COMPENSATION

HE universe pays every man in his own coln; if you smile. it smiles upon you in return; if you frown, you will be frowned at; if you sing, you will be invited into gay company; if you think, you will be entertained by thinkers; and if you love the world and earnestly seek for the good that is therein, you will be surrounded by loving friends, and nature will pour into your lap the treasures of the earth. Censure, criticise and hate, and you will be censured, criticised and hated by your fellow men.

Every seed brings forth after its kind. Mistrust begets mistrust, and confidence begets confidence, kindness begets kindness, love begets love. Resist and you will be resisted. To meet the aggressive assault every entity rises up rigid and impenetrable-while yonder mountain of granite melts and floats away on the bosom of the river of love.

-N. W. Zimmerman.

IVING will teach you how to live, better than preacher or book. -Goethe.

HE unhappy are always wrong; wrong in being so, wrong in saying so, wrong in needing help of others.

HATEVER the weather may be," says he,
"Whatever the weather may be,

It's the songs ye sing, an' the smiles ye wear,
That's a-makin' the sun shine everywhere."

James Whitcomb Riley.

E WHO has conferred a kindness should be silent, he who has received one should speak of it.

-Seneca.

Ring it, ye bells of the kirk,

The Lord of Love came down from above,

To live with the men who work.

This is the rose He planted,

Here in the thorn-cursed soil;
Heaven is blessed with perfect rest,

But the blessing of earth is toil.

-Henry van Dyke.

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ET me but do my work from day to day
In field or forest, at this desk or loom,
In roaring market place or tranquil room;
Let me but find it in my heart to say,
When vagrant wishes beckon me astray,
"This is my work; my blessing, not my doom,
Of all who live, I am the one by whom
This work can best be done in the right way."

Then shall I see it not too great, nor small
To suit my spirit and to prove my powers;
Then shall I, cheerful, greet the laboring hours,
And cheerful turn, when the long shadows fall
At eventide, to play and love and rest
Because I know for me my work is best.

-Henry van Dyke.

AKE the best of everything;
Think the best of everybody;

Hope the best for yourself.

-George Stephenson.

Do not know of any way so sure of making others happy
as being so one's self.
-Sir Arthur Helps.

O BE serene amid a losing fight,

To meet with equal courage dark or light,
To hate all sham, and with persistent might
To do brave deeds as in a master's sight,-
This is to learn life's lesson, reach the height.
-Charles Allen Dausson.

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F you strike a thorn or rose,
Keep a-goin'.

If it hails or if it snows,

Keep a-goin'.

'Tain't no use to sit and whine
When the fish ain't on your line:

Bait your hook and keep on tryin'--
Keep a-goin'.

When the weather kills your crop,
Keep a-goin.'

When you tumble from the top,
Keep a-goin'.

S'pose you're out o'every dime!
Gettin' broke ain't any crime;

Tell the world you're feeling prime-
Keep a-goin'.

When it looks like all is up,

AKE Joy home,

And make a place in thy great heart for her;
Then will she come, and oft will sing to thee,
When thou art working in the furrows; aye,
Or weeding in the sacred hour of dawn.
It is a comely fashion to be glad-
Joy is the grace we say to God.

-Jean Ingelow.

THE little cares that fretted me,

I lost them yesterday,

Among the fields above the sea,

Among the winds at play;

Among the lowing of the herds,

The rustling of the trees,

Among the singing of the birds,

The humming of the bees.

The foolish fears of what may happen,

I cast them all away,

Among the clover-scented grass,

Among the new-mown hay,

Among the husking of the corn

Where drowsy poppies nod,

Where ill thoughts die and good are born,

Out in the fields with God.

-E. B. Browning.

Do not forget that even as "to work is to worship," so to

be cheery is to worship also; and to be happy is the first -Robert Louis Stevenson.

step to being pious.