The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-11-26

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s,.s,oalx eame 10 the brink az a
s,.a, s.ream. II was da-k and deep
and way down there could hear
,he roll, OF the troubled waters IN
aespair / cried 10 her. i eant hna
me WY Thea there came TO me
xaics 80 tendcriy sweet, seen'hs
~ come from infinite heights and
nrfa,homeble depths. i am 'he
way. the tFuth and the me
with a start awoke FROM my
dream and Mr. Moody. ! knew 'ha'
uhile IL was only dream. u Was
also the voice OF my Master eaii'ns
me back to God. and Mr.. Moody !
am glad she Is there for the master
tcck her 10 bring me back 10
God
.syes. dear friends. the better Ne
know God the more grateful We are
and as we know him better. more
ana more will We give thanks Tor
all things 8, all times. The second
lesson We sst from this is that
genuine gratitude IL going to seek
avenues of expression.
aYou had as well try TO reaen
xaur hand in your bosom and
snatch out that which Is hidden
There In the secret places OF the
heart and finds expression In the
| life. that which We call our per
aonality. as 10 try TO keep real graf
itude covered up.
There are two possible avenues
Through which il expresses itself
!, There is first the words OF the
mouth.
sThere came TO the Master Que
aay man blind from his birth,
CRYING unto Him. O. thou son Of
David have mercy on me Ana
Jesus healed him but said unto
/ him. see that thou tell no man.
why the Master had as we'll told
1.-The man to reach forth his hand
lend pluck the sun from its place in
the heavens.
! Genuine gratitude cannot be
restrained, hence in the face 81 the
Healer's charge he goes and tells
what great things God has done for
him
One day John the Baptist was
1 standing with two OF his disciples
and seeing Jesus he said, behold
| the Lamb OF God. And the two
followed Him and spent the day III
his house When evening was come
Andrew. Simon Peters brother,
leaves the house and thrilled with
Joy rushes home to find his brother,
Simon, and finding him. with JOY
unspeakable cries unto him, simon,
ne have found the Messiah,
| 20, the grateful heart must tell
It's gratitude.
But there is another avenue
through which it expresses itself
ana t!iat Is oS ueths
six days before the passover
Jesus came to Bethany aud they
made for Him a supper Then took
Mary a pound Of ointment, of spik-
enard, very costly and Amounted
the Sayiors feet And who was
this woman, Mary? She is the sis
ter OF Lazarus, the man who was
dead and whom the Master raised
from the dead Her annolnting OF
the Masters feet was her grateful
heart seeking an avenue OF express
sion in this deed of her life.
THE last lesson this text sug
gests to us. shall merely suggest
and leave with you for your med
itation and that is. the men who !:
right with his God is the grateful
man, whose gratitude seeks avenues
OF expression in word and dees
and is also the man who derives
from life the riches; OF blessing
and gives back to the world some
thing of the blessing he has receiv
ed
Must Jesus bear the cross alon
and all the world so free?
No there 5 cross for every one ani
theres cross for me.
Give thanks always Tor al
things unto God and the Father Il
ne name OF our Lord Jesu
Christ"