Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-12-02

The usual 80 out OF population o
1000 found their way to st. joint
church last Thursday morning to join il
a public service OF Thanksgiving for thu
mercies OF the year
The Thanksgiving sermon wal
preached by Rev. A. c. Gilmore, rector o.
st. Johns church, who took for his text
aBless the Lord, o my soul, and forget
I not all his benefits" and his discourse
was, in brief, somewhat ~ follows:-
The mercies OF God are new every
morning and fresh every evening and il
is in recognition Of this that the church
has provided daily morning and evening
prayer. Thanksgiving day is but pub
lie manifestation OF q continual return of
thanks TO God. No more appropriate time
than the present can be found for this
general Thanksgiving " hen the har-
vest is garnered ia and barns and store
houses are full to overlooking; when the
trees stripped Of their foliage cause us to re-
member the beauty and grandeur Of their
summer dress; when we miss the song of
birds that have fitted south ward, and
when we seek home with an increase of
pleasure. Our hearts are quickened as
friends and kindred gather to recall men,
cries OF former days, and with a glad and
uplifted mind we remember the mercies,
for which we bless the Lord, not for
getting all his benefits.
There is none OF US hut has some reason
to bless God for his benefits. We are all
the time comparing ourselves with our
neighbers and, as a rule. we undervalue
and our blessings and over
value others and their blessings. There
are some people who seem to delight in
looking on the dark side OF things. They |
think God remeob ers others but forgets /
them. They fancy the world is going to |
he bad rs fast as possible and rack and /
ruin stares them in the face. They fail to I
that when God had finished his
work OF creation. He looked upon It and
aid 1t was very good. He is ruling now,
IS He always has ruled, with the best OF
avs and always In a spirit Of love aud, IL
We could hear His voice now, we would
till hear Him say it is very good Instead
II His voice, We hear tales OF woe on every
ide and grow pessimistic.
We do ourselves harm by dwelling too
much on the injustice in the distribution
4 this worlds goods. Heavens gifts are
more fairly distributed than we are will
ng TO admit. Gold and diamonds are
cry unfairly distributed but the treas
res OF Heaven are evenly granted. ,
iealth is not given to any one class and
cannot be bought with gold. There
ray be beef trusts and sugar trusts, but
here are no health trusts. II a man is
lessed with good health be ought surely !
? praise the Lord with his whole heart.
Ie who Is well and strong is far richer Z
han feeble millionaire.
Are You able to sleep? That il another
1T OF God. Its value has never been
uoted on Wall street but il is Of more :,
alue than anything there. II the bless
lg OF sleep was withheld for one week,
le victim would be dead or worse than r
sad. Many a millionaire would use a
'rtnne II we would give to him the d
eep that comes to us, but not TO him. E
IN you sleep? Give God thanks and
less his holy name. /.
God has given us eyes with which TO !,
e, ears with which to hear, brains with
hich to think and muscles with which I
walk and run and jump and play. .
nd even il we misuse these powers, still u
icy are no less blessings. The eve alone
worth more than its weight in gold. Y
I'd the man who can see is King OF B
ings TO the man who is blind. With
Il reason man sinks to the level of an n
final, but with reason he can enter the :,
ind and thought Of the Creator. n
Let us now recall Gods blessings to
y nation. No famines, no earthquakes :,
stress US. There is plenty for all and p
spare. Thanksgiving for the fruits of \,
earth Is older far than the Christian
urch and was known in the land of
man. Every heart should be grateful
the abundant harvest of the earth
d for the fact that, with our broad ~
"a, we need not fear the scarcity which
zen causes such serious suffering in M
laller nations. Should a crop fail in
e part OF our great country, it is more vi
an abundant in another part and search
is averted.
Better books and magazines are replac-
: vile publications OF all sorts and in =.
Is age OF intellectual abundance IL is a 81
me not to furnish the family with
90, interesting and helpful reading pc
liter. 1t is only little less OF crime to NJ
lnne ourselves to one line OF reading,
oks and papers which coincide with da
views and not to seek to know the pc
VS. Of Others, thereby cramping and
rowing our mental development. Tn
The growing Independence Of voters Is W.,
encouraging sign. We have learned.
en- from bitter experience, that the
pctism df political managers is no bet ~, 70,
than that OF a king. Not unfre- M a
entity the best thing voter can do is M
scratch the ticket Of his party and
rehy teach the party leaders that their ~, no
didates for Office need not expect sup ~
I II they do not deserve it. M
he various Christian bodies are now Sa'
inning to long for reunited Chris
dom, and they are gradually returning up
me ancient Apostolic church from wi
ich they or their fathers at sometime pla
u out. God hasten the day when we inc
IL once more be one in body, one in
ut, even as we are called in one hone
'ur calling; one lord, one faith, one 4
tism, one God and Father Of all, who rea
bove all and through ali and in as ali. Oct