The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-16
The Sunshine Highway.

Terse Comments on the Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young
Peoples Societies - Christian En-
, deavor, etc.-for June IS: THE Uses
fitness of Good Cheer. JIG ohm
16:24-33.
A popular jingle exhorted. Keep on
the sunny side of life" There is one
sort of person who habitually chooses
the shady side of the street, preferring
| gloom, depression and worry. Fret
fulness and anxiety are second nature
| to some men and women. When they
haven't real troubles at hand, they
| imagine them All their days are at
tuned to a minor key. To say that
this state of mind is unwise is merely
to express a truiSm. No lot is so
blessed that thinking cannot make 1t
seem evil. Happiness is always sub
jective. The sensible person is the
one who walks on the sunny side of
life, thereby expressing. his faith in
the world and in God who made it
No troubles can abide the presence
of a dauntless. optimistic spirit The
person who is ever on the lookout for
silver Innings will find that clouds are.
chiefly silver.
| SCheerf ulness is not little thing
when it shows men the joy of the:
Lord.
| Merely to be contented and CRATE
full is the best way of giving God His
due. He cares more for the fragrance
of praisefu1 lives than for the odor of
costliest sacrifice.
Little troubles vex little souls:
great souls beat even great troubles
serenely.
An optimistic attitude of mind is
half the conquest over lfe's ills.
IF any little word of mine
Can make life the brighter,
! If any little song of mine
God help me speak the little word,
And take my life of singing
And drop 1t in some lonely vale,
To set the echoes ringing
Give us the man who sings at his
work. Be his occupation what it may,
he is superior to any of those WIN
follow the same pursuit in silent sr1I-
lenness--Thomas Carlyle
think we are too ready with COM
| plant
In this fair world of Gods"
Mrs Browning. ),
When we work with song we work
towards success.
We are not slaves, driven to ON,
i work by the lash of a taskmaster.
We are the sons of God, laborfnz to-
gether with our Father in His uniyer-
sal and infinite work. Therefore, the
joy that God has in His work, should
be shared by US, His fellow-workers.
o cheerfully smile
And wait awhile
For the storm will soon be over
There's a bit of blue
In the sky for you, q
There's sweetness yet in the clover !
Jean Dwight Franklin (.
Gods power should give US peace
and Gods goodness should make us
glad.
A long face indicates narrowness
rather than depth.
A happy Christian is a more effec-
tive argument for the Gospel than a
whole volume of Christian evidences
Oh. who will walk a mile with me
Along life's merry way?
a eomrade blithe and full of glee
Who dares to laugh out loud and free,
And let his frolic fancy play
Like a happy child, through the flowers
That fill the field and fringe the way
Where he walks a mile with me
! And VINO Will walk mile with me
!, | Along lifes weary way!
A friend whose heart has eyes to see
! The stars shine out DER the darkenfng lea
, And the quiet rest at the end of the day
. A friend who knows and dares to saw
The brave, sweet words that clear the wa y
Where he walks mile with me.
with such comrade. such a friend
. I fain would walk till journeys end
! Through summer sunshine winter rain
| And then? Farewell, We shall met again
Henry van Dyke
Medical SANDER Case to Jury,
Chicago, June 16.-The 100000
I libel suit brought by the Chatta
, nooga Medicine company against the
. American Medical association wa:
placed in the hands of the jury at Il
/ O'Clock today. The action was brough
by the medicine company to secur,