The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16


! Lawyer: IT have my opinion of
you" Citizen Well. YOU can keep
( It The last opinion / got from you
( cost me $3.50. "--Yonkers Statesman.
What's the first step toward the
/ direction of the food ?" asked the
teacher, Up went the hand of
| biack-haired little fellow who ex-
| claimed. with eagerness. Bite it Off
/ Bite 1t ofs."-American Kitchen Mag
axine.
It's been four years now. said the
deserted lady. since he left me and
his happy home. / remember Just
az we'll as yestsrday--how he stood
i at the door, holding II open till six
| flies got In the house. "~-Indianapolis
/ Press.
I 81 asked little Jim the difference
! between inertia and momentum. ="
| Did he know anything about it2''
/ Yes: he said inertia is something
/ that won't start. and momentum, IN
something that won't stop. Detroit
Free Press.
MI: il is not hard TO write funny
/ paragraphs. All you have to do is
/ 10 procure a pen. some paper and Ink.
{
! they occur to you. II Is not the
| writing. but the occurring that is
| hard.--New Haven News.
| She. "Ah. count. YOU don't know
/ how my love for you distresses my
! parents. | heard my father say this
| morning that he would give $4,000
/ If | could never see YOU again" The
I Count: "Ees your tazaire In hees office
NM, WON sirs 9's---1 N f.isfian Work
! Young Genius swho has had the
! talk to himself. and as usual, about
! himseif): Well, good bye. dear Mrs.
/ Meltharn. II always does me good
/ to come and see you. ! had such
hea dache when | came. and now I've
| quite lost IT," Mrs. Meltham; 'Oh.
/ Dear me-" exclaimed the girl with
/ pensive brown eyes and Ink on her
! fingers. Il wish | had entered school
/ a year sooner What is the mat
7 ter, dear Things are In such an
/ unsettled state that | scarcely know
what advice TO give the country In
my graduation essay. Washington
/ Star
| Mrs. Pancake. II don't see, Mr..
/ Jokem. why YOU shouldn't pay up
/ promptly. Surely. 1t can't take long
/ to write half dozen paragraphs
/ day." Mr. Jokem. All, Mrs. Pan
! cake, Just suppose You had to give
/, each one Of. your hoarders something
/ every. day that none Of them had ever
] eaten before"
Hearteaae.
| Sunday. The mountain of Jehovah
| house shall be established on the ton
/ of the mountains, and II shall be eN-
| allied above the hills; and peoples shall
! flow into It. And many nations shall
! GO and say. Come We, and let US 60 up
I to the mountain OF Jehovah. and he
! will teach us OF his WAYS, and we Will
/ walk in his paths --Micah 4: /, 2.
! To Thee, Q l.ife Divine. from step to
step f rfse@seigroaris leading thseuga
ecstasy. through peace. through sac
! riiice--ap 10 thy love, which Is sacr.-
| fetal JOY. Shine from the topmost
| height, thou divine Joy often / am
led by way which by myself / would
| not go, Shine ost, thou Christ, and
/ the tabernacle shall no more seem
decacence from the hilltop. Shine out,
and the days of light, cheered by
selves be days OF light cheered by
an unknown prospect, sustained by
promise OF exceeding 3oy.-George
Matheson.
Monday, The mountains shall bring
peace to the people, and the hills In
righteousneSs.-~-Ps. IL! Z,
Remember that in this world every
mountaintop OF privilege Is girdled by
| the wales OF lowly duty.
Remember that the TRANSPORTATION
of the soul Is but the preparation and
encouragement for the sacrifice of the
life.
Remember that we are not to tarry
on the transtory radiance OF Mount
Hermon. but to press on to the endur-
Ing glory of. Mount Zion. and that we
can only arrive at that final and
blessed resting place by the way OF
Mount Calvary.-Henry Van Dyke.
Tuesday. Jehovah called unto Moses
out of the mounta.n.--Exod. 10: 3
1t gives us a feeling OF confidence
and security to think of being sur
rounded by God. No harm can come
TO us when thus walled about by di-
vine power and love. Yet MANY OF
us dread the thunder, we are afraid
OF the storm, afraid OF noises in the
darkness. afraid of shadows II we
truly believed our evenings assurance
could anything disturb us?--J. r.
Miller.
Wednesday. Get thee up into the
top OF Pfsgah, and lift up thine eyes
westward. and northward and south
ward. and eastward, and behold with
thine eyes.--Deut. 3: 81.
1t Is difficult to read these words,
"northward, and southwark. and eat
ward. and westward" without being
reminded Of ''the breadth. and length.
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