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Show If You Knew. r If you only knuw that ten deep broa-ths broa-ths three times a day would overcome "hcrlditary consumption" nnd make lifo altogether more worth living, would you continuo to act as if God's pure air was metered by atrusi. If you know, that to selfishly seek happiness was tho strongest invitation lo misery, would you continuothlnklng only of your own wishes and welfare. If you know that overeating would surely shorton your life many years and increase your troubles while you live, would you decided to act upon tho udmonltlon. "Eat, drink and bo merry, for to-morrow, we dlo"? JfyouUnew lthelps you to bo kind them with a'toogue of sarcasm unu'vuii omV" If you know that hnttng anyono would hurt your mind nnd soul and body, would you continuo to sond out thesu boomerang darts of mallco aud and bitterness? If you knew that attempts to "get cvon" with someone who lias wronged you would put you on a level with the wrongdoer, would you still Insist upon an eye for an eyo and a tooth for u tooth? If you knew that hasto in eating wouldquloken your trip tothe cemetery, would you continuo to take five minutes for breakfast, ton minutes for dinner and fifteen minutes for supper? If you know that half tho things for which we struggle aro not only not necessary, but po3ltlvuly harmful, .1.1 .... nntiltnim tn r'iri-v vmlr fth&3Q would you continuo to carry your cnaso to tho brink of "nervous prostration?" If you know that for what ono loses In ono ono way ho can gain iu another, would you continue to worry and fret and stow because things don't go your way? If you know that unkindness comes back to you with compound Interest, would you ever "lly to pieces" nud men-tnlly men-tnlly throw things? If you knew that tho cultivation of composure nnd the ability to conccn-trato conccn-trato meant Increased health, wealth and happiness, would you not think it worth while? If you knew tho powor of nature whon"glven'ti chuheo to keep your body-sweet body-sweet and clean and strong, would you mako it a cesspool, a roceptaelo for patent poison? t. i .. .!, oaU.vnltiirinn builds If you knew thatself-rollanco uuiuis up, and dopeudctico upon othem tears down, wouldn't you soon stop wanting others todoyonr thinklnganddeoidlng for you? If von knew that tho doctrine of the brothorhood of man was more than a Sunday garmont to bo roturnert t() u closet Monday morning, woulil udopt tho motto, Do others or tlioy "if jon knew that you wero dwnrllng your child by Indulgonep. would , joi continue to deprive him of the ble. ing of working out his own 'vi'tln- If you know that ovory'act or your life, evory thought, shapes your char cter, wouldn't you be just u bit moio careful about your actions and your WTn? what you havo just read thoro Is a helpful thought or two for you, will Jou not lend a hand and paw It along |