Evening star., 1912-11-23
Coin Of the Heart.

The grateful heart pays thanks for the
mercies and bless ngs received. 1t is a
coin that can be used to pay obligations
which no amount of the coin Of the realm
could satisfy. The coin of gratitude
bears the image and superscripti ton of
greater name than Caesars.
An Irish soldier n the war between the
states could not, understand how men
and battlefield without pay. \ member
of the Christian commission told him that
the hearty thanks and God bless your
of the relieved was pay enough tor him.
The grateful soldier replied: 'Shure an
'av that's the pay We take, why thin God
bless We. Yen be rich of the coin NV
me heart all yere days
The riches 1t gives Is of a kind that
neither moth nor rust doth corrupt nor
thieves break through and steal
The coin of thanks passes current for
SO many things For health. home, friends
and all kindly thoughts, words and deeds.
For all that God in mercy sends
For health and children. home ana frlends,
For comfort in the time OF need;
For e<Rry kindly word and deed:
For happy thoughts and holy talk;
For guidance in our daily walk,
For everything give THAMES
And for al the joy Of fragrant flowers
and singing birds. ripping streams and
balmy breezes, and for al. the sweetness
and beauty Of sun moon and stars In
their radiant ministry OF light and Ire
to the world.
For beauty in this world of ours.
For verdant grass and lovely flowers,
For song Of birds. for hum Of bees.
For the refreshing summer breeze,
For hill and plain for streams and wood,
For the great oceans mighty flood
In everything give than.s.
For the sweet sleep which comes at night,
For the returning mornings light,
For the bright sun that shines on high,
For the stars glittering In the sky:
For these and everything we see.
o Lord, our hearts we lift to Thee
For everything give thanks.
Yet Notwithstanding the boundless
mercy and benefit lavished by natu e
and grace many are ungrateful and give
no thought to the duty of thanksgiving
and praise. IL they lack but one thing
they murmur and complain about 1T, and
forget the thousands of blessings in their
daily experience.
There are great many Hamans in
the world. In the book of Esther is
given the tragic story of his life, which
stands out as prominent warning to
those who a.e discontented and un-
thankful in the midst of aboundins pros
perity.
Haman was promoted and set above al
the other princes of AhaSuerus kingdom.
And a the kings servants. that We're
In the kings gate. bowed and reverenced
Haman, for the king had SO commanded
concerning him.
But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him
reverence"
When Haman saw this he was full of
wrath but he thought scorn to lay
hands on Mordecai alone" and sought
to dest oy all the Jews that were through
out the whole kingdom. even the people
of Mordecai.
For time the purpose of Haman
| seemed to greatly prosper. He was not
| only honored by the king, but was spe-
cialy invited by the queen to a banquet
Of her own preparing. at which he W $
so elated that he called for his friends
and his wife, and tod them of the
glory of his riches, and the mu titude
of his children and all the things where
| I'm the king had promoted him, and how
he had advanced him above the princes
and servants of the king"
the queen did let no man come in with
the king into the banquet that size had
! prepared but myself: and tomorrow am
/ l invited unto her also with the king. Yet
/ all this availeth me nothing. so long as
see Mordecai the Jew sitting ut the
kings gate"
On the one hand he had great riches
| wife. children, the highest honors OF
state: on the other he was short OF one
| how. Mordecai the Jew alone did not
how or do him reverence. and because OF
that all the glory OF his riches and the
| multitude of his children" and the ex.
aited honors OF his station availed hin
I-nothing.
In the end he was hanged upon the
afty cubits high gallows he had erected
because one little annoyance outweighet
In his ungrateful heart the multitude o
blessings and honors that he possessed
We are all In danger Of thinking too
much Of our miseries and too litee o.
our mercies. Gods call Is to a Cheerful
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