The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-24

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Sabbath Lessons.
Notable Days.


name. Our God is the only living and
true God, the infinite and sovereign God,
sublime In majesty, perfect in holiness
ana IN all His attributes. Who is like
Unto Thee, o Lord among the gods
Who is like Thee, glorious in holiness,
fearful in praises, doing wonders?" For
what He is angels around Gods throne
are constantly praising Him.
what a glorious world this is for one
who wishes to develop all the better e1e-
ments OF human nature! Nothing lack
Ing which we could desire for most thor
ough training and discipline!
Then to think of all the past progress
or nation. church and race how wond-
derfully has God led us. All realms are
open to us-scienee, philosophy art his
tory, religion, society. industry and liter
AZURE All the past, present and future,
life and death, are ours.
LET US BE THANKFUL.
The Epworth league topic for Nov. "a
Is found In Isaiah XIV. IS. In this les
son the prophet praised God for his judg-
ments and saving benefits. The spirit of
thankfuiness and Thanksgiving should
nave very prominent place in our
Chr1stlan lives. We are enjoined by the
Woro or Coo to engage in many religious
duties, such as prayer, study, meditation,
but to none of these duties is that of
thanksgiving placed second. Gods word
throughout calls upon us to praise the
Lord, to eNalt His name at all times and
IN everything to give thanks"
The religious history of the world il
lustrates to US very clearly the natural
ness and appropriateness of thanksgiv-
ing to God. Nature as well as scripture
enforces the duty of thanksgiving. The
first forms of worship among all nations
were affairs and sacrifices, the purpose
of which was to express thanksgiving to
God for some recognized blessing. 1T is
as the giver of benefits that man seems
first to have recognized God One of the
earliest forms of religion was sun wor-
ship. and the reason. for selecting the
sun as the object of religious regard was
the manifest fact that from the sun man
derives so many and such great blessings.
The very name God is probably a modi-z
hcation Of the root gut or good and
was given to the Supreme Being by our
Anglo-Saxon forefathers in recognition of
His goodness in bestowing upon us SO
many blessings. The first religious ut
terances seem to have the shape of
hymns rather than prayers. and hymns
or psalms form the most antique portions
of our rituals" This natural tendency to
thank God pervades us, as it did those
follow in the footsteps of the ancients
and foster and cultivate.
The spirit of gratitude is character
istic of the noblest human nature. No
trait in men is SO base as ingratitude.
To receive benefits and not to appreciate
and acknowledge the obligation under
which they place us to the giver shows
heart where selfshness crowds out all
the higher and better qualities.
Not to recognize God as the giver of the
best we have in this life speaks loudly
of thoughtlessness, if not of something
baser, in us. Much of purest devotion
and sweetest spiritual communion and
comfort comes in the times of quiet re-
tirement, when we shut out all the world,
and just think of the home, friends, OPP
portunities, enjoyments, hopes, prospects,
promises and successes which have been
given us and turn in humble gladness and
gratitude to God as the one who has
guided and given all to us.
Every good and perfect gift cemeth
from above" For temporal. spiritual in
dividual, family and national blessings
we should cease not to thank Almighty
God.
NOTABLE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
Nov. "a is the twenty fifth Sunday after
memoranda for 1901. 1t is also the an
niversary of the birth, in 1882, of Bene-
dict Spinoza, the Dutch philosopher; also
of Laurence Sterne, in 1713, the English
author and humorist.
Nov. % is Labor day and legal holi-
day in New Orleans. 1t is also the an
-niversary of this day in 1888 when the
British evacuated New York, and the
III in for
the presence of armed foreign troops.
1t was formerly holiday in the city of
New York.
Nov % is the day of ST. Catherine, the
patroness of Venice, of philosophy and
belles-lettres. of maidens and against
diseases of the tongue. She was queen
of Egypt who became Christian, and
was martyred. In art she is represented
with a wheel, upon which an attempt
had been to break her
Nov. 26 is the anniversary of the birth
in 1871 of William Cowper, an eminent
English poet.
Nov q is the anniversary of the
BIRTH in 1T46, of Robert r. Livington,
who was American minister to France
after the purchase of Louisiana was ac-
complished.
Nov % is Thanksgiving day, in accord
ance with the proclamation of President
Roosevelt. The first presidential recogni-
ton of a day of thanksgiving was when
President Washington named Jan. 1, 1885
The custom of giving thanks In the au-
tumn of the year for the blessing of the
harvest goes far back into the early his
tory of mankind. The first Thanksgiving
proclamation issued in America was by
II 1erri,a Dlryr,, o,,th No in
on which Nov. % was named, the same
being Thursday.
Nov. 90 is the anniversary of the birth
on Friday, in 1911. of Wendell Phillips.
lecturer and reformer; also of Louisa
May Alcott on a Friday in 1893, delight
full writer of stories for the young.
Nov. 80 is the day of st. Andrew,
apostle and patron saint Of Scotland. He
is supposed to have suffered death on
cross in the form of an x, thence known
as ST. Andrews cross.