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And let us consider one another 10 provoke
unto love and to good dworks--Hebrews K: a.
The man who thinks only of himself
and is forgetful of his obligations to
others doesn't count for much either IN
this world or the next.
A purely selfish nan, who wants
everything and gives nothing, lives IN
the suburbs of purgatory and will not
have far to go when he dies.
To recognize your rights and ignore
your duties is to pursue policy which
angels deplore and devils rejoice at.
God can use man to the best ad-
vantage when the soul which is prone
to selfishness eyicts its tenant and
makes room for the occupancy of heav-
enly visitants.
The man who seeks for this worlds
goods exclusively, whose chief possess
sion is bank account, will fnd him
self out of place in heaven, stranger
in strange land.
Money is a good thing to work for,
but it isn't the best thing, nor the only
thing.
It is rot we'll to despise money, but
you should remember that while 1t will
purchase much that is desirable it will
buy neither character nor happiness.
Unless you generously share it with
those who are unfortunate it will make
you narrow and mean.
The most pitifui spectacle that eye
ever booked upon is the man who has
more thau ne knows what to do with,
but refuses to give his surplus to keep
the wolf away from the door across the
street.
The noblest men are those who give,
not those who keep, and there is more
satisfaction in seeing poor mans chill
dren eat the bread which you have fur
nished than in sitting at your own
table when plenty abounds, if you ig-
more the poor mans children and let
them go hungry.
True religion is a very simple matter.
You can get along without creed, but
you cannot get along without doing
good to your fellow creatures who need
your help:
The world is full OF sorrows and
struggles. Tears fsll like showers and
sighs fill the air as when the wind
sweeps through forest of pines. Those
who suffer are part Of the family to
which you belong. You have no right
to be Indifferent. To be neglectful is
crime. IF you can lend helping hand,
but refuse to do it OH the ground that
you wish to use both hands for your
self, you lose an opportunity which
Providence has presented, and you will
have difficulty In explaining your con-
duct when the hour of reckoning
comes.
Doing good to others is the best way
to get blessing for yourself.
You will find the strongest proofs
that the religion you believe in is from
God if you will cease studying the the
oiogy which is in books and devote an
equal time to GODS poor in your neigh
borhood.
When man gives cheer to another's
heart the angels mysteriously put cheer
into his own.
It is right and proper to pray, "Give
US this day our daily bread" but God
asks a price for His answer, and that
price is that you shall give some one
else share of the bread Ee gives to
you.
If you are suffering from an afflic-
ton what will you do? How shall you
seek relief? By asking God to tighten
your burden? No; by doing what you
can to lighten the burden of some
eqnally troubled soul. If you bring a
smile TO the trem bling lips of another,
you will soon discover that smile is
alighting on your own lips like but
terfly on flower.
Would you increase your faiths
Would you dissipate your doub t?
Would you convince yourself that life
is very well worth the living, even
when the shadows throw their gloom
on your path? Then visit those who
are YEARLY plodding along, hopeless
and friendless.
You will find yourself stronger by
forgetting yourself and saying kindly
word to some poor creature who would
think he was in heavenly surround
ings if be lived under your roof and en-
joyed your advantages.
When you are in the presence Of the
Lord, who was himself poor and op-
pressed, and so lonely that be knelt in
Gethsemane to ask for help, you will
be poorly off if you have nothing better
to say than that you accepted all the
cTeeds of the Church and kept yourself
unspotted from the world. But you
will be we'll off if you can assure him
that you kept some one else unspotted
from the world at great pains and sac
rifce.
Love God, love your neighbor, obey
the command, "Feed my lambs" and
you will get a warm welcome at the
end of the journey after death.
It is not what you believe but what
You 90, that will entitie you to resi-
dence in the New Jerusalem.
You may be worth million, bat if
you have done nothing to make the
world better you will die beggar.
You may be counted among the poor,
but If you have been brother to your
fellow men group of angels will gather
about your bed and usher you VITA
songs into the presence Of Him who
said, 'The first shall be last and the
last first"
No one ever yet loved God accepta-
bly, who did not love his children.
There is no room in the House not
built with hands for soul that has not
made sore sacrifice for others.
r you love your kind and manifest
that love by generous deeds it will be
but d step from your grave to heaven.
It is important to keep the liver and
kidneys IN good condition. Hoods
Sarsaparilla is. the remedy for invigorat-
ing these organs.
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