Give Thanks
Unto The Lord
BY REV. B. L. RAINES
Pastor First Baptist Church
IJlir 11 lil 11 K v UIIIO III!- L>IIU,
call upon his name: make known
his deeds among Hip jioople. Sing
unto him. sing psalms unto him:
talk vp of all his wondrous
works, (.lory yo in his holy
name: lot the heart of them re
joice that seek the Lord Seek the
Lord, and his strength: seek his
face evermore.'" <Psalm 105:1 -ll
‘‘What shall I render unto the
Lord for all his benefits toward
me? 1 will offer to thee the sac
rifice of thanksgiving, and will
call upon the name of the Lord.”
1Psalm 110:12. 17. i
Love and g rati lode are not
mere emotions ami sentiment,
hut altitudes which we may ex
press in very definite ways. The
late President. John F. Kennedy
had this to say on Thanksgiving:
‘Today we give our thanks, most
of all. for the ideals of honor
and faith we inherit from our
forefathers for the decency of
purpose, steadfastness of resolve
and strength of will, for the coin
age and humility, which they
possessed anti which we must
seek every day to emulate. As
we express our gratitude, we
must never forget that the high
est appreciation >s not to utter
words hut to live by them."
Remember the |M>em that goes
like this:
“I love you mother; said Little
Nell
I love you more than tongue can
tell
Then she fiVtted anti pouted the
whole long day.
Till her mother was glad when
she ran to play.
I love you mother said little
John;
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And he was off to the garden
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lasiving lii^ mother, the wood to
tiring
I love you mother, .'•aid little
Nan;
Today I'll help you all I ran
So she washed the dishes and
swept the floor
Bathed the hahy and asked to do
more.
That night when all the prayers
were said
The ehildren quiet and lurked in
hed.
Which of the three children
would you guess
Really loved mother the very
bred ?”
lAuthoi' Unknown)
Giving thanks is easy, hut i;\
inn thanks is difficult and rare.
Is Cod pleased with our "Thank
you” on the fourth Thursday in
November if we are to forget a
bout him the remainder of the
year? Are we ever truly praying
prayers of Thanksgiving unless
we are willing to let God use us
• to help answer those prayers by
translating them into blessings
and Thanksgiving for others?
I THANKSGIVING THROUGH
PRAYER. Note the words O
give thanks, call upon his name."
We are challenged to pray and
this is one way of saying. "Thank
, You." Hut our prayer and our
•Thanksgiving need to be intelli
, gent. Cod is not a signed blank
i cheek or a mail order catalog, to
be used regardless of our mo
tives. Thanksgiving based on the
attitude that God has been good
to me may In- shallow and not
worthy of Cod.
We are to thank God for the
thorns as well as for the flowers;
for defeats as well as victories.
“In everything give thanks.”
II.
THANKSGIVING THROUGH
DEEDS. "Make known his deeds
among the jh- >ple” Thanksgiving
is positive. In the accounts of the
first American Thanksgiving, the
Pilgrims didn't fret because they
had lost half of their number
Their Thanksgiving was straight
forward and spontaneous. True
Thanksgiving is translated into
Thanks-living. It is not enuug for
a lad f.» merely say. "Thank
You" in words only, for his edit
cation and opportunities. The
real-thank-you-comes when he
1 develops into the right kind of
man. We say, "Thank You” to
Cod with fruits, with the right
kind of lives. We read of some
early Christians. “They first
gave themselves unto God." Pat
ents can best say. "thank you”
by trying to rear fine families
and sinners can do the same by
repentance and right living
Margaret Applegarth. in het
book. "Men As Trees Walking."
tells of a Chinese legend of a
rich merchant who was saved
from drowning by a poor rice
farmer. Every year the rich mer
chant would return to the poor
farmer's home to express his
thanks and to burn intense unto
N apoleon’s Wife
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farmer had a very sick child wh<
tospo.a'.efy ne«i. .-on a* e.\
pensive herbs that he might tx
jrrd He sugg< sted to tne l ie
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he (ould possibly
show his thanks for saving hi.
life by helping secure this rn«*di
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tor. The merchant be tme \,-ry
mgry as he said. "Pec here, |
have co re hack to thank you 01
saving rr \ life md t » >f.'es sac
rifice to the gods in your behalf.'
Anoil’.i'i yen. th • poor ri.-,
farmer's wife « s \v -tit ,* , ..
•o keep hoi un: m ■ li t *.<• ■
•old winte. As th- me eh r
turned to i he farmer's h >rr
his annual Thanksgiving, h*
isked to help in thi ; cme •
Said he, "Do you th ik | .
interrupt my ritual >f 'i •
curing a coat?” And w h •’> . h«
'iving for a lowly mnti< i l.i. . sc
went on bu ting* . .
How genuine r I d
Thanks ;tvJng s, .*?
sake of ourselves. < jr
our country; for < ; ,d‘
for Christ's sake, rr • v
late our Third-gu
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KISSIN' KfN
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one aftern on and the f st ,,r
men ted: "So your girl f■ end up
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your rich unde?"
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