Show f LIGHTS AND SHADOWS t 1 Have Faith Havo faith It Is tho anchor of the soul TIs that which grasps the future In Its handy And through discouragements and years of pain VV V And toll and sorrow and hope lon deferred V ferred Tho beaten oft returns cer to the fight And ImowliS not defeat wins victory atlas at-las Weary tho way and steep tho heights Beset by danger and with darkness Illlcd rho road that leads where fain their feet V would tread r Yet over sure and upward to the light It leads them with unerring footsteps on Steadfast and slow to their longsought I desire l I pictures mid tIme winter summers lowers And mid the desert an oasis fair Mid days of cloud and gloom a amlllng sky Until Iho heart enraptured catching hold or things Invisible serenely beats Within the very portals ot despair V Had lo Give it Up Ch quiet Sabbath evening So btlll so sweet you are Them seems a benediction 0 V That fUN the very air My foul In modltatlon i Could pass beyond recall I Were It not that crowds arc comlns From u Sunday game of ball I I J rue church bolls sweetly ringing Their music Ill the air With a sort of Invitation V To ralso the heart In prayer I would communo with nature But Tin balked as sure as fate For theres Bessie and young Hanson Aspoonlng tho gau i f The breeze so gently sighing c Has a voice so lov and sweet But Its words aro interrupted V By that organ cross the street When I wish to read my Bible And muse on thlnRS on high mml Some ono talks b Richard Carvel On tho veranda nigh V nlEh And then to ciifce my feelings I start a hymn lo sins When Ill leave my happy home for thee Upon my poor ears ring TIa no use at all I tell you It 1 Is more than I cnn bear Theres much to draw attention That I give up In despair V A pertinent Question She was not in Invalid out she thought ehc was which amounted to the same thing Ono day the past week she was bemoaning be-moaning her hard fate to a neighbor who I V CI recently mici muvuu m HUM num ran through 11 the JJOYCU 111 which went from consumption lo nervous prostration You nay you have consumption inc newnindo friend nskcd pityingly Yes I Imvo had It for rlsho replied re-plied wllhui groan And SL Vltua dance 1 child V Since was a chid V And heart trouble I Yes she paid tearfully 1 feel that my heart Is very weak V Did you way you had salt rheum I Yea always V And Indigestion J Oh yes Hho answered half between sob and u groan 1 am distressed ThoroH one more question T would Ilka to milt he said leaning I tow Ud her How Ions have you been dead Generous of Voice 1 He went to church on Sunday V And prayed with untold zest Ho asked that saint and sinner V V be blest I Might every one hlcMt V V Hi prayed that those In sorrow Slight have a time of peace Thatthosc In pain and slckneiis Might have from caro surcease V V lift naked the Lord of plenty 01 Tho needy to tuirnlso Thai tho widow mhhl not suffer Tho remainder of her days i V Tho collection then waa taken For one whIms nooil was great i Mitlst his gold hf found n nickel Which ho put upon the plate I Ho Thought it Easy Oh loll mo when Is fancy hred V Said she lo Cousin SI Youll find It at tho bakers Sid he J you will tfy |