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Jy L _ rs| GETTING THE HABIT OF faFtTAjSi
THANKSGIVING.
THERE 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 Rss than
this will do. Most people have brief
.hours in which their hearts are filled
-wath 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
ysong. 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
4n 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
want of trust in God. If we believe
in God as our Father, that He loves
us and will care for us, and put at
once into His hands all matters that
would disturb or fret us, God Him
self will keep us in perfect peace.
Worry is death to the thanksgiving
spirit, while nothihg so drives worry
from the heart as a thanksgiving
song.
Another thing that helps in form
ing this habit of thanksgiving is to
make sure of seeing the good and
beautiful things in life. This is a
lovejy 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
ing through a country with glorious
scenery, in a stage coach, keeping the
curtains fastened down all the time
and seeing nothing.
It is said that Mr. Ruskin’s guests
at Brantwood were often awakened
early in the morning by a knocking
at their door and 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.
It is not every one who sleeps at night
in such a place as Brantwood, and can
have a Coniston morning to greet his
vision when he awakes and opens his
windows. But there is glory enough
The Fumpkin
By John Grkeni.eaf Whittier
A H ! —on Thanksgiving Dai/, when from
** East and from West,
from North and from South come the
pilgrim and guest,
When the gray-haired New] Englander
sees round 'his board
The old broken links qf affection restored,
When the care-wearied man seeks his
.mother once more,
And the worn viatron smiles where the
girl smiled before it
What moistens the lip and what brightens
the eye?
What calls back Ihe past, like the rich)
Pumpkin, pie ?_
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?” There is always
something worth seeing if we would
draw our curtains and look out.
This is true not only of nature, but
of all the experiences of life. We
allow ourselves to be too much im
pressed by somber views. We let the
troubles and the unpleasant things
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
love and 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
—From Good Literature.
—From Collier’s.
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. J. 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 and 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 dow r n 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 to get it in.
Then it will press firmly against
the glass and stay where you put it
instead ot dropping to me bottom.
Put the cup in right side up, that is,
with 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
glass above the orange cup with wTat
er and aw'ait results.
Soon you will see a thin red jet of
wine rising like a fountain through
the water from one of the holes. At
the same time, though you cannot see
it so well, a colorless stream of water
flow's downward through the other
hole.
The two liquids do not mix much,
but merely exchange places, so that
in a few minutes the lower part of the
glass, below the cup, will contain the
w'ater'and the upper part will be filled
with wine.
This is as it should be, because
w’ater is heavier than wine and 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 thin-colored syrup.
A Thanksgiving Conversation.
Turkey— " Wall, there’, 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.
A THANKSGIVING LETTER TO
GRANDMA.
“Dear Dranma, I finked I would rite you a
letter
To tell how I love you—a bushel or
more;
Mamma hopes that now your sore foot is
. all better;
And we ll come to Fanksgiving as we did
before.
“Please make us some pics and some pud
ding and jelly,
A turkey with stuffing and onions, and
then
Please don’t you forget that I like stuffing
smelly
Of sage. From your ’fectionate Charlie.
Amen.”
And grandma, dear soul, as she pores o’er
the letter,
With a smile on her lips and such mist in
her eyes
That she wipes off her glasses to see
through them better,
Plans out a whole shelfful of puddings
and pies—
Of tarts sfnd of cookies; of custards and
jelly;
A goodly battalion of gingerbread men;
And last, but not least, a fat turkey cooked
“smelly”
Of sage for the youngster who wrote her
“Amen.”
—Mary Clarke Huntington.
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The Fat One —“Huh! What have
you to be thankful for, you lean,
skinny runt?”
The Thin One —“Because I am so
blamed lean and skinny.”—New Or
leans Picayune.
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR NOVEMBER 22.
Subject: Solomon Anointed King, 1
Kings 1:1-2:12 —Golden Text, 1
Chron. 28:9—Commit Verses
39, 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 Adonijah,
the oldest next son of David to Absa
lom, to thwart God’s plan to make
Solomon king. David was so old and
decrepit that Joab and liis 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 he
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 Benaiah, 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. 3) David’s
trusted friends without delay go
through all the necessary formalities
and anoint Solomon king. Solomon
was placed on David’s own mvle.
David was still obedient to the law
of God, and even in the days of his
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
in the brief days of his glory (2 Sam.
15:1). Adonijah also (v. 5). The
priest and the prophet were to unite
in anointing Solomon (v. 34). The
anointing was the symbol of dedica
tion to God (Lev. 8:10 -12). The oil
the symbol of the Holy Spirit (Acts
10:38). 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 be
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 Benaiah
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
whom God has already made King the
whole earth shall rejoice with great
joy.
11. Adonijah Filled With Fear, vs.
50-53. While the people were filled
with joy the enemies of the king w r ere
filled with consternation. So will it
be at the coming of our Solomon (2
Thess. 1:7-9; Rev. 1:7; 6:15 and
16). Adonijah 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
repentance. All he asked w r as 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 ODly do this
he would be 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
coming when every enemy of Jesus
must bow the knee and confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord to the glorv of
God the Father (Phil. 2:10, 11).
Adonijah did not prove himself a
worthy man and later paid the pen
alty of his rebellion (ch. 2:12-25).
Many of those who profess to yield
their hearts to Jesus do not really
do so. They call Him Lord, but
do not do the things that He says
(Luke 6:46). Their calling Jesus
Lord will not save them. They will
be cast out from His presence (Matt.
7:21-23).
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Strange Fish Taken in a Seine Off
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One of the rarest specimens of the
fish kingdom known to waters con
tiguous to the North Carolina coast
was captured in a seine at Mason
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Hewlett, a fisherman. The fish, which
was brought to the city last even
ing, is what is called “the sea bat”
and it is a perfect reproduction of a
leather wing bat on a large scale.
The fish is about fifteen inches tong
and about thirty inches across the
back.
Strange to state it had a
threadlike tail about fifteen inches
in length and on each side of the
rear appendage were two perfectly
formed gloved feet, with a smaller
diversion having the exact appear
ance of a thumb, with the other part
of the hand mittened. The mouth
of the strange specimen was about
five inches across and on each sid?
of the mouth or the under side of
Lae body there were five “strainers
or holes through which the fish 1*
said to rid itself of refuse products
resulting from the forage it picks u ; >
at the bottom of the sea. Ihe tr) P
of the fish was a dark slate oolor
and the under part of the body was
white.
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only the second specimen of the sea
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