Show Mr ll > ikli > 11111 ron John llusklu willis Huw much I owe to my mother for having so cues cited mo In time Scripture as to soaks o Is asp them and abavo all taught to reverence them as transcending ought and adorning all conduct hU slit effected not by her own say li i or personal authority but simply by compelling mo to read the Hook thorouRhlr for in > clf As soon as I wns nblo to read with fluency she bags ba-gs a course of Hlblo work with mew me-w ih never ceased till I went to Ox for Sho read alternate verses with mo watching at first every Intonation of my voice and correcting the false ones till she mad me understand the versa It might bo beyond me altogether alto-gether Ibat she did not care about but she made aura that DI coon I got hold of It at all I chould get hold of It by the right end In this way she began with the first verso of Genesis and went straight through to the last vent ot tho Apocalypse bard names num ben Levltlcal law and oiland began again at Genesis the neat day If aDams a-Dams was hard the bettor the eiorclst In pronunciation If a chapter were tiresome the better the lesson In pa hence II distasteful the better the lesson In faith that there wa some usa In Its being so outspoken Alter our chapters from two to three a day according ac-cording to their length the first thing after breakfast and no Interruptions from servant allowed none from any visitors wbo cither Joined In the readIng read-Ing or had to slay ltalnand none from any vlsltlngs or excursions except ex-cept real traveling I had to learn a law verses by heart or repeat to make sure that I had not lost something of what was already known and with the chiipters abdvo enumerated I had to learn true whole body ot the fine old Scottish Paraphrases which are good melodious and forceful verse and to which together with the Illblo itself I owe the first cultivation ol my ear In sound It Is strange of all the pieces of the Illblo which ray mother thus taught me thai which COlt me mOlt to learn and which WaR lo my childs mind chiefly repulsive tha Ont Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm has now become of alll line most precious torte to-rte In Its overflowing and glorious pu > Ion of love for the law of God OEMS OF THOUGHT The employment of tlrao and the pence of the heart compose Ibo high tit happiness of man Volney Universal history the history ot what man has accomplished In this world Is al bottom the history of the great men who have worked hern Csrlylo A better and brighter day for humanity hu-manity approaches with over quickenIng quicken-Ing footsteps and promises a career to man leading ever on to Infinite attainment attain-ment It C Adams The true strength of every human soul Is to ho dependent on as many nobler as It can discern and to be depended de-pended upon by as many Inferior iii It can resell John Huskln Coarse rico for food wat r to drink the banded arm for a pillow happiness may ho enjoyed even with them but without vlftuo both riches and honor teem to ma iko the passing cloud Confucius For tho best results there needs bo the longest waiting The true harvest Is the longest In being reached The allures come first this successes last The unsatisfactory II I soonest seen CnlJerwooJ 1 The right human bond Is that which unites soul with soul and only they sro truly akin who conscientiously llyo In the eame world wbo think believe and love alike who hope tor the sums things aspire to tho same ends lllsbop Spalding Contention and disputation are not the mark of cither a great mind or a calm iweet spirit The thicker quietly quiet-ly I dock his host to make his meaning clear but If there Is stilt lack of perception per-ception on the part of his hearers hi limply waits for that justlficatlonwhlch Urn It sure tn brlntvJsmcs Uujgo 1 mash Jssatee Exact JtutlM It commonly nor merciful mer-ciful In the lone run than pity for It tends to foster In men thorn stronger qualities whlchinake them good cltl lens |