St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-27
ON ST. ANTHONY HILL.
Union of Three Churches and Di
course by DIR. SeaVer.


course by DIR. Seaver.
Thanksgiving services were held yester-
day at the Woodland Park Baptist church,
the pastor, Rev. Hubert c. Woods, being
assisted by the Rev. DR.. Seaver of the
Park Congregational church, Rev. Edward
Neil and Rev. NJ D. Edwards of the Day
ton Avenue Presbyterian church. The ad-
dress was delivered by DR.. Seaver, who,
taking for his text, Psalms XXI. 10: 80
how great is Thy goodness, which Thou
hast laid up for them that fear Thee;
which Thou hast wrought for them that
trust in Thee before the sons of men,"
Said the preacher: The word translated
goodness" might more accurately be trans
lated ''good things" the meaning of the
original being not SO much the expression
of Gods disposition to give as the nature
of the gifts bestowed. Moreover,
particular emphasis should be bestowed on
the thought contained in ''laid up for those
that love thee" 1t is a blessed and a
strengthening thought that at no part of the
Christians career is this GOd-giyen bounty
bestowed all at once, leaving him destitute
and unblessed at another. Amidst the feast
there comes not the thought, ''What if this
bounty is only for a season." That would
be like the man who was set before a ban
quet with a sword critically suspended
above his head. Gods bounty is not like
the summers flood, but it is rather the
river of the water of life, flowing steadily
and forever The truth of this passage is
threefold. The good things laid up for us
grow but greater as we receive OF them;
we cannot anticipate them; they
are inexhaustible. Combining Our atten-
ton to the extent and fitness of
these gifts, we may observe that these good
things refer to every proper want and Ca
pacity of mans physical nature. How
wonderful, fitting. and bOuntiful these
provisions which fill the earth and the sea-
boundless magnifcence we fail to prop
erly realize.
Let us notice also the many and great
things laid up for the mind of man. 1t is
to me solemn and appalling thought that
God has been thinking throughout all eter-
nifty and that he has written these thoughts
on the earth, sun, moon and stars, for man
to read and ponder. We have so far only
learned the rudiments. The more we learn
the more we find to learn-the more the
infinity of this country dawns upon us. BY
this process we know we can never reach
the end.
HOW many and great are tne
good things laid up for the souls
of men, Here we must recognize
the fact of mans. sin and reconciliation,
and we cannot truly render thanks to God
unless we realize that fact, for without this
reconciliation man could only stand afar off
from the throne of grace, and gaze on the
treasures of the heavenly mansions while
forbidden to partake. 1t is wonderful
truth that all this sin was foreseen and fore
known, and all this love and providence
stored up for us against this day of need.
For mans guilt there was the lamb of
God slain before the foundation of the
world; for mans weakness there was the
spirit of God; for mans ignorance there
was the illumination of Gods sacred word.
Death is but the giving Of those good things,
the revealing of the glories of our Fathers
house. We should all ask: ''Am l living so
that these gifts of eternity shall be mine?"