A Noble Deed Is A Step Towards

A Life In Any Sphere That Is The Expression And Outflow Of An Honest, Earnest, Loving Heart, Taking Counsel Only Of God And Itself, Will Be Certain To Be A Life Of Beneficence In The Best Possible Direction.

The Secret Of Man's Success Resides In His Insight Into The Moods Of People, And His Tact In Dealing With Them.

The Pleasant Converse Of The Fireside, The Simple Songs Of Home, The Words Of Encouragement As I Bend Over My School-tasks, The Kiss As I Lie Down To Rest, The Patient Bearing With The Freaks Of My Restless Nature, The Gentle Counsels Mingled With Reproofs And Approvals, The Sympathy That Meets And Assuages Every Sorrow, And Sweetens Every Little Success--all These Return To Me Amid The Responsibilities Which Press Upon Me Now, And I Feel As If I Had Once Lived In Heaven, And, Straying, Had Lost My Way.

I Know Of But One Garment Which The Fashionable Social Life Of This Country Borrows Of Christianity; It Is That Ample Garment Of Charity Which Covers A Multitude Of Sins--particularly Fashionable Sins.

Idleness Is The Sepulchre Of A Living Man.