The Washington herald., 1911-01-15

member the motive that prompted tine
effort, and just smile of appreciation
or word of kindness will more than
repay for the task.
How many women who have toiled
hard all day, with perhaps nothing but
discouragements to show for their pains.
will forget all the annoyances if some
ONE comes in who will see some good
that they have done and cheer them by
pleasant word Or, a few words of love
and praise. MAE II. SHAW.
! to the humblest thing that creeps dwells
there being wholly Unmoved by praise!
AS the great poet has said:
One good deed. dying tongueless.
Slaughters thousand waiting upon the.
Our praises are our wages:
You may ride us with one soft kiss a
thousand furlongs
Ere with spurs heat an acre"
1t is said love of praise is implanted in
each of us as strong incentive to
ton. and one of the things we should be
sincerely grateful for is the hearty COM
msndation of one who has witnessed the
struggle and honestly applauds the vic
tory. Yet the individual who does the
best he can and fails is as deserving
hero that ever lived. and the trifiins
mistakes Of the moment which are un-
avOidable should be kindly excused.
Love of praise is particularly an attri-
butte of the heroic and great. for they
honestly relish what they have nobly
earned. But what about the man born
with no particular genius for doing the
praiseworthy deed? Should he not be
given the credit for the petty tasks faith
fully done? 1t is good to commend a
thing well done. for by it We seem almost
to be partakers of the deed deserving
enconium. Surely there is nothing bet
ter in heaven or earth than the happy
consciousness of having done well. OF
having faithfully earned the we'll done.
good and faithful servant of the Master.
Due praise. that is the spur of doing
well.
For if good were not praised more than
ill
None would choose goodness Of his own
free will. VI. JANE MOOR.
There are some people who would much
rather give you money than to give YOU
praise. The old gentleman who neglect
ed his wife in order to grow rich for her
Sd ke was one of these. You will find
others everywhere men and women. gen.
erouS enough in their way. but who think
that a kind word will spoil those to
whom il is given. When one thinks of
it. indeed it is astonishing how agains.
the grain it goes with many persons TO
utter the kindly Or appreciativc word.
These are the people SO little certain of
themselves that they are afraid to he
grac cious. Not being big enough to give
praise freely. they think that You will
the little they do bestow.
Moreover. when one is kindly in intention
when ones praise springs straight from
he rt is twill 70 to ali
in another that Providence has bestowed
Even in quiet and sober moments few of
Us would decline to make imposing and
we'll proportioned sacrifices for some one
whom We loved. 1t is the little things that
We ind difficult of performance-the lit
lie words that are TOO preoccupied tr
utter We. then. who refuse it refuse
that which would quicken into life many
A fading hope and faltering purpose We
who find the spoken word a bother and
the written word tax mist remember.
too. that the spoken and the written
word help us who express them as they
help those to whom they are addressed.
They keep our currents of good will flow
ing. the spring of sympathy ever fresh
and unincumbered in our souls. They
help US. too when we have dropped out
,f the race: when for one reason
another. We have found ourselves no
onger in the procession where the gay
md the successful move. The spoken
word of praise marks the meeting ground
where assurance is had that nothing
PARTS those whose hearts are bound to-
;ether. The written word of praise is a
,and-touch stretched across the great
silence. Mrs ALTA MIDkIEF.
Example is better than precept. and
We shall often learn more in watching
hose who do perfectly what we are try
ns to acquire than by any set of rules
.et us watch the angels in heaven that
We may learn from them. Their contin-
lal occupation is the praise of God. This
atisfies every longing of their heart; this
ills them with perfect and unfadinG joy:
his is the highest praise they can rem
Ter to God. How can We initiate them:
'y a continual remembrance of God by
frequent raising of our hearts to
eaven. The angels also find constant
oy in offering praise to God by falling
n PROSTATE homage at the throne in
their dependence upon Him
nd their indebtedness to Him for all
heir joy. The angels also praise God
nd serve Him by doing His bidding.
ct us pray that our lives may prepare
$ for the company of the angels in
eaven by praising God day and night.
LAWRENCE \. WIDMAYER.