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IVE the gem that d im s the noonTo the nob les t or tonone
- EM ERSON
(mot i f
As touching on kindness— Divine and hum an.
How excel lent is thy loving kindness, O God !
therefore the children of men put their trust under
the shadow of thy wings . —Ps. xxxiv !7.
Come learn with me the perfect song
Which knits the world in music strong !
Come l ift thine eyes to lofty rhymes
Of things with th ings, of times with times.
-Em erson.
His arm lies soft round the l ilies ,Their care is only to be.
Ah , hushed by the tender lesson ,
My God, let me trust in Thee .
The common deeds of the comm on
Are ringing bel ls in the far-away.
!
Let thy soul walk softly in thee
As a saint in Heaven unshod ,For to be alone with silence
Is to be alone with God .
-L. M . Hagem an.
Beautiful is the year in i ts coming, and in its
going most beauti ful and blessed , because it is
a lways!
The year of our Lord .
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To loiter down lone al leys of del ight,And hear the beating of the hearts of trees ,
And think the thoughts tha t lilies speak in whi te
By greenwood poo ls and pleasant passages .— Sidnep Lanier.
B ack of the loaf is the snowy flour,And back of the flour the mill ,
And back of the mill is the shower,And the sun , and the Father
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s will .
That exquisite poise of character which we cal l
lserenity is las t lesson of culture ! i t is the floweringof life, the fruitage of the soul .
I f only we strive to be pure and true ,To each of us there will come an hourWhen the tree of l i fe shall burst into flowerAnd rain at our feet a glorious dower
Of something grander than ever we knew.
Submission,courage
,exertion , these seem to be
the weapons,w ith which we m ust fight l ife 3 long
battle.— Charlotte B ronte.
They are never alone who are accom paniedwith noble thoughts .— Sidney.
This world of God’
s is brighterhan we ever dreamed or know !
I ts burdens growing l ighter,And it
’
s Love that makes it so.
And I'
m thankful that I'
m living ,When Love ’ s blesedness I see ,
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Nea th a Heaven that'
s forgivingWhen the bells ring home to me .
Tomorrow fresh sha l l rise from out the night,And new bapti ! e the indomitableWith courage for the never ending fight.
In the beauty of the liliesChrist was born across the sea
With a glory in His bosomThat transfigures you and me
As He died to make men holyLet me die to make men free .
— !ulia Ward Hom e.
When we think of Good the angels are silent !when we do it they rejoice — Mm Whitney.
The poppies are chalices golden ,! nmatched is the lily
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s art,But the gift unspeakable. precious ,
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Is spent on the contrite heart.!
the marsh hen secre tly builds in the watery! sodB ehold I
d
wil l build me a nest in the greatness ofGo
I w il l fly in the grea tness of God as the m arshhen fl ies
In the freedom that fi lls all the space’
tw ixt themarsh and the skies
By so many roots as the m a rsh grass sends in the
I wil l heartily lay m e a hold on the greatness of
Oh ! like to the grea tness of God is the greatnesswithin
The range of the m arshes, the liberal m arshes ofGlynn .
— Sidney Lanier.
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Death is a sleep — through Christ we wake ,E scape this world of strife !
The garment of salvation take ,And reign in endless l ife .
— W. W. Case.
No one performs an act of kindness , but plantsa flower in his own heart.
The fai thful Christian never outlives h is usefulness.
Do not clamor for spiri tual confectionery ! cult1vate a taste for the sincere milk of the Word .
Happiness generally shuns the abodes of grandeur, and takes up her dwelling with the humblepoor.
-W. W. Case.
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E ach in her place appointed,
The lily dwells serene !She cares not though the this tles blowAnear her lea f o f green !
Her neighbors cannot vex her soulFor she was born a queen .
— Margaret Sangster.
The great thing in the world is not so muchwhere we stand , as in what directionmoving — Oliver Wendell Holm es.
To die is landing some distant shore ,Where bi llows never break , nor tempests roar.
Let your soul s l ie down upon His sweet wil l ,as your bodies l ie down at night. Relax everystrain and lay off every burden .
