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g AN'S gratitude was the cause of tbe cus'^i|fcj i torn of setting apart one day of the year <^F as a day of thanfcsglvipg and praise toward the Giver of ' every good and perfect gift The history of every nation of which records re preserved contains references to days of thanksgiving from the Hebrew Coast of Tabernacles, of which mention <? made in tbe Bible, through the Greek festival of Deraeter, god of the harvest, the (toman feast of Ceralia. goddess of pleuty, to the Saxou Harvest-Home and onr own Thanksgiving, now uuiversaliy observed as a national holiday. The history of Thanksgiving In r America begins prior to the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth Bock in 1(ti0. The first service of this character ever held in this country was celebrated on the bleak Newfoundland coast in 1578 by an Fnglish clergyman named Wolfall, who was connected w ith the Frobisher exploring party. Crobisber brought the first colony to ettle on those shores; and to the Itev. Mr. Wolfall. otherwise unknown ' to fame, belongs the credit of the first evaugelical sermon and the first celebration of tbe commun!.?u in North America. It was a serv ce of grateful prayer and praise for their safe arrival and escape from the di.ngers of the deep. Of similar character w.-s the next ! * ' ironlr. I for bread. Governor Winthrop called the men together, and after much deliberation a hunting expedition, though full of peril and toil, was determined upon. It was February; the snow was deep; the Indians, though not openly hostile, were not averse to reducing the number of the white invaders, and they could illy spare any of their number. They decided to observe a day of fasting and prayer on the morrow, 4.1 rv?*hlnoe recorded rnanssgiviug ...v-..nine yrnrs later, when tl>e Popham colony arrived at Sagadahoc, on the coast of Maine. In August of 1G07. and on the nineteenth of that month laid claim to the territory, unfurled the English flag and observed the day as one of praise nnd thanksgiving. This was three months after the lauding of the colonists at Jamestown, in Virginia. The Popham eolouy not only held the flrst thanksgiving service on territory now comprised within the United States, hut also he'd the first popular election and cuose the first officers to govern ar. American community. Thirteen years later came the Pilgrims. anchoring in Massachusetts Bay . on Saturday. December 9 (O. S.). T^ey deferred landing until Monday, despite their long sojourn on the sea. and we may well believe that their last Sabbath service on shipboard was eloquent with gratitude and praises to "Him who hath the steerage of our course." During the cold and cruel winter that followed almost one-half of the little band were laid at rest on the bluff that bad frowned upon the Mayflower, their graves being, leveled that the Indians might not become aware of their diminishing number. Hopefully the remnant tolled through the summer, gathering a fair harvest. The old chronicler tells of indifferent barley and a failure la peas, offset to some extent by twenty acres of good corn. But meat of dieer and wild fowl was abundant, the pestilence was stayed and they were comfortably housed for the winter. Therefore, on the twenty-fou th of October Governor Bradford proclaimed a thanksgiving feast. Carrying their tnnsicets iu"y marcnod in staid procession to the little meeting bouse, tbe Governor leading tbe way, witb Elder Brewster reverently bearing tbe Bible * bis right, and plain, matter-of-fact IGIes Standlsh. tbe military cbief of the colony, at bis left?Law, supported by the church and tbe army. It was worthy of mention in tbe old annals that tbe elder's sermon was unusually abort, not quite two hours! What would a nineteenth century congregation say to a discourse two hours long? >jtnd then came tbe feast, at which 4ncnforn/1 ihn finA ?? WV*V ?vv* U1V uuc ua^ici %> uuu hoasebold treasures brought from Old Spgtand? those precious relics whose possession In these days Is the patent or American birth and nobility. It was a al fresco dinner, in the mild Indian summer; and at this time and place the American turkey, since sacred to the day, made his first appearance as the piece de resistance of a Thanks-gtvlng dinner. Aod after the solemn service in the vflttle church and the decorous feast, served with Puritan sedateness, the people returned to their homes, and the early darkness settled down upon the little settlement, from which was to grow so grand a nation. Suddenly the peaceful night was broken by the entry'8 peremptory challenge, the rattle of a drum, mingled with an Indian bout, and every man grabbed bis trusty musket and ru3hed out. while the souls of