I Thank Thee
I Thank Thee
O Thou whose bounty fills my cup,
With every blessing meet!
I give Thee thanks for every drop -
The bitter and the sweet.

I praise Thee for the desert road,
And for the riverside;
For all Thy goodness hath bestowed,
And all Thy grace denied.

I thank Thee for both smile and frown,
And for the gain and loss;
I praise Thee for the future crown
And for the present cross.

I thank Thee for both wings of love
Which stirred my worldly nest;
And for the stormy clouds which drove
Me, trembling, to Thy breast.

I bless Thee for the glad increase,
And for the waning joy;
And for this strange, this settled peace
Which nothing can destroy.

--Jane Crewdson (1860)

(http://christianity.about.com/od/thanksgivingverses/qt/ithanktheepoem.htm)

 

Thanksgiving Quotations
"I do not think of all the misery, but of the glory that remains.
Go outside into the fields, nature and the sun, go out and
seek happiness in yourself and in God.
Think of the beauty that again and again discharges itself
within and without you and be happy."
- Anne Frank

"Let us remember that, as much has been given us,
much will be expected from us, and that true homage
comes from the heart as well as from the lips,
and shows itself in deeds."
- Theodore Roosevelt

"Your friend is your field which you sow
with love and reap with thanksgiving."
- Kahlil Gibran

"Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year;
to the honest man it comes as frequently as the
heart of gratitude will allow."
- Edward Sandford Martin

Giving Thanks

Naturally, one of the most common traditions of
Thanksgiving Day celebrations is the giving of thanks.
Here are a few Thanksgiving Day prayers, poems and
Bible verses to help you give thanks on Thanksgiving Day:

Thanksgiving Day Prayers
Bible Verses for Thanksgiving
Share Your Favorite Thanksgiving Verse
Poem - Pause and Give Thanks
Prayer - I Thank Thee