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And God is wi thin, and around m e !
All good is forever divine !To all who seek it is given ,I t comes by a law divine .
Our rel igious differences mostly spring fromwhat all of us do not know, but pretend to know.
All our humani ties center in our individual ity .
All virtue is the forthputting of individuality .
All sin is the surrender of individual ity .
— Dr. Edersheim .
From the dark chambers o f dejection freed,
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spurning the unprofitable yoke of care,R1se, rise ! The gales of youth shal l bearThy genius forward like a winged steed !
— Wordsworth.
Heaven is not deaf but when man
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s heart isdum b
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I cannot think but God must knowAbout the thing I long for so !I know he is so good and kindI cannot think but he will findSome way to help , some way to showTo me the thing I long for 30.
What we cal l disappointmentsGod
'
s appointments.
Trials are God'
s veiled angels to
A Christian is l ike a diamond flashing manycolors in the l ight of the Son of R1ghteousness.
These are the four s tages
Sine timore et s ine amore !Cum timore et sine am ore !Cum timore et cum amore !Sine timore et cum amore .
— A lfred Edersheim , D . D.
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He prayeth best who lovest bestAll things both great and smal l !
For the dear God who loveth usHe made and loveth all .
— Coleridge .
Let us not be amused wi th beautiful theories ,when we ought to be awed by subl ime facts .
Mere secular education is l ike the rainbowwhich has its beginning and i ts end in earth .
Christian education is the rainbow inverted. I tbegins in heaven , descends with i ts beauti ful arch ,il luminates and gladdens the earth with its l ight,rises upward again , and is lost in the heavens .
— W. W. Case.
God never would send you the darkness,I f he thought you could bear the l ight !
But you would not cl ing to his guiding hand,
I f the way were always bright !And you would not care to walk by fai th ,Could you a lways walk by sight.
He makes a road of our broken works ,And a rambow of our tears .
Prayer is not conquering God ' s rel uctance !but taking hold o f God
’
s will ingness.
Thou must believe and thou must venture,
In fearless Fai th thy safety dwells !By miracles alone men enterThe glorious land of m iracles .
— Schiller.
Space is as noth ing to spirit the deed is outdoneby the doing !
The heart of the wooer is warm , but warm er theheart of the wooing !
And up from the pits where these sh iver, and upfrom the heights where those shine ,
Twin voices and shadows swim s tarward , and theessence of l i fe is divine.
—Richard Realf.
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I f there be a weaker one ,Give me strength to help him on !a blinder soul there be ,Let me guide h im nearer Thee .
Wisdom is knowing what to do next ! skillknowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.David Starr l ordan.
Like the blind spinner in the sunI tread my days !
I know that al l the threads wil l runAppointed way.
— Helen Hunt jackson.
I think that man is vastly superior to womanas man ! and woman is vastly superior to manas woman ! and that both of them together aremore than a match for either of them separately.
—H enry Ward B eecher.
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He is coming, 0 my spirit ! with His everlastingpeace ,
W ith His blessedness immortal and complete.
He is coming, 0 my spirit ! and His comingbrings release
I lis ten for the coming of His feet .-Lym an A llen.
It is not the things we have to bear that give usthe most sorrow — it is the spirit in which bear
that causes the great trouble .
Deep m al ice makes deep incision ,Forget, forgive .
— Shakespeare.
Life rriy
y be lived withoso o
hnea grace ,
That the music of l ife is 1nterpreted
In the l ines of a wrinkled face .
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A voice from the l ily-bells calling,
Rang out on the even air clear0 ye blossoms ! awake , in the gardens !The Lord of the flowers comes near !
0 awake ! in the field and woodland ,
The Maker of blosom s is here .
- ! essie O’
Donnell .
To educate the heart, one must be willinggo out of himsel f, and to come into loving contact with others . -! am es Freem an Clark.
