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TH*NK! Great God, we sing For Thouart evei But on this glad Ti ew songs ,of pta From out Thy wealt We praise Thee ft Thou hat our table And we have had When ouds our pi And has seem Thou dat not us at Thou hen wast ne The yeaf hath told tl The story of Thy I Through sunimer's h The same sweet ch Great God we sing Thy gooAness ever And still will prais'e For Thou art ever "ONE-EG A Thanksgh By MAROARET "C ONSIDEDRING the hard times, Madam Chairman, I move that the society study economy in enter tainments the coming winter. The Ladies' Aid is about to give a church sociable the first of the season. I suppose there will be others later on; we have always had refreshments, and should we dispense with them altogether I am afraid we would have a lot of empty benches." The speaker paused, glanced around tho circle of matrons, ob served expectation in their faces and went firmly on. "I won'.t make 5, motion," she added, "at least not yet. But with the permission of the Chair, can we not discuss this practical matter at this meeting? In view of the price u(4 eggs and butter, of sugar and spice, oflfiour andl milk and everything else that goes into cake, can we afford t'o serve rich cakes at our receptions? Shall we not decide to offer our friends one-egg cake and omi.t strong eoffee? Weak coffee is better for the nerves anyway." .-.. "One-egg cake i.s very plain and the men W(ill stay away 'i' we give them poor coffee. Can'we not han', the same grade 'oIcake as formerly and make the coffee after 'the. same r'ecipe, for economy's sake cnutting the cake thinner and pouripg the soffee into smaller cups?" This Ta. the suggestioia of a woman who idd long been a social engineer in churab niatters. The Ladles' Aid Society of Odntre Yille had for years done much of the self-denying work that is part of thi province of30'omen in.. nWa.t of oum churches.: Wh~en the chureb needed neOw carpet Qorjushfons or renovatioi inside or out. hen a floating deb aeto be raip44; or a mortgage de 'aed, de a* went to worl GIVING. Thy love alway - wondrous kind; ankogiving Day ise our lips shall find. by larder fed, r our daily stoes richly spread, enough and more. thway have beest, ed- a,wilderness, all forget; ar to help 'and blem ie story old, :ve and grace; eat and winter's cold, %racters we trace. L'hy love alway, bear in mind; id still will pray, wondrous kind. -Robert M. Offoi, in ChrstI TIfera?N. 1 CAKE." ,Ing Sketch. ... E. SANGSTER. with a will, had fairs ~and bazaars, suppers and concerts, and in one way or another managed to augment the treasury by goodly sums of money. Centreville was famous for notable housekeepers and good home cQoking, but when the periodical return of hard times swept the land over like a chilling frost, the need of frugalit) sternly impressed on the poor mar closed down with iron hold on tbi consciences and impulses of -the richei neighbor who just then should hav4 been spending instead 'of savin money. Mrs. Foster Arkright, who had pre posed one-egg cake and weak coffe as suitable refreshments in a hard times year, and whose will and infir ence were. usually paramount in th counsels of the s sterhood, was woman of large weal,, and an in&pm so safely bestowled by he foretho i2 of her deceased father %nd the saghe ity of her husband, that she ougk always to have been distinguished I an open hand, yet -this yetr of a years she h'ad set an example of scat exppnditure all along the line. '-1, had been in the habit of keepth sthree maids; she had dismissed tw and was mansging her home with single domestic. She had bought ii new go,wns this year and was proudi wearing her last year's bonnet. 8l6 it was whose proposition of tone-eg cake and weakcoffee had beeb throw , a roecile ito the quiet camp< havp doiw abput it had a m db bee made and. the question' ut-to vot< nobody an tell, but ai ars. Arkrlgl took he~ seat a modest little lady the other side of the room rose. 812 addressed the Chair, as everybody hi learned to 40 by this time, and th'e in a low but distint voice declare that for 64e she -disaprged with tt previous paker.' 0It We must ecoi sea . 41o7bl the ill be 4 to, Ast.sus n the ourob. Ouppose,we ome. '1he higldren will t flourish 4 biead and mo we mayb if we like, omit -the home'bill of fae; but when Weare makidg an offering in 0theaiA0*44' cause, don't let us set a fashioO -o being close-fisted and .1"e4n-! for one, would greatly pre for s no refreshments at our sociable 4: s9rving poor ones, nor do I belIi Jcutting the slicee too thi4 o## in. smaller cups. ' Think of the 7et.bg men and young women whoneonly'experience of church hos pitality In at our receptions. Some of theG= Are away from home. Most of thenm &re,.iarking very hard all -the wek. Oj Sunday 'they come to the church a4d 'the Christian Endeavor and met "ympathy and fellowship,, and .aND i*ited on Wednesday