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THANKSGIVING FOR THANKSGIVING by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: I THANK THEE, FATHER, ONCE AGAIN
Last Line: I THANK THEE FOR THE GIFT OF THANKS.
Subject(s): HOLIDAYS; THANKSGIVING; THANKSGIVING DAY;
I thank Thee, Father, once again
For many blessings gladly known,
And many more beyond my ken
That Thou dost see and Thou alone;
But most of all my heart I raise
To praise Thee for the power to praise.

Thy bounty, it is wondrous kind;
But oh, the smiling of Thy face!
My life is all in love designed,
But Thou Thyself art grace of grace, --
Thyself, oh, infinitely more
Than all Thy bounty's golden store.

That I can feel Thy Fatherhood,
That I can press my hand in Thine,
That I can know that Thou art good,
And all Thy power is love divine, --
This knowledge every bliss outranks;
I thank Thee for the gift of thanks.



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