0 keep not your kindness for my cold , dead brow !My path is lonely— let me feel your kindness now,
Think kindly of me— I am travel-worn !My faltering feet are pierced with many a thornFor friendship and for love I pleadWhen dreamless rest is mine I shal l not needThe sympathy for which I long to-day ,To give some brightness to my weary way.
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Trials must and wil l befall !But, with hum ble faith , to see
Love inscribed upon them all ,This is happiness to
— Cowper.
Our greates t glory i s not never fa ll ing,in rising every time we fall .
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Hope best, get ready worst,and then take what sends .
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Christianity wil l some day summon Science tothe bar of the world
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s judgment as her strongestW itness and m ost hopeful ally.
— Spurgeon.
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Boysflying ki tes haul in their white
-winged birds !You can t do that way when you
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re flying words .Thoughts unexpressed may sometim es fal l back
deaBut God himsel f can
'
t kill them when they'
re said.
Will Carlton.
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sorrow is the m ere rust o f the soul. Activi tyW l ll cleanse and brighten it.
’Tis better to l ive r ich than rich .— Dr.
!ohnson.
'Tis easy enough to be pleasantWhen l ife flows by like a song,
But the man worth while ,I t. the man with a smileWhen every thing goes dead wrong.
— E lla Wheeler Wilcox.
Try to be too strong for worry , too noble foranger
,and too brave for fear.
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0 Master, let me walk wi th theeIn lowly paths of serv ice free !Tell me thy secret ! let me bearThe stain of toil , the feet of care.
— Selected.
An artificial flower is scarcely to be distinguishedfrom a genuine one ! but put them out in a drenching shower, and the difference is immediately discerned.
There is both an outer and an inner l ife ! theouter li fe l ies open to the observations of the many
We do not know our most intimate friends ,and we ourselves are often made painful ly conscious of the fact that we are not understood.
We are misjudged and must walk alone . We
all know what it is to walk alone — W. W. Case.
The air for the wing o f a sparrow,
The brush for the robin and wren ,But always the path that is narrowAnd straight for the children of men.
-A lice Carey.
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May there be just clouds enough over your l ifeto cause a glorious sunset.
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Get thy spindle and thy distaff, and God wi llsend the flax.
The ris ing of Christ— an entreatyHands reached to the seas as he saith ,Have faith ! and all seas are repea ting,Have Fai th ! Have Fai th ! Have Fai th !Look starward ! stand far and unearthy ,
Free-souled as a banner unfurled .
Be worthy , O brother , be worthy ,For a God was the price of the world .
joaquin M iller.
Charity and personal force are the only two in
vestments worth anything — Whitm an.
I t is my habit,— I hope I may say my natureto believe the best I hear o f people , rather thanthe worst.— C . W. Curtis.
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Let me see a man work hearti ly , talk heartily,eat heartily , and shake hands heartily , and in m y
heart I thank him heartily for setting me such ahearty example. — Bowden Green.
A plant in the window grew and grew,
But i t yielded naught that was fair to view !
Till at las t one ’ day a flower fairLike a spirit of beauty rested there .The ugliest shape may be found to holdA soul of the loveliest, rarest mold ,And blossom time comes , be it soon or late ,For him who has patience to work and wait.
Silence is great peacemaker.— Longfellow.
We find l i fe exactly what we put into it.Em erson.
We must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
—George Elliot.
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know not where His islands l iftTheir fronded palms in air !only know I cannot driftB eyond H is love and care .
Whittier.
No longer forward nor behindI look in hope or fear !
But grateful , take the good I find ,
The best of now and here .— !ohn C . Whittier.
What' s done for earth fails by and by !
What’ s done for God can never die .
What’ s done for God is placed on high ,
’Tis treasured in E terni ty .
While ages are passing by ,
What’ s done for God can never die .
-Sarah M . DeLine.
Whatever we admire and greatly desirefitobe
come,that we in som e m easure already are.
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That plenty but reproaches meThat leaves my brother bare ,
Not wholly glad my heart can beWhile his is bowed with care .
Martin.
The flighty purpose never is overtook,! nless the deed go with it. From the moment,The very firstling of my heart shall beThefirstling of my hands .
