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title: 'Samuel Davies on the Most Proper Method of Thanksgiving'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2024-11-27
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2024-samuel-davies-on-the-most-proper-method-of-thanksgiving
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# Samuel Davies on the Most Proper Method of Thanksgiving

“We and our families stand in need of blessings in a domestic capacity, therefore in that capacity we should pray for them; in that capacity too we receive many blessings; therefore in that capacity we should return thanks for them; and singing of psalms is the most proper method of thanksgiving.” — [**Samuel Davies**](/authors/samuel-davies), “The Necessity and Excellence of Family Religion” in *Sermons on Important Subjects*, Vol. 2 (1849 ed.), p. 47