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A Thanksgiving
Thought For America
Rev. Dabney Carr
Thanksgiving 1960 raninds us of two Gospel parables. One is the faithful steward who used the talents his; master intrusted to him to produce more. The other is the prodigal son who took his inheritance and squandered it. ,We jue reminded of these two parables because if any land in modern; history has seemed to be the Biblical promised land “where we eat bread without scarcity and lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills we can dig copper," it is America. The two parables remind us of the kinds of stewardship we may choose.
Ours! is a land to which countless millions since Columbus’ day have looked for freedom to grow and prosper as children of God, inheritors of the promise made to Abraham. For them, America holds out the, hope and possibility of economic, ipolitical and religious freedom.
As we look back at our history we see that all that has been promised has come to pass. And as we look forward to our destiny we see that the eyes of all the world still wait upon us. There are still countless millions who look to us for the fulfillment of God's promise. Will they be able to share in the richness of God’s creation because we have been good and faithful stewards? Or will they wait upon janother because we have squandered the inheritance that has beQn given us?
The1 choice is by no means certain. Therefore, let us pause this Thanksgiving and offer our thanks to CM f°r the gifts of his creation and ask that his 'Holy Spirit may cqme and dwell among us so that \ye may be faithful stewards of all that has been given us.
Almighty Cod, whose loving
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