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(I tw IxV w ' MtTMlONAL StMSOHOL s LE5S0N (By B. O, SELLERS, Director of Eve- nlntc Department Tho Moody Blblo In stitute of Chicago.) LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 24 It Peruna a Laxative? gHSSIH gggBSafot o&i"& VI ggggggggKglgflgW&fl I am in re ceipt of a letter from a median ic who is at tha hoad of a pros perous house hold. Peruna has been used in his family for a good many years. Ho writes sb fol lows: "Ab you know, wo have used Peruna in our homo for a num ber of years. l f U t iaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaWMWMBgyi5lgaaaaay'av "' geaaaaaaaaaaaaasaagearri gg rr "tBgew' SIL7a?-'BSS35Bt3dMcywlBK!9P'' ' " w -T "I rv fOiZWi liwPgsiiiBg!MgiiiiiiiiiWi''1 ' gsV l-wi' BHBI'5'iBBBBii BBBmbBBBS? K v JiT JJi ksPBrIBjVmbmbJkhSS gi.'RigflBBBBw '''''': ' P . 4 llff HANKSQIVINO day as It U now celebrated Is a composite of the ancient Harvest festival, whoso orlglnB go back to the dim pro-historic begin nings of civilization, and of the solemn Puritan rellglouB ccromony of thanksKlvlne. Tim Inv- ouh celebration of the gathering of tho year's harvest, a day or week of feast ing, song, danco and revel, 1b found In all ages and among all peoples. Thanksgiving days are also common to all religions, paBt and present, but thoy wore uot regular or periodical events occurring generally after some victory of war. "Tho Puritans and the Pilgrims brought with them from Kngland both tho Harvest festi val and the Thanksgiving, days, tho lattar bolng observed whenever tho deeply religious mind of tho Puritan aw In their prosperity or good for tuno tho direct intervention of Provi dence Tho Puritan also stripped tho ancient Harvest festival of much of its rude Uconso that had grown up around the oolobratlon In England, and grad ually through the two centuries fol lowing tho Botlemont of New England, there grew up tho practlco of combin ing tho two events and making tho Thankglving annual. Tho religious element has been greatly subordinated M tho years passed until at tho pres ent time it is to a majority of Ameri cans only an Incident that by many Is observed only In tho breach. To tho stern old Purltnn.of almost three centuries ago, tho Thanksgiving day of 1912 would seem Uttlo less than sacrilege so far as tho thlnksglving feature of it Is concerned. Dut he would understand and appreciate tho day's feasting and revel as a part of the celebration of tho Harvest festl tbI. The difference is apparent in tho records of tho early settlement ot America. The flMt thanksgiving serv ice hold In North America was ob served with religious ceremonies con ducted by an English minister in the year 1578 on the shores of Newfound land. This clergyman, accompanied the expedition undor Froblsher, who settled the first English colony in America. The records of this signifi cant day have been preserved in tho quaint rules and regulations of the ex pedition as follows: . "In primus: To banish swearing, dlco and card playing, and filthy com munication, and to Bervo God twice a day with the ordinary sorvlco of tho Church of England. On Monday morn ing, May 27, 1578, aboard tho Ayde, wo received all, tho communication by tho minister of Gravcscnd, prepared m good Christians toward God, and resolute inon for all fortunes; . . . and MaUter Wolfall made unto us a goodlyo sermon, exhorting all espe cially to be thankful to God for Ills Btrango and marvelous deliverance In thoso dangerous places." The second record of a thanksgiving sorvlco In America 1b that of tho Pop ham colony which Bottled at Sngada lioo on tho Maino coast In 1G07. It consisted of prayer and sermon as In tho first Instance. Theso wore thanks giving days puro nnd simple, nnd after tho BOttlement ot Plymouth many oth ers of a similarly solemn religious na ture occurred. Tho first Harvest festival hold In America was upon December 13, 1621. It has been called, wrongly, the first autumnal thanksgiving held In Amer