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Show SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT By F. A. WALKER GIVE ENCOURAGEMENT A WOHD of encouragement In the " dark hour Is often followed by a ray of sunshine that lights up a human hu-man soul until the end of timet And how little does the helpful word cost the giver I Look at the burden-bearers passing you, dust-covered, sad-eyed and weary, trudging through the cold and the heat, conscious only of their aching bucks, tired feet and breaking hearts. Give them a smile as you meet them. See their countenance brighten and their feet step more lightly as they catch the meaning; of your Una and know It Is meant for them. Encouragement makes people believe be-lieve In Immortality because It opens up new visions that reveal vistas and sensations never before seen or experienced. ex-perienced. It stirs new emotions, strikes new chords of music, give new hue to the sky, and awakens thoughts which have been lying dormant In discouraged discour-aged hearts since they first began to beat. Instead of censuring the being who has mude a mistake, give him or her kindly word of cheer. Treat him or her as you would like to be treated when your soul is filled with doubt and sorrowing. Forget Die great weighty sermons, the thread-worn parable f advice and coujure up a dainty little posy of encouragement en-couragement and note how eagerly It wilt be accepted, sometimes with a twitching of the lips, a trembling, grateful hand and a happy tear. Try It today on some of the human wrecks you may meet, scuffling along, groping In a dismal world of whose horrors you know nothing and habitually habit-ually shun as you would a pestilence. And after you have tried It, look Into your own soul and see the new light that has been born there to cheer you In the -silent night when you are alone. A HtUe more friendly Intimacy with one another, a few more benevolent smiles, a trifling bit of consolation and a few small words of encouragement scattered here and there as yon go along the beaten pathway would In a generation lighten sorrowing heurts. make the world brighter and better and possibly move It closer to heaven ! (ffl br lioClur Nwipapr Syndloat.) n |