The Daily bulletin., 1889-11-29

ChlneSe MISSION amounted TO 81,
At l1:l5 O'Clock the second cen !
gregation's service commenced. |
The Rev. Alex. Macintosh intoned
the service and the choir rendered
with much spirit Barrett's TIE Deum
in f, q jubilee anthem by Sir John
Stainer, Tails festival responses
and the hymns, "We plough the
fields and scatter" and, Come ye
thankful people, come" The thank
offerings for the Chinese amounted
to Sl7.40. The sermon was preach
cd hy the Rev. Herbert II. Gowen
from Ephcsians V, verse 20, "Giv-
ing thanks, always, for all things"
! He said:
A great mathematician asserted
that if he had lever big enough, he
could move the world. The Chris
tian has two levers powerful enough
to move heaven and earth. Prayer
and Praise. Prayer, by which God
is brought down TO mans necessi-
ties. Praise, 10y which man is lifted
up to the dwelling place of God,
For Praise is the atmosphere of
Heaven. But while many of us,
somewhat vaguely, look forward to
a life of praise hereafter, few real
ize that it may be our present pos.
session. 1t is true, the sailor by his
CHEEKY song, and the ploughman by
his whistle find that praise is good
for the work of life, but we none of
us push the principle far enough.
See how large part of the power of
st. Paul. life Praise makes. Weak
in body and harassed on every side
Il thank my Cod was his continual
watchword.
Even when q prisoner at Rome
deprived of his liberty, he could yet
write rs in the text, "Giving thanks,
always, in all things"
The most elementary form Of
praise is.gratitndc, the recognition
of blessings received from God.
lngratitude is not only unchris-
tian but it is sin against nature.
"IIe that's ungrateful has no fault but
one.
All other crimes may pass for virtues in
him.
Gratitude alone would lead us to
this days Thanksgiving. Gratitude
led the Jews to make the Feast of
Tabernacles the gladdest of all the
year. Gratitude led the heathcn to
keep the feast of Ceres and make
the Joy Of harvest the type of all
Joy. Let us see that we possess this
most elementary of virtues, for
there are not wanting signs in these
days, that we are getting to put our
scientific methods, appliances and
processes in the place which really
belongs 20 the Lord of the Harvest.
Just as God is still the God OF
battles-able to crush the arma-
ments of men by land and sea, SO
he is still the Master of the Harvest,
and numbers amongst his ministers
the blight, mildew and blasting,
wherewith to work his will among
the nations of the earth. There Is
need sometimes for lneu TO be re-
minded of the parable of the rose.
5 bush-whch in spite of the garden.
er's nfallible prescription of bones
, hair and soapsuds, did not nourisl
when cut off from the light Of Gods
\ sun But the Christian to-day will
l remember other harvests than those
of the soil. In common we thank
4 God for the blessings he has given
us in common, but each individual
t has surely 4 separate anthem in tho
8 great hencdicite which goes up from
e us all to-day. For the Master o.
8 the Harvest Sows his seed in the
heart too. There he has labored,
[ how patiently each conscienc,
among you knows. There he eX
poets q harvest
The seed has been sown, sunshine
given abnndantly; it is sad to thinl
that whereas nature yields her frui
so readily, there are many heart
u which have none nj all-that many
after all the labor, have to confess
'' "The harvest is past, the summer i
I ended, and we are not saved Still
y are they playing with the uEplucke'
J. weeds, still admiring the gand,
i poppy, still blowing the thistle-soe'
u far and wide overhthe field of God
z but forgetting the harvest.
:" And time of sore famine may b.
u at hand. The remedy for this is il
Il cultivating the life of Thanksgiving
} The truest thanksgiving is thanks
: living. Your praise must be some
thing more than passing ripple o
u the waters of life, it must be til
n deep current of purpose which bear
" life's everything, even its straws
:. 1t must be something more than
81 mere spasm of emotion, il must b
* the core and centre of lifr. This !
- the only true praise.
u In Ephesus, the city to which tIl
u text was written, was the great tempt
IS of Diana, one of the wonders of tn
IL world. Thousands nocked from a
IL parts to see it's beautiful columns {
lc jasper and parian marble, its choil
II of priests, ITS continual worship, bu
81 all this grandeur of outward prais
II; was bestowed up3n an ugly blac
"a stone which occupied the innermo.
IT shrine. So, it is possible that n