Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-26


90 II Scriptures more com
SA1N mands and calls 90 praise
than 90 PRAYER Vet feW
duties are NOR" frequent
~ neglected than this There are
many people Who are always coming
20 God with requests bur who g. not
come 10 him with Thanksgiving after
their requests have been granted Ten
,epers once cried 10 Jesus for cleans
ing. a. he was passing them az dis.
lance lie grsciously heard them and
granted their plea When they had
been healed. one OF the ten returned
10 thank the healer. but the other nine
ognition OF the great favor they had
received. so II IL continually
are blessed and helped but few show
gratitude Our Lord felt keenly he
ingratitude OF the lepers who re-
turned not Where are the nine was
his panied question God pours out
his gifts and blessings every day upon
his children, and whenever no voice
OF thanksgiving Is heard In return he
misses n n one bird Of the forest
is silent in the glad spring day. he
misses IFS song II one human heart
falls 20 utter its praise amid life's
countless blessings he is disap
pointed
Many there are who think tha; II
certain definite days are set apart for
praise IL is enough For example.
they will be- grateful for a whole day
once In a year, touching then every
chord ~ praise in their being. think
ing that this IS to WAY God wants
them 10 show their gratitude But the
annual THANKSGIVING day is not in
tended 20 gather into itself the thanks.
giving for whole year. rather II is
intended IN give the keynote for all
the years life. LIES true concert
pitch is praise. II We hnd that We
are below the right pitch, We should
take advantage OF the particular
Thanksgiving seasons TO get keyed
up. When the strings OF life begin 20
grow discordant thanksgiving will put
us In tune.
The ideal life is one of gladness
Unthankfulness and fretfulness are
discords In the song We have no
right TO live gloomily or sadly. Go
whore we may, we hear the music OF
Joy, unless our ears have become tone
deaf. The world f. full Of beauty and
full OF music. Yet II is strange how
many people seem neither TO see the
loveliness nor hear the music II
were well II many of US would train
ourselves TO see the glory and good
ness OF God. as revealed IN nature. II
will be sad To leave this world, after
staying in II three score or four-score
years without having seen any Of the
ten thousand beauties with which God
had adorned II. Consider the lilies
said Jesus Every sweet flower has
message OF Joy 10 him who can read
the writing. One who loves Gods
flowers and birds and trees and noun.
tains and rivers and seas. and has
learned to heed the voices which every
where whisper their secrets 20 him
who understands, can never be- sad or
lonely. The power 10 hear what
natures voices have TO say is In our
hearts, not merely in the ear We
must have the beauty in our souls be
fore we can see beauty anywhere.
Hence there are many who are really
blind 10 the loveiiness which God has
strewn everywhere. with mos, lavish
hand in his works So We must rayc
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