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One cannot help regretting the ten-
dency of feminine fashions to once
. again become masculine. One fears a
little lest the leather that is to be a
feature of feminine fashions this au-
tumn, and the headgear that has
sprung from the masculine bowler and
the old “Jarvis” beavers, and the walk-
ing sticks which, like cigarette cases,
are now popular gifts for girls, will
mot rob us of our pretty fal-lals and
our. daintiness.—Ambrosia, in the
World.
New Style of Candy Paull.
An amusing little entertainment
which girl readers will enjoy is a
new style of candy pull in which rid-
dles founded on the names of different
sweets, and not the molasses dainty
itself, plays ihe leading role.
Invite the girls to “a new-fashioned
candy pull,” inserting a clause in the
note, urging everybody to come in old
clothes, and with aprons, as an old-
fashioned candy pulling bee is to follow
the riddle game.
Prepare in advance as many plain
white cards cut from a sheet of paste-
board as you have received accept-
ances. On each card write a set of
riddles founded on different ~ sugar
‘plums.—Washington Times.
Fine American Seamstrosses.
Few people know much about Amer-
ican. omen who are fine searnstresses,
but there are many of them who eke
out an income by {his work if they do
not support themselves entirely by it.
One lovely lingerie waist made by one
of these women is of the finest and
sheerest material, vith fine hem-
stitched tucks set in at the top, yoke
“sleep, and between the rows of. the
finest ‘French knots. « There is some-
thing inexpressibly dainty about this
“waist, which is more like a baby’s gar-
ment than a woman’s. The American-
. made waists are not sold in lots, and
prices are not reduced as in other va-
rieties of the hand-made waists.
‘These latter, even those which come
‘from abroad are anything but well
. qmade or well finished on the inside,
though ranging in price from $20 up.
Woman’s Superiority.
\ Professor Chamberlain, of Clark Uni-
| versity, has figured out that women
: have a whole lot more ability than
‘ men. Following is his little list: “As
* an actor she has greater ability and
‘more frequently shows it. She is np-
ticeably better in adaptability. She is
much more charitable—in money mat-
_ ters. - Under reasonable opportunities
: She
‘thas greater genius in politics. She
more commonly has executive ability.
Her hearing is more acute. Her im-
~agination is greater. Her intuitions
are greater.” Her memory is ‘beter.
Her patience is greater. Her percep-
‘ #tions are more rapid. She has greater
religious devotion. Her instinct for
sacrifice is greater. She bears pain
more heroically. Her sympathy is
greater. She has greater tact. She
has more acute taste. She has greater
vitality. She has more fluency in the
lower forms of speech.”—Pittsburg Ga-
zette. :
Gold Gauze and Hand Work.
Hand embroideries are seen on semi-
tailored costumes in the form of vests.
collars and cuffs, ete, done in silk of
several shades of the costume color or
in harmonizing tones. These embroid-
eries are done on silk, satin, broadcloth
and gold gauze heavily embroidered in
shaded material used for the purpose.
One costume in a rich plum showed
a vest effect made on the lines of stoles
of this gold gauze heavily embroidered
in shades of purple ranging from a
faint violet to a deep plum. Gold and
black silk threads were interwoven
with these, and the short box coat also
showed a touch of black in the broad
military braids which trimmed the
seams and edges.
Gold gauze is one of the new trim-
ming ideas, not only in costumes, but in
millinery as well. It comes in ribbon
‘ form, ranging in width from one to
five and six inches, and is extremely
soft and pliable, being capable of the
most graceful adjustment.—Indianap-
olis News.
A Woman Railroad President,
Mrs. Mary S. Holladay, who made
herself President of the Williamsville,
Greenville and St. Louis Railroad be-
cause, although she was a director the
manager of the railroad refused to give
her a pass, sold the road for $1,000,000,
received the money and returned to so-
ciety. Until she sold tke road, Mrs.
Holladay was the only woman railroad
President in the United States, prob-
ably in the world. The Williamsville,
Greenville and St. Louis Road. though
only sixty miles long, is one of the
best feeders in Southern Missouri. A
purchasing syndicate headed by John
'S. Long, Kansas City, Mo., succeeded
Mrs. Holladay at the helm. The $1.-
000,000 was paid to Mrs. Holladay at
the National Bank of Commerce, in St.
