured those standing by, and thus
Those doubting or with thoughts at war
Glimpsed man's innate security.
Let gratitude well up this day
In simple words with healing touch
And shining light of Truth to reach
Those standing by whose spirits may
Be striving for some hope to clutch,
Some saving truth which lips can teach.
What wondrous liberating power
Calls forth the dead at this bright hour!
