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VIA DOLOROSA.
Down through the hottest fires of pain,
My weary soul did go;
They lashed it at morn and burned it
at eve,
But He had willed it so.
Under the load of suffering,
My tortured heart was bowed;
And through the black night of sorrow,
There loomed a blacker cloud.
Betreatn the cutting lash of grief,
My rebellious spirit bent;
I hoped, I yearned, I prayed, I wept.
Till the long, dark night was spent.
Then with the rosy burst of dawn,
1 knew there had been no loss;
Since by the way of sorrow,
I had found the cross!
—JULIA IVERSON LANE.
CHAT.
A FEW days ago our “Mater” of
The Household sent me the
following clipping for my boys
and girls, and so strongly do I en
dorse its every word that I am going
to make it the body of my talk to you
for this week:
“ihe small courtesies sweeten life,'
said a thoughtful observer. As a mat
ter of fact, the small courtesies uo
far more than merely to make life
pleasant. They open the door of op
portunity; they turn opposition into
sympathy; they often convert enmity
into friendship.
And discourtesy —a lack of consid
eration for others expressed in words
or actions —is one of the things that
has ruined the prospects of many
bright, ambitious boys.
Just a little case in point. A cer
tain boy was given a note which rec
ommended him highly for a position
then vacant. On the way down town in
the trolley car the boy accidentally
trod on the toes of a well dressed
man; and, amused at the man's ex
pression of pain, laughed loudly. But
he did not feel nearly so hilarious
when he found that the man whom x.e
had treated so rudely was the mer
chant to whom he had the letter, and
in whose employ he had hoped to be.
Did he get the place? Os course not;
but he got a few cutting words, which
I think, did him good.
A discourteous manner is one of the
worst handicaps I can think of to any
boy w’ho wants to get on in the
world.
In tne first place, of course, it is
not fair; for every one, no matter
what the situation, is entitled to cour
tesy. In the second place, a discour
teous manner makes enemies; and a
few enemies at the start of a
man’s career are a very bad invest
ment.
There’s a "cranky” customer to be
handled. Your manager says to him-
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and treatment of this disease, he is
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that Cancer is hereditary, having treat
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He has published a book describing
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This book is sent free to those who are
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VOICES OF YOUTH
self: "Now, Jones knows that busi
ness through and through. He’s got a
good talker, smart as a whip; but 1
can’t put him on that job because
he's so rude that he'd queer my cus
tomer.” So Jones does net get the
assignment; and some other fellow,
far less competent, but more courte
ous gets the business —and the credit.
This situation is not at all uncommon.
1 have repeatedly heard business men
talk in just that way.
Another thing about discourtesy is
that it reacts upon yourself. The snap
pish. rude, discourteous fellow is al
ways in a state of irritability and
bother; he works three times as hard
as the polite boy, and at the end of
the days work he is three times as
tired. You see, he has been putting
obstacles in his way all day long. ror
if there’s any one thing that can be
guaranteed to make life harder for a
fellow, it is discourtesy.
If each boy and girl who reads thus
will let it govern and shape their lives
for the future, the Voices or Youth
department will have done, by pass
ing it on to you, not only a service
to every life that touches yours, but
like the pebble tossed in the lake which
starts a continuous chain of waves
that circle on and on until the shore
is reached, so will the influence of
your lives thus touched reach out to
the shores of eternity.
One of the strongest evidences in
our every-day lives mat we have been
with God, is our courteous considera
tion for all with whom we come in
contact. ine person who tries our
patience as well as the one to whom
for selfish reasons we would be cour
teous. Kind, courteous, manners cost
little, yet so often mean the turning
of a whole life's current. It is im
possible to weigh your responseonn.y
along this line; you may never know
whom your abrupt, harsh manners has
disheartened and sent to a life of s n
until you meet them at the judgment
bar of God and bear their testimony.
Young people, take time to be
thoughtful of others, speak to them
always as you would have them speak
to you. Know that you can not minor
the likeness of your Savior by impa
tient, abrupt manners, or thoughtless
unkind words.
I am giving you a story this week
in which we are shown that a “long
faced” religion that is selfish does not
bring reward, no matter how far we
deny ourselves, the general pleasures
of life or avoid the temptations com
mon to all. God would have soldiers,
not “shirkers.”
Write to Harlow Meadow, it will
help him.
LITTLE MOTHER.
OUR LITTLE INVALID.
Dear Little Mother and Circle:
You asked for as many of us as
would, to tell you how we spent the
Fourth of July. I spent mine in bed,
alone with a nurse, while every mem
ber of the family went to one of these
“singings” at our church, and so have
Complete Cu e.
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The Golden Age for July 29, 1909.
CONDUCTED BY THE EDITOR.
I spent the last three “Fourth’s.” The
last “Fourth” was a glorious day
with cool wind fanning the cheek and
making everyone feel good.
I tried to be brave and thankful I
was living but I couldn’t keep back a
little cry. I dressed up though and
had them put me near the window
where I could see the buggies and an*
automobile pass. Then I wrote a man
who has been on bed twenty years
and who has been my correspondent
all that time. I had a nice dinner, to
and candy and lemonade.
You told us of two kinds of
‘Fourth’s.” Now, I have never been
on an operating table but on one
“Fourth” I was put on the dinner ta
ble at the same church I have been
talking about to have a broken leg set
and was then carried home on a pil
low. I suffered for three months, yet
I was able to go again and enjoy*
many more, as I rolled around in my
chair at my own sweet will.
They used the old “Sacred Harp”
then, and it was sweeter singing man
they have now. There was one song
of praise that I enjoyed especially
I enjoyed the “Fourth” then, but
now it only brings sad memories, as I
lie here on my bed, of ones that are
gone; yet life is sweet with a blessed
hope of a world where we suffer no
more.
If this should be the poorest letter
you get, just know I am not able to
do any better, for I am in bed all the
time, but don’t bury me alive because
of that. Write to me, young people.
Yours on the bed,
MOLLIE E. HILLIS.
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And you’ll live to bless the day!
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS.
I have written nothing for our de
partment for quite a while. However,
if I have failed to write, I have not
neglected to read. I have enjoyed
reading the letters in “Voices of
Youth,” and I am glad to see our de
partment is growing more and more
interesting. I am moved today to talk
to you a little about opportunity.
Often, we see men who *seem to
climb tne ladder of success w’ith ease.
They attain honor and distinction.
They wield a wide influence and in
spire and help their kind. On the
other hand, we see men whose lives
are complete failures. They succeed
at nothing they undertake; in fact
they undertake things in a half-hearted
manner, as if they were chronically
discouraged. They exert no influence
on others and afford no help or inspi
ration. Why is there tnis great, differ
ence? The solution of the promem
lies back in the days of youth.
In tnose days it is almost certain
that Opportunity held out her hand
to all, and those who succeeded,
grasped the hand and earnestly follow
ed when Opportunity led. Those who
did not respond to his invitation, miss
ed their chance of success. Opportun
ity seldom comes twice to a youth or
a man. An old saying is that Oppor
tunity wears a lock of hair in front,
but is bald behind. Those who do not
seize his fore lock, are unfortunate,
for when his lock is turned, they can
lake no hoid of him —and he speeds
away. Nearly all our great men from
Franklin and Andrew Jackson to the