ica, but it waa in reality tho observ ance of the Harvest festival, with which the Bottlers had been acquaint ed in England. It was not a day sot apart for religious worship and it Is not likely that any religious service was held; on the contrary, It was the beginning of a whole week of festiv ity in celebration ot the successful garnering of their first harvest 1b their new home. Qalntly does "Mourt'a Relation" chronicle the event: "Our harvest being gotten in, our Governour Bent fouro men on fowling, that so wo might after a more speclall manner rojoyco together, after we had gathered the fruit of our labours: they fouro In ono day killed as much fowlc, as with a Uttlo helpo beside, rcrved tho Company nlmost a wceko, at which tlmo amongst other Recrea tions, wo exercised our Armes, many of tho Indians coming amongst us, and amongst tho rest their greatest King Massasoyt, with some nlnetie men, whom for three dayes we enter tained and feasted, and they wont out and killed Dcero, which thoy brought to the plantation nnd bestowed upon tho Captalno, and others. And al though it bo not alwayes so plentiful, as it was at this tlmo with us, yet by tho goodncsso of God, we are so farre from want, that wo often wish you partakers of our plentio." While the bill of fare of this first American celebration of tho Harvest festival has not been preserved tho feast was no doubt a royal one oven If some of tho food and tho methods of preparation would seem strange nnd outlandish to present day Amer icans. Tho provisions must have been bountiful for thero wero about 140 persons Including tho 90 of Mas sasolt's company who were enter tained for thrco days, and all had tholr sharo of supplies. From other Eourcea wo know that tho foods of the sea wero abundant nnd that tho Pilgrims had mado tho acquaintance of tho oyster. Ducks thoy had In plenty of tho choicest species and also geese. Game, from grouse to veni son, was brought in from tho forest in abundance, and there was a "great Btoro" of wild turkoys. Barley loaf and cakes of corn meal wero highly THANKSGIVING By AMELIA E. BARR. "Have you cut tho wheat in the blowing fields, Tho barley, the oats, and tho ryo, Tho golden corn and tho pearly rice? For the winter days are nigh." "Wo have reaped them all from shore to shore, ' And tho grain Is safo on tho threshing floor." "Havo you gathered tho borrles from tho vino, And the fruit from tho orchard trees? Tho dew and tho scent from tho roses and thyme, In tho hive of tho honoy bees?" "The peach and tho plum and tho npplo nro ours, And tho honeycomb fiom tho scented flowers." "Tho wealth of tho snowy cotton field And tho gift of tbo sugar cano, Tho savory herb nnd tho nourishing root Thero has nothing been given In vnln." "Wo have gathered tho harvest from shoro to shore, And tbo measure is full and brimming o'er." Then lift up tho hend with a songl And lift up tho hand with a glttl To tho ancient Giver of -all Tho spirit In gratitude lift! For tho Joy nnd tho promlso of spring, For tho hay and tho clover sweet, Tho barloy, the ryo, nnd tho oats, Tho rlco and tho corn and tho wheat, Tho cotton and sugar and fruit, The flowers and tho flno Tho country, so fair and so free, The blossinga and glory ot home. & "KtttvY prized by the colonists and played their part in the feast For vege tables tho Pilgrims had much tho samo as they had in England, Gov. Bradford's list naming beans, pease, parsnips,' carrots, turnips, onions, melons, cucumbers, radishes, "sklr ets," beets, coleworts, and cabbages, In addition to wheat, ryo, barley and oats. Besides theso they had tho lndlgcous squash and pumpkin, and it may bo taken for granted that a care ful Pilgrim housowife had preserved during tho summer by drying a quan tity of strawberries, gooseberries and "raspis." Take it altogether, .the food basis of tho first Harvest Thanksgiv ing day celebration In America waB much the same as today. Dut if tho good housewife of today was obliged to prepare the thanksgiv ing