Louis, Mo. “1 guess I have made more
money in the last ten months than any
woman in America,” she said.- “I liked
being at the head of a big enterprise
all right, but it hardens # woman, and
she drops out of society. I will move
to St. Louis now and return to society.
What made me go after the Presidency
was I couldn’t have a pass while I ‘was
a director. - So I bought the road and
made myself President.
Then 1 had!
all the passes I wanted.”—Milwaukee
Wisconsin.
The Child's Footwear.
Writing of “The Child's Dress,” in
the Delineator, Dr. Grace Peckham
Murray has a word of advice in regard
to shoes. She says:
As soon as the skirts are shortened,
children arrive at the dignity of wear-
ing shoes. The first ones should be
very soft and loose. They are to be
had as moccasins and ankle ties, as
well as in the shape of diminutive
shoes with very soft soles. The latter
should be thicker when the time comes
for the child to walk. Children’s shoes
should have broad soles and should
be formed very carefully so as not to
deform the feet. They are made with-
out heels, for children "do mot wear
heels until they are nine or ten years
old, and then extremely low. Children
often suffer from weak ankles. If such
be the case, their feet should be bathed
and rubbed with salt water every day.
They will be helped by the wearing of
shoes the ankles of which have been
made stiff by pieces of steel which are
held in place by means of little pock-
ets made for the purpose in the lining
of the shoe. Shoes are made especially
for children who toe in, or for those
who are bowlegged, and: for children
who have flat feet. ..The necessary
hickening of the bottom:of the shoe,
which varies in position and amount
of leather according®to the trouble to
be remedied, is placed inside the shoe
and does not show at all on the outside
of the boot. Care should be taken in
fitting stockings to’ see that they are
not too short or too Small, as they" will
cramp and deform the foot. Children
are usually so hard on stockings that
they do not have time to outgrow them,
and the possibility of it should be
kept in mind. Knee-caps made of
leather are excellent to“prevent rapid
wearing out of the stockings at the
knees. z : . :
The More Useful Sex. {
Some interesting biological and socio-
logica! facts: have lately: been pub-
lished about women which are calcu-
lated to exalt the ostensibly weaker
sex in its own eyes and also in those
of men. We have previously pointed
out the conclusion reached by certain
scientists that, the average life of
woman should, and under normal cir-
cumstances would, exceed slightly the
average life of man in respect of dura- |
tion. Now comes an English biolo-
gist, Mr. T. H.: :Montgomery, who,
after a general review of the data pre-
sented by the anatomy and evolution of
various invertebrate and vertebrate
animals, maintains that the male is
less developed and more embryonic
than the female. So far as the inver-
tebrates and the lower vertebrates are
concerned, tn» female is clearly super-
ior. When, within this field of obser-
vation, one sex is found to be rudi-
mentary in comparison with the other,
it is pointed out that this is almost
always the male.. In size, the female
is usually the superior. Sometimes
the central nervous system is more
highly specialized in the female, while,
as a rule, the internal reproductive ap-
paratus is-more complex. In those
cases where the male seems, at the
first glance, superior, the difference
turns out to be mainly in unimportant
morphological characters. Many
species of insects seem to get on alto-
gether without males for at least a
generation. The unmated gueen bee,
for instance, will lay fertile eggs,
which, however, produce only drones.
It is well known that the working bee
is the product of a union between a
drone and a queen bee. Irom the fe-
male aphis (plant-louse) on a rose-bush
will proceed several generations of
offspring before the intervention of a
male is required. It appears, then,
that on certain planes of organic ex-
istence there is no question of woman's
rights: Nature herself has assigned
to the male a role altogether secondary
or casual.—Harper’s Weekly.
A blouse, in the palest pink, had
embroidery applied like a yoke of edg-
ing.
Some of the newest coats show a
good- deal of fulness below the waist
line,
Exquisite scarfs are about—some of
them heavy with embroidery, others
the lightest, most diaphanous bits of
gossamer silk in the world.
One delectable petticoat of straw-col-
ored taffeta is embroidered with flower
baskets spilling their pink and biue
blossoms among the lace frills at the
foot.
A blouse should never look like the
top of a gown worn with a stray skirt,
and that is exactly what the surplice
separate waist looks like and why it
does not “take.”
