The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-10

feel TRANCE thrills of hope and renewed
aspiration as they are taken up and en-
folded IN the richness and fitness Of the
Divine love as it comes to them through
human love or attention on Christmas
Day. That is knowing Christmas in It's
highest and nobIest sense, IN its truest
conception. knowing It in that spirit from
which we derive the surest happiness.
It is a great art to rest in your W
| decisions. II implies faith in your W
mental processes, and the conviction that
you would not nave acted otherwise in
Jew Of the same light If you had to
% over the matter again.
The contrary Of this is the disposition
, go over and over the matter. after
' 5ou nave reached a conclusion or taken
a positive step, and wonder whether you
ought not to have done differently.
This means endless worry, self-con-
demnation, perhaps, and an enormous
expenditure of vital force.
1t is said that Mr.. Gladstone absolute
" dismissed a matter from his mind af-
ter he had once reached a decision
about it.
He took great pains to reach a sound
conclusion, but having reached it, he let
it rest.
He a lone the best he could, and
that was the limit of his responsibility.
He attributed his vast power to get
through work without friction to this
habit.
It is pretty difficult ID teach old dogs
new tricks, and people who have form
ed their habits VIII go on to the end Of
the chapter worrying about decisions
they have made.
It is amply worth while, however, to
save children from this distressing habit.
Teach them not to make up their
minds about anything hurriedly, but
after they have reached a decision. not
to review and review ii, III to go on and
carry it out, meeting the consequences.
Tbs everlasting and omnipresent ten
dency TO find fault with somebody or
something, says ssThe Voice. waieh
eharaeterizes 50 much Of Ii social inter
course. has been severely criticised by
optimistic writer's of our own day espe-
cialiy. That sweet character, Helen
Hunt, once put it this way
There is one sin which. it seems to
me. IS everywhere and by everybody un-
aeressin atsd, and quite too mucn over
locked in valuation Of character. Il is
the sin of fretting. It is common as air,
as speeeh-so common that. unless It
rises above its usual monotone. we DO not
exen observe it. Watch any ordinary
eoaaiag together Of people, and See how
many minutes it will be before somebody
- NlAs Ato y iSss eoni7
4 q soiiseihits - oti9i,
NtAis' Focas'y svFss orc n 1ae room Or
I sAs ear 81 ~ tae street corner y MAY
- hie@ pSlois' anu ptopapiy ho3eaT
can sep. why say ahyfning about lt9
y Is cold y IS rot, i IS Wet # IS dry,
~s9fnee9ey mas broken an appointment, III
cooked a meal: stupidity or bad faith
somewhere has resulted = discomfort;
about. Ii is simply astonishing how much
annoyance may be found. ia the course
ef every days living. even Of tie SIMPLEST.
# one keeps a sharp eve on that side of
things. Even Holy Writ saws we are
nrane to .trouble as sparks Ay upward.
Eut sven 10 the sparks flying upward, in
the blacklist smoke. there Is a blue sky
above; and the less time they waste on
the road the sooner they will reach it.
Fretting Is all time wasted on the road
The matron of honor, as a rival to the
maid OF honor. seems to have established
herself pretty securely SAYS Harper's
s-Bazar." At some Of the weddings the
two divide the henors between their but
or brecedeS rather bv 4 rlafron If honor
without snv maids at All The ipfradle-