GREAT VIRTUES

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 977, 21 May 1930, Page 2

GREAT VIRTUES

REV. W BENTLEY ON GRATITWW

-The second virtue in Christian life is gratitude,” said Rev. W. Bentley-, in his sermon >*<» evening at St. Matthew’s Church.^^ “Gratitude is almost as rare as gena* | ine humility,” Mr. Bentley contino*l “Our Lord had proof of that with | 10 lepers. When they begged his : he told them to go and show ***** 5 ! selves to the priests. They took !at His word —that is somethin? j* :j | their credit. The world today I jbe revolutionised and its probie*c» j solved if we all did as much. On tbw j i way the lepers were cleansed, but • j one had the decency to return j thank Him. “It is the same today,” Ml Ben**. | said. “When we see hosts of | even in Christian lands, wholly jL l tute of gratitude, it makes one i for human nature. They 1 and its blessings—friends. t°°® , raiment—and seldom or never u , i word of praise. Like hogs in t * ! they gulp and swallow all in * j never think of the Giver of ! gifts. Grace at meals may much, but at least it is a remind 1 Him from whom all blessing* 1 Church-going is a sign of j | regular churchgoers are the salt J* ] earth, for they save the communn* j which they live from oral ! The flame of gratitude in j found in the highest act of ' vors . ! bears several names—Mass. J munion. Lord’s Supper—but the all is the great title of i Eucharist in plain English is “lUiw ■ j giving.” , Tonight at 7.30 Mr. Bentley » Jg ; answer the nationalists by i ion “If Christianity is False, ; Then?” On Thursday, at 2.1#. "* i speak to the women of j “St. Paul’s Analysis of Religion-