The Washington herald., 1910-12-25
HONORABLE MENTION.


poor and give to them literally, for there
is to-day many a little one that is hun
gry and cold What a treat a small bag
OF candy would be TO them or a good bed
10 sleep in! In giving to these needful
We are doing the will OF God. and At the
same time we are sending a ray OF bright
sunlight into their dark and dreary little
hearts
When this Christmas Day has passed
We must not cease in our efforts 10 help
those that need our assistance. No: we
should cultivate the habit Of and exert
to its utmost capacity, THE power of
goodness, for in so doing
1t viii gain for as
Immortal renoWn
And give 10 Us
An eternal crown
HARRY W BRINIER.
True goodness is like the glow-worm
IN this. that it shines most when no
eyes except those of heaven are upon IL
A good deed is never lost. He who sows
courtesy reapS friendship and he who
plants kindness gathers love. Pleasure
bestowed upon grateful mind was never
sterile, but generally begets reward.
LAURA y. ALLEN.
There IS none good but one. that is
good, was spoken OF our heavenly faith
er by Jesus. The manifold works of the
unlVerse-the deep and dark blue ocean
with ali that therein is OF wealth and
charm and mystery; the pleasant land
with its fruitful fields, stately forests
green MOSES, dewy violets, sweet water
springs, and singing birds. the light that
ulumines our pathway and the darkness
that makes as TO stumble: the spheres
that move in harmony; ourselves. the
creatures OF His hand. testify TO His
munihcent and surprising power.
IL Is recorded OF Jesus that he went
about doing good. To His marvellous
power. bear witness the heavenward al
turing spires of almost countless churches
and cathedrals; the soul-inspiring music
Of hymn and orato:io; many. many books
that please instruct and elevate; pictures
that crafty our hottest emotions and ID
lift US 10 spiritual heights OF desire ann
EFFORT millions OF WOrshipers and thou
sands of institutions designed 10 help and
bless suffering humanity.
Daily We see great power exerted bv
those Of our fellow-human beings who
are going about trying TO do good. Doubt
less, much unseen good is accomplished
Dy the recognition of the sincerity III
those whose faces are iIlumined bv the
lIght OF the desire for what is perfectly
good though blunders are sometimes
made from ignorance and from inability
TO 90 what they wish. In the language
OF the poet: We are but broken lights
y Lord, OF Thee Jesus reflects perfect
~ the mulu-colored radiance Of the light
Of the goodness of God. even as a flaw
less diamond reflects the vari-colored
radiance or The sun. ALICE BUTTON.
He lived; and the course OF history was
changed Consider the worlds amazing
advance in less than 2OO0 wears. IFS
progress n every kind Of well being
physical, social intellectual spiritual.
Ask, this Christmas morning, whom the
world honors as the Inauguration Of this
era of wondrous growth. You are an
swered by myriads of churchspires. point
ing upward; by a world chorus of glad
music from Christmas bells. Il is the
splendid triumph Of goodness, which has
power to induce the most patient endur-
ance and 10 energize to the most arduous
progress
Christ made goodness His single aim.
He lived a life Of consistent righteous
ness, which made his motives unassau-
able and rendered Him an example with
out flaw. He taught irCessantly His creed
OF goodness; He provided wisely for the
propagation of His doctrine OF love
through those who should come after
Him. Then He died for His faith The
result is that His single life is one OF the
most potent factors in the history and
progress of 1000 years.
II is boundless comfort and encour-
agement to the optimist-the believer in
the supremacy OF good. that the tremen-
dous potency OF goodness has been dem
onstrated thus. once for all. and put be-
yond the possibility OF doubt: for good
ness is the same in all ages. However
weak. inconsistent unfaithful. the indi-
vidual may feel himself TO be, he has
the consolation of knowing that Christ.
whose own ideal was perfection, set the
same lofty ideal to all mankind: BE
We therefore perfect; even as your Faith
er which Is In heaven is perfect" thus
implying the perfectSbility of human ma
ture. No man then need despair OF add
ing something to the general sum OF
goodness IN the world; and all may be
assured that their contributions TO the
universal good will never perish. Though
ASSOCIATED from the doer. each good
deed will live forever in its beneficent in
huence. This is what the life of Jesus
demonstrates. - CORA C. STAPLES.
AT no time OF the year do we hear so
many expressions Of good will and of the
feeling that all is for the best. as around
the holiday season, and rightly so.
on Christmas Day we celebrate the
birth Of the greatest Optimist who ever
lived. He alone Of all men born into the
IL
good that is IN man. but proclaimed that
there is enough good in every man, il
directed. to entitle him TO live
in the very presence Of his Maker He
was the Great Sewer who came into the
world TO plant In mems hearts the hope
OF Immortality. and to point out to them
thefonly way TO attain It,
But the Saviour of mankind never in