Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-20

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NO clever, brilliant thinker, she,
With college record and degree;
She has not known the paths of FAINT,
| The world has never heard her name;
She walks DIN old, untrodden ways
The valleys Of tht yesterdays.
| Around her childish hearts are twined,
AS with some reverent saint enshrin-
ed,
And following hers, the childish feet
Are led to ideals pureand sweet,
And find all purity and good
In her divinest motherhood.
She keeps her faith unshadowed still,
God rules the world in good and i'll;
Men in her cretd are brave and true,
And women pure as pearls of dew;
And life for her is high and grand,
By work and glad endeavor spanned.
This sad old earth's brighten place
All for the sunshine of her face;
Her very smile blessing throws,
And hearts are happier where she
goes.
A gtntle, clear-eyed messenger,
To whisper love-thank God for her!
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Some men stumble over straws
in the road to heaven but climb
over hills on the road to destruc-
ton.
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In the home life never forget
that the children have social
rights, and the chief among
these is the right to laugh when
they are happy, to cry when they
are unhappy, and to make a
noise.
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The great event in every
Young mans life is his awaken
ing. There comes a time when
he's aroused from the dreamy
carelessness of boyhood by the
opening possibilities of life. If
he then drops into Indifference
and begins life in an easy, shift
less way, he fritters away his
chances. If he comes to a deep,
earnest purpose to be at his best
and do his best he arrives early
at the highest rank among
equals in business, profession or
trade.
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The mother who radiates
peace, radiates strength also.
The restlessness, the noise. the
rush CT the life of today, make it
al the more ne 3essary to main
tain within the nome Al atmos-
phere Of serenity and sweetness,
n the thr hold orcc eros
sed, the outside noise and clatter
ana strife are left securely be-
hind, this is, perhaps, an old
fashioned conception Of home.
Encouragement is something
we naturally look for. A little
praise, a word of hope or a
cheerful something for
the hungry soul to grasp and the
weary mind to rest upon as we
climb the toilsone mountain Of
life. How many poor hearts
have sunken into dependency,
when a little encouragement has
treasured them. The soldier
looks for it on the field Of battle.
1t is the cheering voice of his
leader that urges him on thru
the danger Of death and crowns
the day with victory.
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It is just as possible to keep
calm house as a clean one, a
cheerful house as i warm one, il
the heads set themselves to do
SO. Where is the difficulty of
consulting each others weak
nesses as well as each others
wants; each others tempers as
well as each others fealth; each
otaer's comfort as web as each
others character. Pease rules
the mind. On it is by leaving
the peace at home to chance IN
stead Of pursuing it by system
that so many houses are unhap-
Dy It deserves notice, also
that almost anyone can be cour~
teous and forbearing and patti
ent in a neighbours house. If
anything goes wrong or is out of
tune, or disagreeable there, it is
nase.s the best of, not the worst !;
even efforts are made to excuse
it, il is attributed to accident,
GOT sles.gn; and this is not only
easy, but natural, in the house
a friend.