The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-11-26


iron In 1t, might look for them with
my eyes and search for them. with my
clumsy fingers and be unable to detect
them; but let me take a magnet ana
sweep through 1t and how 1t would
draw to itself the most Invisible partl-
Giles by the mere power OF attraction!
The mithankful heart, like my hnger
in the sand, discovers no mercies; bur
let the thankful heart sweep through
the day, as the magnet finds the iron
SO 1t will find In every hour some
heavenly blessings; only. the iron In
Gods sand is all pure gold"
HAVE wondered whether those nine
i lepers who were healed. and whom
Scripture dismisses as ungrateful, never
did take time to realize what Jesus had
done for them, and to be thankful. Sure
ly they did not on the day that the bless
ing came to them. All, how prone we
are to receive the gifts OF our Heavenly
Father day by day and never take time
to turn back and say: Thank you.
But perhaps some day that ungrateful
nine met Jesus again and acknowledged
His goodness to them. Surely, de-
layed message OF thanksgiving is better
than none at all. Now comes opportunity
of doing that which you have failed to do
wholly or In part during the year. Shall
the angel OF the legend as he comes to
earth on that day meet disappointment
and failure, and go back to God with
basket as empty Of thanksgiving as on
other days? Will he pause before the
door of your heart, and, instead OF
hearing the prayer Of thanksgiving and
the song of praise, hear the chatter and
commotion that concerns only the things
of self? Will he receive from you just
the merest bit Of a hasty word OF thanks
giving, and then see you rush on to the
Joys and activities of the day, with not
another thought Of God or OF being
thankful to Him? Will he go to the
meeting house, where the president and
the governors have urged the people to
assemble to give thanks to God, and find
| the doors closed, or, II open for union
services, will he find the pews half
filed, while the hurrying multitudes, tho
nine out of the ten, pass the door on
| their way to the football match, or the
social function, or the days sport Of one
nature or another? Say, will he? Will
he 20 back laden with your offering of
praise and thanksgiving, or will the day
| come and go without one thought, one
word of thanksgiving? Will its mo-
ments flee away without one single
precious one being filed with God and
what God has done for you? God for
bid!
TESUS is asking to-day: Where are
the miner" Recipients of Gods favor,
they are rushing off to their own de-
vices, forgetful and Indifferent. They
lost the blessing that always comes to
the grateful heart. They failed to hear
Jesus words of cheer: arise, go thy
way: thy faith hath made thee
whole" Jesus misses the nine, but Ht
does not forget to give added blessing
to the one out Of the te4niYled in
back to Hi@ rhe pathway of thanks
/ giving led that healed leper back to
Jesus for new experience, for
| greater blessing than mere physical
cleansing. And thus gratitude, real
and sincere, will open up the way to
new experiences, 1t will begin a new
relationship with God Down at
Jesus feet In the dust of repentance
and submission is the real starting
point for every soul. Down at Jesus
feet Is the place where we may hear
the encouraging: Arise" Jesus alone
can set the needy soul upon its feet.
The consciousness of dependence upon
God, of His goodness and mercy brings
the heart low before Him, but It Is al
ways that He may lift 1t up to a higher
and better plane Of living than ever
before. And when on his feet, he re-
ceives his commission: go thy way"
But what different way than ever ue-
fore. Back to home and friends as of
yore! Yes. Back into the old scenes
OF activity as before the scourge had
fastened itself upon him! Yes. And
yet 1t was different way, for he was
a different man. He had met Jesus.
Jesus had become vital factor and
motive In his life, and whittier he
went the influence of the Divine life
went too, so that 1t was a different
way.
| A ND as he went he heard the reas--
\ suring words: Thy faith hath
made thee whole" And did he have
more than the other nine? All were
cleansed. All had perfect physical
manhood restored, but only to one did
Jesus say: "Thy faith hath made thee
whole" Whole! Whole in body and
soul, just as God has made man and
intended him to be. All, is man
whole. though he be perfect Apollo
in physical vigor and strength and
beauty, II the eternal soul within Is
diseased and dwarfed and dying? All,
no! Ere many years after this incident
Of healing those ten men we're lying
cold and dead within the tomb. The
bodies which Jesus restored to health
that day were laid aside and the souls
that had sheltered within them had
sped on Into the presence Of God. The
one, out OF the ten trod the way OF
blessing because with grateful heart
he took time to turn back and give
thanka IN fhe One from vVhov,, ho -