acknowledged by the
nations, as with uplifted eyes and reverent hearts they read, "God is
our Father, and we are all brothers."

QUIET HOUR THOUGHTS.

Genuine love and sympathy are what wins the hearts of our fellows.

A Christian ought always to wake up in the morning in a good humor.

Remember that sorrow and pain soften the heart and sweeten the temper.

The young man who sees no beauty in a flower will make a mean husband.

If you love young people's work you will prove it by laboring and
sacrificing for it.

Begin active work in your society at once, and do not fail to see that
each one has something to do.

The fact that God gives any consideration to mere mites of humanity
scattered about the surface of this little world of ours is conclusive
proof of His infinity.

What a blessing it is that we can not always do what we wish to do, or
have everything our own way.

Many words are no more an indication of depth of feeling and heart than
are boiling bubbles in a frying pan.

There are some people who would scorn to keep bad company, but who
think the worst kind of thoughts by the hour.

Do not wait for somebody else to put your society on the roll of honor.
If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.

If the very hairs of our head are numbered, then why should we not
consult the Father in regard to all our temporal affairs?

How the heart of God must yearn for the record of lives devoted to
humanity. He asks no higher service of man than this.

The truly great man is that one who is satisfied if he is doing to the
utmost limit of his capacity the thing which he has at hand.

God would never make the mistake of helping any young man or young
woman who did not make every possible effort to help himself.

Do not make the mistake of thinking you are the biggest man in your
society. Bigger men than you have died and have not been missed after
forty-eight hours.

The girl who is caught by gold-headed canes, carried by heads with no
brains on the inside and only pasted hair on the outside, has a
pitiable future before her.

No pain, no privation, no sacrifice endured for Christ is a loss, but
is rather a gain. Christ will not forget those who suffered for Him
when He comes to make up His jewels.

Sunday manners are just like Sunday clothes; everybody can tell that
you put them on for the occasion only, and know that you are not used
to wearing them through the week.

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