— Shakespeare.
Immortali ty will come to such as are fit for it !and he who would be a great soul in the futurem ust be a great soul now.
-E m erson.
A l ittle bit of patienceOften makes the sunshine com e ,
And a little bit of loveMakes a very happy home
A little bit of hopeMakes a rainy day look gay,
And a l ittle bi t of chari tyMakes glad a weary way.
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Christ leads us through no darker roomsThan He has gone before !
Whoso into God '
s kingdom comesMust enter by the door.
— B axter.
All the shadows of nightThe world rol ls into l ightI t is daybreak everywhere.
-Longfellow.
We hand folks over to God’
s m ercy , and shownone ourselves — George E lliot.
In bright or brighter places , wheresoever ye m ay
roamYe look away from earth- land , and ye murmur,
Where is home !Homeless hearts , God is home
The rapidity w ith which the human mind lendsi tsel f to the standard around it gives us the mostpertinent warning as to the company we keep .
Lowell.
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Go speed the stars of thoughtOn to their shining goals !
The sower scatters broad his seed ,
The wheat thou streweth be souls .— Em erson.
In the day of adversity the Comforter will showyou that the rod in H is hand is a pencil by whichHe draws God
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s image in fairer l ines upon hissoul . -Rev. !am es Sherm an.
We must use no words that we are not prepared to back up with deeds — Theodore Roosevelt.
The happiest heart that ever beat,Was in some quiet breast,
That found the common daylight sweet,And left to Heaven the rest.
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Christ came,l ived and died to woo us into har
m ony with the Father.— B ishop Hughes.
Be not l ike a stream that brawlsLoud with shal low waterfalls ,
But in quiet sel f-controlLink together soul and soul .
— Longfellow.
Ruskin remarks that youth is a period of building up , in habits , hopes , and faiths . Not an hourbut is trembling with destinies— not a moment oncepassed of which the appointed work can ever bedone again, or the neglected blow s truck on thecold iron .
He who will not ride God'
s chariot dragsin chains. —Hardy .
Be to her vi rtues very kind,
But to her faults a l ittle blind.
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Gone with our yesterdays folded apart,
Lard by with treasures we hide in the heart,
The year that has left us so si lently shod ,
Hath carried its record of earth up to God.
-Margaret Sangster.
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Whatever we greatly admire and ardently desrre to become , that— we in some measure alreadyare.
To think well of all , to be cheerful with all ,to patiently learn to find the good in all , suchselfish thoughts are the very portals of heaven ! andto dwell day by day in thoughts of peace towardevery crea ture wil l bring abounding peace to thepossessor.
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God plants us where we grow,
Helps us to turn disaster to account.— B rowning.
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One of the sweet old chaptersThe love that blossoms through !
His care of the birds and l il iesOut in the evening dew !
The evening l ies soft around them !Their fai th is simple to be .
0, hushed by the tender lesson , !
My God , let me rest in Thee .
O God, make me a child again even beforedie , and give me back the sim ple faith , the clearvi sion of child that holds his fa ther
’
s hand.
Heine.
It is com ely fash ion to be glad !!oy the grace we say to God .
Be s trong, be s trong, to my heart I cry ,
The pearl in the wounded shel l doth l ie !Days of sunshine are given to al lThough into each heart som e rain must fall .
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He always wins who sides with God,
To him no chance is lost !God
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s will is sweetness to him whenI t triumphs at his cost.
F . W. Faber.
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pourothers , W ithout getting a few drops yoursel f.
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Beauti ful hands are those that doWork that is earnest, brave and true ,Moment by m oment, the long day through .
0 youth ! for years— somany and so sweet,’
Twas known that thou and I were one !I’
l l th ink it but a fond conceitWhat ! strange disguise hast now put on
To make bel ieve that thou hast gone !I see these locks in silvery sl ips
But springtide blossoms on thy lips ,And tears take sunshine from thine eyes !
Life is but thought ! so think I wil l !That youth and I are house-m ates stil l .
— Coleridge.
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Here are the heart strings a tremble ,And here is the chastening rod !
