Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-25

over the rocks. and that patters IN tne
showers. and that claps its hanus -
tbe seal Who thanks God ior .ns
air tbe fountain Of life. the bridge Oh
.u1nbearns. the path ofsound, the grea'
fan ON a hot summers dayi Mno
,hanks God for this wonderful phys
ical organism this sweep Oh tne
vision = this chime of harmony strucA
into the car tilis soft tread OF
myriad delights over the nervous
t;ssues-this rclling Of the crimson
tide through artery and vein-thls
drumming OF the heart on our mhrcn
To immortality We take all these
things as a matter Of course.
But suppose God withdrew these
common blessings! Your body Woulu
BECOME an inquIltiOn of torture the
cloud would refuse rain, every green
thing would crumple up ana the
earth would crack open under your
feet. The air would cease its healthy
circulation. pestilence would swoop
and every house would become
place of skulls. Streams would nrst
swim with vermin and then dry up,
and thirst and hunger and anguish
and despair would lift their scepters.
Oh, compare such life as that
with the life you live this morning
with your families about you Is 1t
not time that, with every word OF our
lips and with every action of our life,
we began to acknowledge these every
day mercies7 Whether ye eat or
drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to
the glory of God" Do address a
man or a woman this morning who
has not rendered to God one single
offering of thanksl
| was preaching one Thanksgiving
day and announced my text, "Oh,
give thanks unto the Lord. for he Is
good; for his mercy endureth for
ever" do not know whether there
was any blessing on the sermon or
not, but the text went straight to a
young mans heart. He said to him
self, as | read the text: " oh, give
thanks unto the Lord, for he is
good Why, | have never rendered
him any thanks. Oh, what an in
CRATE l have beenT Can it be, my
brother, that you have been fed by
the good hand of God all these days
that you have had clothing and
shelter and all benefcent surround
ings, and yet have never offered your
heart to God2
Oh, let a sense of the divine good
ness shown you in the everyday
blessings melt your heart; and if you
have never before uttered one earn
est note of thanksgiving, let this be
the day which shall hear your song
What | say to one, say to all of this
audience. Take this practical religion
| have recommended into your every
day life. Make every day a Sabbath
and every meal a sacrament, and
every room you enter holy oi
holies. We all have work to do; lei
us be willing to do it. We all have
sorrows to bear; let us cheerfully
bear them. We all have battles tt
fight; let us courageously fight them
If you want to die right you mus
live right.
Negligence and Incidence will VIII
the hiss of everlasting scorn, while
faithfulness will gather its garland
and wave it's scepter and sit upon it
throne long after this earth has pu
ON ashes and eternal ages have begun
their march. You go home today
and attend to your little sphere o
duties will go home and attend II
my little sphere of duties. Ever!
one in his own place. So our ever!
step in life shall be n triumpha
march, and the humblest footstool OF
which we are called to sit will be {
conqueror's throne.