The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27
ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR

the Ohio Valley:
You have just begun another school year.
An old fellow like the editor of the Post,
whose SCHOOLGIRLS shine to him afar On
the happy hills of memory, can appreciate
better than you how important to you, to
your state, to your country, to your gen.
Grafton, to the honorable discharge of your
| incalculable debt for the civilization be-
queathed to you by three-score centuries,
| and how important above all to the cause
and kingdom Of God in the earth, is this
school-year upon which you have entered.
VIII you let him, as a good friend of
yours, point out few things You ought
to learn this year?
ID Learn to love the truth. Learn to
hate all sham and falsehood. Never give
nor take plausible but untruthful reason
for anything. Never give nor take any
but true reason. Handle no counterfeits
in the noble commerce of thought. Cling
10 the truth as you cling to life. 1t is
neither fashionable nor polite to be always
truthful. Truthfulness is part of the ETH
quette which prevails in the court of the
the King of Kings. 1t is coming ON the
earth as fast as the kingdom comes, but
neither have altogether got here yet.
1t is not necessary that YOU tell all you
know. 1t is not necessary to controyert
all the falsities you hear. A discreet
silence is one of the signs of wisdom. But
what you do believe, let it be true. What
you do act, let it be true.
1t is better to be true than to be smart
1t is better to die than to lie.
co Learn TO be faithful Learn your
lessons, not merely to recite them. Don't
skim through them, getting them only just
well enough to get through recitation.
Whatever you are depended on to do, do
thoroughly, and as well as you possibly
can. Whatever you promise, perform
The chief business of the Governor of your
State and the President of the United
States is to see that their subordinate ex-
eeutive officers are faithful.
81 Learn to attend to your own bust
ness. That is all you are responsible for.
If everybody will attend to his own bust
ness and will do it well, all the vast bust
ness of the whole world will be faithfully
attended to and will be well DONE
"a Learn to I've kind and friendly.
Don't make believe friendship for your
schoolmates. Learn to really have it. Let
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friendship for any classmate. Let no I'M
kindness, no sneers, no bitter, cruel words
of your classmates stay in your memory,
nor destroy your friendship for them The
memory is marvellous treasure-box in
which to put beautiful and valuable things
which one wants to keep for years and
years. Don't clutter it up with trash.
Never treasure up wrongs.
! 90 Learn to forgive unasked and to
return good for evil. Learn to be like
| God. Be sorry for those who iniure you
and hurt you and lie about You behind
your back. They hurt themselves far
worse than they hurt you. Always re-
member that. You are what you are, not
what people say You are. The good things
people say and think about you don t
make You good. The bad things people
say and think about you don't make you
bad. 1t is heaven-high better to be good
and be thought bad than to be bad and be
thought good.
90 Be clean and carry to school clean
face and neck and ears and hands and feet
and clean body. Garry to school clean
heart and a clean mind. Don't listen to
inside. Don't read anything, don't think
anything, don't imagine anything, don I
do anything that will make you unclean
inside. There is more uneleanness afloat
in the world in speech and in print than
| there is SCOT In the air of Cincinnati this
| sunny, but skyless, autumn morning. In
spite of ones self the Cincinnati SCOT will
begrime the hands and face of Cincinnati
ans before the day is ont. But it can be
washed off at night, So that one can go to
bed as clean as if the day had not been
sooty.
So the uncleanness everywhere ahoat in
the world will get into yon in spite of
yourself; but keep it out as much as You
can, and every night before yoa sleep ass
God to purge you with hyssop that soa
may be clean; to wash you inside that You
may be whittier than snow.
Here are the best wishes of the Post TO
all school children of the Ohio valley that
this may be jolly, happy, noble, success
full school year Cincinnati Erenfaq Posi-.
Be Your own Doctor.