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October 6, 1909. THE
answered quickly, eager to return her
sister'B confidence, "before Uncle Jack
called I had planned to work on my bead
chain, which I am anxious to finish. But
now 'the thing worth while' seems to be
to hem the towels mamma wants out of
the way. Will you bring me my workbasket
and one of the towels? They are
in the lower drawer."
A few minutes later Rosemary, seated
in the hie chair heside the window her
foot resting on a stool, stopped sewing
to watch Bertha walk briskly down the
snowy path and out to the road beyond.
"I'm glad Uncle Jack shared his secret
wiiu us, suv fidiu, us sue ueui uuuve utfi
hemming. "It has helped Bertha and me
to
'Do the thing we must
Before the thing we may.' "
?The Westminster.
THEIR HOLIDAY.
The Wife:
The house is like a garden?
The children are the flowers.
The gardener should come, methinks,
And walk among his bowers.
Oh, lock the door of worry,
And shut your cares away,
Not time of year but love and cheer.
Will make a holiday.
The Husband:
Impossible! you women do not know
The toil It takes to make a business grow;
I can not join you until very late.
So hurry home nor let the dinner wait.
The Wife:
The feast will be like Hamlet,
Without the Hamlet part;
The home is but the house, dear.
Till you supply the heart.
The Christmas night I long for
x uu iiccu nui 1011 vu uujr,
Oh, give me back one thing I lack;
The love-light in your eye.
The Husband:
Of course I love you and the children, too;
Be sensible, my dear. It is for you
I work so hard to make my business pay.
There, now, run home, enjoy your holiday.
The Wife, Turning Away:
He does not mean to wound me,
1 know his heart is kind
Alas, that men can love us,
And be so blind?so blind'
A little time for pleasure,
A little* time* fnr nlnv
A word to prove the life of !ove
And frighten care away?
Though poor my lot, in some small cot,
That were a holiday.
The Husband, Musing:
She has not meant to wound me, or to
vex,
Ah, but 'tis difficult to please her sex!
I've housed and gowned her like a queen,
Yet, there she goes, with discontented
mien.
I gave her diamonds only yesterday?
Some women are like that, do what you
may.
?Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in Success.
Ask with confidence and humility,
Seek with care and application.
Knock with earnestness and perseverance.
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THE SEED AND THE PLANT.
By Anna D. Walker.
"Mother," said Louise Denton, "I say,
mother," and the girl looked up from a
note she was reading. "Mrs. Russell has
invited me and Alice Norris to take luncheon
with her and her family tomorrow."
"Well, daughter, you seem very serious
over the matter. I see no objection to
your going," and Mrs. Denton paused for
an answer.
"Well, mother, how can I do good to
the Russells by my visit? They are so
pleasant, yet so totally irreligious. They
don't attend church nor any religious service.
Now how can I help them? is the
question in my mind."
Mrs. Denton smiled approvingly. It was
only of late that her dear youUg daughter
had been so thoughtful, religiously. "Well,
my dear child," she said at length, "when
we are about to do a piece of sewing we
consider our tools and our material and
then work accordingly. It is the same
with religious work; our tools and our
material are to be considered. Your visit
may be considered your tool to work with
and the hostess and her family your material;
what can you do with these? Consider
prayerfully, and light will come."
Louise followed her mother's suggestions
and results were most favorable.
The young friend who accompanied her
in the visit was as earnest as herself to do
good to the hostess' family. Beforehand,
the two dear girls determined to ask that
the Russell children, three in number,
might be permitted to go to their Sabbathschool.
When the proposition was made, Mrs.
Russell replied, "Why, they might, only
there is no one to get them ready in time.
On Sundays we rise late; then I am busy
witb the baby and our one maid has all
she can do to prepare breakfast, clear
It away and bring the dinner forward."
Now the young gueBts proposed that
they should take turns in getting their
little neighbors ready for service on Sabbath
mornings and the mother readily
agreed to let them try the plan and take
her little ones to both Church and Sabbath-school.
"I have been wanting to send
them," she said, "but could not send them
alone, and didn't know how, unaided, to
make them ready, and now you young
ladies have solved the whole problem for
me."
"Couldn't you go to church, too?" asked
Louise, timidly.
"Oh, I don't know. T haven't been in so
long. I wouldn't know how to behave.
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But if I can leave baby, I'll try to go
some fine Sunday."
When we start a good work we never
know to what growth it may attain. The
two young Christians were faithful to the
work they had assigned themselves, only
expecting reward from on high. And the
results exceeded their utmost expectations.
Their pastor lent bis aid by visiting
the Russells and his kind invitations
aaaea to the strength of his young helpers'
efforts, and in a few months the
Russell family were regular attendants'
on his ministry. Then it came out that
Mrs. Russell had once been a church
member. She with tears, renewed broken
vows, and her husband joined her in
uniting with the church, saying "he felt
the Lord's claims upon him." The young
children were baptized and the young
Christians who had planted the little
seeds were astonished at the beautiful
and sturdy plant that had so soon attained
to a marvelous height?a -family of
valuable church wnrlforo frnm onmo tin"
seeds planted by two faithful young Christians.?Intelligencer.
A school principal was explaining the
Declaration of Independence.
"Now, boys," he said, "I will give you
each three ordinary buttons. Here they
are. You must think of the first one as
representing Life, of the second one as
representing Liberty, and the third one
'as representing the Pursuit of Happiness.
Next Sunday I will ask you each to produce
the three buttons and tell me what
they represent."
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i iie luuuwing sunaay tne teacher said
to the youngest member: "Now, Johnny,
produce your three buttons and tell me
what they stand for."
"I ain't got 'em all," he sobbed, holding
out two of the buttons. "Here's Life aa'
here's Liberty, but mommer sewed the
Pursuit of Happiness on my pants."
Little Soldiers
In your blood are the million*
of corpuscles that defend you
against disease.
To make and keep these little soldiers
healthy and strong, is simply to make
and keep the blood of the right quality
and quantity.
This is just what Hood's Sarsaparilla
does ? it helps the little soldiers in your
blood to fight disease for you.
It cures scrofula, eczema, eruptions,
catarrh, rheumatism, anemia, nervousness,
dyspepsia, general debility, and
builds up the whole system.