the women and children qaaked with fear. A lundred savages poured down upon them?Massa olt's braves, but on pacific errand heat They came to share pie white man's feast and brought deer and other game as their contribution. So i the fires were*lit again, and the good wives baked and boiled for their unexpected gnests, who entertained them - by performing their dances amid wild yells and menacing gestures. It was ttougbt prudent to show the fierce intruders that the Infant colony was not -without defense, so Captain Stundisb ordered out his soldiers, drilled them, aud finally ended with a volley from alieir tnuskets into the treetops and the discharge of the great cannon on the tiill and the smaller one at the Governor's door. The Indians were property Impressed and begged the great Captain not to make it thuudcr again. Thus the tirst Thanksgiving of the filgrim Fathers was a strange blending of godly psalms and savage dances, the rattle of firearms and Indian warwboops, with prayers and benedictions ?tyn!-"'' perchance, of the vicissitudes to !??* countered In their New World I >me. / ^ *>ovember the ship Fortune arrived bringing thirty-five colonists, mod much-needed supplies of clothing and ammunition, with news of the dear <aaes at* home. Another Thanksgiving x day was appointed. December 13. |i? 1632 the little town of Boston was s rffreatened with famine. Their crops Iwid failed, nnd the ship which was wcpected to bring supplies from Engtaad lutd uot arrived. The colonists " feared the pitiless ocean hud swuliowed vlfcsvl and ber precious freight. Tiiej <sw? reduced -t?? one scanty meal a dsjr. aud cbildreu cried on the streets y * men venture iuiu iuc [ia .un ?o in search of game. But in tlie morning. when they went out. there lay upon the cold blue waters of the hay the white wings of the long-expected ship. The starving people rushed down to the beach, tears in every eye. hope and gratitude in every heart. Their fasting was once again turned into feasting, their supplications Into thanksgivings; and with one accord they assembled at the church. It is recorded that the minister read the lone hundred and third Psalm?"Bless the Lord, oh, my soul, and forget not all His benefits!" voicing the thanks of a grateful people who found the ways of Providence, so mystericfc to our blind eyes, "a very present help in time of trouble." For again and again, as we read these old chronicles, we are forced ??. acknowledge the frequent Intervention of a Supreme Being who seemed to hold the little community in the hollow of His hand. In HkJSP* - J i fji *$2^H & ^ HhHHB| As Ycllov By Mary ? Mere's <J Jnjm|>hin, fluted, golden' Written o'er with customs olden Out of bygone days. Cinderella's ancient gloiy,* Sung in song and told in stoi^, Suits its yellow blaze Tables at the first Thanksgiving, When colpnial dames were living, Shewed its golden cheer. Still it smiles a friendly greeting At the bal>Jy family meeting On the feast-day dear.. v terposlDg His grace and mercy between them and their ever present perils, as if they were indeed His chosen few. Again and again they were in direct extremity, in danger of utter extermination by famine or massacre, when help came unexpectedly through what seems more than chance happenings even to sceptics, and which the recipients gratefully acknowledged as heaven-sent relief. ' In Colonial times >lt still remained the custom to observe special days of thanksgiving. Under our present government, a day of thanksgiving was appointed by President Washington at the request of Congress, the occasion being the adoption of the Constitution of the Unitfd States. At the close of the War of 1812, President Madison, also at the request of Congress, announced a day of thanksgiving for the return of peace. Since the war it has become an established custom that the last Thursday in November shall be observed as a general Thanksgiving Day throughout the federation of States.?Marblehead Messenger. An Old-Tluie Thanksgiving. Patience Deliverance Hopeful Ann, A gray little prim little Puritan. Who lived in the years that are far away. Sat down to her dinner Thanksgiving day. Turkev and goose, and a pumpkin pie, ~ ?IfK a i>h?stmit eve. A llUie roast. pus ...v.. ? ? Pudding and apples, and good brown bread, "I feel very hungry," Deliverance said. Patience Deliverance Hopeful AnnShe ate and ate, when she once began, Turkey and goose and the chestnut pig. And slices of pie that were much too big, Till, grandmamma says, she was just like me. They put her to bed with thoroughwort tea, Patience Deliverance Hopeful Ann, That gray little prim little Puritan. ?Carolyn Bailey, in Good Housekeeping. V-lc Oyster (Blue Points) cocktail. Thin brown bread. Olives. Salted almonds. Bouillon with whipped cream. Bread sticks. Radishes. Roast turkey, chestnut stuffing, giblet gravy. Cranberry frappe. Mashed potatoes. Glazed sweet potatoes. Hubbard squash. Fringed celery. Lemon ginger sorbet. 