The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 23, 1905, Image 6
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 !
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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 ??
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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
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^ *>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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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. ?
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Tee ousta? of lifiag the hat dates c
ack to the age when knighthood was P
a flower.
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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
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