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Show I Gems of XTbouobt GRATITUDE Gratitude is not only the memory mem-ory but the homage cf the heart rendered to God for his goodness. good-ness. Willis. Our thanks should be as fervent for mercies received as our petitions peti-tions for mercies sought. Charles Simrrtons. Are we really grateful for the good already received? Then we shall avail ourselves of the blessings bless-ings we have, and thus be fitted to receive more. Mary Baker Eddy. 1 .'!. S3 He that urges gratitude pleads the cause both of God and man, for without it we can neither be sociable nor religious. Seneca. To the generous mind tha heaviest heavi-est debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it. Franklin-He Franklin-He enjoys much who is thankful thank-ful for little; a grateful mind is both a great and a happy mind. 'Seeker. m |