1 Baked quail, nominy, cauliflower. Lettuce salad. Cheese straws. Pumpkin pie, mince pie, apple pie. Preserved trinirer. cheese, raisins. Is'esflelrode pudding. Nuts. Fiuits. Coffee. Th?Dki|lTln( I>?r Entertalnmeut. Thanksgiving Day orlngs with It worries for the housewife as to how to make the dinner a success. Friends from out of town are Invited, aud everything should pass off satisfactorily. It Is none too soon to be planning table decorations, especially if the clever brains and fltigers do not want a wild rush at the last minute^ From the very best linen down to the place cards and centre decorations, all must be inspected and provided. To the woman who has deft fingers with the paint brush, all sorts of possl- ' bilities loom forth for original work, while the shops are replete with novel- J ties. Place cards can be had in the shape of miniature pigs. Others are j turkeys and geese. Spnie of these are i hand-painted and are very effective. To cause some amusement it is an excellent idea to take the Initial of each person's name, and with these at N Jw^Ba SKS^sHsBiriflB^r: ;H^hiHBBB ^j*v \">o?i M BWB r I ^;ypaBaJiM ! v as Goltf z. Knowlton Christmas rooms arc gay with holly, Christmas sees the merry /oily Of the mistletoe, taster lilies, pure and stdtely In the springtime bloom sedatlly, When soft breezes blow. Autumn dressed the woods in splendor But their colors, rich and tender. All have passed away.Now the pumpkin, ripe and mellow, .bleeps a tint of Autumn's yellow Far Thanksgiving, Day. initial letters write a phrase descriptive of the person who is to occupy that place. Thus, if a man's initials are E. M., and his hobby is well known to his hostess, he might find a card on which is written "Everlasting Music." A girl's initials may be. for instance, a r. p nnd amid much laughter, she might bo forced to accept a phrase marked, "Arrant Little Flirt," and so on all around the table until each person finds, or is nssisted in finding, his or her place. A good way of initb treatment is to , write verses, each , begin with one initial of tjje vie A pretty idea is 1 est to write a Thanksgivin if. or a cause for thnnkfuln slip of paper. These are i _ ^ , a bowl and drawn forth ifltf^T^W^bne at a time, while everyone tries to discover the author. As a centrepiece for the table. large basket o? chrysanthemums is effective. Yellow and red are the colors for the decorations. Th*aki|lTts(. Twelve months are sped?we loot behind AnH rail (inH's cmodness fresh to mind, His care was felt through storm and shine; With grateful hearts we seek His shrine, And humbly kneeling there we say Our orisons Thanksgiving day: "For desolation's track untrod, Our thanks are Thine, Almighty God. "For seasons fruitful, gifts of love For joy renewed, for grace above Our poor desert, thanlcs onto Thee. Through sorrow, death and misery? Whateer our lot?or good or ill? Thou'st been our source of comfort still. Though wc have known the chastening rod, Thy ijercies have been sore, O God. "In 'Ays to come, help us to be Co^i erned about Thy ministry. Sitv e 'wrong is wrong and right is right' TtAatrengtn we need, we need Thy might. Help us to walk by heaven's lightHelp us to live as in Thy sight. 0 Lord! secure in Thee we rest Use us as seemeth to Thee best." ?Thomas E. Smiley, in Indianapolis News. Trade Saperatlttona. Dressmakers will not flt .with black pins, and regard It as unlucky to tack with green cotton. Milliners regard as of happy augury the drop of blood falling on a hat from a pricked finger.?Notes and Queries. IlgpOralDRie Xccriiirj. PyUB^ANY town boards and highway commissioners J\J\ are making a mistake in t^r purchasing stone crushers, Iw\ (mt under the impression that crusueu stone given by the residents along the road, if placed upou the crowu of the road, will make a dry, hard roadway without any further work. Nothing could be more false, and in many parts of the State each town is learning the fact that it has thrown away its money in the purj chase of a stone crusher and that it I h-ic fln-nnn uTv-.if tho irintcHfll wllich it Las received from tbe residents in tile hopes of getting a good road, and that this material, gnce used, can never be obtained again. and similar material may have to be bought at great expense from outside of the town when the nest stone is wanted. The secret of road construction is drainage. In the State of New York, on a three-rod road, there fails annually on a mile of highway fifty-three tons of water, and this is the greatest enemy that the