The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-02-19

noise in the world, whose LOT To-
one. but who 50 adorn tho ID Aant
home, and cheer and bless the l;r nan1ls
are being lived around them. tIa, That
cannot help feeling. somehow ,h "a' !!oq
put them where they are for tina, ' God
purpose? They beautify and br;. VET
what would otherwise be a S s.a
waste. Remember that howeyer t 81
scllre your life may be. YOU can ma. o.
beautiful with the beauty Of the A 81,
Jesus Christ, and can help to m ,,eEa
some home that would otherwise ha M hass
and unattractive bright and h, Ua%
place. Happy
How many little hands have ho
busy this fall gathering the coldeu u'ea
russell, or bri ght red pro,l,icts ~ =, "
apple orchards? The apple tree ~ nue. eas
not DC very graceful or grand, bnt !,
has peculiar beauty to our ewes s' w. u
cause Of its usefulness. All thron W.
the long winter we rejoice in it's fr',;.
And l know a good many homelv ', nao
pie, who dress plainly, and who m rIs
no show in the world. but whose I;nS
ness of heart. aud willingness to ha1r
others, and daily endeavor to mst sp
themselves useful, give a beauty to tLa;s
life which is greatly to be preferred . "a
the short-lived beauty Of pretty f.o ~
| We forget how plain they are, Ths v,
come to look handsome to rs TS!s
beauty of the soul shines out in th Iio
features, and makes the most r,,onod i
face beautiful. eo'0
My time is up,I fear, but there is on.
other tree that :! want to speak Of. 'T 7
mean the oak. What sturdy. vico,l
Gus tree it is! You can depend unon i
from the stout trunk down to the snail
est branch. The lame man NAV 1a.,
with confidence upon his staff Of OAK 4
When the oak tree grows, as It oftan
does, on the bleak hill side, the r,da
winds only make it take deeper root 1T
1t is a good representative Of q type If
manhood that we love to meet, Va
speak Of men who have "a heart 81
oak" We mean those men who can
be depended on. who are true to the;t
principles, loyal to their convictions n
duty, bold and firm in their defen,e ~
| the right, steady and persistent in sd.
vocatinS what they believe to be truth.
men who never desert a friend in ii,
hour Of need or prove false to auy
trust. ....s. .a,..-
A little English boy was left by his
father At the main entrance to the Bank
Of England one morning, with orders to
remain there until his father came out
But the latter, being detained longer
than he anticipated, forgot his boy and
passed out by another door: He did
not think about him until late in the
afternoon; but he said to a friend that
he knew just where to look for the
child. He was sure that the little fel.
low had obeyed orders. And sure
enough, when they got to the entrance
to the bank. there he was, tired and
hungry. and wondering why father did
not come, but with no thought Of yield
ing to his WEAKNESS and of absndonin,
his post. That boy had in him the max
ing of q man with a heart of oak.
Which of the trees that have beel
spoken Of will YOU take as your spn
sentative? Will you be like the hollow
hearted elder, the plant willow, tn
unsavory ailanthus, the poison upas, o
will you try to be like the modest &
tree. which gladdens the waste place
OF earth, or the apple, which commend
itself by its fruitfulness, or the cal
deep-rooted and sturdy, and sound q
heart?-Reu John Teal, in Christie
Union.