Show r 1 A i st forgetfulness OF BLESSINGS it is s a difficult thing for many of this pie to realize atall times the greatness of the bles bies blessings sins which the almighty has baa emended unto onto them we read tin ithe the scriptures aut ant about the children childr en of hisrael israel and wonder how a people who ha witness edthe crt 14 marvellous marcellous marv ellous manifestations lations q 0 of f gods goda m mercy ae y and power ag s they had bad adi could bellso be so hard in thel their hearts and forgetful of the mighty wrought fht hit fit fa for them by heinit goda hand was hs so visible blet hiet his dealings sd manifest in the v various ai loiis circumstances by ahil which they were surrounded that to the inexperienced it seems beems scarcely po iolj 6 that another people C 1111 could couil I 1 I 1 be so blind it as they were but instances ins tancos of blindness and and hardness of ot he heart aib ait are not wanting 0 am among oli oll 0 other people every record written by men tn an of god chath that jias glas abeen han ban handed d ed do doyn w n 0 fp o us qs from fram past generations abounds ab gunda with similar instances of mans forgetfulness of Gods godby goodness i and hib his his tie vla ht 0 of appreciation of the aless blessings ing which he has conferred upon him neither are thebe these iastan instances s confined to tb anc bent da but bub bey hey have also been witnessed biffi fefe ossea in the these dayd dayland dayi ays and among this people t i if the ibe the mighty deliver ances that have been wrought for this people alid and the wonderful manifestations of gods power which they have experienced had been told to them before the they y were witnessed is as they v lil ill ue P t told tola ld to 0 1 u r child children ih and abd d as thee the children of isra israels e Is M are now told to ui u they would wo doubt doubtless less lesa have have said if we wd pabs pass through tsuch and experienc experience gods goda pow howerin po 1 eh suh such a maa map net pet ye lillne will never v er afo forget i aget it never cease to appreciate it nor eyer ever fail to acknowledge Hi shand andt in ivl 21 they would appear so great greal when marked out beforehand to flo unwonted andio and BO contrary t what might naturally be expected that they would have bave have felt if we elpe experience aen hen ce these thi things ngwe we will neven never cease to exclaim god casdone has done this let hla hia name be glorified 2 gods way waysl s however ciare are not as mans ways 11 1 1 Thet TA which god accomplishes ac com eom his pur purposes apses and iund designs ia is not the way that man would expect him to accomplish them the events and deliver ances therefore 3 which if it related beforehand would have causey caused such 0 feelings 6 have come comei along salong r BO so na tural lurall 1 ai yand jand le arld arid bien keen accod accompanied ailed by so little that the natural and inexperienced man would think to be awe inspiring or requiring the arm of a god to perform that it is 13 only in the bosoms of those who are enlightened by the spirit snit of I 1 I t God godt gody 7 whose tyes eyes I 1 are 1 opened to behold his ills hand that these fee feelings lingi t are aro re found it is ii not riot the mere witnessing things as we ive might formerly forni elik eily have supposed that is sufficient to con convince e u us S abat that god ia Is in this work woric I 1 and that his hii hand band hab has performed all that webe we behold neither was it the witnessing alone of 1 the stupendous powe power r af pf oi god bythe by the of israel or by any other people thai that could convince thema them hat that th the eternal mernal father rather was the le author of all they had had bad beheld but it was with them as it ia is eiith with us it was then as it is now by maving having his spirit to enlighten in the eyes and quicken the perceptions that thai man roan could under understand these things or recognize his hand many of this people well ivell rem remember imber the feelings they had bad before these valleys were chosen as a place of gathering forche for the saint saints s they thought then that it lf the day ever should dawn upon ua us as a people whew when we could duld inhabit a land jand kuch Buch as this a land of healie health a land where we could be unmolested and worship our god according to the dictates artates of our own consciences without nin heing being m ebbed our ouk houses and improvements burned by our enemies or ourselves shot down they would neder never never cease to be grateful if they could ever receive these blessi blessings ws nothing should ever tempt them to forego them if the they should have only bread rad to eat and water to drink and be where the they Y could have health and security to eat it in peace and far removed from oppression they would be satisfied TheBe these were the feelings which filled the breas breasts ts of the majority a an ana could the people have beheld at t thai that h a time all ail that abat the tho lord has bas done during duri durl g the rast fast twelve or thirteen years in bringing these bings hins about their bosoms w would ouid have over oyer 1 flowed with thanksgiving 1 g aad p d pr praise mis and kajy would haya hajee hajje f felt feit t to toa rayc ayin in t their heir 1 I ere were erd the they Y to be beso privileged as to behold and participate in th these ese e events ve t s 1 fo forget T t thi the thord i or d the their thein r uro urd 99 14 non noy cease ceabe t ta bappe ampre 1 I 1 late clate Hs ills kindness pub put h how OW llo jim ha it beep have allt ailt liose who had those feelings th those use to rata retain id them have hav those veko vego who jabile while in in foreign if I 1 bands andi indi besought e 0 grant graut karlh the geat preat est desire of their hearts the privilege of catherin fathering with hib ills his saints ill ayi i contin continued tied toa tok to estimate afi igl it aBu J 1 6 heh beh chater alte 1 r they A I 1 k I 1 re ely edi edl ta kire ike ife alemany ake arb i many I 1 I 1 and who bo W have e tipe th feelings now thai thal they formerly thought tho thou they would have and who ho appreciate all they naw enjoy s fiut there I 1 ar are others wig S appear to have hide forgotten i ings who mu murmur amur and ai are c d dissatisfied lead d is gd in t the e very circumstances es which they then abell thea prayed the lord to place them in and who do nt not seem to perc perceive 64 belor the alorda da hand in anything a dibin that waleed baa bab hab haa happened t they hey rev semento in to have I 1 via nil walked I 1 ai e d in the dark and have ut utterly waly faired to profit 0 aby their r pasi past e x p a e arfe spie nce I 1 iia the or f israel were not more forgetful tha than i ix they ihly havi have b been e en the flesh pots of ild lid pac apt hib lib 0 o stronger inducement inducements for them to relur nto the landof land of their bon boh bondage dao dap tha than the ther luxuries afee e world have te to many of thiap eop top L I 1 to return to thel theirs there isa isa cane caud for f and that cause is to be found in the fact that they have hardened their hearts against the influences of th the e spirit I 1 0 of f god a and d not rit urferd suffered bufferd ito to grow row and increase within them had hid they to it they wo would w uld es almate the la ess in a by wiil cigich this people is surrounded at their thein proper value and would behold and acknowledge theland the hand of god in ali all that has vas taken place if than 1 1 on of these thul thui things s years ajo ago go couk cause them joy the re realization aliza tion would pr produce d uce it far more abundantly a nd athing could have P power ower to induce e them to pait part 7 1 I 1 with such blessings As it was w iti alx children of israel so may we expect that it vill will be bg with us if wadd we do not enot appreciate the thie it kindness n d n e a a a ardt arit d Hender e f de s I 1 mercy h extended biou 10 s up to theresea the reben resep resen timp we i may reasonably bookfor looff or scourges urges at and i chastisements until te vye will remember wd and appreciate p r these things I 1 t t i I 1 |