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There Is a sunny side TO almost every
thing In this world. There Is a sunny
side TO the streets The sun rarely fails
TO shine on one side or the other OF
life's thoroughfare. II Is true that In
some eastern cities, as in curious, an
tique Cairo, the quaint streets are SO
narrow as 10 scarce admit even OF a RIB
bon of light down past the overhangingi
caves of the closely-crowded houses;l
and even in some American cities the
buildings are piling up so loftily on
either side of the main business streets
as TO gain for the latter the title OF
'city canyons" But, as rule, the
sunlight can reach TO one side or the
other of the worlds avenues. IL so,
il is far more sensible for the pedes-
trian 10 walk i'm that quarter where
the sunbeams fall in most generous
measure. During LIES winter-day
nothing Is to be gained 10y counting the
shadows. If God considerably let's fall
his cheering messengers of light down
into this cold world we should be fool
ish TO SILVER along in the dark when we
may walk I'm the light"
There Is a sunny side to life at large
School, home. business and social life,
all have their disagreeable features and
drawbacks, their burdens and difficult
ties. The childish notion that every
thing In life will be made pleasant and
easy for one we know is early disproved
by painful experience. The clouds FREE
quently gather over lfe's varied land
scape. But, on the other hand, pleas
ures mingle with the pain, and mercies
mark each stage of the journey. The
sunbeams struggle through the clouds.
and even sometimes drive them away
altogether. All undiscouraged, hope
sings it's CHEEKY song, and gladness, like
an angel who has wandered from some
brighter sphere, wings its willing and
frequent way TO earth. There is a sunny
side 10 life. We should expect TO find
il there. We should look for IL.
There Is a sunny side even TO down.
right sorrow. The sunshine Is not in
the sorrow itself, but i'm its meaning.
it's message, and it's results. There is
nothing sadder than the lot of those
who. through RIGHTEOUSNESS of spirit
or thoughtless disregard of the purposes
of trouble, experience all the bitterness
of grief without enjoying any of the
spiritual fruits of IL. But To those who
are wise enough 10 wrest a blessing for
themselves out of their own tribula-
tions, there comes in time sweet cons
seriousness that such trials are after
all only "mercics" in Disguise, leading
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sing:
Sweet are Thy messengers.
Sweet their refrain:
When they can sing with me
More love. q Christ. TO Thee.
More love TO Theew
See the sunny side of thingsl 1t is al
ways there il you look for 1t with dill
gence and faith. There is sunny side
TO everything in this world except sin.
There is nothing bright about sin. There
never has been, and never will be; for
sin in itself is unmitigated evil, unre-
lieved darkness. We. redd significantly
that when, just before the crucifixion,
the traitor Iscariot had completed his
course as a member of the inner circle
of Christ's disciples and had received
the sop" of recognition he went out.
"and IL was night" 1t is always night
when sin Is being committed. There
Is perpetual night in the heart where
Satan rules, who is himself the prince
of darkness" But the Masters pres
ence banishes the darksome sin and
brings in the gladdening light. Where
He is IL is always sunny.-N. Y. OBJ
server.