even ing to come to the church home and have a happy time. Part of this happy tinmo culminates in the break ing of bread together. I think the read and the cake and whate-er we give, let the times be what they may outside the church, should be of the finest of the wheat and the choicest of Savoring." The little lady had finished her speech and resumed her place at the back of the room. Others followed her and the question was tossed back and forth like a ball from hand to hand. Finally, -he decision reached was that wherti sacriftces must be made they shoul be made at home and that church gatheringi should be as affluent of good cheer, as overflow. Ing of bounty, as ever before. One egg cake was not to be accepted as the symbol of Centreville Church hos pitality. To one listener it seemed as if the Ladies' A14 had been guided to the wisest conclusion. Retrenchment is often advisable, and superulties may be cut off, but hard times are made harder when those who.can afford to do otherwise redice their expenses simply bcause.the spirit of economy is in the air. Economy in Its root mean ing signifies government and success ful management, not merely the re duction to the minimum of every cent expended. The woman who in-favish times runs her house on lavish lines, should not be suddenly meagre be cause.her, ueighbors.have to be, her own exchequer having suffered no re duction. It is no 6redit to her'to wear old clothes when she can afford new ones, thus limiting the revenues of GRACE BEI e. ee a - t We thank Thee Lord, for daily food; ~-Thy gifts are ever wise and good; 'the dressmaker and the milliner, nor Ii to set her servants adrift while she t. can as well as ever before keep them e and pay them wages. People who g begin their economy, so to .,p.cak, at 0 the church door, curtailing their do a nellogi,s, taking sittings instead of a o pew ah4 halving their contributions y instead ot.doubling them, almost e tempt Provideotoe sy an attitude full I of insult to the Dtl~ goodness. -- Q The Christian Herald. . Tasty Chickens. n "You see, zapU as these chickens d are fed on the duick food and the 0 laeasant food, yo11 get three davors i- in the one bird.'-'Tatler. .V THOAKSGIVING BRIEFS sy RutLi riftr!wAt.r,ACX. Be thaMkul that the roses of life are so sweet that you seldom rdmem ber the thorns. Be thankful that your husband Is the very dearest man on earth and "not as other men are." Be thankful If you are somebody's mother or sister. Be thankful if there Is a little child anywhere near that you may love and cuddle. Be thankful for one true friend. If you are not as beautiful to look upon as you wish, be t'h 'ankful that you are neither blind, deaf, a-cripple nor a lunatic. If your clothing does not please you, be thankful that you may always keep your soul charmingly clothed In sweet temper and peace. Be thankful that God and His true children "look not on the outward ap pearance." Be thankful for the power to think only kind and sweet and helpful thoughts "towar.d" others. And do not forget that there'Is no one else on earth just like yopi. So be thankful that you are'yourself. AN OLD-TIME THANKSGIVIING. Oh. the good old-fashioned dinner df the good old-faishioned days, Served as only grandma served it With her quaint, old-fashioned wrayal When the uncles aunts and cousins Gathered round the festive board L,oaded with the wealth of autumn With the garnered harvest hoard When the waning sun, in sinking, Through the western windows crept, And upon that scene of plenty In a golden.splendor sWeptl Gobbler in the place of honor, Flanked by ducks and chicken Pie Sucking pig, wvith jawe distended' By a polished Northern Spy Mashe potatoes, squash and urhip Onions lending of their strength Stately plumies of anow%y celery' All along the table's length At one side the desse t standing Shininjg pyramids ofNruit, Avple.pie and mince and pumpkin, Raismns, nuts and sweets to bootl Grandpa bending o'er the turkek, A3 he deftiy wvielda the knife, Keeping for himself the wishbone, That it sow no seeds of strife;. Grandma, sweet, sert!ne and placid, Ever with a watchful eye Lest the good things in their circuit Pass some bashful midget by Uncle Ned, with endless stornes; Laughter ringing 'round the bdiar&T in the good old-time 'Thanksgiving OR M EA-II T. Th bnytyhahou tbl'sred Gie u'hi a ordal bed K'G UREY Sir Osteris a galant nigh In parlyarmo cla An LayMalr-Dc anmk Be sialerl hat arraed;ssolf berinhe.Thoren nfscnls The eyheart man o marthan Wnot asoe megns are." Bed thankfu hi oareonorbody's mothe MrqiseMnc P Beutwhanku the therekis gatherede cild Aner nkeare that -ynd mary,vn The tcenre forh onbe treried you arel neihe lind, Turefy.crpl Pfease, clor,n doer, ntpase you beanku that ywr o may klways kepyursu chrinlydlohed in UTERNATIONAM LEUNR COM, IENTS FOR NOVRMBER 20. Bubject: World's Temperance Sun. day. IsMah 28: 1-1-0--odet Text, 1 - Cor. 9:27-ComIt Verse 11--Oommentary. TDIL-~725 B. C. PLACE.