highway commissioner has to contend with. Horses' ho fs. narrow tires or heavy loads do n, i commence to make the impression upon a roadway that this immense volume of water does. The road surface is a roof, throwing the water on either side to the ditches. If this surface is properly crowned (not too high, or ruts will be created), say on a sixteen-foot road, if the crown in the centre is eight inches higher than the sides, so that the water runs promptly to the ditches, the road will he good in all seasons. Crushed stone thrown upon the surface of a road and no provision made for drainage and ditches, simply goes out of sight in the mud. and the mud comes to the surface, and in a few years you would never know that any work had been (lone on that road. The crushed stone is not worn out, but lias sunk below the surface of the road. Many a highway commissioner and taxpayer speaks in wonder of a mudbole in front of his house, into which year after year he has put stone, earth and rubbish to till it up, and which have constantly gone out of sight. If thi?. mudhole had a ditch made from its bottom to the side of the road, so that the water could run into the main ditch and it was then tilled, it would stay tilled and cause no further trouble.? Itider and Driver. Mending Onr Way*. One would surmise from Mr. Eldridge's listing of the geological wealth of this country that nowhere should there be better roads, considering the material that nature has given us. Here is an excerpt from a paragraph on this subject: In New England -where Industrial progress lias made hard roads a necessity. trap rock, the most suited to heavy travel, exists in abundance. This rock is foun<J in the Middle and Lake States, and in smaller quantities in regions farther south and far up on the Pacific coast. Granite, limestone, quartz and sandstone are abundant in many parts of the country, as are two materials but lately assuming great importance in road building, viz., ehertz and novoculties. Natuu has not only piled up great rocky masses of inexhaustible road building material in favored regions, but has broken up and prepared rock iu other regions. By the operation of the great law of compensation, vast areas of rich low land, destitute in themselves of native rock, arc provided with propared material in the form of gravel, which has been carried down from the rocky region by glacial and water action. The sea has been very kind to us and yielded up vast quantities of shell which are converted into beautiful a"nd valuable roads. The vegetable and animal kingdom have contributed their quota. The fauna and flora of bygone ages were cnangea Dy beneticent processes of nature Into formations which have yielded up in some parts of the United States, notably California, oil, which, when spread upon a road, makes a smooth, dustless, waterproof covering.?Maurice O. Eld ridge, in "Mending Our Ways," OutiDg Magazine. State Blghiraj Improvement. State Engineer and Surveyor Van Alstyne, in a circular letter, calls attention to the fact that recent amendments to the highway law Impose upon his department the responsibility of ^furnishing directions for the guidance of town officials in. the expenditure of money, raised in towns and furnished by the State for highway purposes in money system towns, which In the aggregate amounts to ?1,549,709 for 1905. The department is also required by the Hlgbip-Armstrong Good ltoads net to compile statistics, collect information. co-operate and assist all town and county officials, and at all times aid in the promotion of highway improvement throughout the State, Appreciating the fact that the several good roads laws are not fully understood by town officials, and in* order to aid them in their work and to assist the State engineer in the performance of his duties, it has been deemed advisable to outline the application of these * various laws auu me pwuiuu ?uua the department is obliged to take, and a bulletin has been issued on this matter.?New York Post. Proof of liditou'i Industry. Thomas A. Edison was just seventeen years old when he made his tirst electro-mechanical Invention, an automatic signalling 'attachment, and it is now thirty-five years since he took out his first patent. Something of his ex traordinary activity is snown oy me fact that since that time over 1000 patents have been issued in his name. Submarine Bell*. Submarine bells for signalling to vessels have been placed in Canadian waters by the department of marine.' The bells can be heard at a distance of five miles. The steamers to use the bells must be equipped with a special receiving apparatus, which will enable them to approach the coma with safety in all kinds of weather, j ? "I.:-*: , , . , .. j \ >- .1 1 - i but Peter never jxgttak shirked "bfi duty. John had been ambition* for the supreme place among the apoatles, but now he. had grown in grace and lost* the passion for prominence. Friends, the same conditions are necessary to-day in solving the problem of; the morally lime on the part of the Church of God as were manifested on that day. The love of prominence must go, whether it be of individual or church, or denomination. Passion must cease. AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON EI7 THE REV. JOHN DOUCLAS ADAM. 