Let us
give thanks to God above,
Thanks
for expressions of His
love,
Seen
in the book of nature,
grand
Taught
by His love on every
hand.
Let us
be thankful in our hearts,
Thankful for all the truth
imparts,
For
the religion of our Lord,
All
that is taught us in His
word.
Let us
be thankful for a land,
That
will for such religion
stand;
One
that protects it by the
law,
One
that before it stands in
awe.
Thankful for all things let us
be,
Though
there be woes and misery;
Lessons they bring us for our
good-
Later
'twill all be
understood.
Thankful for peace o'er land and
sea,
Thankful for signs of
liberty,
Thankful for homes, for life and
health,
Pleasure and plenty, fame and
wealth.
Thankful for friends and loved
ones, too,
Thankful for all things, good and
true,
Thankful for harvest in the
fall,
Thankful to Him who gave it all.
Lizelia Augusta Jenkins Moorer
fl. 1907