Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26
Of these elder French days, soft, genial. II
not too penetrating, was good humor.

A Physician
Observed that when one realizes that
within his own body he carries a wonderful
presence, and that his body is temple In
which this presence abides, he feels less of
the restless force Of personal ambition and
personal gain. He feels that his little world
Is not the center Of the universe. Not his
own ambitions. but his duty to this higher
impulse from within commands that his
every effort shall be his best. Bending
every energy to every task, at the end of
the day he rests content but not satisfied,
with the results achieved.
He knows that no amount Of further wor-
~ or thought can bring about change,
and with perfect repose and confidence that
he has the daily guidance Of this higher
good which he desires to see in his work he
goes about cheerfully, scorninE to feei con-
Germ for that which Is not within his con-
troll.
The really religious person. says Prof.
James, fs mistaken and full Of eQuanimity,
and calmly ready for any duty that the day
may bring forth. The sovereign cure for
worry IL religious faith. The turbulent bill
lows OF the fretfu; surface leave the deep
parts OF the ocean undasturbed. and to him
portant realities. the hourly vicissltudes OF
his personal destiny seem relatively lnsig-
nincant things.
Who has a high ideal Of her privileges
will make Of her children's questioning a
pregressioral education. The bread she
molds VIII serve as text for a tale OF the
wheat field and mill. The thread she uses,
the frost on the panes, the pattering RAIN
drops, the cleaning sun Will prove resource
full for talk and story. She will have her
mind so stored with the truths Of the good
and great that her memories will offer the
child an inspiration to go and do likewise.
She will be so ready with speeches concern
ing the handiwork OF God that from nature
she will lead her little ones to natures God.
A lifetime of study and growth is all too
short for the work of culturing children for
this world and the next.
All parents need to grow Intellectually
and spiritually that they may provide the
proper nutriment for the expanding mind Of
the child. The child's first spontaneous
Questions about things which appeal to his
sense perceptions lead often into the field
OF physics, science and natural history. and
are as often met with the reply from his
fond parents Of II don't know" or the in
junction not to bother"
A mother who would consider no sacrifice
too great to attend properly to the physical
wants Of the child, to clothe and care for
his body, via leave the finer part of his ma
ture starve until food often IL picked up
wherever 1t can be found, adulterated splr-
itual foods, food from the moral cutters.
Happy she who is so wholesomely nourished
herself in mental and spiritual things that
from her own granaries she can give to her
little ones. .--a----.-
A Buoyant Spirit
Is coat of mail in the surface Of life. It
throws up a FURNISHED shield against op-
posing forces. And the stealthy shafts Of
Time, as well as the envenomed darts Of
Worry. fall back from it's polished surface,
bent and broken.
To be hopeful always is to be panoplied
with strength. To be hopeful always is to
have the charm OF childhood. the spirit of
youth, the gift OF regeneration. This is
priceless possession, this of a nature sloping
toward the southern side. The man who
Is armored against discouragements and
knows not defeat. The woman upon whom
ed 1t upon herself by cultivation, Is young
always despite the calendar.
The hopeful, dwelling in the sunny slope,
live joyfully and trustfully in the Now;
giving a glad godspeed to each departing
day and looking upon each tomorrow as a
radiant faced friend hurrying to their as
sistance.
What power have these regrets for the
past, and the forebodings of the future to
carve and chisei and stamp the insignia OF
age and death upon the heart, and upon the
face!
More than tongue can express we each
comes from rational living and the putting
of bright. happy. positive thought in the
place Of negative fear and doubt. 1t should
be the simple Towering OF nature to feel
hopeful and happy.
ADA MAY KRECKER.