'Jdbjeet: Moral Laineneta. Brooklyn. N. Y.?The Rpy*. .Tolin Douglas Adam, the pastor of the Reformed Church on the Heights, preached Sunday on "Moral Lameness," from the text: Acts iii:G: "Then Peter said. Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I unto thee; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.' He said: Our text introduces us to a lame man who lay day by day at the gate of the temple in Jerusalem, begging for sufficient money to keep him in life. This is a very common scene in the New Testament, where we are constantly meeting the lame, the halt, the blind and the lepers, and there is no wonder, for we must bear in mind those were the days when there were no hospitals, no scientific medical schools, no homes for incurables, nor any societies of aid. Since that day Christianity, without boastfulness, has. had a magnificent share in the creation of those centres of relief. We see i no such spectacle on our streets as did the Syrian of old upon his. Our Christinn sentiment and Christian love have provided the hospital, and our lame men are sent there. And nof only the hospital, but we have to^day enlightened scientific effort, societies of charity and helpfulness on all hands; and because the modern method of dealing with sickness is not tlte-same as that of the apostles, never think that it is not Christian, for the same Christian spirit plays about the treatment of physical ills to-day. We have to be delivered, it seems to me. from the idea that God is only in the extraordinary. That He is only in the large. It seems to be hard upon our reason to comprehend. God is as much in the ordinary as in the miracle. It is the same God. and God is as much in the hospital, in His spirit, and in the modern methods of curing sickness. God is there just as truly as He was in the days of old. So Christianity has in a large measure solved the question of the physically lame man. I am not going to speak this morning of him. We have practically disposed of him. I shall talk of the morally lame man. and when I speak of him let us understand each other. The morallj lame man may be physically equipped with the physique of o trinmnlinnt athlete. He may pay, every debt. The morally lame man is the man who is lame in his will, and he knows it. His will does not work with health toward his duty. He is lame in his conscience; it is defective. He is lame in his affections. His emotions in the higher reaches are | lame. His imagination does not bound toward its goal, for the goal of the imagination is God and the infinite. The morally lame man falls down be; fore his own self-respect in the develop^ ment of his character. He fails in his bwn conception of duty and in his relations as a son, or husband, or friend, and in his relationship to town and country. He is not a factor in the moral progress of those about him or the community. He contributes nothing, but rather takes away. This lame man in the story lay begging. There are physical and moral beggars. but the worst pauperism is moral pauperism. The man who lacks sufficient force to pilot himself through life and never creates optimism and moral stamina out of his own life would, if the world were to surrender its moral power, commit suicide. If yon notice, the chief contributors to this man's sustenance were the people on the way to the tempie. ine.v guv? to him sufficient to keep him alire and then passed on to worship. And I think they are still the chief contributors to the sustenance of the morally lame man. This poor fellow may hare laughed in his sleeve at the religious devotees as they passed on. and the true, earnest men and women are the people who are supporting morally those who sometimes even sneer, at their moral earnestness. It is those who are maintaining the rest of the community. Man lives not by bread alone, but, as he Is sustained physically through the industry of those who produce bread and the necessities of physical life, and without which there would be physical famine, so we live by moral bread and we are much more dependent on that in the last analysis of life than on the physical, for a nation like this lives upon ideas and love more than on any material