One blouse has tie-ends apparently
hanging from the attached collar. But
a closer examination proves that they
are inset in the blouse, joined with the
inevitable herring-bone.
Among blouses, there’s an exquisite
one made of the palest of blue batiste/
with a tiny dragon harmlessly
stretched out on each side of the yoke.
Tha work is Japanese in its finest and
most delicate style.
| THE PULPIT.
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. JOHN DOUCLAS ADAM.
Subject: Moral Lameness.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—The Rev. John
Douglas Adam, the pastor of the Re-
formed Church on the Heights,
preached Sunday on “Moral Jame-
ness,” from the text: Acts iii:6: “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 crea-
tion of those centres of relief. We see
no such spectacle on our streets as did
the Syrian of old upon his. Our Chris-
tian sentiment and Christian love have
provided the hospital, and our lame
men are sent there. And not only the
hospital, but we have to-day enlight-
ened scientific effort, societies of char-
ity and helpfulness on all hands; and
because the modern method of dealing
with sickness is not the 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
fdea that God is only ‘in the extraor-
dinary. 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
fn the hospital, in His spirit, and in
the modern methods ‘of curing sick-
ness. "God is there just as truly as He
was in the days of old. So Christian-
{ty has in a large measure solved the
question of the physically lame man. :
I am’ not going to speak this morn-
fng of him. We have practically dis-
posed of him. I.shall talk of.the
morally: lame man, and when I speak
of him let us understand each other.
The morally lame man may be physi-
cally equipped with the physique of
a triumphant 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 de-
fective... 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 own 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 beg:
gars, 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
.you notice, the chief contributors to
this man’s sustenance were the people
on the way to the temple. They gave
to him sufficient to keep him alive and
then passed on to worship. And I
think they are still the chief contrib-
utors to the sustenance of the morally
lame man. This poor fellow may have
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, buf, as he is sustained physi-
cally 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
thing. Take these away and all our
boasted material progress falls like a
house of cards, as did the glorious ma-
terial wealth of Rome because there
was not behind it the manhood to sus-
tain it. Our world lives through the
industry of the truest men and women
in it in the moral sphere, and if there
fs no love belng generated by unsel-
fish 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 flery
furnace of trial, and throw it away
and sneer at every pure and divine
thing. They are the infamous de-
stroyers of that which is the pillar of
power.
Our problem to-day is the lame man.
It is a patriotic, economic and relig-
lous 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 in 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 squarely. They did not
dodge it. They were not too anxious
about getting to the temple. While
worship has its supreme place in 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 they did not feel the
pressure of the limitation either; they
felt they could solve the problem
without it. The silver and gold in the
moral sphere are not good and con-
genial surroundings, congenial work
arfl good advice and ideals. The Chris-
tinn Church does not stand merely for
philosophic help and the gospsl of
good surroundings. Peter and John six
wonths before would not have been
‘the problem was that the two were in
a
morally equipped to face this problem;
they did not then possess God mor did
God possess them. They were com-
panions 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 element in the solution of
perfect accord. Six months before
Peter had forsaken Christ, while John
alone ran the gantlet in the terrific
blast of passion in the city of hate,
but Peter never again shirked his
duty. John had been ambitious for
the supreme place among the apos-
tles, but now he had grown in grace
and lost the passion for prominence.
Friends, the same conditions are neces-
sary to-day in solving the problem of
the morally lame on the part of the
Church of God as were manifested on
that day. 4
The love of prominence must gO,
whether it be of individual or church,
or denomination. Passion must cease.
One of the reasons why the church
of God is not omnipotent is because
there is still this lust for prominence
on the part of individuals, churches
and denominations, and instead of self
abandon we are absolutely too self-
conscious, 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 communica-
tion of power, the touch of God—the
touch of divine power in the heart.
Let us feel it this morning. “In the
pame of Jesus of Nazareth, rise up
and walk.” Let it touch upon your
weakness. If is here. Let it do for
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 ldme man; |
there was the critical public; there
was the memory of thelr own past
failures, and there was, the power of
Christ. .. It, conquered .them all, and
the man arose, and’ stdod up. Not|
only did he stand, but the solutfon: of4
this problem included every other. He
can earn Hisiown living now,’ apd
needs not‘ assistance. Every problem |
of life is bound up’ in- the problem
of the lame man being straightened
and strengthengd, It is smooth sall-:
ing after that. “YT.astly, the man ,be-:
came a benefactor and praised God.