feast with the utensils and incon veniences of tho kitchen of threo cen tures ago sho probably would throw up her hands in hopeless despair. Tho kitchen with its great glowing fire placo was tho housowlfo's domain and the general living room ot the entire family. Tho walls and the floor were bare and tho furniture meager and comfortless, while tho kitchen furnish ings wero odd nnd strange It was in this great cavernous chimney that tho Pilgrim wlfo cooked her thanksgiving dinner. Placed high up in the yawn ing chimney wnB tho heavy backbar, or lug-hole, of green wood, afterwards displaced by the great Iron crano. It was beyond reach of tho flames, and from it hung a motley collection of hooks of various lengths and weights. Thoy had many different names, such as pot-hooks, pot-hangles, pot-clawB, pot-clops, trammels, crooks,- hakes, gallow-balko, words that would puz zlo a housowife ot today to define. From theso wero suspended tho pots nnd kettles in whlch tho food was cooked. At both Bides of tho Arc- honeycomb. dfrt I Of &r &R K iVnenrn Mfyvifcm place were large ovons In which bak ing and roasting were done. There were no tin utensils In thoso old dnys and brass kettles were worth $15 a pleco. The utensils were mostly of iron, wood, powter or lat tern ware. Glassware was practically unknown and bottlea wero mado of leather. Wood played a great part in kitchen and tableware. Wooden trenchers from which two ato were used on the table for a century after the settlement at Plymouth. Wood was also used for pana and bread troughs and a host of other things displaced by tin in the modern kitch en. Of wood were made butter pad dles, salt cellars, noggins, keelers, rundlets, and many kinds of drinking bowls which were known under the names of mazers, whlsklns, plgglns, tankards and kannes, words many of which havo disappeared from uso. The dining table of these old days was the old Anglo-Saxon board placed on trestles, and the tablecloth was known as tho "board cloth." .Thus we have tho origin of the time-worn phrase: "Gather around the festive board." And the furnishings of the "board" were simple, inventories of that period mentioning only cups, chafing dishes, chargers, threnchers, salt cellars, knives and spoons. The table fork waB an innovation not yet In general uso; the fingers of the eater wore used to thrust, tho food into tho mouth. Tho spoons wero ot wood and powter mostly. Silver spoons were rare. There was no chlnaware on tho tables of tho early thanksgiving feasts; for no china waro camo over on tho Mayflower. That and tho lack of glassware and silver would make a thanksgiving tablo of tho seventeenth contury look impossible to a housowlfo of today. Complete tho picture by imagining largo trenchors, squaro blocks of wood hollowed out by hand, placed around tho "board" from each of which two people dig their food out with their fingers, and you have an idea of tho manner in which our ancestors cele brated Thanksgiving three centuries ago. Dut It tho kitchen and table furni ture would appear strange to a house wife of today some ot tho dishes served would appear oven stranger. How many housekeepers of today can cook "suppawn" and "samp" from corn meal? Or bako manchot, slm mels, cracknels, jannacks, cocket bread, cheat loaves, or "wasel" bread? Tho colonists did not tako kindly at first to tho pumpkin, which in tho plo form has becomo a distinctive fea ture of tho modern thanksgiving feast. Thoy called them "pomlons" thon, and this Is nwo-lnsplrlng reclpo from which tho colonial housowlfo made "pomplon" plo: "Tako a half pound of Pumplon and sllco it, a handful of Tymo, a Ut tlo Rosemnry, Pnrsloy and Bweot Mar joram slipped off tho stalks, thon tho cinnamon, nutmeg and pepper, and six cloves, and beat them. Thon mix them and beat them together and put In as much sugar as you seo fit; then fry them ' llko a f rolz. After It Is fried lot It stand until It bo cold. Talto sliced apples, thlnno roundo ways, and lay a row of tho frolzo