Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-30

| O Lord how manifold are Thy worksl In wis
dom hast thou made them all: The earth is
full OF thy riches.
The word Thanksgiving Is likely to
suggest to us something we have re-
caived. AT this season OF the year
when crops have been gathered, some-
thing OF a temporal character is sug-
gested. This is we'll. We are so in
clined to think that spiritual things
are from God but material things are
the product OF our own wisdom. Hence
we are in danger of having a God for
Sunday and church services but no God
for the work OF the week. | need not
remind you that to acknowledge God
on Sunday only and serve the devil all
the week is a fatal mistake, and that
Thanksgiving should come not merely
once year but on every day of the
whole 365.
The first thought that comes to me
from the last part OF our text is that
this world in which we live is a very
good world, and as read it over the
catalogue OF good things named in this
104th Psalm, am confirmed in this
opinion.
For this good world, then, we give
God thanks to-day.
Then there are great many good
things for man and they are found
everywhere. There are great many
good people in this good world and
they are found everywhere. For this
we give God thanks to-day.
But multltudes are not so good as
they can be and ought TO be. This we
lament, but give God thanks th at we
can discern the fact.
Then as we look at the good things
and at man and his nature we see that
the good things are wisely adopted to
the use Of the good people, and that
there is plenty for all and to spare.
For this we give thanks to God to-day.
Note few OF the good things the
earth has produced for man in our own
land the year past. Surprising our
population to be about 6S,000,000, we
have corn enough to give every man,
woman and child more than 80 bushels
each. Oats enough for over 13 bushels
each. Everyone can have all the oat
meal he wants and even plenty for the
horses and cattle.) OF wheat there is
over five bushels for each, and of rye,
and barley and other cereals in abund-
ance, with fruits in unlimited supply
for desert so that our mouths water as
we think of the lucious apples, peaches
pears, grapes, plums, oranges, lemons
cranberries, ETC., enough for every
body, to say nothing o. the cotton, ant
flax, and cattle and horses, and golc
and silver and other good things too
numerous to mention. Truly the
, earth Is full of Gods riches.
Then comes the thought that all thi
myriad OF good things belongs to God
, Not only this round world as whole
but all the beautiful hills and wales ant
rivers and lakes, trees, flowers, grain
fruits, vegetables. birds, cattle, all ami
, mate and inanimate things, man in
, cluded, belong to God. For "the eartl
, is the Lords and the tullness thereof
5 the world and they that dwell therein.
, 1.-The earth is full of thy riches"
, This is rather humiliating though
to those who boast OF their wealth an,
, place high estimate on earthly pos
sessions. But this is we'll. When mel
in the fullness OF pride say, "this is m
world" and want the whole earth, 'b
; my might and by my power 1 have OBJ
= tained all this" they forget their re
lations to their fellowmen and +
God, and are far on the way to destruc
tion. We must not forget that all tn
;, good things OF earth are ours only 70
use to supply our wants. Man is but
tenant at will OF the owner. This be
= comes evident when we are remove
:, from the earth to that unseen future
:. We take only ourselves. Go out o
;. naked as we came into the world so 70
as material possessions are concerned
In this view the millionaire is as poe
= and often poorer than he who has not
dollar he can call his own.
What becomes OF the boast OF tho'
q who have bought legislators and judg'
., and attornies and leading citizens wi
:, have helped them to their ill-gotte
i, gain?
q What becomes OF the vulgar displt
;o of those who have bought some repr
,e bate of monarchy with title that the
20 daughters may share in it2 Who
of money are they using in this disrep
"a table business? Are they accustom
oe to say "the earth is full Of thy riches
,s Not many of them. But they say t
AZ earth is full OF my riches and God
a not thought OF or Gods poor.
~ / am aware there are honorable c
III ceptions. The language applied
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