The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-11-29

truction, and crowneth Us with mercy
and loving kindness, who satisfeth our
mouth with good things, making Us
young and lusty as an eagle"
How great, too, are the blessings we
enjoy In Christian brotherhood. God
does not take away food and raiment
when he gives us his grace, nor does
He take away society. He re-
moves us from the world,
to put US into the Church
and gives Us the everlasting brother
hood of the Communion of Saints. For
His love IL q secret gin, which unseen
by the world, binds together those
in whom il lives, and makes them live
and sympRlhiZe in one another.
The present peace of the Cnurch-its
freedom Of speech and RcfiOn-is
another blessing calling for our thanks
giving. We may open our mind, and
move about freely; we may hold inter
course with whom We will; we may
write what we will, expIAininR, de-
once delivered Faith, no man forbid
ding u.s. This Is the blessing which we
pray for In eur collects, and wonder
fully has God grantsdi Il for many years
past to Her who Is the Keeper aud Wit
ness, the Pillar and ground of the
TRUTH. We pray that those evils which
the craft and subtilty Of the devil or
wan aALHN 10
brought TO -nOught; and "that being
hurt ny no prosecutions, We may ever
more give thanks unto Hin in His
Holy Church. We pray yearly that
the course of this world may be 50
peaceably ordered by His governAnee
that His Church may joyfully serve
Him in all godly qnietness, and that
He may keep HIS household, the
Church, in continual godliness; that
through His protection It may be free
from all adversiIies, and devOUtly given
to serve Him in good works, to the
glory Of His name, Now all this Is
wonderfully fultiIIed TO US at this day.
Ws,iFOm our yonth up. have lived in
peace, with no persecution, no terror,
no hinderanes in serving God The
utmost we have had to endure Is what
is almost too trifing for a Christian to
mention-cold looks, or contempt, or
FidicuIe, fronthose who have not the
heart themselves to attempt the thornY
path
What an additional motive of thanks
giving have we for our own privileges
even here, where we tabernacle while
our temple Is buildtngl How great Is
our priVilsgei We enjoy as church,
men our great privilege of common
worship and holy communion. Let US
enjoy these blessings while we may.
Not one of us knows how long it may
be his own. Perhaps II Is the bright
spot in the picture OF cur lives Per.
,hRps we shall look back upon these
days-WiIh all their little trials and IN
conyeniences-int time hence, and then
reflect when all Is over, how pleasant
they were; how pleasant to come, week
after week. quietly and calmly, 10 kneel
together in common supPltcation be-
tore our Master, and at celebration after
celebration. TO meet ouE,Lord and
breaking of bread. How soothing,
then, will be the remembrance of HIS
past gifts and mereies to us: we shall
remember how the Lord of Glory stood
over Us, and came down upon US, and
gave Himself to u.s. and poured forth
milk and honey for our sustenance,
while feeding our souls with that food
from heaven, His Blessed Body and
Blood, tmpartiug Himself to US, though
We saw Him not.