Raising Real Men » Thanksgiving http://www.raisingrealmen.com Surviving, Teaching, and Appreciating Boys Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:27:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Five Kernels of Corn http://www.raisingrealmen.com/2009/11/five-kernels-of-corn/ http://www.raisingrealmen.com/2009/11/five-kernels-of-corn/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:52:16 +0000 Melanie http://www.raisingrealmen.com/?p=748 Thanksgiving-Brownscombe

Thanksgiving at our house finds us gathered around the table with five kernels of corn alone on each plate. A child rises and reads the poem, Five Kernels of Corn. We pray and thank the Lord for his bountiful provision for us. As we pile into the feast, the topic of conversation is the blessings of God of the past year. This year we have much to be thankful for!

Five Kernels of Corn
by Hezekiah Butterworth

‘Twas the year of the famine in Plymouth of old,

The ice and the snow from the thatched roofs had rolled;
Through the warm purple skies steered the geese o’er the seas,
And the woodpeckers tapped in the clocks of the trees;
And the boughs on the slopes to the south winds lay bare,
and dreaming of summer, the buds swelled in the air.
The pale Pilgrims welcomed each reddening morn;
There were left but for rations Five Kernels of Corn.
Five Kernels of Corn!
Five Kernels of Corn!
But to Bradford a feast were Five Kernels of Corn!

 

“Five Kernels of Corn! Five Kernels of Corn!
Ye people, be glad for Five Kernels of Corn!”
So Bradford cried out on bleak Burial Hill,
And the thin women stood in their doors, white and still.”
Lo, the harbor of Plymouth rolls bright in the Spring,
The maples grow red, and the wood robins sing,
The west wind is blowing, and fading the snow,
And the pleasant pines sing, and arbutuses blow.
Five Kernels of Corn!
Five Kernels of Corn!
To each one be given Five Kernels of Corn!”

 

O Bradford of Austerfield hast on thy way,
The west winds are blowing o’er Provincetown Bay,
The white avens bloom, but the pine domes are chill,
And new graves have furrowed Precisioners’ Hill!”
Give thanks, all ye people, the warm skies have come,
The hilltops are sunny, and green grows the holm,
And the trumpets of winds, and the white March is gone,
Five Kernels of Corn!
Five Kernels of Corn!
Ye have for Thanksgiving Five Kernels of Corn!

 

“The raven’s gift eat and be humble and pray,
A new light is breaking and Truth leads your way;
One taper a thousand shall kindle; rejoice
That to you has been given the wilderness voice!”
O Bradford of Austerfield, daring the wave,
And safe through the sounding blasts leading the brave,
Of deeds such as thine was the free nation born,
And the festal world sings the “Five Kernels of Corn.”
Five Kernels of Corn!
Five Kernels of Corn!
The nation gives thanks for Five Kernels of Corn!
To the Thanksgiving Feast bring Five Kernels of Corn!
]]> http://www.raisingrealmen.com/2009/11/five-kernels-of-corn/feed/ 0 Announcing our Big Thanksgiving Sale!!! http://www.raisingrealmen.com/2009/11/announcing-our-big-thanksgiving-sale/ http://www.raisingrealmen.com/2009/11/announcing-our-big-thanksgiving-sale/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:31:59 +0000 Melanie http://www.raisingrealmen.com/?p=739 “Should we have a Black Friday or Internet Monday sale?” one of us asked.

“Of course! Raising Real Men would make a great Christmas gift – encouragement you can wrap up as a gift – but let’s call it a Thanksgiving sale. We are so thankful for God’s gifts, this is a way we can give away some of the blessings He’s shown us.”

Raising Real Men makes a great gift for your pastor:

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As a special Christmas gift from us to you, every order placed between now and Monday, November 30th at midnight EST,  will receive free a CD of our workshop on how to build family unity through family traditions, holiday celebrations and more. It is one of the most popular workshops we do and it’s yours free with an order!

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