The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-08
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"Scatter
Sunshine
All Along
the Way. :
Why not you join today?
TOO BUSY To BE

TOO BUSY 10 BE KIND.
A kindly act tsa kernel sown,
That will grow. to- a goedly tree.
Shedding its fruit When time has flown
Down the gulf of ETERNITY.
John Boyle O'ReiIIy.
In the restless desire for ACQUISITION
acquisition of money! of power or of fame
there is danger of selfishness, self-ab-
sorption, closing the doors of our heart
against the demands of brotherly love,
courtesy and kindness.
II cannot afford to help say the poor
in pocket all have is too little for my
own needs. ~ Should like to help 9TH
ers," says the ambitious student. whose
every spare moment is crowded with
some extra task, @but have no money
and cannot afford to take the time from
my studies to give sympathy or kind
words to the suffering and the moor
Says the busy man of affairs: 81 am will
Ing to give money, but my time is too
valuable TO be spent in talking platitudes
to sick people or shiftless, lazy ones That
sort of work is not in my line I leave
it to women and the charitable organiza-
tons. -
The business man fergets, as dd2fiany
Of us, the truth expressed by Ruskin,
that "a little thought and a little kind
deal of money.
The great demand is on their hearts,
mot on their purses. In the matter of
kindness We may all be great 800
WHAT YOUR STRIVING DOES FOR
OTHERS.
If all the end of this continuous striving
Were simply to attain,
How poor would see the planning and
contriYing,
The endless Urging and the hurrieds driv-
ing 4
- OF body, heart and brain!ae,. 5s ~
But even in. the wake of true achieving
There shines this glowing trail:
Some other soul would be spurred on,
conceiving
New strength and hope, in its own power
Because. thou didst not fail.
Not thine alone the glory-nor the sor-
If thou dost miss the goal;
Undreamed of lives, in many far to-
morrow,
From thee their weakness or their force
shall borrow;
& On on. ambitious souli
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Not alone in the crowded alleys do we
ma the SOreSt need, for many that are
blessed with an abundance of riches are
softines unhappy and kind word or a
CHEEKY letter will mean more good than
money.
Each man finds his own in all mems
And all men work in noble brotherhood
-Tennyson.
A CHANCE WORD.
Who can estimate the value of a chance
word i1fs the sense In which there Is
such a thing as a ehance2 pom the, 81
lerce eceasioned by the sudden stopping
OF a street car there. fell these words:
SO long as you4sea Contribute to the
pleasure, happiness or comfort OF any
human being, you are of Importance in
the world, and no longer. .
Whatever may have been the object of
these words, the thought ,reached the
hearts of aasdozen. or more passengers
and it was Interesting to- note the
changed express 6ns On some list1ess faces.
IN utter unconseiousreSS of any effect
OF her words, the lady from whose lips
they fell passed s.out into the street.
Perhaps in the G; eat day it may be-ller
happiness TO know that the Lord then
used her tongue for a blessing to some
Eeart which had as yet failed to- ceul-
prehend thegrneaning of its life struggle;
tor the truth she emphasized was a truth
which a of alls need to realize. n OF our.
success in life. but our part in Gods plan
for others, is- the measure of our i'm
portanee. in the world.
$50 LITTLE. THINGS.
Only a word Of sympathy spoken
4'ez hearts oEe burdened with care;
Only the clasp of the hand as a token
That we IN their trouble would share,
Onlysa pause to render assistance
To those overcome by the way.
These are the deeds that ennoble ex-
istence.
And turn the worlds darkness to day.
George D., Gelwicks.f