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% § ;. v A .J) i 4^ 'M n o o The P u m p k i n ■ t Hy John Giieenleaf Whittier* E ■S' X A II! on Thanhs giving Day, when from East and from West, CV t&l From North pilgrim and and from guest, South come the m s I When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his hoard X V The old broken links of affection restored »•: mm When mother the care-wearied man seeks his 3 once more, And the worn matron smiles where the m girl smiled before, 1 What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye? •<ra What calls back the like the past, rich * XX Pumpkin pie ? / IS n>' sr. (Q, X ; ■From Collier’s. GETTING THE HABIT OF THANKSGIVING. i ip )J rx fie »*'<■- ■> -V curtains fastened down all the time I and seeing nothing, It is said that Mr. Rusnin’s guests 1 at Brantwood often awakened were .early in the morning by a knocking at their door aqd the call, “Are you looking out? When, in response to this summons, they would open their window blinds, their eyes would be charmed by the view that they saw. j It is not every one who sleeps at night in such a place as Brantwood, and can j I have vision a when Coniston he awakes morning and to opens greet his his ; windows. But there is glory enough in the morning anywhere to start our hearts singing at the dawn of the day. if only we would look out. It would ( be well if all of us could be awakened every morning with the call, “Are you looking out? i* There is always T HERE is a beautiful legend of a golden organ in an ancient monastery. Once the monas tery was besieged by robbers ■who desired to carry off its treasures, The monks took the organ to a river which flowed close by and sank it in the deep water in order to keep it from the hands of the robbers. And the legend is that, though buried thus in the river, the organ still continued to give forth sweet and enchanting music, which was heard by those who came near. Every Christian life should be like this golden organ, Nothing should ever silence its music, Even when the floods of sorrow flow over it it should still continue to rejoice and sing. One of the secrets of such a life is found in the cultivation of the habit of thankfulness. Nothing less than this will do. Most people have brief hours In which their hearts are filled with grateful feelings, and when all the world seems beautiful to them. But these sunny times soon pass, and then for days they give themselves over to discontent and complaining, Anybody can sing when walking amid the flowers and in sunny ways; the test of life comes when the garden path becomes a bit of a desert road. We are not fully ready for living un¬ til we have strength enough to carry us through the hardest places and the deepest glooms. Thanksgiving Day is not intended to gather into itself a whole year’s thanks. By being full of gratitude for the one day, we cannot make up for three hundred and sixty-four days of ingratitude. Every day should be a thanksgiving day. Of course, there is a difference in the days. Some of them are dark, while others are bright. On certain days things seem to go wrong with us and our affairs get tangled; on other days life flows along like a song. We want to learn to live so that these changes in our circum¬ stances and experiences shall not af¬ fect us in our inner life. That is what Saint Paul meant when he said that he had learned in whatsoever state he was therein to be content. It was no easier for him to have to suf¬ fer and endure want and privation than it is for us. There was no lux¬ ury to him in being cast into a dun¬ geon and having his feet made fast in the stocks. But he had learned not to fret when his condition was un¬ pleasant. Wherever we find him he is singing, never despairing, The habit of thanksgiving had been so wrought into his life that nothing could ever break it. Just how to learn this habit of thanksgiving is the question, One thing is to learn to trust, The cause of all complaining and discontent is j want of trust in God. If we believe I in God as our Father, that He loves j us and will care for us, and put at ; once would into His hands all matters God Him that j disturb or fret us, -1 Worry self will keep us in perfect thanksgiving peace, j is death to the j spirit, while nothing so drives worry ; from the heart as a thanksgiving song. Another thing that helps in form- | ing this habit of thanksgiving is to beautiful make sure of seeing the good is and j things in life. This a lovely