SUNBEAM COLUMN.

Grey River Argus, 4 December 1924, Page 8

SUNBEAM COLUMN.

GOOD THOUGHTS To \l.| THE WORLD. Dear .Sunbeams., I am going to ask you a. favour, namely, ilm; you , JIVI , mo yum good thoughts this week as 1 am going to Christchurch, and I n ay see our Uncle Ted over there. I am sure he will want to know how you all are. I have been wondering what has come over our Gladys. She has not written for a long, long time until this week, but I am more pleased than she imagines to have received once more her welcome epistle, which, I trust, will be. regular in future. There ay e many others, too, whose letters .1 miss, hut a. hint to one ought to he enough for all. THINK RIGHT. Think smiles, and smiles shall be; Think doubt, and hope will I'l.-e. Think love, and love will grow : Think hate, and hate you’ll know. Think good, and good is hereThink evil, —its jaws appear; Think joy and joy ne'er ends; Think glc-Pm, and dusk des,tends. Think faith, and faith's :rt-h.tnd; Think ill—it stalks the land. Think pence, sublime and sweet. And you that peaee will meet. Think fear, with brooding mind, And failures close behind. Think this, ‘IF GOING TO WIN I" Think not of what, has been. Think “VICTORY”, think “I CAN”’ Thon you are a WINNING MAN! —D.V. Busit. Now if my sunbeams would only follow this rule, what a. page we would have, full of letters. Think not to take any notice of people who ridicule them or laugh at them, because they write to , the Sunbeams page. Some day. you will know that we are right, after all! Good thoughts, dear ones, to all AUNT FLORA. Paroa. 1 Dear Aunt Flora—Good thoughts to! tou, to all our Uncles and Sunbeams. 1 suppose you will think that I l:ave forgotten you all by my .neglecting to write. But I have not, every week 1 watch lor the paper with the "Sunbeam Column'’ in it, and read the letters. 1 have two letters written which I have never posted. It .is forgettulness I know. I am glad to see that our Eddie, Te Wihoi. and a. number of our other Sunbeams have kepi up rhe; good work. What could we do without them,-' 1 s aw by the paper that oiip Uncle Jim had returned, bin I have not had the pleasure of seeing I* ini') since he arrived back in Grevmoutli.' I must conclude now with good'thoughts and best wishes t<i you .JI.. Good thoughts to all tin* world ah nin<'~from SUNBEAM GLADYS. Revtanui. Dear Aunt Flora, and Sunbeams— Greetings and good thoughts to nil J The teacher took our photos down the creek last week, and one of the- little school hoys fell in to the creek ’ My sistef and T went to town with my mother on Saturday last, and we saw all the Christmas presents, and I saw my consuls, and | enjoyed myself very much, lb has been raining up hero very hard. I will close now with leve to al| the world fn<m SUVBEAM Vl’Y . You seem to see the brighter side "f things, Vuy; and, after all, t’is the right side.—A.F. Westland. Dear Aunt Flora—Greetings, love and good thoughts always. Isn’t our" Eddie a great lad. Ho is not forgetting our wee Myra, yes dear lad, and I too am longing to know is our dear one improving in health. Dearest Myra, my good thoughts are c .\ er youfs Do tell us how you are, cheer up, dear one. Yes. Tommy dear, wo do want heaps more letters, and Dad is sending you his good thoughts. Ho says, “My, but our ’Pommy is ecining to the front bravely. Keep going, dear one. Sunbeam Gwen. I do hope your knee will soon he alright again, give my love to all. Good thoughts to the world, from TE WIHOI. Your encouragement to our stalwarts is well deserved. Wo all like to In ar what interests each of us. —A.F. Millerton. Dear Aunt Flora —Greetings to all the world at nine. The time is very short now to Xmas, Auntie. Wo shall ho able to have at better Xmas this year, because our men are working. What did you think of the “All Blacks” beating Wales. We were, all pleased about it. Good thoughts to oveiybody. I hope Dad is -.till improving although the weather isn't \<rv cheerful for him. SUMmY. I. think, Tommy everybody in the country shared (ho elation at the footballers' win so far away among a porting people who were all there to cheer on their own men. while ours had hut m few there to encourage them. Put think of all the good thoughts s< nf out to them from God's own country. A.F. MTllerlon, Dear Aunt Flora—Greetings :rd h»ve to you all. I missed the mail Saturday, but hope this will be in time, f sec, Auntie, some of your little• Sunbeams are turning up a’gain. I have been ill for a wook with the flu. [ never had anything like it he-

fore, and I hope I never get it again ! 1 hope Olive and those others who JuTve had ii ;u« c all better. No timo f°r n long letter this mad. Good thoughts to all Uncles, Dad Te Wihoi, and yourscli Auntie, and to all the Sunbeams good thoughts. EDDIi'L ? Glad you are well agaan. As to ),ur prodigals' return our chickens will Jll come home to roost again some tirmu no doubt. -A.F. M illerton. Dear Aunt Flora—Greetings to all !tho world at nine. I was so pleased to se<» my letter last week. There were some nice long letters, Auntie. We Rechabites are having a beautiful cantata., and 1 am a. fairy. Cur exams start to-da\-. If T pass 1 will be in St. 1., Gochl thoughts to evervbodv and vonrself. DORIS. I’m sure you are just- a. lovely fairy and also that you will by now he in Standard I. I’m a.s pleased as you are to see. your letter.—A.l.