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


therefore, brethren. by the mercies
Of God, that ye present your bodies
4 living sacrifice, holy, acceptable
unto God. which Is your reasonable
service. Romans XII: 1,
I'VE have here a call for volnn-
teers, not an order for a draft
Sunday began. "The armies OF God
ere never made up OF drafted men
and women. ordered into service
whether willing or not God never
owned a slave. God doesn't want
you 10 do anything that you eau
DO without protest. This Is not
call TO hard duty, but an invitation
TO the enjoyment OF a privilege, II
/ n not n call 10 hired labor 10 take
the hoe and go into the field but
the appeal OF loving father 10 his
children TO partake OF all He has TO
give.
"If there r. nothing>ln you that
VIII respond 10 Gods appeal, when
you think OF His mercies, don't
think much OF you. The impelling
motive OF my text Is gratitude, not
fear. II looks to Calvary, not 10
Sinai We are being entreated not
threatened. That's the amazing
thing 10 me. To think that God
would entreat us--would stand to
entreat u.s. He is giving me
\
III you are not ready to o7er II
IN gratitude, God doesn't want you
10 serve Him through fear but be
cause you realize His love for you
and appreciate and respond TO II
lust think II God has been good TO
us--how many times and how mueh
Has He been good TO US!
"A business man who loves MS
wife will never be too busy 10 DC
something for her. never too busy TO
stop sometimes 10 think OF how
suod she has been and what she
has done for him. II men would
only think OF the things God has
dane for them there would be less
card playing. less thought OF dln-
ners and OF concerts and other d'-
yersions OF the world. God wants
us TO sit down and think over his
soodness TO Us. The man who
doesn't isn't worth a nickel a bunch /
Has God done anything for us as
nation, has God done anything for
- A individuals, that commands
cur gratitude7
"A man was out walking AZ night
with his little daughter, and the
starr were out and very bright. The
little girl looked up into the shining
vault Of heaven so thickly studded
With the shining oros and SAID
Let's count them. papa And, De
\ dining at one. she counted Eve and
Zen, and thirty, and forty and hfty,
ma up 10 one hundred, and l2e. And
then she said: oh. I'm tired papa.
There are 126. didn't know there
! vere 40 many Astronomers have
y counted 4oO.000.oo0 stars, and they
y have not yet commenced. Why you
\ night as well try to count those
countIess stars as 10 try to count
\ f3od's mercies. You might as well
IN 10 count the drops Of water In
ne sea or the grains OF sand upon
the shore, or the office-seekers after
: presidential election. II we only
think we shall say with David: 'Ac-
eordinr TO thy tender mercies'
Can't Count Gods Mereles.'
~An old lady said one morning
that she would try to count all Gods
mercies for that one day; but at
aeon she was becoming confused.
and NJ one o'clock she threw up her
B hands and said; They come three
( times too fast for me TO count
"Just think OF the things we have
% be thankful for A visitor 10 an
Insane asylum was walking through
the grounds and as he PASSED one
\ 81 the buildings he heard a voice
from barred window high up In
& the wall. and II said: Stranger. did
n you ever thank God for your rea-
Z soar He had never thought OF that
/ before. but he says he has thought
4 u Il every day since Did you ever
think that thousands OF people who
were Jus: as good as you are, are
\ beating their heads against the
X walls OF padded cells? Did you ever
think what a blessed thing II II
X that you are sane and you go about
among men and follow your daily
duties and 20 home 10 be greeted
By your wife and have your chill
6ren climb about you? Did you
ever thank God that you have a
mind and can think?
did you ever thank God for your
eyesi Did you ever thank Him that
h 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
90 many others less fortunstee than
! you must grope their way in blind
h ness to the comm
did you ever thank God for hear
ingf That you can hear music and
the voices OF friends and dear ones
That you can leave your home anC
business and come here and hea'
the songs and the preaching of th'
word Of God7 Did you ever thinl
what a calamity II would be to b'
deaf.