He inspired the ‘faith of. men. Before,
his very presence creatéd pessimism;,
now it was faith and priise. The at-]
mosphere of the man became a factor
and an ‘asset in the progress of the
world. We are cither: contributors to
or exhausters-of the moral life of the
world. . Which is it? . My subject
gathers round these two points: First,
the lame man, dnd, second, the men
who through “the instrumentality’ of
Jesus Christ’ cured” him. We as
Christians © stand ia *the -apostie’s
place.: ‘Let us, under Christ, cure the
lame, ‘and if we stand in the lame
man’s place Ckrist will make us
whole. May we, dike Peter and John,
help the lame man to praise his God
and inspire our fellow men for Christ's
sake! >
. The Upward Look. f
“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
shadow game, simply adds to my ag-
ony.
I.can only sit in the darkness,
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
uptyard. I have been in every whit as
hard a place as you, and I sat a long
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
inexorably. If we look up, we never
look in vain.”
“Time alone can help such sorrows
as yours,” said a woman who called
herself a Christian, to a bereaved
friend lately. There was no upward
look suggested there. A heathen could
have said as much. Time only can dull
the edge of pain; the upward look robs
suffering of its sting surely and last-
ingly. It is always possible to lift
our eyes to the sky; and though at
first, perhaps, we see only the clouds,
we shall find it true before long that
“Over all our tears God's rainbow
bends.”
280 anil Cli
God’s Way of Escape.
The steamer plied its way among
the Thousand Islands. Often its
course was toward a rocky height or
a wooded shore. Surely unless the en-
gines were speedily reversed the ves-
sel would be wrecked. One turn of
the pilot's wheel, and before us spread
the glory of the inland sea, and unim-
peded was the channel to it. With—
not before or aiter—the temptation or
trial He provides a way of escape.—
Pacific Baptist.
Power of Example.
No man is so insignificant as to be
sure his example can do no hurt. Ev-
ery one of us is watched unconsciously
by some. pair of eyes, and no action
goes absolutely unnoticed, though we
may think so, To set some kind of an
example is the doom—and the privilege
—of every human being.
Live New Life Now.
To be always intending to live a new
life, but never find time to get about it
—this is as if a man should put off
eating and drinking and sleeping from
one day tc another, until he is starved
and destroyed.—Tillotson.
No Lack of Revelation.
telligence i8 equal to the soul's neces-
sity for finding God there is no lack
of revelation. The universe is full of
visions and of voices.—John White
Chadwick.
A Kind Act.
If we embrace every opporfunity to
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-
you and me what it did for hat lame
+ Asking no question.”
turn.
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR NOVEMBER 26.
Bubject: Abstinence For the fake of
Others, I. Cor. x., 23-33~Golden Text,
I. Cor. x., 12—Memory Verses, 31-33
—Cominentary on the Day's Lesson.
In verses 14-22 Paul resumes the dis-
cussion from chapter 8:13 touching the
eating of meats which had been offered
in sacrifice to idols. In the lesson be-
fore us we have some practical ‘dirée-
tions on this subject. !
I.. The duty of living for others; (vs.
23, 24). !
23. “All things are lawful.” I may
lawfully eat all kinds of food, but all
are not expedient. It would not be be-
coming in me to eat of all, because I
should by this offend and grieve many
weak minds. Though it may be ad-
mitted that it is strictly lawful to eat
meats offered to idols, yet there are
strong reasons why it is inexpedient,
and those reasons ought to have the
binding force of law. ‘‘Not expedient.”
And so, being unprofitable and injur-
ious, may thereby become unlawful.
“Edify not.” All things do not tend
to build up the cause of Christ, and
therefore are not expedient. 24. “His
own.” Let no man consult his own
happiness, pleasure or convenience,
but let him ask what will be for the
good of others. No rule is laid down
about eating or not eating any kind of
food as a matter of importance in it-
self. With such things the gospel has
no concern. What Paul does prescribe
relates to the effect of our conduct upon
others. Let every man live not for
himself, but for every part of the great
human family with which he’ is sur-
rounded. “Another's wealth.” © “But
each his neighbor's good.”—R. V. This
will cause true happiness. .
