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Commentary from THE ANNOTATED
BOOK OF COMMON
PRAYEREdited by JOHN HENRY BLUNT
Rivingtons, London, 1884
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
The Gospel of this Sunday, like the last, is a memorial of harvest,
setting forth the duty of Christian thanksgiving by the example of the
one leper out of the ten cleansed who returned to give glory to God in
Christ. Leprosy being incurable, except by a miracle, the act of
our Lord is typical of that continual wonder-working by which He sustains
our life, and gives to us the bounties of His Providence; and the act of
thanksgiving suggests the recognition, at this time of the year, of the
hand of God prospering by its mysterious operation the work of man in producing
the great necessary of life. Such a recognition involves falling
down at the feet of God in thankful adoration: the absence of it leads
men to depart on their way unheedful of the supernatural character which
is involved in even the most ordinary provision for the necessities of
life.
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