ears to perfect and perpetuate."

A little house well filled,
A little field well tilled,
A good wife well willed, are great riches.

Leaders. Be a leader. A leader does his thinking before hand and
endeavors to provide for every need. He must be well informed and know
how to arouse interest and stimulate activity. He must discover and
adopt only the best methods. The rewards of leadership are a continually
increasing power to lead others and the ability to conduct your own
life most usefully and happily.

"A good farmer's tools are under shelter;
But Pete Tumbledown's lie helter-skelter;
And when he wants his tools again
He finds them rusty from the rain."

"Divide and conquer," was Joshua's rule of strategy in the conquest of
Canaan. "Separate for the march, unite for the attack," was a maxim of
Napoleon. Both are good rules for the people in all our churches, in
their constant conflict with vice and iniquity.

The noblest man does not always uphold his rights, but waives them for
his own good and the good of others. A keen sense of honor, that
condemns dishonorable conduct, is one of the finest results of a good
education. Education is expected to do for the mind, what sculpture does
to a block of marble.

"A merry farmer's girl am I,
My songs are gay and blithe;
For in my humble country home
I lead a free, glad life.
Through fertile fields and gardens mine,
I love at will to roam,
And as I wander gayly sing,
This is my own, free home,
My own free home."

Genius. There is no genius like a love for hard work. Hard work develops
strength, increases usefulness, and tends to length of days. Six days
shalt thou labor and do all thy work. In the sweat of thy face shalt
thou eat bread. Labor conquers all things.

"He lives the best who never does complain,
Whether the passing days be filled with sun or rain.
Who patiently toils on though feet be sore,
Whose home stands by the road with open door;
Who smiles though down he sits to feast or crust,
His faith in man sincere, in God his trust."
A. F. Caldwell.

Seek employment by the month or year, rather than by the day; and render
unswerving loyalty to those of your own home, school and church; and
those who favor you with employment.

A man's work is the expression of his worth. It should make a man of
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