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Show Miiiiiiiiintt'a-alll,tt111111 TTll iliiiiiiiiitiiiiirtiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiTttiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiriiiitirtiiiiittiiiiiLiiiiiiticiiiiitiiiiiriiiiiiiiii4iitiiiiiijiiiiii I Health and Beauty I - By - J ,mn ii in iiniin DR. SOPHIA BRUNSON " ' mi u m" In a world in which hate is on the march and fear is gripping with its icy fingers the hearts of men, nothing is secure. Everything we were brought up to consider sacred is being reviled re-viled and jeered at. The world is upside down and threatening to destroy itself. Can anybody remain serene and find a measure of peace and happiness hap-piness amidst such turmoil? Yes, by finding the source of happiness which depends only secondarily upon material things. You must educate your heart as well as your head, if you would invite happiness to abide with you. If we would think more, we would forget ourselves in trying to make someone else happy. Merely contributing money, or sitting on a committee, or attending attend-ing meetings, is not enough. It is the personal self-sacrificing work that counts. Christ showed us the way. He went about day by day serving his fellow men. His heart beat m sympathy for the sorrowing. He wept at the grave of Lazarus even though He knew that He himself would soon restore His friend to life. Then why did the Master weep? It was because He was touched by - the grief of His friends. The writer was listening to a conversation one day among a group of educated people. One of them remarked that a work of art brought her happiness; another said that she derived great joy from her love of nature, a gorgeous gor-geous sunset, a lovely flower, the lilting melody of a bird's song, the thrilling story of a strange adventure. adven-ture. It is true that all of these things make life fuller and sweeter. The appreciation of the beautiful, especially es-pecially in nature, is an unending source of enjoyment, but nothing can give that deep satisfaction to the human soul as can a love-1 love-1 1 filled life. |