| Show ungrateful ALL THE HUMAN RACE 0 gome lot let Us give thanks unto the lord for he Is good ingratitude a sin and a shame all should render praise though not all may pray the difference causes C uses for thankfulness thankful ness why so few few respond causes of ingratitude and discontent bis content dumb brutes more grateful the remedy indianapolis ind november 23 pastor russell rus sell gave two addresses here today we the one from the text 0 0 give thanks unto the lord for or lie ile Is good for ills mercy en eu dureth forever psalm 1361 k U ag E L L in beginning the I 1 P a s t 0 r declared that ingratitude Is one of the least excusable sins and deplored that it is manifested everywhere rich and poor learned and ignorant appear to be growing in the spirit of ingratitude discontent and murmuring in the face of 0 f the worlds greatest blessings with the dawning of the new era god Is showering blessings everywhere yet tho the day of the worlds greatest favors la Is the day of tho the greatest discontent lessons from the brutes the pastor then demonstrated that even the family dog exhibits more of the spirit of loyalty reverence and confidence in his master than man with a higher intellect exercises toward the almighty the brute creation properly regard man as their god for this la Is the divine arrangement man Is in the likeness of his creator who Is god of the universe with shame hame we acknowledge that the ox 6 his owner and the ass his masters mas crib yet man seems bent upon ignoring his maker there Is ft a reason tor for this the formation of the human brain shows that reverence and gratitude to god would be mans natural disposition tor for the organs of spirituality lie at the apex apes why then he asked the endeavor to forget god and to account for nis his blessings as mere matters of chance an enemy hath done this pastor russell next discussed the parable of the wheat and the tares in which our lord declares that he sowed bowed good seed pure truth intended to brins bring forth loyal children of god after the apostles had fallen asleep in death satan overs owed the field with tare seed false doctrines which later produce product a in the church a terrible crop of demon doctrines to misrepresent god and nis his purposes the pastor holds that these demon do doctrines c brines trines have driven the masses away from god it Is really to the credit of intelligent people that they refuse to accept the god of the creeds who they are told foreordained fore ordained the eternal torture of the race long before its creation the speaker then pointed out that his text contradicts the creedal teachings twenty five ove times in this one psalm Is the endlessness of divine mercy repeated yet tet christians have long declared that gods mercy Is only for the elect that the masses will have bave no mercy that there will be no mercy beyond the grave that gods mercy endures merely for what we call the present life why he asked do we thus contradict the almighty in so doing we have bad satans gatans encouragement and visions and dreams caused by the fallon fallen angels st paul pictures our day exactly saying many shau shall depart from the faith giving heed beed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons tell the truth shame the devil the pastor then urged all who love IOTO tho the lord to get straight themselves and to help others the world should know what real cause it has for gratitude to god mankind should be told that bat christs death will be the fall offset of adams sin and that during messiahs thousand year reign humanity will rise out of sin and death to righteousness and life everlasting the bible hell Is the tomb hades from which all will have opportunity for resurrection to perfection of life the wilfully wicked alone dying the second death illustrated by on the basis of knowledge of gods great plan of salvation the world will be ready to acknowledge gods mercy mid and to render thanks I 1 thanksgiving day next the pastor discussed thanks oving day set apart for thanksgiving to god for the blessings of the year past with the majority it has de teri terl orated into a mere holiday ucb ellef has grown with higher education education for the educated repelled by misrop presentations of the almighty have turned away from the god of the bible and are instructing the rising gen aeration in infidelity un unbelief bellef in the bible as the word of god the only way back to god faith contentment and thanksgiving he declared Is through the dissemination ot of the knowledge of the glory of god that his mercy en dureth forever that lie ile has only begun ills his salvation in gathering the church and that it shall eventually extend to whosoever will during messiahs reign |
