Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-29

pare our lot with others less favored
than ourselves. There may be a lawful
sense II sW11cM We consider others af-
fairs. When tempted to repine and
think ones misfortunes are great, it is
profitable to look at others less favored
than ourselves. How much of Divine
blessing, however, has been our lot,
peace and plenty has been the lot of
our nation during the year, and in the
language of the American poet, Whit
tier, We say:
Once more the liberal year laughs out,
Ger richer stores than gems of gold;
Once more with harvest song and shout,
Is Natures bloodless triumph told.
y, faVors every year made new,
O, gifts with rain and sunshine sent,
The bounty Overruns our due,
The fullness shames our discomfort.
We see our Fathers hand once more
Reverse for us the Plenteous horn;
OF autumns filled and running DER.
With fruit and flower and golden corn.
To give hanks is a means of grace to
the soul, and tends to the ennobling OF
the character. There can be no more
pleasing spectacle to heaven than to see
a nation given up to the performance
or this duty. An act Of service that if
sincerely performed, will unlock the
reasu houses of the skies and bring
down to earth yet more of heavenly
blessings. THIS service, while acceptable
to God, has a reflex influence upon man.
"A thankleSs man is a gracelesS man. He
who offers UP the sacrifice Of praise and
Thanksgiving is lifted up to a higher
plane, ennobles his character just so
much and is conscious of having per-
formed a service of merit. Wit. joyful
hearts let JUS praise our Maker and go
forth with confidence in heavens good
ness and guidance for the future.
Rev. j. f. N~oftsinser chose for his
text Psalm 1903; 2: "And forget not all
His benefits" He said:
Ladies and gentlemen, we are here this
morning because we are a truly grateful
people to the Oliver of all blessings,
and who withholdeth not anything from
any one. This day has to me become a
sacred day, when the most ardent sup
porter of creed, thinks of spirit: when
men of every faith turns from the tech
meal term to give expression to God for
all of His benefits to him.
Men of all classes and walks of life
have come this morning to praise God
~ LIS ooooiGSo AIN IIlClSS, WHICH eA-
tendeth to all. Alike we meet today to
give thanks and to show our gratitude
to God for life's blessings.
We are not here this morning to imi-
tate the feast Thanksgiving, but to re-
sat it from our hearts that with us it
may not only be a fact of history, but an
occasion of actual experience to each of
us hare.
This is a national day Of national
Thanksgiving. We are we'll aware that
this is a man-appointed day, but I be-
leve that they appointed it in the be-
ginning because they were nightly
moved of God. Then Let us today. if we
would use it Alright, enter into this SER
vice with gratefulness to our God.
Every mar in the city Of Butte should,
give thanks for His blessings. They are
not all of 0 But they are to the in
dividual just What he wishes, and what
his unframed and depraved nature calls
for. If you are a mar of great wealth,
and looking for a place to invest, or
to swing a great plot, with a million
whirling wheels and pullies with as
many flying belts, turning raw material
into precious metal, here is your field of
operation. Many are already here. We
hould thank God this morning for the
great wealth of our city. 1t is active,
searching here and there for a place
where it may operate, giving men, yea,
thousands of men, employment where
they may earn their honest dollars and
live like kings themselves. These men
are not to be despised because they have
money. Money is one of the great fac
tors in social and national economics,
without which it is difficult for a nation
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for these men, and pray that their wealth
may not be used to terrorize, but to show
their breadth and depth of character,
that their wealth may not be a milestone
fashioned about their hearts to sink
them into oblivion, but a means of grace
through which they may be used of God
to the end of accomplishing very much
good. 1t was this type of wealthy man.
hood that has caused our flags to float
to the breezes at half-mast in honor of
the whole-hearted Mr.. Daily. Men loved
him because of his brains, money, char
acter and fellowship annong men. His
was a heart of sympathy to every
be that man poor or rich, whenever he
met him it was his brother. His was
a large heart and an open hand. Let us
honor them, yea, pray the Father for
more OF them.
The w~age-earner this morning comes
with quick steps and a glowing face; it
is his time to worship God. This mighty
army of noble men and women-the
honest sons of toll, the bone and sineW
of America-We are proud to say to the
world that we are men and women
who earn our bread by the sweat of
the brow" We should be grateful be-
cause this is a place of fair compensa-
ton.
We sometimes here it said that
wages are too high. l am frank to say
that l do not believe a word of it. l
believe that the man who leave his
home at all hours of day or night with
not the slightest assurance that he will
come back again if he wants toy, is not
paid too much. He is entitled to a part
of the profits of that corporation, and
the operators should appreciate every
hour of his labor. We do not seek
something for nothing. and when we