The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
Next Sundays Topic Will Be Content
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n6nI dS IYlCIl1D'
read with a heart thrObbing almost as If
Il were alive. for whose honor you would
answer as for your own; that friend,
given TO YOU by circumstances over
which you have no control. was God
own gift Mrs. h. ALLEN.
usS Columbia rad
20 friend" my bosom said.
Through thee alone the SKY Is archec,
Through thee alone the rose is red;
All things through thee take nObler
form,
And look beyond the earth.
The miIl-rOund Of our fate appears
sun path in thy worth
Ne. too thy nobleness has taught
To master my despair;
The fountains OF my hidden life
Are through thy friendship fair
Emerson
Mss CRO3IELIEN.
81 I street northwest.
Friendship IS responsive always 10 the
hearts call If only that heart be loving
snd devoted. HARRIET L. SMITH
- street northeast.
Friendship is to be valued for what
there IS IN IL. not for what can be gotten
out Of it. When two people appreciate
each other because each has found the
other convenient 70 have around. they
are not friends; they are simply acquaint-
ances with a business understanding. 4
true friend is always useful in the high
est sense. but we should beware OF think
| ing OF our friends as brother members OF
a mutual beneht association. with its
/ periodical demand and threats of sus-
pension for nOnpayrnent Of dues--Trun-
bull J. P. MORSE
40 Newton piaos-
There is IN life no blessing ike true
/ friendship. Il soOthes. Il hallows eIe-
Yates. and subdues. Genuine friendships
never disturb or annoy Hfe's summer.
There are two elements that go 10 tie
| composition Of friendship. One is truth
and the other sincerity Emerson adds
/ another element. that Of tenderness. and
also states that friend may well be
/ reckoned the masterpiece OF nature.
I Nothing opens the heart Ike a true
\ friend 20 whom you may impart griefs.
I joys. hopes. and fears. The world is
1 solitude and q miserable wilderness with
\ out friends. THOMAS C. CAREY.
/ Brookla1d. D. C.
! Let enemies turn into friends.
Let friendship reign supreme:
\ Then lie shall be one long and sweet
I And never-ending dream
GEORGE GODOT.
Ioos Sixteenth s-es. no-thEss-
Large was his bounty. and his soul
sincere.
Heav'n did a recomDense as largely
send.
He gave 70 mis'ry (aH he hsd) a tear.
He gaind from heavn Crwas all he
wish'd) a friend"
EE- GOLDsBoRoUGH. " D
Izyl K street northwest.
Friendship Is not a plant Of hasty growth.
Though planted IN esteem's deep-hxed
soil.
The gradual culture OF kind intercourse
Nus. bring Il to perfection
Joanna BaiIHs.
MARY EADfA BEAIL.
lisi Thirry-thiHi strrct northTesI.
May we ever be able 70 serve a friend
and noble enough 10 conceal f.
a MRS. McCACLET-
lE5s " stree. aar;hres.-
Life should be one eternal friendship.
II storm as well as shining sun:
The surest way for the Let's Help band
To gain a friend is 10 be one.
Glzaz-lyu. Va
'As gold more splendid from fire appears
So friendship strengthens with the lapse
Of years HELEN N. JOHNSON.
l5ls Vermont aTe1e
FFriendship IS the golden tie
That binds true friends together.
And II YOU VIII not break this tie.
We viii be friends forever.
RICHARD THURSTON.
Nsucs. Va
Friendship follows gold and power
! With selfish interest every hour.
But soul friendship never dies,
Blooming in the starry skies
Friendship pure and true and kind
I / Centers IN the noble mind.
Glorious in its GOd-like sway.
Il Glinting Ike sunny ray.
Friendship OF the soul IS best.
And through life the greatest test
) or the heart that feels delight
= In the principle OF right
Friendship and sweet freedom join
To put forth its daily coin
OF good words and acts OF love
Flashing from bright realms above
! Friendship OF the heart and hand
Rules o'er ever sea and land
Like mountain peak so grand
That all can see and understand.
JOHN A JOYCE
/ o friendship. how often your beautifu
name
Is assumed by the selfish, the hollow
and vain,
And how often the lovely. the noble an
true
! Yield their treasures 70 those all unworth.
3 OF you.
> How dreary and dull is a heart all alon