The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-29
FOR THANKSGIVING DAY.
Appropriate Words by Rev. E, s, Lines al St. Paul's ohuroh-Thanksgivin Re membranes for Sixty Families,

Appropriate Words by Rev. E, s, Lines at
 St. Paul's Church-Thanksgiving Re-
 membranes for Sixty Families.
 The sermon at St, Pauls on Thanks giving morning by the rector, Rev, E. S, Lines, was upon the text Levitt xix, 9-1O, The preacher said; We are apt to thing of the old Hebrew law as se- were and hard, The old Covenant sug- gests Mount Slnia with its thunders and lightnings. "rhou shalt" and ''Thou shalt not" are the forms which comes readiest to our memory, It was strict and the penalties for disobedience were severe.
 But there was kindly, gentle side to the ancient law and Hebrew life. God presents Himself as the God of the stranger. the widow, the fatherless, the poor. He is the God who takes the part of those in need, the avenger of the wronged, the helper of the helpless. His Almighty power is chiefly declared in showing mercy and pity, And this side of His nature was revealed in the old time as distinctly as the sterner side.
 In the law from Sinai the day of rest was assured to the servant and the stranger-yes-and even to the cattle. Judgment and justice should be done to | the poor without favor And In har- vest time especially was provision to be made for the poor. The Israelite was not to wholly reap the corners of their fields nor glean their harvest nor their vineyards nor gather every grape. | The gleanings were to be for the poor and the stranger. The boughs of the olive tree were not to be gone over the second time.
 So every Hebrew looked upon part of the increase of his field, his olive tree and his vineyard as belonging to the Lords poor.
 They were to remember in keeping 1 this command that they themselves had been poor and bondmen in Egypt what it was to be wanderers and home less. So when Christians come to pros pertty they are to remember their days of poverty and their hard places. Here in America where so many, reared in the humblest position have by industry and sobriety come into large means, they are to remember the less fortu- mate. Some people in prosperity would l forget they had ever been poor. But it l is good for men to remember the days of need and lowly place. Remember | that there was bondman." If we | have been poor we ought to remember how the poor feel and live.
 It is this that wild keep that noble simplicity in life that Christian ought to have. What we have in common with others ought to be closely held. l Our Saviour traced his descent through Ruth, the gleaner in Boaz fleldl The offering made for our Lord in the temple was that of the very poor. The thought.of His lifelong pow erty has made the hearts of Christian men tender towards the poor. They are ever to be with us. Their general condition has been greatly improved But some win ever be poor. Not all are poor by their own fault, Some are for men must suffer for their wrong doing and laws against idleness and waste must operate, to deter men from wrong doing. Many are in hard places by nc l fault of their own. There is a great deal of honest poverty.
 Personal knowledge of the poor Is what Is wanted; what is best for them and what is best for you. Your own Thanksgiving Is made better for you by what you have done for others.
 The offerings at St. Paul's yesterday were for Thanksgiving remembrances which had been sent to sixty families conta ming nearly three hundred per sons.