The Newtown bee., 1896-12-11

for man to get into than to be willing to rcceiveI and act as if he were 8 stone and what he obtained was his by right and due: An ungrateful man is a little man, little in mind, little in purpose, little in soul. He is q self-centred man the world reyolves about him, the sun 5ets for hiu.i He is a miserable man bel cause he gains no ones friendship and no ones love. He is a poor man because he has nothing to give away. He is far WUr-o off than the one who is poor in pocket; for he who has no money to give can give his ''Ihank you's7 and express his deep sense of gratitude in many other I'wats, and that ito most Pebp}e far1bet- ter than gold.
 We -hould thank God when we find aur-clves having this feeling Of grati- tudc. have often thought that one If the strongest motives for leading us to Christ is simply gratitude for what He kaF dBhes He didH for ps4 no,A He died EoF Iyau. He gave 1isIifes IS ransom for you. He left His glOry-throne for you. He endured that agony in Geth. semane for you. He went into the shadow of the tomb for you. And what if those things had not been told you a thousand times before! What if at this moment they-came for thedrst time wish 'ah Overwhelming sense of their t~uth ,l to you! If some friend has dOEe you a real favor at a critical point fn your life, you make it the strife of your after life to requite that favor. There are some friends whom you feel you can never pay back for the kindness they have shown to you-money does not pay for 4 s6me4thiBgs you would feel foolish in offering money to pay for some things. ! Toward some friends you cannot be grateful enough, tut toward Christi He loved you, and you did not love, Him. He made salvation possible for yod when you did not know. you had need of salvation, Ought hot gratitude alone tO lead you to Christ? IA
 Thank God even for the sense of grati. tude to Him for His mercies, for grati, tude broadens your characters An ,Jun- generous disposition makes a man nar7 I row; it Shuts one up into a cell, like 8 prisoner, and keeps him there. Did you ever study the narrow man ?,Life's.experi- enceg have been as naught to him. The stream of the years has flowed by and left him, as hard and cold and dry as ever; the soil of his manhood has just been scratched by the harrow and the | plough of lies years. He has kept all to himself. He has not thodght bfibeihg his brothers keeper. He has had no pity to lend, no gratitude to bestow. And look at another man! Look down into his deep eyes, and you will see shin ing out of those windows 8 sOuI.g Yon will see that life's experiehchai have ploughed deep furrows in his heart :; they have not been furrows of care, but furrows that have stirred up his noblest feelings, that have brokd n the glebe hid- ing the.preciOus feelings of the soul. This man has cared for others. He has given to others. He has thought it worth while to be his brothers keeper. lIugratitude makes 8 selfish, ungener0us man. All he has got he has earned by the dint of hard labor; he wants It. 1 GRATITUDE MAKES A GENEROUS MAN lb :} a Fl ~ q war vftt ~'t
 He feels that kGod has done much for him; he wants to do much for others. He feels that his money is his own, that Eheshas only because Of what God has given him, that he is Gods steward, l wisely. toa., handle what is now in his keeping and for it some day to be called for strict account. Grati- ,tude leads a man to, ask when he has sRe4 EceiVed any gift how he can best use it to .B the.honor of men and the glory of God. Responsibility goes with gratitude. Grateful for the boon of American cit gizenship we ask, How ddes it lead me to act and think? The young mother re- Ricing innew.e4perienced joys asks her. 1 aelfl Hoy cang 2 best mould this little soai which God has given me so that Tmay WiseIH honor His gift? Gratitude I leads out into an e4ier-broadening alife. ILet us thank God for the spirit of thank l fulness. -.-.~- Another thing to thank God for now 1 is this the time in which we i've. Thel first Thanksgiving Eday in this country