tvi-? Vinr.a nvrnv nnd all our IUU1?. mill' boasted material progress falls like a house of cards, as did the glorious material wealth of Rome because there was not behind it the manhood to sustain it. Our world lives through the industry of the truest men and women in it in the moral sphere, and if there is no love being generated by unselfish hearts and no faith by pure minds and no moral inspiration by brave souls, a nation Is doomed. There are those who not, only do not contribute moral strength, but there are those who take away the moral bread baked by the labor of good men in the fiery furnace of trial, and throw it away and sneer at every pure and divine thing. They are the infamous destroyers of that which is the pillar of power. Our problem to-day Is the lame man. It is a patriotic, economic and religious one, than which there Is none more practical. The problem before the church is to set the lame man on his feet so that he can make his own way ifl things of the heart and become a contributor to the moral health of the world. Let us observe how Peter and John faced the problem. First, they faced it squareJy. They did not dodge it. They were not too anxious about getting to the temple. While worship has its supreme place ip the religious life of every man. there is something else. They did not criticise the poor fellow; they helped him. And our question is how they helped him? They did not give him money. They had none, and tbey did not feel the pressure of the limitation either; they felt they could solve the problem without it. The silver and gold in the i enhoro .nrr? not crood and con J genial surroundings, congenial work j and good advice and ideals. The'Chris| tinn Church does not stand merely for j philosophic help and the gospel of I good surroundings. Peter and John six morttlis before would not have been morally equipped to face this problem; they did not then possess God nor (Hd God possess them. They were companions of Christ, but they did not possess His spirit. But now they were wholly possessed by the Spirit of God, and that was the first step toward the solution of the problem before them. And it Is the first step to-day. You and I can never help the lame man until we not only possess God but are possessed by Him. Another elejnent in the solution of the problem was that the tw-e wefe In perfect accord. Six months before Peter had forsaken Christ, while John alone "ran the gantlet in the terrific blast of passion in the city ef hate, -i. .'afei-. ..'i;'"., One of the reasons why tne cnurcn of God Is not omnipotent is because there is still this lust for prominence on the part oPindividuals. churches and denominations, and instead of self abandon we are absolutely too selfconscious, every one of us. Again they solved it in giving the power of Christ to the man: "In the name of Jesus Christ rise up and walk." The communication of ideals will never save men from moral lameness. Ideals must live in personality. That is the difference between Christianity and everything else. It is the communication of power, the touch of God?the touch of divine power in the heart. Let us feel it this morning. "In the name of Jesus of Nazareth, rise up and walk." Let it touch upon your weakness. It is here. Let it do for you and me what it did?for that lame man. It breaks the power of cancelled sin, And sets the prisoner free. That is what Peter and John did. Think of it! There was the lame man; there was the critical public; there was the memory of their own - past failures, and there was the power of Christ. It conquered them all, and 1 the man arose, and stood up.v Not only did he stand, but the solution of this problem included every other. He ; can earn bis own living now, and needs not assistance. Every problem | of life is bound up in the problem ] of the lame man being straightened ] and strengthened. It Is smooth sail- ] ing after tbfct. Lastly, the man be- ( came a benefactor and praised God. , He inspired the faith of men. tBefcre, , his very presence created pessimism; now it was faith and praise. The atmosphere of the man became a factor j and an asset in the progress of the ! world. We are either contributors to j or exhausters of the moral life of the ' world. Which is it? My -subject 1 gathers round these two points: First, the lame man, and. second, the men 1 who through the -instrumentality of 1 Jesus Christ cured him. We as 1 Christians stand in the apostle's t place. Let us, under Christ, cure the i lame, and if we stand in the lame j man's place Christ will make us i I ?