--Jeru Balem.. .EXPO1fION.-I. The Deitruc. Uon of the D -1eards of Ephraim, 1._ 1. By "the crowu- of pride" is meant. the city. of dainaria (see R. V. and cf. 1 K. 16:24). It is here compared to - a chaplet of fbwers on a drunkard's. brow (R. V.). This chaplet of flow ers, says Isaiah, "shall be trodden under foot," because of their sin and pride. * The people of the northern kingdom as q nation are spoken of as. "the drunkalds,of Ephraim." Drunk enness seems to have been so wide spread as to have become a nationalt sin (cf. ch. 5:11, 12; Hos. 7:5; Am. 2:6, 8, 12; 4:1; 6:6). The effect of their drink upon them was,that they were "overcome" (literally, '.'smitten, down") by .it. Let us not forget that. it was "the native wines of a wine growing district" that did this for - Ephraim, and not distilled spirits nor - adulterated poisons.' Their "chaplet-. of pride" and "glorious beauty" was. after all but a "fading fower." So It in with every chaplet of earthly pride.f and all the "glorious beauty" of thias. present world (1 Pet. 1:24). The. prophet's answer to Israel's confk dence is, their crown 'of pride was. that Jehovah had "a mighty and strong one." This "mighty and' strong one" was the king of Assyria. (2 K. 18:10-12). The Assyrian selves were a "bloody," deceitf rap4cious people (Nah. 8:1:, they were an instrument in Jel * hand for fulfilling His wor. bringing judgment upon His sliding people (cf. Ps. 76:10). Then coming of the Assyrian is described by a threefold figure: "a tempest of hail," "a destroying storm," "a tem pest of mighty waters overflowing.'* The thought contained in these flg u.res is that of widespread and over whelmigzg destruction (cf. ch. 8:7, 8). Back of all this work of'devastation,. destruction and desolation was the wrath- of God at sin (2: 4-9). This destruction, etc., all came upon them "because' they obeyed not the voice, of Jehova, their God" (2 K. 18:11,. 12). Jedu, uses a,similar figure re garding 'those who- hear His words and do them not (Matt. 7:9 ?'N II. Jehovah of Hosts Fc, (, A. of Glory, 5, 0.. In the mit . awful desolation 'of his- c - w when every crown of prid, - glorious beauty Is a fadin the prophet looks forward '-. day" (the day of the Lord's Returne and manifestation). So in the midst. of present sin and judgment for sin we should look forward (for com fort in' our hearts and encouragement in our work) to our Lord's coming again (Tit. 2:13; 2 Pet. 3:12-14, R V.). "In that day" "a crown of' glory" will take the place of "the crown of pride," and "a diadem of' beauty" the place of "the fading flow er of his glorious beauty." 1I1. Erring Through WVine, Out of' the Way Through Strong D)rink, 7, 8. "These also" (the people of Jerusa lem)', as well as Ephraim, "have erred through wine and through strong drink are out of the way." The prevailing sin of drunkenness had reached even God's representa. tives, "the priest and the prophet" (cf. chi. 56:10-12; Mic. 2:11). The" priests were especially inexcusable because of the plain directions of' God's word (Lev. 10:9, 10; Es.. 44:21). They were reeling throught. strong drink, they were swallowed UP of wine, they were gone astray through strong drink (see R. V.. Marg.). The result was, they utterly failed in their official acts. They reeled in vision and stumbled in judg ment. Wine and strong drink con-* fuse the spiritual perceptions and rob men of $gment. The religious. teacher Who indulges in them Is es pecially culpable and utterly incapac itated for his holy office. The use of' wine and strong drink made their' social gathering filthy an~ disgusting. IV. How God Teache Those Who. Will Not Hearken to his iWord 9-1&. Verses 9 and 10 may 'be tak"en s'a giving us the mocking answer of' the people to God's prophet. If we take them this way the peo pie are represented as saying,. "Whom will he teach knowledge,. etc.? Does he talte us for babies. just weaned? It is precept upon pre dept, etc." If the prophet himself is the speaker, then Jehovah fs repr6& sented as' teaching knowledge to. babes and not to the self-sufficient. (of. 1'fatt. 11:25; 21:15, 16; Mk. 10:.15). These are the ones whom' He,. "makes to- understan( n saga":JR. V.). And the 'I Hstahn6 Is "precept cept" (cf. Nob. 9:29, 3 36:16; Jer. 11:7).. As il' - listened to Jehovah speMlj . ' His prophets He will now syeak e. them through foreign conquerors (v. 11, R. V.; cf. Deut. 28: 47-49)-. If we will not hear God's'loving and patient> call to repentance He will speak to us" through cruel enemnies. God liat called them to "rest." They, would not hear that call; so He now sent. them conflict and .destruction.. He calls us also to "rest" (Mtt. 11:26., 29). If ,we Will not hear that call 1fe. will send . us destructoi'2 Thsess. 1:7-9). , The whole aecrt of thplv' trouble ($d qt every wan'w' tronble -. ted *yAa tankwuI4a um je.