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Show In Common Thing. Seek not afar for beauty, Lol It clown In dew wet glosses all about lliy leot; In lilirix, In sunshlno, childish faces Hweef, In stain, and mountain summits toppvil with snows. Go not abroad for happiness. Vor, boo! It Is a Mower that blossoms by thy door. LSrlng love and JiiHtlco homo; and then no moro Tliou'lt wonder In what dwellliur Joy may be. Dream not of noblo sorvlco claowlierfl wrought. Tho simple duty that awaits lliy hand la God's voice litterbin a divine com maud; Life's common deeds build all that saintl liavo thought. In wonder workings, or somo bust allnino, Men look for God, and fancy Him con-con con-con led ; Hut In earth's common things II( stands levcalcd, While grass and (lowers and stars spell out' Ills name. Tho parndlso men seek, tho city blight That gleams beyond tho stars for longing long-ing eyes. Is only human goodness In tlio skies, Iiai tit's deeds, well done, glow Into heavenly heav-enly light. Mlnot J. Savaes. Try Shopard & Co., on collections. They got tho money. |