The herald., 1897-07-11
joys than these which come from our re-

| joys than these which come from our re-
| ations with others. The most proml-
J nent part of our aims and desires is con-
Eected with human interests Men and
| women are more to us than lifeless
/ things, therefore we are more affected
by what they feel and Go for us than by
all enjoyment gained from materia
means. The sweetest ingredients in the
cup of happiness are the pleasures of
companionship, of friendship, of love.
What satisfaction do we derive from
all our wealth, from all our achieve
ments, unless we have others to share
these with us? No one lives for self
alone. The world would be cold and
cheerless without love. The stimulus
| to effort, the sweetness of success come
! from having dear ones at our side to
encourage us and to rejoice with us.
And if misfortune overtake our plans,
what it it that prevents us from being
crushed, from sinking into despair, but
| the comfort and cheering of those who
are ready to share our sorrowe and de-
| feats, to help us bear our burdens ever
as they have part in our joys and tri-
| umphsl? What enormous sacrifices are
gladly and willingly made for father and
mother, for brother and sister, for hus-
band, wife and children, or even for
! friend and companion! Is not the happi-
ness of those whom we love of more con-
cern to us than our own? Would we
not give all we possess to save life
precious to US? Is it not, then, the heart
| that sways' us more than all else?
| What again, is the critical period in
the life of young man or young woman
Not, as we might suppose, the time of
| choosing a vocation or starting out in
life's career, but the time when tender
feeling is awakening in the heart and
drawing kindred natures to each other.
The all absorbing thought that fills the
whole being in life's springtime is con-
cerned, not with material interests OF
chosen pursuits, but with the great ques-
| ton of who shall be companions through
life to be united by indissoluble bonds
for veal or woe. What is the literature
read by most, devoured with avidity by
all? Not books of science and history
that discipline and inform the mind, but
those that appeal to the emotions, the
works of poetry and fiction, which tell
the old, old story, ever new. We'take in
terest in the romance of other lives, be-
cause heart understands and feels for
| heart
| From a much higher point of view the
heart proves itself Nle richest jewel in
| the casket of human construction, be-
cause it is the key to character, and it is
character that determines the real man
or woman. How perverted therefore,
are the ordinary standards by which
people are judged. How ignoble is the
court paid to wealth and social station
| True, riches have often been gotten by
honest and earnest toll, by industry,
skill and capacity, and they who have
thus acquired them deserve the credit
| of success. But this is not always the
case. Wealth is frequently the result
of opportunity, given to some, denied
to others equally deserving. When in
herited it is the fruit of others toll;
'ehen won by dishonesty it is the badge
of disgrace. However acquired it is no
title to distinction unless accompanied
| by an honorable name and unblemished
reputation. No account of money will
offset depravity of character or mean
ness of disposition. They whose opinion
alone Is worth having will honor the
( upright, broad minded, intelligent and
noble hearted, no matter what their sta
| ton.
| We are inclined to Judge people toe
much from the outside. We esteem