\rat- ti-q iil-o Ppter and John. ? \> LlUir. tUOJ VTV| OU.V - help the lame man to praise his God and inspire our fellow men for Christ'p sake! Tb? U cw?rd Look. "It is of no use to tell me to look forward." said one in great trouble, the other day, to a friend. "The worst of my trouble, I know lies ahead. To look back upon the past, before* this i shadow came, simply adds to my ag- 1 ony. I ean only sit in the. darkness, I and shut my eyes to everything, and bear as best I may." ? / "There is always one way left." said the friend, gently. "When we cannot look forward or backward we can look ^ upward. I nave open in every ?uu aa 1 bard a place as you, and I Rat a long I while in the darkness before finding the way out. Try the upward look? | it is meant for Just such sorrows as ? this, which seem to shut in the soul j inexorably. If we look up, we never look in vain." ? I "Time alone can help such sorrows t as yours," said a woman who called ^ herself a Christian, to a bereaved friend lately. There was no upward look suggested there. A heathen coma ~ 1 have said as much. Time only can dull t the edge of pain; the upward look robs * suffering of its sting surely and lastingly. It Is always possible to lift c our eyes to the sky; and though at I first, perhaps, we see only the clouds, we shall find it true before long that "Over all our tears God's rainbow , bends." * * 1 Ood'i TV?y of Eeeape. i The steamer plied Its way among the Thousand Islands. Often its . course was toward a rocky height or n wooded shore. Surely unless the engines were speedily reversed the ves- * sel would be wrecked. One turn of 1 the pilot's wheel, and before us spread ' the gltfry of the inland sea. aud unimpeded was the channel to it. With? * not before or alter?the temptation or trial He provides, a way of escape.-* Pacific Baptist. * t ? ^ Power of Example. c No man is so insignificant as to be t sure his example can do no hurt. Every one of us Is watched unconsciously fi by some pair of eyes, and no action r goes absolutely unnoticed, though we may think so. To set some kind of an j example is the doom?and the privilege ?of every human being. " " ^ Live New Lite Now. 1 To be always intending w uvv a uc? , life, but never find time to set about it ?this is as if a man should put off eatinj? and drinking and sleeping from a one day to another, until he is starved c and destroyed.?Tillotson. v h No Lack of Uovelatlon. For the man to whom our natural In- a telligence is equal to the soul's neoes- J sity for finding fiod there is no lack 11 of revelation. The universe is full of c visions and of voices.?John White Chadwiek. b d A Kind Act. jIf we embrace every opportunity to j do a kind act and be always ready, willing and anxious to lend a hand to those in trouble or sorrow, we will surely receive much kindness in re- r turn. _ c An Organ 700 Year* Old. William C. Carl brought back with ^ him from Japan a pipe organ of an... .i.uKe ..licrf he believes will ^ prove a revelation to modern instru- t ment builders. The organ Is seven j hundred years old, but, notwithstanding this fact, embodies practically all t the improvements which present day j builders regard as new. The pipes e of bamboo, and the instrument b is in a good state of preservation. f Mr. Carl also brought home a large a collection of Japanese music ar- b ranged in modern notation. Previous a to thirty years ago, he says, all the mnsip was handed down from , one generation to another in charac- ^ ters, but since the establishment of b an academy at Tokio a great Impetus ^ has been given tcall classes of music, j and more than six hundred students j were in* attendance at that institution when Mr. Carl visited it.?Seattle jj Post-Intelligencer. J Tee ousta? of lifiag the hat dates c ack to the age when knighthood was P a flower. i - .( ti-. > < ' .. \ SUNDAY, NOVEMBER k II 1 ^HK God's Wonderful Works.?Psn. if H 1-11. Thanksgiving Serrlcn.^ & flj It is eminently proper thfcUaocam H year the entire nation publidy^AfP V knowledge its obligadon to thanlT&M * and praise him for personal and pub* lie blessings.- "Think** and "thank", are closely related in bcth language. j and morals. Counting our blessings m will logically lead to thankfulness^ M Consider at this service: fl Thanksgiving is as old as the race. A special time set apart to publicly H give thanks is nearly as old. Jewish nation had its feast which was^B a close type and forerunner of our S annual Thanksgiving. The> Pilgrim V r timers inBuiuieu me cuaiwuu..'??!? m During the days cf the civlr wdr It fl became a national custom. It la the^B universal "home day" of scattered^B families. It has its origin in the nat-^B ural gratitude which one feels who^B thinks of the wonderful works of God. It is'the proper anti appropriate wfl vice of a rational creature In view oC^fl the mercies of bis Creator, an4 Pro- gRf vider. It has a special significance aB to the Christian in view, of his per~^B sonal salvation. Reasons for Thanksgiving. Th*se are numerous and to mdst people ob* . vlous. We are dependent on God for I our daily bread! The. prosperity of I the year and the bountiful c&ps of 1 the fields lead to thankfulness. The ' 1 joys of life/ health, friends, and fam- I lly lead to gratitude. Tie spiritual . 