world. It could not be other¬ wise, for it is our Father’s world. He made it beautiful because it was to | be the home of His children, Yet some see nothing of the loveliness which lies about them continually everywhere. They are like men tour ihg through a country with glorious scenery, in a stage coach, keeping the something worth seeing if we would draw our curtains and look out. This is true not only of nature, of all the experiences of life. allow ourselves to be too much pressed by somber views. We let troubles and the unpleasant bulk too largely in our vision. We live too much indoors, with our own frets and cares. If every morning we would fling open our windows and look out on the wide reaches of God's lovextind goodness we could not help singing. Some one writes: "Many a day would be brighter if begun with some thought in the heart that might open the door to a nobler vision of life, and would not some of our less cheerful moods be dis¬ pelled by a wider outlook?” Our lives are all too apt to run in grooves, and often they are very nar¬ row' grooves, indeed. Yet all about us are scenes of beauty, not in na¬ ture alone, but in the lives of our fellow men. Often in the most un¬ expected places, in some nook or cranny of a nature that seemed only forbidding, we shall find some blos¬ som of rarest fragrance. In those quiet hours of meditation, when our hearts reach up to the great, heart of God, we may stand upon the moun¬ tain tops with Him and catch glimpses of that land which too often seems afar off. “Are you looking out?”— Rev. .1. R. Miller, D. D., in Advocate and Guardian. A Thanksgiving Dinner Table Trick This is a curious little experiment which will interest everybody at the dinner table, for it calls for nothing except what you are likely to find on the table. Cut an orange into halves arid from one-half remove the pulp, leaving the peel entire in the form of a hollow hemisphere or cup. With a penknife or a toothpick bore two holes In the bottom of this cup and put it into a tumbler, forcing it down about half way. The tumbler should be a little smaller than the orange used so that you will have to squeeze the peel-cup a little in order lo get it in. Then it will press firmly against the glass and stay where you put it instead of dropping to the bottom. Put the cup in right side up, that is, witli the yellow peel below, and pour red wine into it. The wine will run through the holes and you must keep on pouring until the level of the wine in the glass just touches the bottom of the cup. Now fill the rest of the xL .Ar % v - » K I it. 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At the same time, though you cannot see it so well, a colorless stream of water flows downward through the other hole. The two liquids do not mix much 1, \ ,i I III V I iii mm / ® ; I IP i ,, & IT /CT'/f /'S L7 mm**} ' lA'A J • .' f L £ but merely exenunge places, so that in a few minutes the lower part of the glass, below the cup, will contain the water and the upper part will be filled with wine. This is as it should he. because water is heavier than wine an I natur¬ ally goes to the bottom. The curious thing is that the wine and water do not mix, but each selects one hole for Itself. It Is like the trick with the candle burning In a lamp chimney with a partition at the top, so that cold fresh air goes down on one side while the hot air and smoke escape on the other. Oil may be substituted for the wine or you may fill the bottom of the glass with water and then pour in milk or some tliin-coloredsyrup. A Thanksgiving Conversation. Turkey—“Well, there’s this conso lation about it the most distin guished men on earth went to the block.” Possum (gloomily) “Yes, but they were not broiled and roasted af¬ terward for the benefit of block¬ heads.”—New Orleans Picayune. In the British South African colony in Natal residents in cities and towns have fresh butter and eggs delivered every morning by mail. I j Simbait-Scfoot INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM¬ MENTS FOR NOVEMBER 22. Subject: Solomon Anointed Ring, 1 Kings 1:1-2:12—Golden Text, 1 Cliron. 2H:f)—Commit Verses 3!>, 40—Commentary. TIME.—1015 B. C. PLACE.—Je ' rusalem. EXPOSITION.