Dread not the winter whither thou mayest go, But when it comes, be thankful for the snow. Onward and upward. Look and smile and pray; Live day by day. * It is my joy in life to find F. D. SHERMAN. BE STRONG Be Strong! We are not here to play, to dream, to drift. We have hard work to do, and loads to lift. Shun not the struggle; face it. 'Tis God's gift. Be Strong! Say not the days are evil-Who's to blame? Be Strong! It matters not how deep intrenched the wrong, How hard the battle goes, the day how long, Faint not, fight on! Tomorrow comes the song! MALTBIE D. BABCOCK. From Thoughts for Every-Day Living: Copyright 1901 by Charles Scribner's Sons. SAY SOMETHING GOOD PICK out the folks you like the least and watch 'em for a while; They never waste a kindly word, they never waste a smile; They criticise their fellow men at every chance they get, They never found a human just to suit their fancy yet. From them I guess you'd learn some things, if they were pointed out Some things what every one of us should know a lot about, When some one "knocks" a brother, pass around the loving cup— Say something good about him if you have to make it up. It's safe to say that every man God made holds trace of good That he would fain exhibit to his fellows if he could: The kindly deeds in many a soul are hibernating there, Awaiting the encouragement of other souls that dare To show the best that's in them; and a universal move Would start the whole world running in a hopeful, helpful groove. Say something sweet to paralyze the "knocker" on the spot Speak kindly of his victim if you know the man or not. The eyes that peek and peer to find the worst a brother holds, The tongue that speaks in bitterness, that frets and fumes and scolds; The hands that bruise the fallen, though their strength was made to raise The weaklings who have stumbled at the parting of the ways All these should be forgiven, for they "know not what they do;" Their hindrance makes a greater work for wiser ones like you, So, when they scourge a wretched one who's drained sin's bitter cup, Say something good about him if you have to make it up. BALTIMORE "AMERICAN." IF you'll sing a song as you go along, If you'll laugh at the jeers and refuse the tears, That the world denies when a coward cries, To give the man who bravely tries. If you'll sing a song as you trudge along, And the sting and the stripe of the tortuous goad And bright and beautiful when glad, If you sing the song as you trudge along! R. MCLAIN FIELDS ("THE BROWN BOOK”). It's part of my religion to look well after the cheerfulness of life, and let the dismals shift for themselves, believing, with good Sir Thomas More, that it is wise to be "merrie in God." L. M. ALCOTT. Now don't forget, when things go wrong, A cheerful heart, and smiling face BE CHEERFUL BE cheerful. Give this lonesome world a smile. JOYOUSNESS is nature's garb of health. LAMARTINE. THANK God for the man who is cheerful |