The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-22

joresore. brethren. by the mercies
God. that 20 present your bodies
uvsng sacrifice. holy. acceptable
ITO God. which IA your reasonable
)fvtce a. Romans XII l.
I'VE have here a call for yolun-
mrs. not an order for draft"
E ooday began. "'rho armies OF God
Pe never made Up OF drafted men
% women. ordered into service
neither willing or not. God never
wued . slave God doesn't want
) On 20 do anything that you can't
Z B without protest This Is not a
III to hare duty. but an invitation
!, ths enjpyman; OF a privilege. II
NJ not call 10 hired labor 10 take
he hoe and go into the field but
e appeal OF loving father 20 his
I hiidren 10 partake Of all lie has 10
I've.
ri there IL nothing In you that
Ill respond TO Gods appeal, when
( on think OF His mercies, don't
4 bink much OF you. The lmpelling
( sctive OF my text is gratitude. not
s4ar. II looks to Calvary, not to
thai We are being entreated not
tpeatened That's the amazing
Ming to me. To think that God
fould entreat us--would stand 10
ntreat us. He is giving me a
hance to show | love Him.
Z III you are not ready 10 offer il
~ gratitude. God doesn't want you
10 serve Him through fear, but be.
ause you realize His love for you
I nd appreciate and respond TO IT,.
4 ast think IL God has been good 70
}o---how many times and how much
- He been good TO us,
"A business man who loves his
rife will never be too busy 10 do
omething for her. never too busy 10
TOP sometimes 20 think OF how
nod she has been and what she
las done for him. II men would
My think OF the things God has
lone for them there would be less
ard playing. less thought of din
,ers and OF concerts and other d.
,ersions OF the world. God wants
= 10 sit down and think over His
rcodness TO us The man who
loesu't isn't worth a nickel bunch.
4As God done anything for us as
|,ation, has God done anything for
Is as individuals, that commands
Dnr gratitude?
"A man was out walking at night
9Th his little daughter. and the
rtsrs were out and very bright. The
title girl looked up into the shining
sault of heaven so thickly studded
With the shining orbs and said
Let's count them. papa And, be
Inning al one. she counted I'VE ana
IN, and thirty. and forty and fifty.
ma up TO one hundred. and l2e. And
hen she said oh. I'm tired papa.
There are 1876. didn't know there
were so many. Astronomers have
.ounted 400 ,00o. 900 stars. and they
lave not yet commenced. Why you
might as well try 10 count those
stars as 10 try 10 count /
7od's mercies. You might as well !
Try to count the drops OF water in
the sea OF the grains of sand upon
the shore, or the office-seekers after
1 presidential election. II we only
thiak we shall say with David 'Ac-
.ording TO thy tender mercies
Can't Count Gods Mereies.'
"An old lady said one morning
nat she would try to count all God
mercies for that one day: but at
noon she was becoming confused.
and Mt one o'clock she threw up her
hands and said: They come three
times too fast for me to count.
"Just think of the things We have
10 be thankful for, A visitor 10 an
insane asylum was walking through
the grounds and as he passed one
OF the buildings he heard a voice
from a barred window high up In
the wall, and II said Stranger, did
you ever thank God for your rea-
SOM He had never thought of that
before. but he says he has thought
OF II every day since. Did you ever
think that thousands OF people who
were Just as good as You are. are
beating their heads against the
walls OF padded cells? Did you ever
think what blessed thing II is
that you arc sane and yon go about
among mon md follow your daily
duties and go home TO be greeted
by your wife aud have your chill
dren climb about you? Did you
ever thank God that you have a
mind and can think?
did you ever thank God for your
rycss bid yea -nrat thank Him that
you can see the sunrise and the
sunset and can see the flowers
and the trees and look upon the
storm? Did you ever thank God
that you have two good eyes while
30 many others less fortunstee than
you must grope their way in blind
ness 20 the eofnn2
did you ever thank God for hear.
fnsy That you can hear music and
the voices of friends and dear ones
That you can leave your home and
business and come here and hear
the songs and the preaching Of the
word OF God7 Did you ever think
What a calamity II would be to be-
deaf