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Show GEMS OF THOUGHT. "Good morning" is the golden key that ! unlocks every door for me. Aquiila, Words are but mirrors. They give us insight into our thought, but restrict us in that insight. Be to others kind and true. As you'd have others be to you. St. Alphonsus. Home love is the best love. The love that vou are born to is the sweetest, you will ever have on earth. You m'ay not know it now, but you will kno-w it some j day. An indiscreet man is sometimes more . harmful than an ill-natured one; for while t'he tatter will only attack his enemies and thVse he wishes ill to. the other injures the friends and foes. St. Paul. As the star of the east guided the wise men to Christ in His lowly abode, so the littlo light of the tabernacle reminds us of His perpetual residence on our altar. To this Bethlehem, on Christmas morning, morn-ing, who will bring the richest gifts? Archbishop Gross. If we have true friends we must show a spirit of true friendship toward others. Solomon said: "As in water face answer-eth answer-eth to face, so the heart of man to man." We need ndt think, however, that every one to whom we act the part of a friend will always bo as ready to reciprocate our favors as they were to receive them. People Peo-ple are both sellfish and ungrateful. It is a good thing and wise to be aWe, with a few books ami a little needle work, to give any room, 'however strange and desolate, a look of home; to be able to pursue our usual employments anywhere at a moment's notice: and a blessing beyond be-yond wealth, beyond beauty, or even beyond be-yond talent, is that cheerful temperament which can rejoice in the sunshine, yet be merry in 'the shade, which can deligtvt in the birds' singing in spring, yet solace itself it-self with the heart's own music when winter is at hand. The ills of fife. Hs troubles and its cares. Are priceless gifts, which every hour prepares. pre-pares. Thai we may turn them into gold. Make them bear fruit a hundred fold. With living Faith and Hope, thy kindly-guides. kindly-guides. And Grace celestial ever nigh. Plod on thy way and gaze on high. When courage fails thee, man, or woe betides. be-tides. , Though sad and long thou here may st toll and roam. At last, in joy, thou'lt reach thy destined Home. Cardinal Newman. |
