The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
ELF-SACRIFICE IS 4 TRAIT WORTHY OF OPTIMISTS

seif-sacFifce IS. one Of the most beaufi-
fu: things in the world. Our Saviour BE-
came sacrifice for the many. No greater
love hath any man than he that lays
down his life FOR his friends Making
the life OF those around more happy in
their declining years is a most noble
thing To live for others Is a noble
thought Let's help them on their way
with a smiling face The pleasure Il
gives Us amply repays Us for the self
sacrifice. Count that day lost whose de-
scending sun finds no worthy action
done What the world needs IS mora
self-sacriice, keeping self in the back
ground Selhshness Is the cause OF most
Of the suffering In the world Il brings
out the better nature Of humanity. Bv
the sacrifice Of a few worldly pleasures
many who could do so might donate to
the cause Of science and Its fight against
consumption. Gods greatest boon 10 hui
manfty are those people whose self-sac-
rlncing natures cause them 20 aid the
helpless Preserve Us from the narrow
minded class who think only Of self Rv
a small sacrifice Tets help"
WILLIAM Z JOHNSON.
$50 Delaware avenue northeast.
Self Is the only prison that can ever bind
the soul:
Love is the only angel who can bid the
gates unroIl:
And when He comes 10 call Won arise and
follow fast:
His way may lie through darkness. b-.t II
leads 10 light at last. Van DvEs.
Nr 5. z. TRACY.
Self-sacrihce, That quality which dis
tinguishes an Optimist from the rest OF
humanity. For who but an optirnfst VIII
deny himself that others may benefit
therefrom; who but an Optiulist viii. when
he Is himself n trouble, put out a help
ing hand 70 some one lower than himself
and worse OF. even though II ston his
own progress2 Hiss AMELIE LOCKETT
lSls Fourteenth street northwest.
Having noticed that a Mr. Lyten would
defrsy the funeral expenses FOR the
woman who recently committed suicide.
call your attention that this is. in nv
estimation. a case Of seif-sacrffce. While
1 do not know anything about NTr. Tv-
tens affairs, I judge by his vocation in
life that he has no more Of this worlds
goods than he needs himself. vet he has
sacrificed some pleasure 70 give this IN
fortunate woman a decent burial Would
that the busy work-a-day world had more
such men as NT. Lyteu, and I say Nay
God bless him.
ALBERTINE cERNA1xE xUHFER.
Washington. D G.
The look of sympathy. the gentle word.
Spoken so low that only angels heard
The secret act OF pure self-sacrifce-
Unseen BY men, but marked with angels
eyes
'Thess are not lost
ne Missizzpgs.
To I've as an oPtinlst should must
mean seif-saerifce- You cannot be think
Ing Of good for others and yourself al The
same time One who 20 the best Of thef-
ability lives for others must live If.
OF comparative self-ensceneut T~ere <
always some one 10 DO for and help and
strengthen in this great pulsatirs World
OF ours, and one wno goes about with
eyes closed and deaf ears does not kn0.
the meaning Of the word self-sacriece.
and is far removed from al optimist.
E New jersey sve1ue northwest
For the soul that gives IS the soul that
lives
And bearing auothers load
Doth tighten your own and shorten the
way
And brighten the homsward road.
BESSIE L BENNETT
Isli Eighth stree, northwest
When you set out in the morning s7--
ing that YOU are going 20 be happy thar
day. making that your first ain. vou viii
miss what you seek Such quest IS al
together selfish. and seldshness never
Yields anything beautiful or good He
who thinks of himself and lives BIZ him
self viii never find happiness L IS only
when IN self-forgetfulness We strive u
Go good 20 others that our hearts find
giadness. Happiness must be sought only
as the fruit OF true and good life thar
produces Il Il always eludes those who
pursue it merely for its own sake while
Il IS found by those who walk in the
paths Of obedience and service
AS W street northwest MRS. HERRING
Self-sacTihce Is soul purifying sn5 II.
For love and friendship =
flows with natural impulse. but merit :
paramount when this element CT charac-
ter springs from a desire 20 benefit hu-
aanity- Those who walk through life
hand in hand with seIf-SscrIfCe and self
=eStraint viii attain JOY and contentment
'n earth and greater felicity in a future
state Nrs Z D. PRANK
IS street northeast
When tired OF fighting. struggling. and
the best way 70 forget how u
eel about il is 10 try 70 help some one
.lse n the same conflict This substitu-
ion Of you" for r. IS a most salutsry
exercise, for SELF IS q pernicIous growth
md should be assidUously weeded from
he gardens CT our hearts. Let's paw less
attention 10 ''forSet-me-uots~ and touch
ae-nots' with which our borders are run
ling riot and cultivate more Of the
Rosemary. which, you know IS for r.
and let this remembrance
'e. if We are seeking genuine satisfaction.
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