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Show J I. There are some persons would'that their numbers num-bers were greater! who magnify the virtues or people. They have a talent for seeing the good and . the commendable in any deed or character. Appar- S ently they are incapable of the mean art of disnar- agement. Consequently they are sought out as -friends, and they are looked up to as inspires. Theirs is the better part, for they become sharers j of the virtues which they emphasize and help to t keep alive, if not to create. ! . The angels who rejoice over repentance cannot j but feel an uncomprehended pain as they try and f try again in vain whether they may not warm hard .- hearts with the brooding of their kind wings. I Ruskin. I 4 . i .. A good character is the best tombstone. Thoso who loved you, and were helped by you, will re- j member you when forget-me-nots are withered. Carve your name on hearts and not on marble. . ; .. f Let us be men with men. and always children oe-fore oe-fore God ; for in His eyes we are but children. Old j age itself, in the presence of eternity, is but the ; j first moment of a morning. ; . . ! j In your occupations try to possess your soul m , peace. It is not a good plan to be in haste to per 1 form any action that it may be the sooner over. j. Madame Guyon. 1 V T. I Let us be what we are and speak what we thm.-v, and in all things keep ourselves loyal to the trutn ? and to the sacred professions of friendship. j t You may not be able to remove a wrinkle, but j you may remove a frown and so change your wrm kles into rivulets of laughter. f , There has never been a tyranny that did . not 1 eventually end is disaster. f T . -I " "-""l" "" I.IJi,n1M(iWif.M. ' ""' " " '- .. |