The Washington herald., 1909-03-14


not fail 10 convey the true impression OF
the Gospel. Ones life. 50 lived. appeals
% the entire being OF ones companions
10 the feelings. the Judgment. the con-
science. even the win. and thus a good
life helps our brother where words fail
We are born 20 do benefits. We must M
our lives with geod deeds.
VIRGINIA B. ADKINS.
lils Newton street.
Cod hath given us eternal life. and
this life is in His son.
AIr. r L BARRINGER.
Weave into the web Of thy life here
below
Beautiful threads as white as the snow.
50 that when the last shuttle through the
warp Is run
The great mystic Weaver viii say Wen
done 90 ilrS EDWIN ELRfNS.
I5l5 Vermont avenue northwest.
The truth is just as strong to-day.
And ages cannot snake H.
That come what viii or come what may,
Your life is what you make H.
Mr. J. W. SAUNDERS.
isss Eighth street 9orthWest
Life IS a broad. barren field and We are
the husbandnlen. As we SOW we reap
and as We toll and dig we thrive. Indus
triOuS, sturdy folk weld q power for
good. but drones make mischief. IF &
n0y discover himself ere he reach his ma
Iority. his sphere OF usefulness Is mani
fold Likewise woman in all ages has
saved OF sacked empires. reared castles
and reduced s0vereigns- As man IS wise
IN his own conceit. he IS alike stupid If he
D.
there is but has his or her stint. some
bounGen duty in one direction or another
We are all on the highway Of life. our
future myth A strong zeal for the good
~ an and an earnest in the cultivation Of
our talent viii be- as monument on the
hillside OF time that our race was well
run and our light not hidden under a
bushel II has been well said. Life is
what We make IT. Who among Us would
scoTn St Matthews sdmonition2
Enter ye in al the straight gate. for
wide is the gate and broad is the way that
leadeth 10 destruction. and many there
he which 90 in thereat: because straight IS
is the gate and narrow is the way which
leadeth unto life. and few there be that
End IL"
No man is so dead 20 the sense Of duty
he would shift The cares Of life 10 an un-
born brother. Doing for others makes
life brighter. and fostering virtue makes
US wise and good. Life is not foy long.
IlS but stride from life 10 death.
Our mission here Is brief
Love one another" Jesus saith.
Help Lord our unbelief
II when our Master return again 20 the
vineyard He find our talent increased ten
fold. what better recOmpense than well
done, good and faithful servant. enter
thou into the Joy OF thy Lord7-
c. A. BREWTON-
All life is good.
We're the one lesson understood.
OF its most sacred brotherhood.
MERCY ADKINS.
Ths Tu1un-
Close lower the clouds.
And an about me gathers biackest night
Blind would wonder. dazed and lost
But God is light
Ear;h's friends forsake.
And those whom best I serve migrate
ful prove.
Lone life would he and drear-
But God is love
Death calls.
And sudden quiet follows busy strife.
UnfrUitful all life's labor and It's pain.
But God Is life
Then on
Darkness nor foes. nor death shall
fright.
Ny God. now and forever more. TO me
Is lie. and love. and light
los Eishth stree, uo-,hves,-
What is llfe7 In life NE recognize that
divine spark which gives Us being. soul.
Immortality Life terrestrial Is but the
training school which leads 10 lie eter-
nal. and in that vast forever. when We
have passed into THAT bourne whence
no traveller returns" into the great un-
discovered country. how well We have
used life will be clear. For now We sec
through a glass darzly. but then shall ali
things be made light.
Life. then. is not Of our viii or for the
asking, but comes 20 us as the chosen
instruments from the Creator Of all life
20 be lived 70 His glory. This life Of
mortal breath IS but a suburb of the life
elysian." And SO what can be a more Op-
timstic view of life than the words of
England's great poet;
Nor love thy life. nor hate. but what
thou liv'st
Live well; how long or short. permit 10
Heaven. I. y. ERWIN.
ISIS Thirtierh street.