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ORtONO WEEKLY. TIMES, IHUR5gDAY, OCTOBER l4thi, 1970 ________________ On Being Thankful vý<rm-pture ULsson: Luke 17: 11-19 I Tesssiindins5:, 15-18 Taýken from ,a, sermon by the Re.Basidl Long An andient worsbipper wrote 'I Èank Itiee,' Lord for Thou biokeot my soul in tfhe bundtle of Etfe. Anti Thou shelterest me frers ail snares of the pit. Andi from thle wreckers whko seek my ilfe be- cause I, adhefe te Thy covenanG"t. 1 thianie Thee, Lord for- Thou holdest my seul in the bundie'of Nmw conitrast'this ith another expression1. Flve 'girls, eolege girlis, dined together in the oafe- tenia. One of thema bowed ber heati and i slenitiy offe ted tiaks. The -others' maie mockery cf what she did. Reause they, seem- cd te think that her action was frivolous or- fooiiish. She saii, "lAren't you thankfuh?". But one of the girls in aiecnt said, "for what? We p'aid for the foodi." Is it. ignorance or pride that that askies, "for what? Becdause we pay for somnethiing, are we the creators? We have a long history of short- sightedneiss and ingrati- tude.1 iftie Jack ilorner, youx know was prouti when hÇ stuck in hids thumb andi pulitd oet a plum. But the question -ýof where the plum came from was neyer, asked. One penalty of prosperity is thut the source of lf e eluides us. We eut up the pies of ouï abunti- ance, waste more-than some shall ever posisess and wit'h grumblîng tongues ask, "Giive thianks for what?", Wliddam Blake, an artiat witlh the brush as weliI as a poet with pen, depic'ts a sketch peculiiariY appropiiate for our space age. A laddier - i-s stretclhed from earth to the moon. One man la staUonïed at the foot of the latider anti near- Py on the emith's rim a man and a woman seand, and the caption readis, "I want, I want." If on'Thanksýgiviing day, if even for one hour on ThIanksgivýing day, we can holti our ravenous wants in check and realby, be mindfui before God of the treas- ures we already possess, thTt wili indeed indîktte- progrdss. WMth poekets hulgÏing, too few are say- ing, See wh'at Goti has donc!" P. T. Forsythe the writ'er writes llWe have Churc>hes of the nicest, kin'dest peA~e who nover knew the soul's despair or its breath-- leg's grattude." Note the twot poles 'despair' andi 'gratitude'. Is- the way of despair the oniy road to tivanksgivàng? It ought flot to- be. Hàis the affluent goeiety- widh saves us from huniger, rab- bed us of the joy o«-gratitude? k,- it only the broken heavt that piiai'ses Goti? Norman Vineent Peale hes a' phrase wbii<lh I think helps us.;1He speaks of the "~atti- tude cf gratitude." On Thankgiviing we may very, wel1 ask ourselves if we are rea -- (Continued on page 5) Cýoncerned about the cost* of ,prescriptions?* your Ontai -Government is. andiis doing something about it. Everyone concerned about the cost of prescrip- tions finds the whole thing quite mystifying. Dru g manufacturers' prices vary. Pharmacies' dispensing fees vary. Doctors prescribe,-but don't always know about prices. The resuit isthat ycu, the patient, have ne way cf kn'wing if ycur drug bill is reasonable or net. Now the mysticism is being re moved. Fer many menths the Ontario Department cf Health has been working on a program that will help everybody in Ontario te ob tain prescriptions at reasenable cost . ..PARCOST". The key is a bock that has been supplied fer the professional use cf every physician, dentist, hos- pital and pharmacist in the province. Titled the Comparative Drug Index, it lists many cf the high qualîty drugs 110W available. And it tells how much each one costs. For the first time, this revealing information has been assembled in one bock, compiled by an au- thoritative greup of docters and experts who have evaluated, without bias, quality products from over 60 different companies. And it makes pos- sible, quick easy cost comparisons cf drugs that meet highest quality standards, enablîng your doctor anti your pharmacist te take active parts' in the PARCOST pregram. Aise, your Ontario Gevernment has ebtained the co-operation cf participating pharmacists in agreeing te stnndardized pricing methods. Everyone can help make the PARCOST program work. Discuss it with ycur doctor or pharmacist.. And when you have a prescription te be filled, look for the PARCOST symbol at the drug store. Displayed on the door.or window, lt tells you that the pharmac ist is co-operating te help you obtairi prescriptions at reasonable cost. Ontario Department of Health The HO.TV7 -r -:4 . ........... - -------- - ----- -