Show pur por the deseret deserea averting Ev erting becs AS A bla SIA THIN 1 HE HEART x t h SO IS HE ile ct is said that the file vast beds orreen bof of tal ral shiell which ar are found beneath the i sur U ee ce of the ocean and aud which have in la ime me m instances grown into islands po pon which farms have haio ha made and ana otties built have been for medby the almost imperceptibly gradual deposits af f millions of that inhabit the briny deep these atoms f so 30 small that the naked etc eye cannot nob jno t perceive them and so pliable lahat the gentlest ripple will leave its I 1 impress upon their newly formed sur taace I 1 ace eventually become so firm and J unyielding nyi elding eiding thattie that the storm lashed waves in n their wildest fury cau can mais mals no nd impression upon them so 60 it is with JivIng the little momentary thoughts thab that no eye can see so trilling that we scarcely deem them worthy of our own attention are nevertheless though silently and slowly ay yet steadily surely hourly nay momentarily forming our characters aut nor for good or evil words and actions are but the reflex of our thoughts the outward fruit that springs from the seed slanted planted and cherished in the hidden boll of the mind milid if we would become ure are wise and noble in character and conduct we must cherish and cultivate thoughts of a indred kindred fe character if we desire to see our grow up men aud ana and hud women af virtue integrity faith A and wisdom we must gibb a proper direction to their thoughts then as I 1 t they advance in years they will become become firm and strong in the cause of truth and right the storms of temptation and ao the wave of malice will spend their A ff fury upon them in vain vuin and fail fall in im potent rage af at their feet while thi they ey will vill stand erect in all the majesty of conscious dignity and unshaken virtue htow w Y shall tb this Is be done by present ing pore poro fre the mind and r images of the pure and true tine by feeding it with its aliment ailment trtat the th mind will wu thinie apon wl at the eye sees or oi the ear ustes betes os to if we wc look upon hear or read that which is vicious and corrupting our thoughts will be vitiated andoor and our character to a greater or less extent degraded but bat if we read and listen to that which ia Is good goo dour doun our oun thoughts cannot but partake of goo goodness goodness aness and our characters will be proportionately purified and aud elevated how little do we realize to what a great extent our characters prosperity and happiness depend on the nature of the books and papers we peruse and on the apparently insignificant portions of time we occupy CU in reading let ns us read that which ch is good and truthful and we shall find less lessl difficulty in controlling cont roling our thoughts and our characters according to our highest desires W H S |