The Greeley tribune., 1908-12-02
SUNDAY SERMON

| s,hiect OF the Rev John Doane al
| ba Park Congregational church
| sunday evening. The Rev poahe
| DISCOURSE are more OF heart 10
| heart" talk. rather than Sermon
and that is what makes them so IN
teresting. The simplicity OF his IL
lpstrations makes them impressive
| and his ideas reach the child as wen
as the adult. He drew picture OF
the crouch. or the grumbler, or the
crank, whichever one wishes to caii
him. There are few OF MS VINO are
free from many of the attributes that
% IN make up the Crouch. and most
Of us count our misfortunes but ran
10 enumerate the blessings. We for
get that it is only ourselves who are
to blame for the ills that come upon
us. Few of us see it that way and
are accustomed to place the blame
upon someone else.
I When "A man gets out OF work II
is always some other persons fault.
II n dish is broken the children lay
the blame to the cat II the floor IS
tracked, father lays the blame TO
someone with shoes about the same
size as his. Our own faults never
occur to us. II father smokes and
drinks and .swears, he does not
blame himself if the children follow
suit. If the mother is cross and i'll
tempered she never reasons that the
effect has implanted like character
istIc in the child. If we abuse our
stomachs and become dyspeptics 1t
never occurs to us that the Thanks.
giving dinner was responsible.
Many women grumble that their
husbands will not stay at home, but
they forget that they do not make
home what it ought to be. Marriage
is not lottery. but it is just what
we make it, We live in houses OF
our own making and have no one to
blame but ourselves il the construc-
tion is poor.
Man is happy when he is satisfied
with conditions as he finds them and
remembers the blessings of God.
The speaker illustrated this with
the little boy in Sunday school. The
class was singing. II Want to Be an
Angel. and With the Angels Stand"
Jack wasn't singing very much. and
the teacher asked the reason. I'm
singing all I feel" was Jacks an
swer Evidently Jack was satisfied
with his lot and didn't care to be an
angel.
The successful man is always
grateful. For every favor he says
Thank YOU" and he has many
friends for that reason. He notes
the blessing and overlooks the griev-
ance.
Some people even find fault when
1t rains in Colorado. Take two men
on journey. One sees nothing but
wretchedness, finds fault with the
dining car. the dust, the smoke, the |
slowness of the train, and thous-
and other things. while his compan-
ion enjoyed good dinner. the seem
cry along the route, noted the cour-
tesy of the over-worked conductor,
and made several friendships. One
was dark and gloomy and the other
bright and with a heart full of glad
ness. These two different spirits
are contagious like the measles. |
Keep away from the crouch and cul- |
tivate the spirit of thankfulness for
Gods mercles. Our failures are
a necessity and in this |
manner God shows us our faults and |
points the right path to duty. so thai |
the failure was really blessing But |
the Crouch could hardly be called a |
blessing, as there are too many OF !
them, Just to be used for object les |
sons. Instead of grumbling at the |
sunday morning snow stern, and |
that it made walking |
bad, we should count it blessing.
and not forget what so much mois-
ture means to this agricultural dis
trict. We always forget TO thank
God for what he gives to US, but
never forget TO find fault for the
things he has not given. Strange as
II may seem, this nation of ours has
never made such great strides to- I
ward national integrity as in the pasl
year Never before has our moral
PERCEPTION been on so high plane
There has been much evil but a NOR
al consciousness has unearthed II
and the world is growing better dav
by day. The impulse has reached ali
nations and even Turkey stands TO-
oay In new growth and almost free
RUSSIA also is waking up, and all
Christian people should thank God
Tor the signs OF the times.
Another evidence that we are get
ting better was demonstrated in pos
ton recently. Some 500 business
men, rich men and intellectual men
sat at banquet to discuss missions
u Is the same at the present time In
Chlcago. and men are taking
greater interest in religion than ever
before. The Rev. Doane then called
upon the men OF Greeley 10 wake nm
Or they would be back numbers.
Above all things. let us not no \
sTouch. IL is easier to be pleasant
lhan to be cross-grained, surly and
sour. anu
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