The Washington herald., 1909-08-08
OPTIMISTS BELIEVE IN COMPENSA TION IN LIFE

ways open and ready TO respond to the
needs Of ell thinks only OF the needs and
the good they can do for others.
For blessings ever wait on virtuous
deeds,
And though a late. sure reward sue
ceeds"
ESTHER X WHITE,
9a Gloucester street. Annapolis. Nd.
And light is mingled with the gloom,
And Joy with grief;
Divinest compensations come.
Through thorns Of judgment mercies
bloom
In sweet relief
-Whittier-Anniversary Poem.
Miss MARY ]. HICKEY.
SO First street southeast
Each gets It's price for what earth gives
The beggar is taxed for a corner 10 die
in,
The priest has his fee who comes and
shrines US,
We bargain for the graves we lie in;
At the devils booth are all things sold.
Each ounce Of dross costs its ounce Of
gold;
For a cap and bells our lives we pay,
Bubbles we buy with a whole souls
tasklng:
'Tis heaven alone that is given away.
'Tis only God may be had for the ask
ing.
No price is set on the lavish summer;
June may be had by the poorest conner"
-LOwell-The Version OF Sir Lownfai-
Prelude 70 part one.
Riverdaic. Nd
Several years ago as I stood in the
vestibule OF my home church. an old
lady, who had been my Sunday school
teacher for years. entered with the pleas
ant greeting. Good morning. Jessie. isn't
this perfect day." ! said. Yes, but
It's little too warm 10 be comfortable"
The little white-haired woman, in her
kindly way. asked me n I thought that
a comforting remark. I realized then and
there how had acquired the chronic
fault-fnding habit. AS ] sit here now,
wonder il / ever learned a better lesson
than the one I learned that Ssbbath
morning. That little lesson has changed
my life completely. / am much happier
than ! wac before I had that lesson and
the dear ones about me are happier. too
God has his reasons for giving us the
warm days and the cold days. 7 look
for those reasons now and am thankful
for the very things OF which 7 once COM
planned. Life IS full Of compensa tions.
One can acquire the habit OF looking for
them as easily as they can acquire the
fault-fndlng habit and it pays 50 much
better. May my lesson help some one
else 20 look and find the silver lining 70
the clouds in nfe.
Niu. JESSIE C. SHIELDS.
Honorable mention;
For everything you have missed. you
have gained something else; and for
everything YOU gain, you lose something
Cause and effect, means and ends. seed
and fruit. cannot be severed. for the ef-
feet already blooms IN the cause. the
end pre-eMsts in the means the fruit in
the seed.-Emerson.
ELIZABETH FITZHUGH
2Z9 Fifteenth street northwest.
Or. Johnson wrote.
The equity Of Providence has balanced
peculiar sufferings with peculiar enjoy
ments"
As observed Voltaire.
Providence has given as hope and
sleep. as compensation for the many
cares Of life" d. r. WARD.
Gil New Jersey avenue northwest.
And light is mingled with the gloom,
And JOY with grief:
Divine compensatlons come.
Through thorns Of judgment mercies
bloom,
In sweet relief-Whittier
A. +. FORESTER
III Massachusetts, avenue northeast.
LIES compensatlons are health. the
love Of the beautiful books and pictures
and flowers; music, the golden glow OF
a sunset; a true and tried friendship:
the love OF little children, and the Joy Of
giving. and the answer 10 oftrepeated
prayers
oh never falling splendor.
Oh never silent song
Still keep the green earth tender.
Still keep the gray earth strong,
Still keep the brave dreaming Of deeds
that shall be done.
When children's lives come streaming,
Like sunbeams from the sun.
Oh, Angels sweet and splendid,
Throng in our hearts and sing.
The wonders which attended the coming
OF the King.
TIL we too. boldly pressing yhere once
the angels trod.
Climb Bethlehem's hill Of Blessing.
And find the Son OF Cod"
Phillips Brooks.
CICELY CLAUDE
Chevy Chase Lake.
God, who takes away, yet takes not half
OF what He seems TO take; or gives back. /
Not 10 our prayer. but far beyond our
" A. DUNN.
All daring TO trust to ample compensa- !
ton in lifes service. are, indeed. op-
to trust. until a harvest /
is ripe.
All fearing to trust 10 ample compen-
sation in life's service, are, indeed. pes |
simists-peeviSh 10 trust until a harvest /
IS ripe.
And. so, while optimists have discovered !
laws Of compensation and know as we !
SOW, we all reap, therefore, assuredly. /
Iifes very worth while-alas. but for 1
poor pessimists-they all believe in luck /
only-so they are always wretched at |
heart or unrestful, untrustful, SC. and 4
10 them. at best, life seems scarcely /
worth while.
As everywhere within all climes com |
seeds are at home. optimists /
20 SOW them, and so trust, tin. abidingly. /
hey yield a blest compensation OF sweet /
vintage.
As Quarles wrote:
"As there is no worldly gain without |
some loss, so there is no worldly loss
without some gain II thou hast lost thv
wealth. thou hast lost some trouble with /
{; II thou art degraded from thy honor. |
hou art likewise freed from the stroke |
II envy; IL sickness hath blurred thv
beauty. It hath delivered thee from pride