| Show I 11 II PROFESSION PR F Ss oN OF r l I II FRIENDSHIP l u I Of all al the thue that bloom In tho the island of oC time line I Ithe garden of life on tho the the hue sweetest anti and rarest is the pure puro white lily Hy of or a beautiful friendship Friendship is the lie best gift of oC the Eternal to man Its Is Impulses arc are of divine lne ll origin Its Is ts seeds deeply Implanted in iii the In Innermost Innermost innermost In- In recess of ot our own being Its Is nourished b by bythe roots root are arc watered and amud the tho soft sor dews dow o oC of love lo e and the tho gentle gonte rain mimi rin of Beautiful as 11 it is Is redolent with perfume per per- fume one would Imagine it an alu an exotic or tropical plant but under tinder all 01 s1 skies les and in all al climes throughout all ni ages anc it sends s forth its Is flower and anc foliage mankind to 0 purify and uplift It I Is a delightful task to stud stul study its Is growth glowth anti and analyze its Is well wel founded and delicate consummation Happy the man tuna who finds linds friend friend- ship Happier he lie who attracts friendship friend friend- ship Shill while happiest of all al is ho hue who retains friendship Call Cal not riot the chance acquaintance your friend neither he lie who is simply a n business associate neither he who is your our congenial collego companion though from rom these the he sweetest of or friendships may spring Friendship is not nol founded on chance meeting business Interest or I congeniality though these may many enter Into 1110 Us Its com corn position It I is founded on honor respect respect re te love Jove and anc truth and more than halt all al these hose e Friendship Is tho lie mn magnetic nelc Inn Inn- enco that unites the lie positives and alc nc negatives s of two lives and amid complements complements comple comple- ments the wal weakness of or each with wih the hue strength of the other Friendship is the wireless telegraph of tho tIme soul wl whereby I C e 1 kindred spirit poised and amid balanced to the lie faintest Impulse of the hue other oilier thought 1 may a hold sw sweet et communion mio tumie with the theother other though separated by ly great groat barriers bar bar- h of or tinie and space space Friendship is tho thue sacramental table I around which full ful of or love hove and 11 devotion devo o ion tion true tue hearts may gather and with sweet remembrances of ot past llast anc re rejoicings re- re gratitude Co tot for I present bless bless- hugs ings and mi unspoken pledge for Cor or future co operations co rise from rain the sacrament scra- scra sacra sacra- ment meat better fitted and heter HUel better prepared for fou the lie burden of ot life hife Friendship Is a sweet throated songster song song- on sLoe ster with mighty outstretched pInIons pinions pin phi ions lotus that can cn bear out our OU troubled and perturbed spirits spIris far tar above the nol noise io and tho hue carnage carnago of or the tho battle batte of life Friendship hlll Is the spirit of oC the tho Eternal Eter Eten- nal minI which admitted into life cherished cher ehor- antI and obeyed makes ot a n life Ifo a n glad sweet song sonG rejected turns life Iro Into lute a a parched and mocking desert the on only I Inhabitants of oC which thich are false also hopes lost ambitions and amI baseless base base- less hess les dreams To ro profess pi friendship for a man Is Isto Isto Isto to make lifes life's grent greatest st profession I When hen onto ono professes proCesses friendship and Is honest and sincere In his protestations lons ho Is ia offering the tho secret treasures treas trens- ures of or his luis life tho the depth h of or his hearts heart's affection and the tho aspiration of or his Juts sAul ul therefore tim the profession of friendship is s 's lifes life's most sacred sion Happy the man who fn finds s such a a kindred soul that his heart healt will wi rejoIce rejoice re- re joIce Jolce in iii tho hue offering of oC the sion slon Unworthy the tho man mami who trades ratios upon his fellows with the lie sacred profession of or friendship and anc equally equal equal- unworthy of confidence tho man who accepts the profession in Iii a sordid selfish spirit giving nothing In return an arid and who uses it I In the marketing place of or am ambition to furt further his own personal per llor- onal and anc private ends ends When hien hen you ou have ha a friend bind him luini to your OUI heart with hoops of or steel and be 10 a as true to him as you ou would have hu him be he to you |