and a layer ot apples with currents betwixt tho layer whllo Jour plo Is fitted, and put In a good deal ot sucet butter boforo you close It. When the plo Is baked tako six yolks of eggs, some white wine or Vergls nnd make a caudlo ot this, but not too thick. Cut up tho lid and put it in. Stir them well together whllBt tho eggs and the pomplons be not perceived and serve it up." Thus ealth tho old cook book, and tho modern housowife who faithful ly follows this recipe can have at least a unique concoction, fearfully and wonderfully made, to grace her Thanksgiving table. ) THE TRANSFIGURATION. LESSON TEXT-Mark 9:2-13. GOLDEN TEXT-"A voice camo out ot the cloud, sayltiK, This Is my beloved Bon? near yo Hlm."-Luko 9:33 K. V. ' 1. On tho Mountain, vv. 2-6. Peter's1 confession is connectod closely with tho lesson for today. Thero Is no rec ord of tho intervening "six days." We are left to surmiuo what of fear and perplexity filled tho minds of tho dls slples after listening to tho words ot Jesus found in Mnrk 8:34 and 9:1. Theso words must certainly have Qlled them with doubt and dismay. As if to meet this condition of mind Jesus takes Peter, James and John, thoso throe partners in business, who wero also present In tho home of Jnirus, and later went with him into the garden, and withdrew to a moun tain, probably Mt. Ilermon. Hero ho pas transformed, I.e., metamorphosed, sompletoly changed in appcaranco; read carefully tho parallel accounts. Paul's Inspired Words. Joined with Jesus thero Btood Moses tho law-giver and Elijah the great reform prophot. What a com mentary as to tho interest of heaven in a dying Messiah and in the glory of that death. . Wo need to read Paul's inspired words (Phil. 2:6,7) in thlB conneo tion. Ho who thought it not a prlz to bo grasped after to bo equal witt od, yet took upon himself the torn of a Blave and was made in tho habit or fashion of a man. Upon the moun tain Jesus reversed tho figure and thi "servant" tho Son of Man revealed e. g., Bhowed forth, tho glorious up pearance of tho Son of God. Tho dis ciples thoro caught a faint glimpse ol that glory which ho had with th Father before tho world was (Johi 17:5). Dut the work of rcdemptloi was not yet accomplished, and sc once more ho turns back upon that glory. Small wonder, though, that ai they beheld theso heavenly visitors Peter should exclaim: "Rabbi, it Is good for ub to bo here; let us make three tabernacles (booths), ono for thee, ono for Moses and .one for Eli jah." Notice, however, that Petet Bpako "for ho wist not what to Bay (v. C). Mark alone records thest words, nnd Mark largely received hla gospel from Poter. Three Heavenly Voices Heard. We havo only to read 2 Peter, 1:16 18 to answer any question as to thli being a vision in tho modorn accept ance of that term. We are also told that tho word "vision" found in verse 9 of tho lesson can bo translated, "things seen." Indeed the disclplei wero "fully awako" (Luko 9:32 R. V.). Tho question as to how the disclplei could recognize Moses and Elijah whom they had never seen, is not at all dlfllcult for the believer. They ap peared "in glory" and when tho glory was withdrawn they saw "no man savo Jesus." This also serves to help answer the question, "Shall wp recognize in glory thoso whom wo havo lost awhile?" Thrco hoavenly voices wero heard Jesus' volco in prayer, his compan ions conversing of that great ovom yet to be accomplished (Luko 9:31 and tho volco of God, "This is my bo loved (only begotten) Son; hear him.' What matters tho opinions ot earth't greatest lawyers and prophets, or tin suggestions ot our dearest friends. Fear fell upon them and they fcl upon their faces In humiliation, but with tender compassion Jesus sak "arlso and bo not afraid." It almost cocms like a rebuke to Peter, who had co freely protested against the sugges tion of the manner, of his death Jesus' trunsflguratlon and tho wordi of his companion, as well as tho com tnnnd of tho Father, wero a vindlca tlon of his authority