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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · May 5, 1904

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 18.

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A GIPSY boy lay dying in one of the hospitals in England. A Christian nurse bent over him, and repeated: “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” The boy gazed intently into her face a moment, then with his dying breath said: “And I never thanked him.” O, the forgotten blessings that have so noiselessly come into our lives! We have used them to make our own way in the world, instead of making God’s way into the hearts of men; never once thinking of, or even thanking, the One from whom all blessings come; seemingly taking it for granted that since God created us, it is his bounden duty to give us his greatest blessings. Is it any wonder that our spiritual growth is slow?—No, the wonder is that his Spirit still hovers over us. Let us give thanks to him.—Selected.