Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-25
METHODIsTs' UNION SERVICE.
Rev. DIR. Starr breaches to n Fine
Congregation at Park-PIace.

The Methodist congregations of the cen
tral and western part of the city held
union services at Park-Place church at
II o'clock. Rev. Or. W G.. Starr. pastor
Of BroadStreet church, preached a ser
mon full o. loving acknowledgment and
gratitude to God for the blessings of the
past year. Or. Starr took his text appro-
priately from Psalm xviii, 10: BLESS
ed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with
benefits, even the God of our salvation
He said: The heart of our Lord is an
OVERLOOKING fountain. Avenues of bless
ing, like pipes planted in the ground,
convey divine help to all hearts in all
lands. Everybody ought to thank God
for something. A bandit ought TO be
grateful for life, even though it be mis-
spent. The sudden loss of a favor sug-
gests the value of it, God is the great
fruitgatherer in the shy, and the air Is
filled with tokens of His loving kindness.
They are always coming down The
ground is strewn with leaves of healing
from the tree of life.
NEVER THINK OF GOD.
Some persons never thank God but once
year. and the President OF the United
States has to ask them TO do that They
FORGET that they are constant beneiiciaries
Of the Divine benevolence. A daily load
Of blessing requires daily grace to carry
it. Thanksgiving ought TO sweep through
the whole Of life, just as the ocean belts
the globe. Every day ought to be vocal
with gratitude. God listens to hear the
anthem of human alteration, and never
grows weary of the murmur of praise
from the feeblest lips.
Other people there are who think their
luck in life has been so hard that they
have no desire to thank either God OF
man for anything. They forget that hu-
man happiness comes to us as GIT, or
we have to dig for it until we ind II.
Mattock and spade are worth more to
| manhood than mahogany cradles IN early
life. Gossamer pillows may serve the
| heads of embryo kings but crowns are
uncertain investments in these days, and
| the plain man who digs for fortune
| generally has a good appetite to enjoy it
| when the implements OF toll are laid
] aside.
! EVERYBODY HAS SOMETHING.
Everybody can thank God for something.
| Those who nurse grief ought to be crate
| full for grief, because they might die iof
want Of il.
| A wolf seems to prize life. He never
| surrenders II without struggle TO retain
! a. one reason why some persons are
/ so thankless is the lack of disposition 70
| ind a message from God In everything
| axcept sin. Impersonated good seems
IN walk all around us waiting for an In
I reduction Some persons spy blessings
as If they were ministers Of vengeance
| Their sense Of unworthiness Keeps them
uneasy lest even a grape may prlng d
| seed TO blockade the windpipe ana arres'
| life at the outer gate.
| His closing remarks were in this SOFT
| oned strain. He said: To-day let US
| thank. God for life and home in great
country. Let us be grateful for peace after
| war. and pick over our treasures unlii
we find something to give away. Winter
J &c coming with a snow mantel to cover
| the poor mans hut-let us see that the
! embers shall not grow cold upon MS
hearthstone."