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THANKSGIVING “ W hat shall I render unto the Lord fo r all H is benefits unto m e?” Ps. 116:12. Well, let ns stop a minute and think. What are His benefits? We are ready enough to find fault with God if any blight eomes, but slow to bow •our heads for His benefits. We share with all mankind the common ben efits, but as His dear children, what csCh we say concerning this world into which He has ushered us ? All things exist for us,—the heavens clothed in glory, the earth decked with radiant beauty. Yonder sun sheds its light for us and the stars twinkle for us. The brooks ripple with sweet melody for us, and the birds sing their heavenly carols for our ears. The fragrance of the beautiful flowers is for us; the mountain peaks lift their heads high toward heaven for us, and the valleys and hills spend their strength in our behalf. If the sweet singer whose message we have quoted Could lift his voice in praise for benefits, how about the saints of today with the wealth of God’s Word in our hands and the indwelling Holy Spirit in our hearts, pulsing the eternal life of God? ‘ ■ Paul says, “ Giving thanks always for all things unto God the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Eph. 5:20.) What things? All things. For the night’s rest? Yes. For the daily food? Yes. For the beloved friends? Yes. For the home? Yes. For the trials of life? Yes. For deep sorrows ? Yes. For all things? Yes, for do not all things work together for good to God’s children? “ Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Eph. 5:19-20.) Have you ever noticed the contagion of a contented saint, whose buoyant spirit and merry soul does good as a medicine ? Thank God for all things ? Why, certainly. ■Our sins are all forgiven, blotted out from His book of remembrance. We have His life, eternal life, wonderful life. We walk in the light and have.fellowship with Him and with all of the redeemed. We have the assurance of the supply of every need, the deed in fee simple to a mansion in heaven, the unfailing promise of His coming for us and the assurance of a glorified body like unto His own. Pity the person who, con sciously knowing these things, would not be rendering continual thanks giving to God. And in whose name? The triune name of our Lord, the Kuler ;< Jesus, the Saviour; Christ, the Anointed One. The Lord Jesus Christ —wonderful name for a wonderful One! The God-man, Whose hand holds the scepter. He is ours and we are His. ■Through Him we inherit all things. Thanks be to God always. Let the old world have its say and its day! All days are ours. The melody of eternal joy ripples through our souls! Nothing can rob us of our eternal bliss. God through Christ has poured the cup to overflowing in our behalf. Let us pour out our grateful thanks always to God our Father through our Lord Jesus Christ. T. C. H. REGARDING EFFEMINATE FOOLS A daily newspaper says: “ A dispatch from Washington states that the Protestant clergy are combining to stop the contemptuous treatment of Protestant ministers who are seldom represented on the stage or in the film« except as effeminate fools.”
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