The Washington herald., 1910-02-20

| 1t encourages competition. too, and
keeps up the general excellence of the
contributions. / see evidences all along
the line OF the great pride YOU take in
your work for the club, and | want you
all to feel that I appreciate your efforts
very much indeed
These are the weeks priZe-winners.
THE world was created during epochs
OF time Rome was not built in a day.
You did not grow TO mans stature over
night. There is seed time and afterwsrd
harvest. DO not think that everything
can come at once. Possess your soul in
patience" Mr. CI.ARPHENIA SMITH.
as Morton street northwest.
Fortunate are they whose characters
are adorned with patience. This virtue.
II not possessed as a natural inheritance.
is most difficult to attain by reason of its
elusive nature. but the acquisition VIII
IA power well worth striving for.
/ Every letter of the word patience"
stands for some attribute necessary to
complete the whole tempermental quail
iity. We must have perseverance to gain
prosperity. amability to cOunteract ami
mostly. tolerance with which TO view
/ temerity, interest 10 combat indifference.
endurance to prevail against envy, n0bil-
( ity Of thought 10 overlook negligence,
candor to subdue contention, and ease Of
manner 10 incite emulation One might
pursue this line OF thought indefinitely.
/ However, enough has been said to Illus
trate the Importance OF adding patience
to other desirable qualifications Espe-
cially should this concern those who
openly profess TO be optimists
Mrs. E u. FRANK.
/ I2s c street rortbeas,.
a little child coming in from her play
in the garden told her mother that she
had been helping God How" ques-
toned the mother. oh said the little
one, I saw flower getting ready to
blossom and ! blossomcd it." The little
story has its lesson for us, for we all
need to cultivate the grace Of patience.
/ The roses will bloom in Gods good time,
/ but we must be patient and LET nature
! do her work. To force the bud is TO
blight it. We must learn 20 wait as veil
as labor. You remember Millions words:
They also serve who only stand and
wait" Contrast this spirit with the
spirit of unrest which leads us to move
from object 10 object in the wild desire
TO secure results at any cost. impatient
Of everything which bars our way. We
live our lives in a perpetual hurry, for
getting that in the countless little cares
and disappointments and delays OF our
daily lives God is forging the links Of a
golden chain which, if we but try to de-
scribe it. He will one day bind about Us
and clasp with the haWless jewel Of pa
thence. the pearl Of the Christian graces.
EDITH V. BRADE
1884 Faimont street
Our Heavenly Father is the personifca-
ton of patience, waiting 10 listen and
hear the least motive of the heart that
turns to Him. son. give Me your heart"
Patience Is that divine attribute implant-
ed in US that enables US to withstand dis
appointments and bide our time In our
social life 10 bear with the little petty
|annOyances that oft occur when a kind
word and a patient hearing relieves the
tension that may exist Be patient with
the invalid. the dear old people, the chill
dren who in their exuberant youth may
transgress. Remember to cultivate it in
your everyday life, for "all things come
to those who wait Mrs, B. EDELIN,.
1909 Park read
Patience, that noble quality of being
strengthened with all our might, the
power of suffering with fortitude. I'M
complaining endurance of evils or wrongs.
of pain. toll, poverty. insult, persecution,
oppression, calamity. The beautiful life
of poor Job l try TO keep before me-
Whatever I have done in this life is due
to patient prayerful thought
0. b. WHATLEY,
1918 Euclid street northwest.
Patience is f-rorgetfulness. It bears
its crosses quietly. but with hope for
bright outcome. 1t recognizes the fact
that it has been created not for itself
alone. but for the benefit Of the whole
race. Apparent discouragements do not
shatter its belief in God. It takes its
time. seems not in a hurry; but II IS
nevertheless making a fast and sure
Roadway toward its object It is kind.
but it is not to be imposed on Another
day of grace another chance to make
good it gives graciously, but at the same
time IL does not forget there is a day of
retribution. It overlooks hasty acts of
GOODNESS and unkindness; it continues,
though rebuffed. in its Old-time fervor of
love for a person or a thing. 1t is a
blending of hope and charity, sweetened
by the herb of self-forgetfulness.
THOMAS V. MURTO.
ST. Charles College Ellic0tt City. Nd
Patience is the quality that. combined
with cheerfulness and judiciously srac-
ticed by parents. causes the grown sons
and daughters To look back with infinite
comfort and delight to their childhood
days, and creates in them the strong de-
sire 10 improve every opportunity to go
back TO the old home the dear old home.
It is seldom that great undertaking is
accomplished without patience-patience
10 do and TO keep doing in spite of dis
couragements. 1t is not always the man
who is quickest in perception who is the
first to reach the top of the ladder Il is
more often he who cultivates patience to
such a degree that ne can keep ever
lasttngly at it," who meets the greatest
success in life. CLARA u crrRFpr
1903 Faimont street
Patience is an attribute OF God-the |
crowning virtue of true optimism-as
balm divine. soothing 10 the hour OF |