and a revolatiot In advance of tho supreme wonder ol tho cross. Arising thoy "saw no man save Jesus." It is far better to "see him" than to Bee, hold converse with, or have oommunlon with, the great est ot emrth, past or present, 2. Tho descont, v. 9:13. Ab they descended from tho mountain Jesua charged them to toll no man. Vory different from our modorn method. Dut the need is clearly shown as we read Peter's words (2 Potor, 1:15-21), Poter places great emphasis upon the importance of this experience, dcclar lng himself as an oyowltness of hit "majesty" ao well as tho "honor nnd glory." Potor and tho others could uot talk Intelligently of this oxpcrl enco until after Christ's work wai "finished" upon Calvary, vindicated at tho tomb and glorified on tho day ol PcntccoBt. Ilcnco they "kept that saying with thomselvcs," obeying hit injunction of silence. Tho transfiguration is a glorloui fact; it is, a wondrous light upon thi "(scandal of tho cross;" a wonderfu revelation of tho glory which "ho had boforo tho world;" and it is i prophecy of tho glory yet to be ro vealcd. It -served to help tho dls clplcs during thoso days of darknest and doubt through which thoy wen about to pass and it has boon an in spiration to tho Christian church throughout tho subsequent ngos. II la also a most significant warning "This Is my son, my chosen; hear yt bim;" and a pronouncement upon hti work and office a u. u n " yo nu ii a re- . . TT llnbl household medicine in cntarrhal conditions, coughs, colds nnd grip, and many oth er ailments to which tho family Is subject. But since tho change In the formula of Peruna I do not find it quite as UBoful to myself. My bowels are naturally very active. I cannot tako a cathartic of any sort. It docs me Injury to do sp. Tho old Peruna contained no cathartic ingredient nnd waB thereforo a very useful medi cine to mo. Dut I notice that tho now Peruna hns a slight laxative ac tion, which almost makeB it pro hibitory for me to use. I waB won dering if thero was not some way in which I could obtain tho old Peruna aB you used to make it." To this lettor I made tho following reply: "Yes, tho now Peruna does contain a laxative cloment. You should thereforo tako tho old Peruna (Ka-tar-no) which han no laxative quality. Whllo prescribing tho old Peruna I found It qulto necessary fre quently to prescribe tho Iaxatlvo Man. alln in connection with It. Therefore Mnnalln was combined with Peruna, In order to meet thoBo cases that re quire a laxative. Dut in caso no laxative is required tho objection to the new Peruna you speak of arises. Many of tho people who used to take tho old Peruna found difficulty in tak ing the new Peruna. To meet those cases I am having manufactured tho old Peruna undor tho namo of Katar no, and if you are anxious to get the old Peruna exactly as it used to be made you can do bo." Pe-ru-na, Man-a-lln nnd La-cu-pla manufactured by the Pe-ru-na com pany, Columbus, Ohio. Sold at all drug stores. SPECIAL, NOTICEi Many prons Inquire for The Old-time Peruna. They want the Peruna thnt their Fntherrt and Mothers ul to take. The old rerun a Ih now called Kn tnrtio. If jour drusmlHk or denier dom tipt Keep it for unlo write the Kntnrtio Company, Columbus, Ohio, and they will tell you all about It. Farms for Children. Perhaps tho smallest farms in tho world, each four by eight feet, havo been devised by Mrs. Henry Parsons for tho International Children's School Farm league, and demonstrated in Now York. Kuch child becomes owner of his diminutive farm, In which he works, grows and harvests seven dif ferent kinds of vegetables, and theso are borne by him in triumph to his family. About each farm is an 18-inch pnth, which ho keeps in order; under his instructor it becomes a tiny ob ject lessen in good roads. Counsel of Despair. "I want a piece of mtat without any bone, fat or gristle," said tho bride, on her flrBt trip to market. "Yes, ma'am," replied the butcher. 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