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What Is it that enables man to Icy
mold OF his opportunities that they he-
come incidents of success? 1t is not
due to any exceptional gift of genius
1t lies simply in the power to roncen-
trate his energies IN one thing at u
time 1t is this girding Of the will to
80 well each new duty that comes that
makes Il man ready for every new op-
p"rtunity.- Rev. D. S. Mackev, Disci-
pie, New York
Rich Use of Time
Man should make a constant and sll-
preme effort to Use rightly every mo-
ment that God gives him The psalm
lst says, "TeAch us to number our
days that is take account of them
that We may not be ashamed when we
look back from afar. The saddest eX
perience that can come to one is the
burning consciousness of past DAYS i'll
spent.~Rev l.. E, Todd Methodist St
Louis
Pardon For the Most Sinful
1t matters not if your life has been
sinful. You will receive the pardon OF
God if YOU sincerely repent and re-
solve to lead "A better life Rise in
your manhood earnestly acknowledge
your shortcomings. and you will be
saved. If YOU do this YOU will get the
IA <,r< ~ a.,
smile Of heaven at the supreme mo-
ment. when YOU will stand on the bor-
der line between this world and the
neXt.-Rev. T. w. Hunter. Catholic
New Orleans
No Romance In Vice.
There is nothing romantic about vice
When a man who at twenty eight gave
promise of power as an author and Of
great usefulness as an apostle of right
eousIesS dies ut sixty like a withered
tree. what is more eloquent than the
charitable silence Of kindly men who
gently low"r the body of the misguided
prodigal into his grave? Let any ore
Fascinated by the various forms of
prodi@ality remember there are two
things about the road at one end
may be wine slnpers and flatterers.
at the othos end huskS and awful lone
linesS, But for those who have travel
ed farthcSt by the wrong route there is
hope. Begin again.-Rev. f. f. Hop
kins. Congrega Chicago.
Religion and Good Health
hn1 hoJ Of no, Il.
comes from dsordcred nerves, indiges.
ton and torpid liver 1t is time the
pulpit preached without reservation the
intimate connection between happiness.
morality and health. In olden times
the priest was physician as we'll as
priest. The way of the dyspeptic is the
way of gloom. 1t is difficult to be a
saint and have indigestion at the same
time. The first secret of happiness is
to have good health. If you have it, 80
live as to keep it, and if you have it not
let your first business be to get health
Smiles will come with good, fresh blood,
and as pains vanish laughter will come,
and seen through healthy eyes the
world will become rosy with thousa nd
dawns and reverent with a thousa nd
twilights. s.--Rev r. A. White, Univer-
salist, Chicago
The Light Of Gods Face.
Let the Lord lift up upon you the
light of his face" then shall 1.-The shad-
ows fee away" and in that light you
shall see light, the steep slope spar
king with it, the rugged way cheered
by it, pouring through the windows Of
the room when you are sobbing with
your head on the pillow. creeping
through the grass into the grave. Oh,
that wondrous light on the face Of
God! There is the heaven Of an eter-
nal love in it, an invitation to the
farthcst of sinner. rose of dawn
for the deepest down outcast. a day
break over MI the underworld Of
darkness. divine philosophy that will
turn Gethsemane into Il paradise. sal
vation for Magdalene, forgiveness
for a Peter, courage for an Elijah
dropping under tree, handfuls Of
flowers for little children. blood and
iron for the righteous conquests Of
mankind. beds bathed in glory for the
evening songs Of dying saints.-Rev.
DR.. W. J. McKittrick, Pfeshy terian, St
<,nia