THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY.
Like bells, out 1 lives need to be constantly recast so as to be kept in tune.; —AY Wimborne. i The world has a purpose greater [than happiness; our lives are to serve God's purpose, and that purpose aims not at man as an end, but works through him to greater issues.—H. G. Wells. To reform a world, to reform a, Ration, no wise man' will undertake; and all but foolish men know that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is'what each begins and perfects on himself.* LIFE. The dance and the whirl'go on, And the jea]ousy and the strife'; And the summer comes and the summer wanes, And the sun of it all is life. And some would give their kingdom for love,. And some their kingdom for gain, And some would give their earthly all Just to be young again. HEALTH POINTS. Here are a few shrewd sayings apropos of the state of public health in Chicago:— "The only night air that is injurious is last night's; open the windows and let it out." "For -your baby's sake, always nurse it. You can't, improve on God's plan." j " Our Civil War killed 205,700, in four years, .but consumption kills 800,000 in four years in the United States. If. war is ' hell,' what is consumption?" " High "living develops low vitality."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXII, Issue 8246, 11 December 1911, Page 6
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