There is the song and the cymbal ,And there is the Father and God .
— A lice Carey.
Duty is the great mountain road to God whichbrings us the peace which passeth all understandmg.
Remember that, if the opportunities for greatdeeds should never come , the opportunity forgood deeds is renewed day by day . The thingfor us to long for is the goodness , not the glory .
Man pursues his weary call ing,And wrings the hard l ife from the skyWhile happiness unseen is fall ingDown from God
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s bosom silently .
— Schiller.
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Be l ike the bird , that on a bough too frailTo bear him , gayly swings !
He carols , though the slender branches fa il ,He knows that he has wings .
Victor Hugo.
! ind words are the flowers o f earth’
s existence !use them , and especially around the fireside circle .They are jewels beyond price , and powerful toheal the wounded heart and l ift the heavy spirit.
Who never at his bread in sorrow,
Who never spent the midnight hoursWeeping, watching for the morrow ,
He know you not, ye Heavenly Powers !
But in God' s good tim e weary soul shal l
be rested.
!-M . E . F.
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Troubles that never comeMake most gray hair,
And backs are bent by loadsThey never bear.
No service in itsel f is small ,None great, though earth it fi l lBut that is sm a ll that seeks its ownAnd grea t that seeks God
’
s will .
An arm of aid to the weakA friendly hand to the friendless !
! ind words so short to speak ,But whose echo is endless.
The world is wide , these things are small ,They might be nothing ,— but they are al l .
— R . M ilnes .
Our grand business is , not to see what l iesdimly to a distance , but to do what l ies clearlyat hand — Carlyle.
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What do we live for, if it is not to make l ifeless difficul t for each other ! — Ceo. E l liot.
There is no sorrow I have thought more aboutthan that, — to love what is great, to try to reachit, and yet to fa il . — Ceo. E lliot.
For us in roya l vesture glowThe lil ies He ca lled so fai r,
Which never toi l nor spin , yet showThe lov ing Father
'
s tender care .
- Dr. Hora tioPowers.
I m ust stand with anybody that stands rightstand with him while he is right, and part wi thhim when he goes wrong — Abraham Lincoln.
My bark is wafted to the strandBy B reath divine !
And on the helm there rests a handOther than mine .
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Though you can nei ther preach nor sing,Nor silver have nor gold ,
A word of kindness you can wingTo those wi thout the fold .
Guard well thy thoughts ! they are heardHeaven .
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There survive a few,
deeds daring as the ir hear ts are true.— Bpron.
ask Thee for the dai ly strength ,To none that ask denied ,
A mind to blend with outward l ifeWhile keeping at Thy side !
Content to fi l l a l i tt le space ,I f thou be glorified .
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Church card , B rooklyn , N .
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Then nestle your hand in your Father'
sAnd sing i f you can i f you go,our song may cheer some one behind youWhose courage is sinking low.
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Let your l ife be l ike the snowflake, leavem ark , but not a stain .
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I f you would be loved be lovable.Love is the Holy Ghost wi thinHate the unpardonable sin !Who preaches otherwise than thisBetrays his with a kiss .
-Longfellow.
Tired heart, knows ! go thou to work orsleep.
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The roses , shedding soft, pink petal-showers ,The lily-bells and cherry blosom s say ,Not silence , for this moment s grace is oursTo sing ! Rejoice , the Lord is risen each day '
— Marguerite S tabler.
The law of the harvest is to reap more thanyou sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit !sow a habit and you reap a character ! sow acharacter and you reap destiny.
!— Selected .
I am not bound to win , but I am bound to betrue ! I am not bound to succeed , but I am boundto l ive by the l igh t I have .
!— Abraham Lincoln.
Could I in stature reach the pole ,Or grasp creation in my span ,
I’
d stil l be measured by my soul !The soul
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s the sta ture of the m an
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Forgive and forget ! Why the world would belonely,
The garden a wilderness left to deform ,
I f the flowers but remembered the kil ling bree ! eonly ,
And the fields gave no verdure for fear of thestorm .
