The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-24

moments, the high lights. the pictures OF
memory the smiles Of the heart, all come
from deep appreciation OF God, nature,
and humanity. Appreciation, with its
splendor and glow, with its honest face
and laughing eyes, teaches us TO take
the pain Of the world face to face, be-
cause the balance swings true and
great pain means great Joy. The majesty,
the luminous revelations OF life, come
only through deep appreciation, through
beauty OF the spirit which loves life and
believes all things, suffers AL things, and
triUmphs az last-through It's belief.
ALLIE SHARPE BALCH.
Los Euclid street northwest
In each life some rain win fall,
Some days be dark and dreary,
Should We go about with a grump and
crouch
Oh. no! We must try TO be CHEEKY.
II We all could live where the Joy tree
blooms
And dream that our lives were less
weary,
How ofttimes we would Danish our load
And our lives be lived more clearly.
Cheerfully doing all our hands find 20 DO,
Our tasks viii be lessened each day;
Words rightly spoken. with love and
good cheer.
Then action TO gladden. the way.
Work willingly. cheerfully. and gladly
When finding the one IN despair,
That our hearts may be filled with love.
This harmony VIII bring us the cheer.
EMMA HUGHES.
sIs Westminster street northwest.
cheerfulness is the sunshine Of life
shimmering through the darkest clouds
Of misfortune and inspires your neighbor
with love. laughter. and longevity.
JOHN A. JOYCE.
"a MarylHnd AVENUE northeast
We must never undervalue any person.
The workman loves not that his work
should be despised In his presence. Now,
God is present everywhere and every
person IS His work. J. LEE.
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II the world does not admire you and
me. it is because it sees nothing IN US TO
admire.
To be able TO appreciate the little
things in life as well as those OF greater
Importance shows the true worth OK a
person
The world which credits what is done
is cold 10 all that might have been"
Many persons have spent wearisome
years with aching hearts waiting for the
one kind word that never came. We
have only 20 call up the names o. Column
bus, Edgar Allan Poe. John Bunyan, and
many others 20 verify this
IL often happens that we prize not the
worth Of our possessions. but being dis
possessed OF them, We find. only too late,
their real value
Whichever way the wind doth blow.
It's some glad heart would have Il so;
So blow IL east or blow Il west,
The wind that blows. that wind is best"
ESTHER K WHITE
81 Gloucester street Auuapolis I'D.
Good cheer Is a watchword from the
lips Of Jesus. Il fits into every circum-
stance OF life like a key in its lock. Al
most HIS last words 20 His disciples are.
BE OF good cheer" Why. good cheer
Ia what our Indian Christians would car
a Jesus word" Youu find the phrase
used seven times in the New Testament.
and every time under conditions OF pain.
heiplessness, human despair, fear. sorrow.
Then was the time for Christian opti-
mlsm. IL Is simply a mans faith IN the
goodness and mercy and wisdom OF God
the Father.-Robert J. Burdette. d. p.
8H street.
When all Thy mercies. o my God,
My rising soul surveys.
Transported with the view, I'm lost
Ia wonder, love, and praise.
Through all eternity TO Thee
A joyful song I'll raise:
But, oh, eternity's too short
To utter all Thy praise.
Joseph Addison.
Miss VIOLA V. GRAHAM
Sus Cambridge place.
What slences we keep year after year
With those who are most near and deari
We live beside each other day by day,
And speak OF myriad things. but seldom
say
The full, sweet words that lie Just in our
reach
Beneath the commonplace Of common
speech.
Then out OF sight and out OF reach
they so,
These close. familiar friends who loved
us so,
And sitting in the shadow they have left
Alone with loneliness and sore bereft.
We think with vain regret OF some kind
word
That once we might have said
And they have heard"
Gaithers5uTg. Nd. INA - 0Do'-
There are few noble traits OF mankind
that are not born OF optimism. Appreci-
alton is a true characteristic OF the op-
umist- We should make the best OF
every moment Of our lives and improve
the golden moments ere they pass swiftly
by. Unless we strive to do our best with
every opportunity, approaching the small
things OF life and hoping for the greater.
unless we render TO our less fortunate
acknowledging assistance to a better and
nobler life, we will fail 10 fully appreci-
ate this great, God-given obligation 10 do
the best we can. HENSON h. HICKS.
Bureau Of American Republics
Let us manifest our appreciation IN the
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