Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-12-03
The Mercies of the Lord.

We saw no better article on the
causes that should incline mems
hearts to gratitude than the follow
ing from the Independent under the
above caption in its issue on Thanks
giving Day:
The recurring season never fails
to find the same repeated mercies.
We thank God this year for the same
blessings as claimed our praise on
last Thanksgiving Day. Again and
again it is recOunted in that book of
the Bible which is all Psalms of
praise, how unfailing and repeated
is the goodness of God. "The mer-
cy of the Lord is from everlasting to
everlasting" "Thy mercy, 0 Lord,
endureth forever"
Because the same mercies repeat
themselves from Gods bountiful
hand we repeat our thanksgiving.
Because those mercies are from God
we will meet and praise him in his
sanctuary. Because they cluster
about the fruits of the years toll we
celebrate the day when the years
harvests have all been gathered in.
Because they are unto children and
chldren's children we gather in house
hold festivities and praise him as
families. Because they have been
diffused over the whole land we lis
ten to the Governors of all our COM
monwealths and to the President of
the nation when they devoutly call
us to worship and praise.
What has failed of all the Lords
goodness? What is there that does
not call for thanksgiving! Thank
God to-day for mercies beyond num-
ber. And yet some of them you
can recall.
Thank him for your home, Chris
tian home. Thank him for your
parents, your children. Thank him
for the love that binds together hus-
band and wife, brother and sister,
lover and friend. Thank him for
the family that most blessed institu-
ton, out of which grow alt other
good institutions Thank him if your
family has not been invaded by death.
Thank him if your children have
been given to YOU. Thank him for
the memory of the loved ones that
have been taken away. And while
YOU thank him rejoice and feast to-
gether, and seat the fat and drink
the sweet. and send portions to those
for whom nothing is prepared; for
the JOY of the Lord is your strength" "
Thank him for the goodness that
made YOU a son, native or adopted,
of this land most favored with his
smiles. Thank him for its liberty
of government and liberty of toll.
Thank him for fruitful harvests and
prosperous labor. Thank him that
he has given us a continent that sup
plies all wants, and has surrounded
us by oceans that shut out all enc
mics. Thank him for peace and for
concord between citizens. Thank
him for a strong and trusted govern
ment thatis not strained by the pro-
/ cess of its own enforcement. Thank
/ him for the peaceful election Of
chief magistrate, and for the orderly
contest that preceded it. Thank him
| for citizens that submit TO the will
of the people and to the constitution
and laws. Thank him for North
and South, East and West; one
country in which no part could be
spared, and all are equally honored
and essential. And while you thank
him for these national mercies, pledge
Yourself to new effort for your coun-
try's purity and honor, and pray God
that we may ever be people whose
God is the Lord.
Thank him for the church of Christ.
Thank him for your children this
year received into membership of hat
Church. Thank him that he has al
lowed you be part of his church and
to work for its advancement. Thank
him for the blessed Gospel of Jesus
Christ which has been taught to you
and which you teach to your children.
Thank him for the spread Of his Cos
pei over extending boundaries of
population. Thank him for sacrifices
you have been able to make for ms
Kingdom. Thank him that his Word
is being carried to the Worlds end.
Because you thank him for these
things enter into his courts with
thanksgiving and into his gates with
praise.
Let this, then, be day OF gladness
for all our people, whatever their
condition, race or religion. Let rich
and poor together praise God to-day.
Let Protestants and Catholics lift up
the voice of simultaneous thanksgiy-
ing. Let this be national holiday
of praise to God, and day when
each shall add to the others JOY by
gifts-and aid and fellowship of praise.
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