Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-02
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The first thanksgiving exercises in
this country were held by the Plym-
occasion a meeting for fasting and
prayer on account of drouth, was
turned into one of thanksgiving and
praise on account of copious rain.
When we contrast the condition of
Abel, with his simple habits and rude
surroundings; of the Israelites, with
their limited advantages; of David,
with his enemies and his sins, and
the almost barbarous manners of his
times; and even of The pilgrim colon
lists, with their cold and sterile sur
roundings and undeveloped re-
sources, with those of our own times,
with all the modern conveniences,
comforts and advantages, we have
every reason to give thanks. Well
may we say, somewhat in the Ian
guage of the psalmist, "Our garners
are full, affording all manner of
store; our engines are strong to la
Dor, there is no complaining in our
streets Happy is our people, yea
happy is that people whose God is
the Lord" /"
Let us then, one and all, in &C
knowledgement for the bountiful har-
vests that have been sent on our
land, and the other advantages we
enjoy, Thank God and take cour-
age
DIR. Miller's theme was esprit
ual Privileges" and he spoke as
follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Man has a dual nature. He is
both material and immaterial, or car
nal and spiritual It is proper that
we should be thankful to God for all
material blessings. These are nee
essary to supply the wants of the
physical man, but we are taught that
MAN shall not live by bread alone,
and being a spiritual being, he needs
spiritual blessings, and for these we
should be even more grateful than
for the blessings which minister to
the physical man. It is this spirit
ual nature which diferentiates man
from the lower order of animal crea-
ton To save the spiritual man God
gave His son to die for him and sent
the blessed Spirit to lead him in the
| way of all truth We should render
thanksgiving to God for the privil
ege of prayer-that we mortals, bur
dened with the sense of sin and un
worthiness, are permitted to stretch
out the arms of our faith and pray fol
His forgiving love.
To us all there come times ano
circumstances when we need the
strength of an arm which is almighty
and a wisdom which is infinite te
support and direct us, and it is {
blessed privilege to s'take everything
to God in prayer"
We are invited to do this every
day and hour, through Jesus Chris
our Lord. We should feel Thankful
for the privilege of attending upo1
the ministry of Gods word. It hatl
pleased God by the ''foolishness O.
preaching to save them that arr
lost" Christ, the blessed Saviour
gave this commission to His apOs
ties: $50 ye into all the world and
preach the gospel to every creature.
We who live in this free and happy
land, in which we have so many op
portunities of hearing the gospe
preached, are in danger of not ap
preciating this great spiritual privil
ege. With the preaching of tn,
| gospel we have the church and he1
ordinances, the fellowship of Christ
ian people, and the communion O
saints.
How much happier are we thai
| millions of our fellow-mortals wht
1 live in heathen lands and are de
prived of all these christian prlvile
ges.
Lastly we have the Bible in which
God has been pleased to reveal Him
self to man as Father, Friend ant
Saviour. He has revealed Himsel
somewhat to us by the visible work
manship of His hands. Sun, moor
and stars, and the earth, with bloom
ing flowers, forests and seas, speal
to us of His infinite and creativ
power.
i We sometimes hear His voice il
the thunder when the mad storm
| king stretches his dark wings owe
the Heavens, and with cyclonic fur.
sweeps as with bosom of destruc
ton everything before him, but il
His word alone has He been pleaset
to reveal Himself as a God of love-
| that He loves us and does not hat
us, and that He SO loves us as t,
give His son to die for us. In Hi
word the blessed Saviour answer
| the question, sIf man die will b
/ live again2" To the weeping siste
of His dead friend He uttered th
grand and glorious words, & am th
resurrection and the life; he that be
1 i lieveth in me though he were dead
| yet shall he liYe.n The Bible is th
basis Of all our hopes, and th