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PRAIS
Praise is more than 1
even from adoration. E
tion are involved in it.
soul's appreciation of \vl
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iiv uuta.
This appreciation of t
is more than mere homa
feelings of the heart as
sion by the mind. Fran
the head.
It' is due as thanksgiv
because we are recipier
praiseful because of the c
giving sees the benefit,
is because God is what 1
thank Him for what wc
In nearly every case w
Scriptures, praise is calle
dom, power, goodness, n
very basis of prayer. ]
and divine attributes is <
cometh to God must bel
a rewarder of them that
"Praise is comely." It
er thing, the right thinj
soul's appreciation of tl
God. but it is also attrac
thing about an act of si
worshiper an object of
to see appreciation. It
but it respects the worsl
cere.
True praise will incit
praise. "Come thou wit
one who loves the Savioi
Lamb of God he went
Christ. So did Andrew
called Nathanacl.
l* nil meed of praise tc
is infinitely beyond our
itely more gracious thai
That should not deter,
can. A child may not he
mother's love. But that
the mother the tenderest
Thoughts of praise mu
must he outward ascrip
high and lifted up. Eve
tion of reason, as well ;
this. Profession, expres
hand in hand.
Praise is due God in
not occurred no lerfs tha
red. Many a time God's
which he has prevented,
ought to thank God da
committed!"
Praise is due Him, too
"We glory in tribulatioi
distress for Christ's sak
tresses are a part of th<
links in the chain by \v
the throne.
THE PRESBYTERIAh
?ING GOD.
thanksgiving. It is different
loth thanksgiving and adoraIt
is the expression of the
lat God is aS well as-of what
he character and acts of God
gc. It involves the tenderest
well as the loftiest apprehen;e
springs from the heart and
ing is due. We are grateful
its of grace. We should be
haracter of the giver. ThanksPraise
sees the benefactor. It
te is that we have occasion to
receive.
here prayer is enjoined by the
d for. Recognition of the wisicrcy
of God lie, indeed, at the
Belief in the divine existence
essential to prayer. "lie that
ieve that he is, and that he is
diligently seek him."
is not only befitting, the propg,
to tender, signalizing the
ic character and goodness of
:tive in itself. There is somcncerc
praise that renders the
admiration. The world likes
may reject the object adored,
liiper whom it regards as sintc
ns to try to make others
h us" is ever the call of every
nr. As soon as Joh nfound the
and lirmmrlit 1-iic Kr/\fli??
..h .-r. wn.v,. tw
. And Philip, too, at once
> God can never be given. He
highest conception and infin1
human mind can conceive,
however, from giving all one
able to fathom the depth of its
should not keep it from giving
offering it can bring,
st have words or prajse. There
tion of glory to him who is
>.ry instinct and every suggests
God's own Word, declares
;sion, and possession must go
Christ for things which have
n for those which have occurbest
blessings lie in the things
One has strikingly said : "We
ily for the sins we have not
, for the ills Ilis people suffer,
ns also." "I take pleasure in
e." The tribulations and dis
e marvellous plan. They are
hich He binds His people to
I OF THE SOUTH.
THANKS ALI
The recurrence, of Thank
remind us that gratitude in
it with the lips and life sho
season or to one day. Not <
the "harvest home," but wh
bounteous providence whic
send forth the tender blade
the plant, until under sunshi
/
out in all its fulness and is r
should men adore the goodn
for His grace. That a speci
for thanksgiving is well. 1'
its happiest observance will
grateful all the year round,
be only the culmination of j
And "all the time" in tl
time to come as well as time
which it come* slirmlrl he i
genuine that the soul will
which has abounded in the
future. God's unchangeable
chief grounds for both assur
that has never left us nor fc
terday, today, and forever,
absolute trust. And the fai
things hoped for, the evidei
make us thankful for those
but sure to come.
Not least in our though
should be those gifts of Go<
as a matter of course, which
get them. Some of these ;
sweetness of love, the con
affection, mother love, hea
less subjects for thanks g
commonplace or general. r.
other gifts. Let them not
tempted to be absorbed in
measurable or ponderable t
THE MATTER WI'
A well-known magazine 1
posium on this topic. Pr
various forms of religiontant
and others, have favor
their opinions which vary a
nominational creeds and na
and sentiments whose gene
[)> an wno love tne L-hurc
mount position in the affai
To affirm that there is n<
Church would be to annoi
which it certainly has not
has infirmities and humiliat:
But if we are to estimate il
of its most prominent ch;
organized society, at presc
( 1l1irr?ll 1C tllA 1inrV* + nf fVia
" v" H?V 111 Ul ttiv >
the pillar and ground of tli
is Christ's body* His heri
among men, through whicl
unto himself. "For thoug
November 17, 1909.
. THE TIME.
:sgiving Day should again
the heart and expression of
uld not be confined to one
>nly when they are singing
en they are witnessing the
h makes the fertile earth
, ana wnicn tncn develops
ne and rain the plant comes
eady to bear its rich grain,
less of God and praise Him
al time should be set apart
ut the best preparation for
be found in a heart that is
Thanksgiving Day should
>raise.
lanks giving should mean
: past. The gratitude from
combined with a trust so
know that the same grace
past is guaranteed for the
eness is, indeed, one of the
ance and gratefulness. He
jrsaken us is the same yes
He is worthy of our most
ith that is the substance of
ice of things not seen, will
things not yet in our hands
ts at this special season
d which are as a rule taken
i are so general that we forire
the power of faith, the
lfort of hope. Home life,
1th, shelter, peace, are not
iving because they are so
They are the basis of many
be forgotten as we are
i the thought of the more
dessings of the year.
TH THE CHURCH.
lias lately published a symominent
men. representing
-Jewish, Catholic, Protesed
the reading public with
.lmost as much as their denies.
Some expressed views
ral tenor may be endorsed
h and appreciate its parars
of men.
othing the matter with the
ince a millennial state to
yet attained. The Church
ions, its reverses and perils,
ts condition upon the basis
iracteristica in relation to
:nt, we must say that the
vorld, the salt of the earth,
le truth. The true Church
taCP His rpf\rocAtitotiu/>
0-?
i he is subduing all things
fh we walk in the
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