Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-25

proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5.--Many. 0 Lord my God. are thy won
derful works which thou hast done, and
thy thoughts which are to us-ward; they
cannot be reckoned up In order unto thee;
IL 1 would declare and speak of them. they
are more than can be numbered.
6.-Sacriffce and offering thou didst not
desire; mine ears hast thou opened; burnt
offering and sin offering hast thou not re-
quired.
7-Then said I, 10, come: in the volume
of the book it is written of me.
ST. delight to do thy will, Q my God:
yea, thy law is within my heart.
OIL have preached righteousness in the
great congregation: 10, l have not refrained
my lips, Lord thou knowest.
10.-I have not hid thy righteousness with
in my heart; 1 have declared thy faithful
ness and thy salvation: I have not con-
cealed thy loving kindness and thy truth
from the great congregation.
11.-Withhold not thou thy tender mercies
from me, o Lord: let thy loving kindness
and thy truth continually preserve me.
The Lesson.
Faber tells of a beautiful tradition among
the Jews which Lancisius quotes from
Philo to this effect: When God had Gre
ated the world, He asked the angels what
they thought of the work of His hands. One
of them replied that it was so vast and so
perfect that only one thing was wanting to
it, namely, that there should be created a
clear, mighty and harmonious voice, which
should fill all the quarters of the world In
cessantly with It's sweet sound thus day
ana night to offer Thanksgiving to its
Maker, for His Incompatible blessings.
A converted sailor in the gladness of his
first love was heard to exclaim, To save
such a sinner as / ami He shall never hear
the end of it, Isn't that just the way
we should all feel. when we have felt our
sins forgiven, or when in Gods mercy He
has saved us from some impending calam-
ity? And yet after tits past and we are
safe, how often do we revert to those past
blessings and remember to thank God for
all the way in which He has led use?
1t would be a good thing today IL we
might each take half hour and set down
in black and white the times we can remem-
Der when God has brought US up "out OF
the horrible pit and 'set our feet upon a
rock" Write it down SO that you can see
It, He saved my mothers life when we
feared she might die He sent us money
from a source we had long given over as
hopeless, that time when father was sick
and needed so many comforts and lux
uries." He brought friends In that day
of gloom" He made it possible for me to
go to college,. He gave me position
where l could earn good salary" ETC.,
through the innumerable perplexities and
anxieties that have beset your way through
the wilderness of this world. II you do this
you will find that tomorrow's burdens will
seem more possible and tomorrows cares
grow brighter. lighter. because If of your
view Of what God has done for you In the
past Perhaps, too, 1t would not be bad
idea for you to set down over against
these some of the calamities or seeming
calamities which have come to you, mark
ing just how many OF them nave realy
been brought upon you by your own sins,
and how many of them have turned out
to be blessings in disguise.
kf,,1 Love r. irh
knows no necessity of utterance. TO love
and be silent is sometimes imperative, but
always burdensome; and a heart happy IN
it's love cannot choose but ripple out IN
music of speech. The psalmist describes
himself as messenger Of glad things,
true evangelist. The multiplicity of names
for the various aspects Of Gods character
and acts which he heaps together In these
verses serves to indicate their manifoldness,
which he delighted to contemplate, and MS
long, loving familiarity with them. He
sets his treasure in all lights and views
1t from all points, as man Will turn
jewel in his hand and get fresh flash
from every facet. Righteousness the good
news that the Ruler of all is infiexibly just,
with justice which scrupulously meets all
creatures needs. and becomes penal and aw-
full only to the rejecters OF its tender as
pect; 'faithfulness, the inviolable adherence
to every promise; salvation the actual full
ness of deliverance and well-being flowing
from these attributes; 'loving-kindness' and
'troth' often linked together as expressing
at once the warmth and the Interchangeable
ness Of the Divine heart-these have been
the psalmists themes. Therefore, they are
his hope; and he is sure that, as he has been
their singer, they Will be his preservers. 1t
is not prayer, but bold confidence.
The psalmist is not so much asserting his
claims as giving voice to his faith. He does
not SO much think that his utterance Is
deserving of remuneration as that Gods
character makes impossible the supposition
great name in it's manifold glories, should
find that name unavailing in his hour OF
need" ALEXANDER MacLAREN.
at st. Petersburg is so constructed that
every sound which is made in the vast edi-
fee, every footstep upon the marble pave
ment below, the rustling OF the clothing
of the worshipers, or the turning of the
leaves of the books. is transferred Into har-
monious music. So God gathers up all the
actions of His children, and makes out
of them harmonious whole which fills
the vault of heaven with delicious music.
Bishop Reynolds said: "As the Dead sea
drinks in the River Jordan, and Is never the
sweeter, and the ocean all other rivers and
is never the fresher, SO we are apt to
receive daily mercies from God and still re-
main insensible to them-unthankful for
them"
THE heart that has felt how innumerabIe
are Gods thoughts and deeds of love is not
utterly reduced to despair even while 1t
beholds sea of troubles rolling its white
crested pillows shoreward as far as the
horizon. The sky stretches beyond them,
and the true nuinberless of Gods mercies
outdoes the great yet really limited range
of apparently numberless sins or sorrows,
the consequences of SIM"
ALEXANDER MacLAREN.
How to Help the Leader.
Tell In the meeting the most wonderful
things that God has done for you Make