The duty of guarding the weak
(vs. 25-30). 25. “Is sold.” The meats
of idol sacrifices were often exposed to
sale in the markets especially by the
sts, when they had on hind a sur-
To ithe: Christian this as as
1. as ‘any’ other meat. “Sham-
The meat stalls in the market.
2 The Jews were
vexed with innumerable scruples with
respect tor their eating and were accus- |
tomed : tc ask ‘many quesPions ‘about
their 00d, "as (0 where it was obtained,
how prépared, ete. ; all.of these scruples |
and qiiestionings ‘theizospel abolished. |
26. “arth is: the Lord's.” See Psa,
24:1. This meat belongs to ghe Lord
and is made for man’s use, 1 does not |
belong to the idol, even though: it has
been offered to it.” It may therefore be:
partiken.of as God's gift," 27. “Bid—
feast.” * This refers to a-fégst in a pri-,
‘vate house. In verse¥ 14-2 the apostle!
‘seyerely rebukes the! praciic
¢2> of eating
at feasts in heathen térhples, because
this!was one part of idolatrous wor-’
ship. * If a pagan friend invite a Chris-,
tian to his" home to dine he should eat.
what is set before him without vexing!
his host with questions ahgut his food..
But there is nothing here commanded’
which would require a person to eat or
drink that which is harmful.
28. “Say unto you.” That is, if one
of your fellow.:guests should display
scruples: of conscience, or a heathen:
should be likely to draw the inference
that you approved of idol worship, this
altogetherialters the case. You are no
longer simply eating with thankfulness’
the food set befere you as the gift of
God, but the question ‘of idolatrous
worship of idols as permissible to a
Christian. : 29. . “For. why,” etc. This
verse and the hext as a.little obscure.
The meaning seems. to be that ‘no man
has a right to interfere syith the liberty
enjoyed by anbther, save so far as his
own conscience and conscientious con-
victions are likely to be affected there-
by.’ We must guard. the point of
yielding to another's ‘ednscience, for
we may by obeying a man’s false con-
science confirm his self-conceit, or es-
tablish a false morality. 30. “If I by
grace.” “If I partake with thankful-
ness.’—R, V.
III.” The correct rule of conduct (va.
31-33). . i
31. “Eat, or drink.” = The glory of
God Is to be the end of all our actions.
In themselves eating and drinking are
things indifferent, but there are cir-
cumstances in which they may be mat-
ters of the highest importance. In our
own day, for instance, the question of
using or abstaining from intoxicating
liquors is one which ought to be dealt
with on the same principles which Paul
has laid down in this chapter. Such a
question should be decided on one
round alone, namely, whether by us-
ing them or abstaining from them we
shall best promote the glory of God.
“Do all.” This requires that we should
plan and order our whole life in ac-
cordance with God’s law. “Glory of
God.” To live to God’s glory should be
the high aim of every individual. This
is a sufficient rule to regulate every
man’s conscience and practice.
32. “Give none offense.” See R. V,
Though you may be no better or worse
for eating meat or not eating, yet if
your conduct injures others and leads
them into sin you should abstain en-
tirely. It is far more important that
your brother should not be led into sin
than that you should partake of meat
oR acknowledge is in itself of
no importance. This is a general prin-
ciple whieh should regulate Christian
conduct at all time. “jews.” The
apostle ever avoided offense to his
Kinsmen after the flesh. ‘Gentiles.”
Crossing none of their prejudices where
God's law does not require it.
33. “Please all men.” He did this
so far as he could righteously. ‘May
be saved.” “His main object was to
seek ‘the salvation of all men. This
was the end in view. Salvation ena-
bles men to set aside their own ways
in order to uplift another. Strife over
non-essentials destroys rather than
builds up the wo
Japan's purchases from the United
States in the fiscal year just closed
amounted to $51,724,726.
Charity fis no longer a viriue in Eng-
land, it is a necessity, declares Truth.
Did poverty not exist in this eountry
it would have to be invented, for it is
the poor here that now enable the
ambitious among us, in politics i
ety” or trade, to improve tneir
tion.
Nearly everybody in Abyssinia car-
ries a Robinsen Crusoe straw umbrel-
la, which cannot be closed.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26.
God’s Wonderful Works.—Psa. 40.
1-11. Thanksgiving Service.
