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GRAINS.

other, but they should not be mixed
How many do see who are sowing
only to the flesh. Alas, what crop
will that be-
Happiness is a perfume you cannot
pour on others without getting a few
drops yourself.
But neither the least; nor the greatest
is to rule one another, but the Power OF
Life over you all.
For many natures it is as much a
duty of cleanliness to change opinions
as to change clothes.
''The line dividing genuine helpful
ness from downright meddlesome is,
sometime, very narrow"
AS Christ prayed, "Father, father,
forgive them," the poor thief grew
bold "Lord, remember me-"
Patriotism, full of war spirit, is the
curse and shame, and philanthropy the
blessing and glory of nations.
Little apologies would end many diff
ficulties. There is way out of every
quarrel if all parties will look for it.
Endurance is more valuable than
cleverne.s It is the patient, steady
plodders who gain and keep fortunes.
How hall one combine composure
and tranquility with energy? BY do
ing nothing rashly, nothing carelessly.
Have tender regard to sudden and
unprecedented impressions. In the
pure heart they are often Gods whis-
pers to the soul.
What is fame? The advantage Of
being known by people of whom you
know nothing, and for whom you care
as little.
What we do for ours while we have
them will be precisely what will render
their memory sweet to the heart when
we no longer have them.
The blunder made by another WILDE
turned into blessing to you if you do
not blunder too. No man loses in the
long run except by his own doings.
Much of what we call evil is really
good in disguise. We should not,
then, rashly quarrel with adversities
not yet understood, nor overlook the
mercies often bound up in them.
Voluptuous habits speedily blind all
the powers of the soul in loathsome
vassalage, and exclude every thought,
except such as relate to the beastly
pleasures of which it is the slave.
The years of God are full and satisfy
ing; each soul shall have its turn; it
is his good Pleasure to give us the king
dom. There is so much room; there
are such thronging possibilities! there
is such endless hope.
If you put your happiness in the
keeping of other men, it will surely
miscarry-andt the miscarriage will be
a blessing to you if it cures you of that
folly. Men are uncertain. God is the
only sure and satisfying portion.
Yielding utterly to the inner impulse
of conscience gives an intelligent pow
er, moral insight, a capacity of eN-
preston, freshness, all incisiveness of
phrase entirely unobtainable by mere
will, or by any method of intellectual
prudence.
If we were perfectly honest with
ourselves, most of us would have to
confess that we do not do our very
best in many of the things to which
we put our hands. There are few things
which with more pains we could not
do better. This is especially true Of
things we do every day, and Of the
secondary duties of our calAngs.
Here is an absolute and eternal truth,
from the pen of John Mason : "There
is no sin Il man can he tempted to but
he will find greater com fort in resisting
than indulging in it," DO not let Sa-
tan ever persuade you to doubt this
truth for moment. There are no ex.
ceptions to it; there can be none. For,
as Seneca said, Erhe first and chefest
punishment Of the wicked is to have
sinned. The torment of wickedncss
ITSELF"
To be honest, to be kind; to earn Il
liA&ln "a c,anAI T.