The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-23
NEGLECT OF COMM N MEEclEs.

No one will affirm that the mama Was
the less bouniiful proof Of the care ol Goo.
because, in order TO suit the convenience
Of the Israelites, il did net fall irresularis,
but at periodical intervals, aud was gath
cred every morning, that these who par
took Of j, might be strengthened Tor The
journey Of the DAY. And vii any one
maintain that our daily food is less tho gill
of God, because it is net seat at random,
but ia appointed WAYS and al certain sea-
sonr, that we may be prepared 10 receive
il? Was the water Of which the lsraeltes
drank less beneficial because it followed
them all the way through tha wilderness!
NJ one will affirm that it was; and yet
there are persons who feel as ii they cid
not require to DO grateful for the water Ct
which they dtiak, because il eam.s 10 them
from The clouds Of heaven, and Lie ioln-
tains which sush from the earth.
We condema The Hebrews when we
read Of their iusraiiiude, and yet We irli-
tate their conduct When the mama irsi
fell, and they saw abundance OF food on
the bare face Of the desert, gratitude hess-
cd in egery breast, and tic bounty ot God
was acknowledged by all How short a
a time elapsed ill this graiiissde was turn
ed into apathy and indifference, and they
began To look upon tho mama in much the
same light as we LOOK upon The dews Of
the evening, or ihs crops in harvest, as
something regularly AID customary, the
denial Of which might Justify complaint,
bui TIE hsstowal Of which was n0i reckon
ed as fitted 10 call forth thankfuiness. Be-
cause The wa,er flowed with them through
all their journey, SO that the heat of a
burning sun could not eshale IT. nor the
,hirsting ssnd of the desert drink it up,
because il continued all the time as fresh
and as coo as when il leap, from its rent
rock, The l>raeiiies came TO regard it with
as little wonder as we do The stream which
may run past our dwelling The pillar OF
cloud hung continually before them. 50 that
the rays Of meridian sun could not dis
sipaie il, nor the winds Of heaven drive il
away; ana they came at asst to he no more
grateful for i, than we usuaily are for III.
light Of thesnn returning every N raing
Just because this pillar Of cloud was kin
died into a pillar Of fire every night, the,
became as familiar with it as we are witt
the stars which God lights up in The frma
nent. The younger 70 ton Of the peop'e
born in the desert, and long accustomed /,
these wonders, NAV have come 10 look up
on them as altogether natural, and woulC
be no more surprised It the sight Of liz
fiery pillar casting lis lurid glare upon liz
sands, than we are with the meteor III
fashes across, .the evening sky. Does !
not appear as if ii were the very fre1uen
cy OF the gift. aud The regularity of it
coming, which lead mankind 10 forget tn,
Oliver? 1t is as if gift were left ever,
morning at our door, and we are al lenatl
10 imagine that it came along without DC
ing sent 1t is as if The widow, whose bar
rel Of msa! aud cruise Of Oil were blesse,
by the prophet, had at length come 10 i'm
agine that there was nothing supcrnaturl
in the transaction, jas, because the bnrre
of meal did not waste, and the cruise Of ii
did not fail.-.u' Gosh.