New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-11-28

cod has oreTed rms or So In hecom ne Chr-tnn he
has come under new AID larger aOin'.ran'on. nk
of which he II constantly nnding strange acts in ~
fact know aud believe j. that c s III te
care aud under the instruction OF Father who VIII
make everything work for the good OF ii children anu
that one ac musl stand for great many things In that
Fathers dealing with him which be cannot understand
Faith will tell him that the cloud on DIS i've noi1" II
chster of stars hut his strongest telescope shows HUI
for tne present only cloud and cannot resolve II I'M"
stars So he must give thanks for the clond whlcn ne
ON the strength of the which he does not see
on Tho other hand we must let faith work In our nap
pinrsS less than our trouble. When uou r,"t,'
rs earthly good heartily believe that He sends w.
and enjoy II as If we believed H. Let us not say " tS
u too good to last" Some people arc Ike emu ~
whom it's father brings ripe peach and VINO sil, VIII
one eve on the father hardly daring to taste lest II
should snaiched away the next minue tny seem ~
be possessed with the old pagan feeling aDont IN to-
GOOD Gifts tina, they are only prcudes OF disaster ihy
think perhaps, that II Il humility whereas u y h
OF Paul understood ths ma ter r @
know how be abused. TO ne hungry 10 ser mved nv
hut also know how 70 abound ~ nnEs Ci h"s1 ~
vcnr coodiy heritage You might be sad Bun when me
Lord Jesus leads you ro in 9m Sree beside the si
waters and in the valley OF uae s nnt ~ Ihe
MnV gVa Inn, na me Lord Jesus ana enjoy the her
age All the more because the Lord Jesus gave " 10 YOU
hlssSimg II man does nol thing enough to be
thankful for IT, tie thing Will not De lken 'o y a i
what good there it. You have all hehId oil ecoe
trio requests to an heir OF an GA trnuk' OF o hn
would be angry and would not take The tTonple locN
anime The thing Yet the old trnnk OF cueh ie
time Aud So God often puts man III parr OF ENsS
him gifl when rich BLESSING; but me l'an -
not thankful; he hates the place, ne deSpsss we en-
ne viii not lake them and Improve tth DreFlhs Jury
are good simply because God sends Them and 50 he
in ~ sv "ge b"sssinr ana some one else gets H.
And there Is one other consideration which goes 10
ptooe thankfulness all gts. and that is that God
seldom or never gives single git His blessings are
eueraIIy comp ex each single gif being part Of sys
tenn or chain the right appreciation ana use ot one
puts US IN connection with all The side or end OF the
complex blessing which first To you may be sharp
ana uncomfortable; but you are not therefore to con
clude that have gotten hold OF curse instead OF
blessing YOu take your little boy into the woods ia the
Autumn for the first time his life, and You tell him
Won Will give him something he will ike very mIeh ana
presently You pat INTO his hand large chestnut burr
He drops it instantly aud says, Why. father. you
promised t. give NE something soOd ana here You nave
hurt my hand with this vile priclly thing" But You
pick up the burr and sit down by him and help him open
It, and put the brown nut into his fingers and after
that you hear no more complaint of the prckIncss
But che burr and the kernel 90 together and similarly
sorrow or pam Is often nothlhS ONT lhe rVuEn ''
of blessing II a man takes the sorrow "a IRON Goo:
thankfully, IN me rame OF me L'ru jesus NV WIN XII
through the sorrow by-indpy 10 tne nlesshs. Al
things work together for good. Inc disaster or annoy
meet with blessing; but whenever We get slsnt ol
the whole blessing, as now and lnen wedo, usually rom
a good distance. that the rough side was neces-
10 the completion OF the rounded good
Thus, then. Lei Thanksgiving 20 down from our
festival into every days lie OF the coming year ms
food ~ gratitude which IS pent up here on our mount OF
Offering must be let loose INTO the cnanneis when run
our common heritage Ike the garden of the Lord Let
us keep from the OF our drudgry
Let il run down into the deep valleys and baihe the
rough rocks and water the gnarled roots even WINE
VETS the green brim Of the sunny corn lands Lat me
OF thanksgiving be heard IN the darkness anu IN
the peltng storm. no less than IN the sunsnihe ons.
the sunshine, and we give thanks IN
the name Of the Lord Jesus. Let us he practically
thankful with the ibankuness OF pure lives and open
hands, for If we give thanks In Christs name we give
thanks the name or who had the Wretcntd ever
on HIS heart and who preached gospel for the poor
Let us value the privilege OF Thanksgiving so much
desire to make others share H. ana 40 near IN the thhs
the needy and sOrrowing the sweetest comment gu
the words Lord Jesus. 1t more blessed 10 give
than receive"
Yet, though have emphasized the bearing Of
tins festival on common life and duty, we need
not enjoy the festival the less nor hesitate to yield 10
the impulse TO praise which thrills all our hear,s;
Truly the blessings OF the nast roll IN upon MS In tidal
which outStrips memory and deies the power OF
language II. Individual blessings there are BY
millions, which each soul knows for itself blessings
of the city and Held OF the church ana on the SENIOR
National Olessiugsthe dawn of prosperity 80 long ana
eagerly awaited; the rekndled glow Of the long black
ened forge the SOUND OF the Iong resteu nu,I, .I
clack of the long silent looms The voice aud the tramp
old brightness once more in the abores eve and the
ola ring III his voice; the harvest in Its ordy exuDer
yard. the valleys thick with the groanlng wains
and bursting barns and deep laden barges;
"Our common mother rests and sings
Like Ruth among her garnered sheaves;
Her lap Is full OF goodly III. rs,
Her brow is bright with A ltumn leaves -
the coming back OF faith to trade. the dollar
IN gold for the dollar in paper; commerce mere shaking
,6e old stir in tue warehouses and along the wharvrs-
blessings material and spiritual blessings OF growing
age though-or these and thousands more Of which
these but feeble hints hearts cry aloud. Bless
holy name"
Aud GROWING all. the unspeakable gift All II
all blessings did not sOmew where connect'wh HIN
in whose give thanks, do realize how short
would be the range OF our thanksgiving DO we real
ze how rich an element would out of 1t the mate
rial GIFT did rot constantly suggest the spiritual
Then our thanksgiving would stop with tne gifts
themselves. We should feel that as the living
years should away these material blessings nothing
would be left But when these Autumn fruits ana
leaves are scattered. look up through the bare
branches and the sky ana the stars and So while
the world slips away and carries with it the bios
the leaves Of our lie. we have still something
left When life Is stripped bare there Is still an outlook
into
Who dlres suffer Imagination TO dwell on the great
thanksgiving there Ii shall not he mixed, as In 80
many II Is to-day, with bitter memories Tue sin
and shall be left behind There shall he the
thnnkfuncss OF clear seeing instead OF the fearful grail
tude OF faith the meaning Oi sorrow shall be known
then, and the memory OF sorrow drowned In the COLI
summatc bliss while the gates open to let the children
to keep thanksgiving forever In their Fathers house.
and anGel chOrs thunder the triumphant Psalm !:
" Blessings aud honor and power be unto Him that
stitch upon the throne and unto the Lamb forever"