Psalm 116:12-14 What shall I render to the LORD for all his benefits toward me?… How much more happy we should all be, if we only received all that God offers and accepted more cordially that which we do take! A writer in "The Reader," in an admirable article on Thermo-electrical Science, observes, "Like windmills, thermo-electric batteries might be erected over the country, and entrap, finally converting into mechanical motion, and thus into money, gleams of sunshine, which would be as wind to the sails of the mill. What stores of fabulous wealth are, as far as our earth is concerned, constantly wasted by the non-retention of solar rays poured on the desert of Sahara. Nature here refuses to use her wonderful radiation net, for we cannot cover the desert sands with trees, and man is left alone to try his skill in retaining solar energy. Hitherto helpless, we need not be so much longer, and the force of a Sahara sun may be carried through wires to Cairo, and thence irrigate the desert, or possibly, if need be, it could pulsate under our streets, and be made to burn in Greenland." Take up your neglected mercies, my brethren. Take the cup which you have overlooked and despised. Take the cup entirely, which you have taken but partially, and with the taking of every cup call upon the name of the Lord. (S. Martin.) Parallel Verses KJV: What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?WEB: What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me? |
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