1 blessings of the year have Pma 1 numerous. To some who read these I lines the salvation of children and fl loved ones during the year are causes ' of thanks. The revival that has vitib- fl od your church and League, the uplift. B| that has come to you an4 yours, la a i\A/iio 1 nanoa A# omHtiiMa Afli?h ^^R 9|/vvia| vwuuv Wfc nv*vuwvt w m ? < ? mm md to all Thanksgiving cornea with some special reason for Joy and gladness. Write out a list of personal blessings this year, %and yr>u will \ be* surprised at tbe number of them. Expression of Thanksgiving. This ihould be both with voice and life. David opened bis mouth and gars < iraise to God. So ought we to do. 1* V he League service and in the church grayer meeting let us this week )ralse God in song, in testlmonj\ and n praters of praise. Then let as Wn i thankful life as well as talk thanks- , jiving. Show mercy and help to some leedy family. Give a special offering ? o some worthy, cause. Express la (very possible > way the gratitude of our heart for "God's wonderful rorks." It is well to U 1 t Illiinl s i^tfyr ro express our tiianks fre-N. _ luently and constantly. ^ isriSMio? 1 NOVEMBER TWENTY-SIXTH. jj Sod's Wonderful Works.?Pa. 40:1-11. V (Thanksgiving 8ervJc?.) ' j Otir trust in God is - not complete I intil we cause others- to trust, not ij >ur praise until we cause others tg . fl >raise. M A roan is blessed in proportion ie does not trust in what is^aec rust worthy, and does trust fifHlm vho is worthy of confidence. . Our blessings from God cannot be lumbered, but God likes to have ca ry to number them, and the enun> ' (ration does us good. * God evident ? delects to sehre Hln / _/ (hildren; shall not His children 4e* ^*1 icht to serve their God? Suggestion*. %. Nothing that God does for u* but s woaderful and the more we under* itand it, the more wonderful eems. It is a man's duty to learn all be an about God's creation, because thus le learns more about God. The worshipping spirit sees God verywhere, and adores the Almighty n the gift of a slice of bread as jt ' t were a golden crown. tGyyj No thoughts of praise are long without words of praise. j Good Books. Our societies have a mission in the fll natter of reading. In what better vay can we influence lives than by altlnop nna anamharu tn ranHmor sfuvt B >ooks ? . ' Where a public library la accessible, ' \ J lppoint a library eommlttee whose J nembers will each week speak in the ? ociety about some noble beok to be H ound in the library. 9| Set up a bulletin board, on which he good-literature committee willV tost notices of the brightest books nd magazine articles accessible . to * he Endeavorers. I Where there is no library, organise'*^1 book club 'or society ItbraKy. You ' ould make no better beginning than / irith noble biographies of Christian' > teroes. . Get the members of the society to f gree to read an average of half an , lour a day, and offer a prize for tin est Hst of books so read in the ourse of a year. . Call at uome social for lists of ooks read during the year, each En- , cavorer to make out the list from nemory-. Appoint a committee *>.. udge which t* 9 They Met a Bear. Ernest Oryborn and Bud Arnold, of lomptche, report one of the closest alls of the season in a bear light 'or some time a large bear has been iothering their stock, and they had aade several ineffectual attempt* to J ind Bruin, but could not locate him. ^ 'his week they started out and got < he track on Big River, near the j lorse opening. * \ While they were 'waiting for the lounds and sitting comfortably OH ? 1 og, something appeared behind thef? ' *. md knocked Orsborn's gun out; of j lis hand. Before he had recovered L rom his surprise he was engaged In 9 i hand-to-hand encounter with the I ear, which had doubled on the doge ' J nd come back on the hunters. J One blow of the bears paw. broke 9 he gun in two and bent the barrel. 1 The fight was so fierce that > Arnold B iad to wait several minutes before he M lared to risk a shot, for fear of killng his companion. Orsborn finally ^9 pegged him to shoot anyway, as he 9 laid he would rather be shot ttaa : el ;llled by a bear. Fortunately Arnold 9 vas able to hit the bear, the bullet t9 ust glazing Orsborn's. arm, and the r.^9 :ombatants rolled over on the ground. ; I rhe bear was one of the b&gest ever I. I tilled in that section.?San Franctico It' Ihronicle. ' . " V lnf ' in'