— Charles Swain.
I f Heaven had looked upon riches to bevaluable th ing, it would not have given themscoundrels .
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Or rich or poor, i t matters not,1Where sweet contentm ents reign !
The majesty of weal th is butA fiction of the brain .
—H . C. Waite.
Cod gives us al l some smal l sweet way ,
To set the world rejoicing.
All service ranks the same with God,
There is no last nor first.— B rowning.
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Do all the good you can , to all the people youcan , in all the ways you can , and as long as youcam — Selected.
Let fate do her worst ! there are relics of joy,B right dreams of the past, which she cannot
destroy !Which come in the night- time of sorrow and care ,And bring back the features that joy used to wear.Long, long, be my heart with such memories fil led !Like the vase , in which roses have once been
dis til ledYou may break , you may shatter the vase i f you
will ,But the scent of the roses wi l l hang round i t sti ll .
— Moore .
A friend is not truly known and loved,
Til l known and loved in God .
I f we love those we lose , can we altogether losethose we love ! — Thaclaery.
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I cannot always know and understandThe Master
’
s rule !I cannot always do the tasks He givesIn l ife
’
s hard school !But I am learning with His help to solveThem one by one ,
And when I cannot understand , to say!
Thy wil l be done.!
Gertrude Custer.
Covet nothing that is thy neighbor’
s , except hiskm dness of heart, and gentleness of manners .Henry Van Dyke.
To know that man is greater than his acts ,believe in him , in spite of his wrong doing, thisto love God whom we have not seen .
The thing that goes the farthestToward making l ife worth while ,
That cost the least, and does the most ,Is just a pleasant smile .
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Rock a bye, baby , the meadow’
s in bloomMay never the frosts pal l the beauty in gloomBe thy world ever bright as today it is seen !Rock a bye , baby , thy cradle is green .
I want i t said of me by those who knew mebest that I always plucked a thistle and planteda flower
,where I thought a flower would grow.
A braham Lincoln.
O, let us be glad we'
re l iving yetThe sun runs round and the rain is wetAnd the bird fl ip-flops its wing !
Tennis and toil bring an equal sweat !It
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s so much trouble to toil and fret ,So easy to laugh and sing.
—Edm und Vance
He that forgets his friend is ungrateful to him ,
But he that forgets his God , is ungrateful to himsel f. — !ohn B unyan.
True politeness is to do and sayThe kindest th ings in the kindes t way .
From the lowest depths there is a path to theloffiest heights . ! — Carlyle.
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A rose to the living is moreThan sumptuous wreaths to the dead
In fi l l ing love’
s infinite store ,A rose to the living is more,If graciously given beforeThe . hungering spirit is fled ,
A rose to the l iving is moreThan sumptuous wreaths to the dead .
— Nixon Waterm an.
I t makes no difference whether we live or die ,we are in the presence of God — George E lliot.
The sweet remembrance of the justShall flourish when he sleeps in dust.every parting there is an image of dea th .
— George E lliot.
I count mysel f in noth ing else so happyas in
a soul remembering m y good friends. Shakespeare.
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! eep a watch on your words , my darling ,For words are wonderful things ,
They are sweet like the bee’
s sweet honey ,Like the bee
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s they have terrible stings .!
It is not what we read but what we rememberthat makes us learned ,
I t is not what we intend but what we do, thatmakes us useful ,
It is not a few faint wishes but a li fe-long struggle that makes us val iant.
— Hem!
p Ward B eecher.
We find the world as i t finds us , and if youlook at it through
!
rose colored glasses ,’
you willfind this dear old planet fairly overflowing withgood-natured , cheery-faced folks , who wil l be gladto see you .
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I f pain affl ict, or wrong oppress ,If cares distract, or fears dismay,
I f guil t deject, i f sin distress ,In every case , stil l watch and pray.
When despondent or burdened read Psalms25, 27, 28.
If people seem unkind , read the fi fteenth chapter of ! ohn .
I f you cannot have your own w ay in everything, keep silent and read the third chapter of! ames .
