THANKSGIVING SERMON. 11 vior, “ going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first and consulteth whether he be able, with 10,000, to meet him that cometh against him with 20,000?” We do no honor to the providence of God by listlessness and inactivity; rather do we dishonor it when we hesitate to put forth those exertions by which we become “fellow-workers with him,” and do homage to it only when our co-operation helps forward his designs. Yet, while the Creator condescends to assign to his creatures their proper place and instrumentality, it becomes the creature to recognize and honor the supremacy of the Almighty Creator. Though the spirit of the warrior may be stirred within him, and he put forth his most ardent zeal and intense activity, “ the mighty man may not glory in his might.” The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. Opportunity and a particular providence—“time and chance happeneth to them all.” Jonathan and his armor-bearer achieved more than the whole army of Saul. The 300 that lapped under Gideon were more potent than the combined forces of Midian and Amalek. The sling and the stone of David subdued the impious and
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