The Bible Speaks to You November 30, 1963 Issue

[The above is substantially the text of the program released for broadcast the week of November 22–28 in the radio series, "The Bible Speaks to You," heard internationally over more than 800 stations. This is one of the weekly programs prepared and produced by the Christian Science Committee on Publication, 107 Falmouth Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.]

RADIO PROGRAM No. 86 - Thanksgiving—For What?

HOST: At this season of the year, Thanksgiving is being celebrated in the United States. Various other countries set aside different times for their thanksgiving. But some people wonder: Does thanksgiving have any real meaning today?

INTERVIEWER: Some people today take the view that modern man is getting along pretty well by his own efforts. They feel he can take care of his own needs, and so why should he express thanks to God? Others, of course, challenge such a view. For instance, Dr. Charles Malik, former Ambassador for Lebanon to the United Nations, had this to say in an essay prepared for the Columbia University Bicentennial Conference: "To whom do we owe our being, our knowledge, our freedom, and the many things we use? For obviously we owe them to another since we did not make them ourselves." [The Unity of Knowledge, Doubleday and Company, Inc., New York. Copyright, 1955, Trustees of Columbia University.]

I'd like to ask you first two questions: Why should we be grateful to God? And for what?

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