It is eminently proper that oace a
year the entire nation publicly ac-
knowledge its obligation to thank God
and praise him for personal and pub-
lic blessings. “Think” and “thank”
are closely related in both language
and morals. Counting our blessings
will logically ‘lead to thankfulness.
Consider at this service:
Thanksgiving is as old as the race.
A’ special time set apart to publicly
give thanks is nearly as old. The
Jewish nation had its feast which was
a close type and forerunner of our
annual Thanksgiving. The Pilgrim
Fathers instituted the custom here.
During the days of. the civil war it
became a national custom. It is the
universal “home day” of scattered
families. It has its origin in the nat-
ural gratitude which one feels who
thinks of the wonderful works cf God.
It is the proper and appropriate ser-
vice of a rational creature in view of
the mercies of his Creator and Pro-
vider. it has a special significance
to the Christian in view of his per-
sonal salvation. ’
Reasons for Thanksgiving. These
are numerous and to most people ob-
vious. We are depeadent on God for
our daily bread. The prosperity of
the year and the bountiful crops of
the fields lead to thankfulness, The
joys of life, health, friends, and fam-
ily lead to gratitude. The spiritual
blessings of the year have been
numerous. To some who read these
lines the selvation of children and
loved ones during the year are causes
of thanks. The revival that has visit-
ed your church and League, the uplift
that has come to you and yours, is a
special cause of gratitude, . To each
and to all Thanksgiving comes with
some special reason for joy and glad-
ness. Write out a list of personal
bléssings this year, and you will be
surprised at the number of them. °
Expression of Thanksgiving. This
should be both with voice aad life.
David opened his mouth and gave
praise to God. So ought we to do. In
the League service and in the church
prayer meeting let us. this week
praise God in song, in testimony, an
in prayers of praise. Then let us live
a thankful life as well as talk thanks-
giving. Show merey and help to some
needy family. Give a special offering
to some worthy cause. Express in
every possible: way the gratitude of
your, ‘heart for “God’s wonderful
works.” It is well to feel thankful; it
is better to .express our thanks fre-
quently. and constantly. :
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES
NOVEMBER TWENTY-SIXTH.
God's Wonderful] Works.—Ps. 40:1-11.
(Thanksgiving Service.)
Our trust in God is not complete
until we cause others to trust, nor
ur praise until we cause others to
praise,
A man is blessed in proportion as
he does not trust in what is not
trustworthy, and does trust in Him
who is: worthy of confidence.
Our blessings from God cannot be
numbered, but’ God likes to have us
try to number them, and the enum-
eration ‘does us good. :
God evidently delights to serve His
children; shall not His children de-
light to serve their God?
Suggestions. -
Nothing that God does for us but
is wonderful and the more we under-
stand it, the more wonderful it
seems.
It is a man’s duty to learn all he
can about God’s creation, because thus
he learns more about God.
The worshipping spirit sees God
everywhere, and adores the Almighty
in the gift of a slice of bread as if
it were a golden crown.
No thoughts of praise
without words of praise.
Good Books.
Our societies have a mission in the
matter of reading. In what better
way can we influence lives than by
setting our members to reading good
books?
‘Where a public library is accessible,
appoint a library committee whose
members will each week speak in the
society about some noble book to ke
found in the library.
Set up a bulletin board, on which
the good-literature committee will
post notices of the brightest books
and magazine articles accessible to
the Endeavorers.
Where there is no library, organize
a book club or society library. You
could make no better beginning than
with noble biographies of Christian
Heroes.
Get the members of the society to
agree to read an average of half an
hour a day, and offer a prize for the
are long
best list of bocks so read in “the
course of a vear.
Call at some social for lists of
books read during the year, each En-
deavorer to make out the list from
memory. « Appoint a committee ‘So
judge which is best.
If all the statesmen out West get
into the ‘habit of throwing away their
railroad passes there is likely to be
a considerable increase of dividends
on railrcad stock, prophesies the Piail-
adelphi 3
a PreEs.
When men talk of women lacking
“nerve,” says Motoring - Illustrated,
they forget that fexininity has the
courage to wear the matinee hat in
the face of the hatred and obloguy of
hundreds who sit behind her.
About 100 years more will be re-
quired to complete the work of mak-
ing a topographical map of the eoun-
try, which was begun by the United
States Government in 1882.