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President Washington established the
custom officially in the United States, but
men ha ve fervently thanked their Gods
for blessings in all ages and every clime
HE goddess of the Roman harvest was Ceres. Her festival
was celebrated annually and was called Ceralia. It was a day
of worship and rustic sports. Men and women formed pro
cessions and went to the fields with music. Virgil refers to this
festival. He mentions the sacrifices that. were offered In the
temples, and alludes to the ' joyousness of . the occasion. But
Roman thanksgiving days were not confined to this annual
celebration of the festival of Ceralia. Sometimes they were
held in commemoration of victorious martial campaigns. Plu
tarch tells us of the emperor who to conceal his defeat ordered
a thanksgiving., which was observed-. Then when the facts of
his disastrous campaign became generally known, he excused
himself on the ground that he did not "wish to deprive the people of a day
of enjoyment."
In. one way or. another, a thanksgiving day has been observed in
Christian Europe for centuries before its celebration' in New England. On
the continent, and for a time In England, It occurred at Martlnmris, which
was a My of feasting and drinking. Occasionally, too, civil authorities recom
mended the observance of some fixed day. To celebrate the victory of King
Henry V of England, at Agincourt, October 25, 1415, a public thanksgiving
was held on Sunday, the feast of St. Edward, the King and Confessor. Such
a day, too, was observed in Leyden, Holland, October 3, 1575, the first anni
versary of that city from the siege by the Spaniards.
Many Instances of a thanksgiving day can be pointed out in England
during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In 1559, the second year of
Elizabeth's reign, Thanksgiving day entered Rogation day. Then it was
ordered that thanks should be givek to Almighty God "for the Increase and
abundance of his fruits upon the. earth." In this reign, too, there was a
great , national thanksgiving day that is worthy of note. This occurred
Tuesday, November 19, 1558, and was in commemoration of the great victory
over the "Invincible Armada."
One legal and annual thanksgiving day, because of the long time it was
such, deserves special mention. After the traitors in the Gunpowder plot
had been tried and punished in 1605, it was ordered that because of their
deliverance the English people should keep the fifth of November every year
"as a public thanksgiving day to Almighty God ; that unfeigned thankfulness
may never be forgotten, and that all ages to come may yield praises to God's
divine majesty for the same." The "fifth of November" continued a legal
thanksgiving day for more than two centuries ; but in later years it fell Into
disuse, and in 1833 was abolished by parliament.
Long before the advent of the Pilgrims in Massachusetts, all rituals
contained expressions of gratitude to God for his mercies. In -that of the
Church of England, special prayers were provided for the Sunday service.
This service, however, must be carefully distinguished from the Thanksgiv
ing day of the Pilgrim fathers. Failure to make this distinction has led to
the groundless claim that" the Popham colonists were "the first to keep
Thanksgiving day" In America. The service at Monhegan, on which this
claim is based, was the regular Sunday service of the Church of England;
and while it had an element of thanksgiving, the day can in nowise be re
garded as a thanksgiving day as that term Is understood.
The record made in his "Breeches Bible" by William White, who came
over In the Mayflower, has far more significance in determining the origin
of our American Thanksgiving day than the event at Monhegan. The record
read: "William White married on ye 3rd day of March, 1620, to Susannah
Tilly, Peregrine White born on board ye Mayflower in Cape Cod Harbor.
Sonne born to Susannah White 19th ye six o'clock morning. Next day we
meet for prayer and thanksgiving." This meeting "for prayer and thanks
giving" was not on Sunday, but on Tuesday. The fact that It was not a part
of the regular Sunday service makes it more pearly accord with our idea
of Thanksgiving day than does the Monhegan event.
The prototype of our present Thanksgiving day is found in the harvest
festival at Plymouth in 1621. The long winter that followed the establish
ment of the colony had been so severe that less than half the settlers had
survived it. "At one time during the winter only Brewster, Standish, and
five other hardy ones were well enough to get about." In the spring and
summer that fmlowed, their fortunes Improved, and by autumn they had
cleared 26 acres and made It ready for cultivation. This Industry, too, had
been rewarded by a bounteous harvest. Now food and fuel sufficient for
the needs of the approaching winter were laid In. Then Governor Bradford
ordered a thanksgiving the first In America.
The first thanksgiving was not for a day only. It continued a week.
In a letter to a friend in England, Edward Winslow has given us a brief
account of the festivities. This letter bears date of December 11, and in it
Winslow wrote: "Our harvest being gotten In, our Governor sent four men
on fowling that so we might after special manner rejoice together after we
had gathered the fruits of our labors. They killed as much fowl as with
a little help beside served the company about a week. At which times
among other recreations we exercise our arms, many of the Indians coming
'amongst us, and among the rest their greatest king, Massasoyt, with some
ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted, and they went
out and killed five deer which they brought and bestowed on our-Governor
and upon the captains and others."
The records make no mention of a thanksgiving day In the next year,
but in the year following, 1623, such a day was held. This, however, was not
in the autumn, but in July on the arrival of provisions from England. Nearly
50 years pass before we hear of another thanksgiving day at Plymouth.
