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that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!”
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Did you ever think of why the Psalms of David have come, like winged angels, down across all the realms and ages—why they make the keynote of grateful piety in every Christian’s soul, wherever he lives? Why? Because they are so full of grati tude. “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.” —A. A. WlLLETS. 2 . “ Forget not all his benefits,” says the Psalmist in that mountain peak of praise, Psalm 103. This introduction means to remember some of the blessings the Lord is daily bestowing. We cannot remember all of them. W e must not forget all of them. Remember but a few of them, and the heart is filled with praise.— Five Thou sand Best Modern Illustrations, by Hallock. II. T h a n k in g G od for A l l T h ings A mother said to me upon the recovery of her child from a serious illness, “Wasn’t God good to give us back our child?” I was about to agree with her, when a thought came to me as never before, and to her surprise I said: “Yes; but would not God have been just as good, just as kind, if your child had not come back to you ?”. Her answer was doubtful and without enthusiasm. It is easy to give thanks and to speak of God’s goodness when we are having our wishes granted and everything is going our way. But,. . . we are to thank God for all things.. . . W e are to find our motive and ground for thanks in faith and not in gratification.. . . God is always good. God is always love. Therefore we may indeed, with hearts overflowing with thanksgiving, trust and praise and thank Him always.— Sunday School Times. III. W orship of P raise There is a legend of some monks in France who were beloved for their loving sympathy and kind deeds, but none of them could sing. Try as they would, the music in their services was a failure, and it be came a. great grief to them that only in their hearts could they make melody to the Lord. One day a traveling monk, a great singer, asked for entertainment. Great was their joy, for now they could have him sing at their services, and they planned to keep him with them always. But that night an angel came to the abbot in a dream. “Why was there no music in your chapel tonight? We always listen for the beauti ful music that rises in your services.” “You must have been mistaken,” cried the abbot. “ Usually we have no music worth hearing; but tonight we had a trained singer with a wonderful voice, and he sang for us. For the first time in all these years our music was beautiful.” The angel smiled. "And yet up in heaven we heard nothing,” he said softly. —Sunday Companion.
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