Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-11-18
CHRISTIAN ENDEANOR.
fsspie For the Week beginning Nov. 81.
Comment by Rev. =. II. Doyle.

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Comment by Rev. :. II. Doyle.
ToPIc.-"G zsi'ude-ro whom. for what.
bow shown Luke xvii, Il 10. "A Thani.ze
Ing topic
The topical inference contains the
story Of the healing Of the ten lepers.
: Jesus was entering a certain city He
Let a crowd Of lepers, perhaps without
ives, nose, hair or hands. holding up
t-leir handles arms and exclaiming in
their unearthly. gurgling tones: Tn
ieanl Unclean." To their usual cry
they add the prayer, Jesus. Master.
have mercy on us,' He heard their
layer Go" He said, SHOW your
stlyes unto the priests" This was to
test them They believed and obeyed,
and as they went they were healed. but
a.ter they had presented themselves and
procured their certificates Of health only
one Of the ten returned to thank their
b nefactor, and he was Samaritan,
The nine were probably Jews. The
d; aster was touched by the gratitude Of
the one. and perhaps III the thankful
tess Of the nine contrasted with the
conduct Of the one He saw the ingrati-
tude Of mankind as a whole
To every benefactor we should show
cur gratitude. We are constantly under
Obligations 70 our fellow men for kind
nesses and blessings received In the
home, in society, in business, we eve
debts Of gratitude Are we thankful. II
20, do we express our thankfulness:
Gratitude Is often felt. but not mani
tested We should both feel and mani
fest it. God, being our greatest. our
daily benefaetor, should receive cur
greatest, our daily gratitude Christ
healed the leper. He did for him what
no one else in all the world could do
How great, therefore. was the debt owed
TO Christ! His gratitude should have
been correspondingly great. God in
Christ has done for us what none else
could do. To Him, therefore, we should
feel and express cur gratitude above all
others
We should b. grateful to God for all
things Every good and perfect gift
cometh from above If we would only
pause in the mad rush Of life often
enough to contemplate the manifold
blessings that come from God daily and
hourly, and recall at the same time the
extent of our gratitude, we would be
overwhelmed with shame at our ingrati-
tude
Gratitude should be shown bv actions
Ahasuerus cid something TO show his
gratitude to Mordecai for saving his
life Actions speak louder than words
By life for God we should speak to
the world of our gratitude to God
A farmer who had been abundantly
blessed with this world goods, but who
bad never thanked the Ciiver, listened
one Thanksgiving day 10 a sermon on
the text The OK knoweth his owner.
the ass his master crib, but Israel doth
not know, Ny people doth not consid-
or" 1t made no impression upon him.
He returned to his home. and as Le
went out into his barnyard one Of his
1-yorite cows ran to him and fondly
rubbed Ler head against him. This led
him to think This dumb brute. -. he
says, recognizes me as its benefactur
and shows its gratitude, yet / have r.
ceived all these things from God and
have never thanked Him. " He did
thank Him from that day forth. Let Us
Endeavorers do the same.
Bible Readings lisa i. Ii Ps-
xxxiv, Is; !, Il, 10; kew, Ill: c,
l-5; CIV, 10; evil, Is; cx1xvi, l-9; Mark
V, 1921; Acts ii, 44-47; iii, Lilo, II
Cor. TX, Sill; Phil. iv, 10; Col ii, 6,
:; ", .; Rev vii, II, H.