The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-06-18

Give happiness. What if thy heart be
sad?
Dry thine own eyes to wipe another's
tears.
In this good world there are so many
biers
Carried by souls in blacklist raiment
clad,
Souls dazed by desolation and half mad,
Mourning their dead-dead hopes,
dead joys, dead years
Blind to the star that every midnight
cheers,
Deaf to the song that makes each morn
ing glad.
Give spicy blooms where flowers never
grow,
Give food where starving hearts fight
fate's decree,
Give rest where tired hands and feet
drag slow,
Give sight to eyes too full of tears to
see,
Give music where sweet trumpets new
er blow,
Give happiness, and joy shall gar
ment thee.-Emma G.. Dowd.
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The Art of Living Together.
The peace and happiness of the
UOlllG uGDCllN tblllObO hOlly Oll INV
well it's members master the art of
living together. 1t is an art con.
siderably complex, and decidedly
difficult; so that when one cOnten-
plates all that goes to make it up, he
ceases to wonder. at the compare
lively few homes where complete
harmony can be said to reign. 1t
implies the giving up of ones own
will at thousand little points, and
this is barber than to give up in two
or three great matters very rarely
occurring. 1t means the surrender
of individual rights in the interest
of the domestic community; and, as
in the case of all such personal
sacrifices for general good, it re-
quires no common intelligence to
perceive clearly at all times their
Importance and necessity. 1t in
cludes the long and by no means
simple process or processes by which
dissimilar Compartments, trained in
somewhat dissimilar surroundings,
are gradually assinilated.
How, in any special case, two or
more persons can live pleasantly to-
gether, is a matter for careful study
as well as constant practice, aud
hence may we'll be called an art.
1t may fifty be classed both among
the fine arts and the useful arts, for
nothing can be more useful; and yet
the exercise of much taste and
imagination is demanded. To put
ones self in the place of another
and see how things look from his
point of view, certainly requires
Imagination; and to live with peo-
pie happily, this must often be done.
We must not insist that there is only
one way of doing things; we must
avoid unnecessary criticism OF 9TH
ers' methods. and we must freely
allow large liberty in all personal
details OF management.
How foolish to have some stock
subject or disputation, about which
there is always friction and irrita-
ton, amounting, perhaps, in the
course of years to positive aliena-
ton. Equally unwise is it to forget
that it is the little pebbles that hurt
the feet, and that sufficiently
shart tack, however small, may
make a shoe quite uncomfortable. 1t
is not well to expect too much OF
others, being mindful of the fact
that we ourselves make large de-
mands upon their patience or tolera-
ton.
There is always danger that ia
miliarity will swallow up courtesy
that the sweet attentions so com
mon before marriage will cease af-
ter marriage We need constant
reminders to keep watch for little
opportunities to praise, to show
sympathy, to rejoice with the glad
and weep with the sOrrOwful.
1t is in this way, by giving heed
to matters of this sort, that peace
will be promoted and love diffused
in family life. Very beautiful is ii
when two people, after some tritling
experimental knocks and jars, have
set led down in mutual adaptation
and adjustment, having thoroughly
learned the art of living together in
close accord.
Two birds within one nest;
Two hearts within one breast;
Two souls within one fair,
Firm league of love aud prayer
Together bound for aye, together blest
An ear that waits to catch
A hand upon the latch;
A step that hastens its sweet rest tC
win;
A world of care without,
A world of strife shut out,
a world of love shut in.
-Xion's Herald.
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