Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-06

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heavenly state Of mind, for that is God
mouse. Then the no6s Of the Diyin
blessing npon Els people is stated thus
Thou visitest the earth and watsrest Ii
Thou greatly enrichsst IL with the rive
OF Tod which is full ot water. Thou prt
pafest them corn when Thou hast so prc
Viaed for 1t, Thou crownest the ysa
with Thy goodness, Thy paths drop fol
ness
AS the Bible is spiritual throughout an,
mas to do with spiritual husbandry AM
not with natural farming, this text re
iates to the church OF the Lord, which /
planted by the river Of God and enriche,
and rendered fruitful by it. In the booI
OF revelation we learn that John was per
mlttsd TO lock into heaven and view Cha
river. proceeding out OF the throne o
God and Of the Lamb, and the Tree o
bite on eithsr side Of that river, with Id
fruits and lite leaves.n Water correspondt
TO truths, because the uses Of both watel
ard truths are for cleansing and sustain
Ing; water on the natural plane and trutE
On the spiritual plane. aThe river oj
water OF life" is the infiux Of divine
truth proceeding from the Lord, az The
Holy Soirit, for the.purpose of mans re.
generation, and the planting and perfect,
lngswishin all those angelic principles Of
NE to'which all the useful natural prod.
ucts OF the earth and focks correspond.
thls saved aud blessed state is repre-.
sentsd by the "Garden of Eden"
"Ihou yisltest the earth.n The earth
is the church ss to good, or as to the
Affection of truth, in which good, the
seed, is planted--ail the knoWledees Of
good and truth which shall produce
"corn"--an that nourishea the spiritnnl
man. "FiocBs" denote those who ere in
spiritual good, and also those spiritual
principles noutished in the mind Of man
IN the pronses Of regeneration. And q
sui more interior state--the celestial is
represented by ''fatness," and with this,
which Ia the divine goodness in man, the
year ia crcwned,n |. Q. the highest de-
gree of Obri5tisn life is attained, Then
the soul ''shou,s for joy"-delights in
the life of the celestial principles. "Thev
also sine"@-6elight in the complete har.
mepy OF the living truths, tho spiritual
principles derived from the Word.
Do We worship God in spirit and in
truth Then we should we ahall, strive
TO bring our minds into harmony with
the divine principles of the Word, so that
We ehsii be living forms of those truths,
standing before the world with affection
purified, the whoia quality of our being
changed into the good of truth, that our
actual lives among men may bs the flrst
age Of the divine precepts in us. Then
will our thanksgiving be pleasing TO the
Lord, for we shall thus-by divine aid
give practical expression OF our Qrati-
tude for his mercies, in our lives of ius-
tice and charity toward ell, whiOh is the
highest, most heavenly act OF divine wor-
ship
Our text also admonishes us to t'forget
not all His benefits.n Some men have
baen the recipients Of great and indis-
pensable helps in times Of extreme dasti-
tuition and painful affiiction and by such
aids have arisen and become. prosperous
and luzurious and ia their plenty have
forgotten their bepefactors and allowed
them 10 -fsll- into suffering unRi6ed.
From such ingratitude every noble nature
instinctively turns away.
All agree that we should give practical
thanks for benefits received from cur
equals, but have we not infinitely greater
reasons TO remember the gifts Of tho
Divine Bsnefactor q But in fact we have
nothing to give him in return for his
loving kindnesses, because 1.-THE silver
and the gold, and the cattle upon thou.
sand hills are his" md we are but his
~
Now, as he is In the constant effort 10
give himself and all that he is and has, TO
his creatures, we can bless hirn-aii in
ais wosk--hy distributing wisely among
he needy, such thiaRs as he has COM
nlssec TO our management, and which we
10 not mead, md thus endesVor 60 carry
'ut his design of making all his creatures
comfortable.
He commita to some more than they
,srsonally need, not chat they should
loaEd it, blt enlarge, ennohla sad enrich
hair own natares by ninistsring 60 the
lappinsaa OF others. Our treasures,
whether OF g0ld ard sll material furnish
ngss or of scientific lnowlt dyes, or of
norai and gpiritnal thinRs-soni qualify
nd sxpesienoes-wsldo us M fiaal good,
ut will hHcanIs ind. ''flthy Iucre,n
nlesa,we dietribEte them, put them into
REGULATION a8 legitimate currency. A
nan can keep mis- knowledge only by
living them to others, and in that way he
an never forget them The cams is true
material and spiritual wealth.
So long as the widow obeyed Elisha
nd poured the oil from her pot into the
npty vessels, SO long the pot OF oil failed
Of Oil signifies the good OF love, aud
, long as we continue deeds OF charity
ON heavenly motives, SO long will onr
We be multiplied; otherwise We stagnata
i'd die. 1t is for our own sakes that
ivine Providence affords uq opportuni-
es for doing good and lending, hoping
II nothing again." 30. Inordinate self
We is directly opposed TO the divine
larScter ana mode OF operation.
snuina Christian love is antnsl, as is
e Lords and life Of true usefulness,
ON genuine motives, is the only accept
he Thanksgiving.