—I. Solomon Anoint¬ ed King, vs. 32-40. God had chosen Solomon to be king. He had called him “Jedidiah,” that is, “the beloved of Jehovah” (2 Sam. 2:25). But Joab, the general, and Abiatha, the priest, had conspired with Adonljah, the oldest next son of Davhl to Absa¬ lom, to thwart God’s plan to make Solomon king. David was so old and decreoit that Joab and his fellow conspirators did not think that he would rally to thwart the conspiracy. But no conspiracy of man, no matter how strong, can overthrow the plans | of God. David, when informed of the | conspiracy, old and decrepit as ha I was, rallies and proves sufficient for the occasion. He calls to his as¬ ■ sistance his trusted friends of old, Zadok, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, and Benalah. a military man, one of the mighty men of David. It was through Nathan that God had announced to David His favor toward Solomon (2 Sam. 12:24, 25). David's action is prompt and thorough. While Adonijah and his fellow-conspirators were still feasting (v. 9) David’s trusted friends without delay go through all the necessary formalities and anoint Solomon king. Solomon was placed on David’s own mule. David was still obedient to the law of God, and even In the days of bis great power had not adopted horses to ride upon. To do so was expressly forbidden by God to Israel's kings (Deut. 17:16). Absalom had done so I in the brief days of his glory (2 Sam. 15:1). Adonljah also (v. 5). The l priest and the prophet were to unite In anointing Solomon (v. 24). The anointing was the symbol of dedica¬ tion to God (Lev. 8:10 -12). The oil the symbol of the Holy Spirit (Acts 10:88). Appeal was made to God to secure the safety of the new-made king. David will leave no doubt In the minds of any that Solomon is his own choice for king, While he still lived he appointed that Solomon should sit upon his throne and bo king In his stead and In unequivocal terms declared, “I have appointed him to be king over Israel and over Judah.” As secure as this made Sol¬ omon on the throne, there was an¬ other fact that made him more se¬ cure, namely, that God had made him ruler over Israel and over Judah. Benaiah, the warrior, appears as the most religious man In the whole transaction (vs. 36, 37). Jehovah had been with David, and Benalah prays that He may now he with Sol¬ omon as He has been with David (v. 37), and he prays that his throne may be greater even than the throne of his father. This prayer of Benaiah wan abundantly answered. David’s three trusted friends proceeded to do exact¬ ly what they were told. The oil with which Solomon was anointed was taken out of the tabernacle, the place where God dwelt. The whole people agreed with David’s choice and God’s choice and the whole city was filled with music and with joy. When this world agrees to make Him King whera God has already made King the whole earth shall rejoice with great joy. II. Adonijah Filled With Fear, vs. 50-53. While the people were filled with joy the enemies of the king were filled with consternation. So will it be at the coining of our Solomon (2 Thess. 1:7-9; Rev. 1:7; 6:15 and 16). Adonljah was a coward as well as a rebel. Rebels against God are always cowards (Prov. 28:1). Adon¬ ijah fled to the house of God for safe¬ ty, presumably not because he had any special reverence for the house of God, but because he knew that Sol¬ omon had. He was afraid that Sol¬ omon would kill him. Probably he would have killed Solomon if he had had a chance and judged Solomon by himself. He speaks of himself as Solomon’s servant (v. 51), but the change from enemy to servant was very sudden and no evidence was given of the genuineness of the con¬ version. Solomon on his part was ready to forgive if Adonijah would only give proof of the reality of his renentance. All he asked was that Adonijah should prove himself a worthy man (v. 52). All that God asks of us is that we “bring forth fruit meet for repentance” (Matt. 3:7). If Adonijah would only do this he would lie free from all danger, not a hair of his head would fall to the earth. On the other hand, if wicked¬ ness should be found in him the pen¬ alty was certain. He should die. No matter what protestations of repent¬ ance we make, if we do not forsake sin we shall perish. The scene closes with Adonijah doing obeisance to Sol¬ omon (v. 53, R. V.). The time is corning when every enemy of Jesus must bow the knee and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father (Phil. 2:10, 11). did not prove himself a man and later paid the pen¬ of his rebellion (ch. 2:12-25). of those who profess to yield hearts to Jesus do not really so. They call Him Lord, but not do the things that He says (Luke 6:46). Their calling Jesus will not save them. They will cast out from His presence (Matt.