There was one in 1668, and another for the accession of the Orange Stuarts,
William and Mary, in 1689. An autumnal thanksgiving was held in 1690, the
last in the history of Plymouth colony,
Independently of Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay colony had occasionally
its own thanksgiving days. There was such a day for the "safe arrival of
ships," July 8, 1630; and again the next February, when the provision ship,
Ambrose, arrived. In 1632, the general court ordered a "publique" thanks
giving day in recognition of the "m'cy of God vouchsafed to the churches
of God in Germany and the Pallatinate," The next year the court, because
of the bountiful harvest, appointed October 16 as a thanksgiving day the
first harvest festival in the history of the colony. By 1680 the autumnal
thanksgiving had become an annual festival. No doubt In its games and
sports It took the place of the English Christmas, for until comparatively
recent date all that savored of Rome and the episcopacy was held in dis
favor In Massachusetts.
During the Revolution Thanksgiving day became national. All through
the war, congress annually set apart a day for thanksgiving; but after the
"Thanksgiving for Peace" in 1783, there were no more until Washington
became president in 1789. On October 3 of this year at New York he issued
a proclamation asking the observance of Thursday, November 26, as a day
for national thanksgiving. This was the beginning of the orthodox "last
Thursday" that has since been named in presidential proclamations. By
this time the festival had general official recognition throughout New Eng
land, and in this year, 1789, the Protestant Episcopal prayer books recognized
the authority of civil government In the appointing of thanksgiving days.
The chief differences between the two was the want of ceremony at Ply
mouth that characterized the English festival. In some parts of England
the merry-making was around the "noddingsheaf," or "kern baby;" and in
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many places the last load of the harvest was drawn to the barn in a wagon vXV f)
called the "hoch cart." In front went pipe and tabor, and around it eath- J
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ered the reapers, male and female, singing joyously as they proceeded
Plymouth there was no ceremony,
Opinions Differ.
"Men are like wagons," remarked
the man who dispenses aphorisms.
"They make the most noise when
empty."
"Your .trolley to off the wire," re-
Joloeil ith tyQ? person. "A man
makes the most noise when he to.fulL"
His Only Hope.
"Tell me," spake the easy mark,
what sort of a girl should I propose
to?"
"She should be rich," rejoined the
female fortune teller, "and If you ex
pect her tp accept you, she must, also
Advice That Failed.
, Rich Uncle What I Broke again?
You ought to take Solomon's advice to
the sluggard about going to the ant
for
Nephew (Interrupting) So . I did,
uncle, hut aunt says she is In the same
debiorable coadltlnn. .
'(By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director pi
the Sunday School Course in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright. 1916, 'Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 26
A LIVING SACRIFICE.
LESSON TEXT Romans 12.
GOLDEN TEXT Present your bodies
a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto
God, which is your spiritual service.
Rom. 12:1 R. V.
The first 11 chapters of this let
ter teach and illustrate the great
principles of the Christian life. Paul
calls It "mv Gosnel." Its funda-
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The secon'd section is the practical , ap
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I. The Exhortation to Gratitude
(w. 1-2). "Therefore," because of the
work of Christ on our behalf, we are
to present cur bodies as living
sacrifices unto God, to be used for
his glory, and service, (See chapter
6 :13, 16, 19). Paul urges, he beseeches ;
he Is winsome, though he might com
mand. To "present" technically means,
"bring an offering to God." The body
is the sum of all human faculties,
physical and spiritual. It must not be
defiled by being yielded as an instru
ment to sin, for It Is the temple of
God. (1 Cor. 3:1617). A "Living Of
fering," (not as the bodies of slain "
animals offered by Jews) Is a conse
cration of the body, and not a destruc
tion of life. The original means that
this the offering of ourselves as a
living sacrifice is a reasonable, ra
tional service. God has the right of
ownership of every member of our
body, and there never was a day when
there was greater need of insisting
upon a Christianity that affects the
bodies of men than today. Hands, lips,
ears, eyes every member should be
constantly presented to him who pur
chased it by the blood of his own Son.
(I Cor. 6:20; I Pet. 1:18-19.) Tnis
is a spiritual, religious service be
cause It Is our spirit which presents
the offering of the body which he in
habits. Too many of us are "fash
ioned according to this age."
II. The Expression of Gratitude
(w. 3-8). Or the right use of the gifts
of God. (1) Avoid "self-conceit" (w.
3-5). These verses indicate how im
portant this subject is. Conceit Is en
tertaining an exaggerated opinion of
one's 'own' ability. The church has
many members, and they do not all
have the same office ; there is a variety
In the unity of the body. So in the
church there are many "members in
one body," each of which Is Important ;
all are essential. (2) "Prophecy"
(v. 6), not necessarily foretelling, but
the revelation of spiritual truth and
experience according to the propor
tion of our faith (Ps. 39:3), the.llving,
spiritual experience of the presence of
God within us. (3) "Ministry" (v. 7).
The business side of the church, col
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tion to the poor. Some can best at
tend to such business. Many churches
fail by not selecting wise leaders for
this work. (4) "He that teacheth."
Oh, I tell ye, I've got a wonderful
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