THINGS THOUGHTFUL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 1 May 1937, Page 14

THINGS THOUGHTFUL

HOW NOT TO FACE LIFE The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer.— Theodore Roosevelt. * * * ' INITIATIVE conquers fear Initiative has this great advantage—it conquers fear. —Anon. * * * * GOOD BOOKS Great store of all sorts of good books (through the great mercy of God) are common among us. He tha cannot buy, may borrow. —Richard Baxter. * * * * OBEDIENCE AND POWER Who best can suffer best can do; best reign, who first well hath obeyed. —Milton. ■ 0 # * + THE CALL OF DUTY Why has the world always honoured the warrior’s caste above that of the man of affairs? Because the warrior’s function is not so much to kill as to be killed—to hold his life forfeit at i the call of duty.—John Ruskin. * * * * BOUGHT WITH A PRICE Ye are not your own, for ye are bought with a price.—St. Paul. * * * * THE PREROGATIVE OF FRIENDSHIP In this world, which is forever slipping from under our feet, it is the prerogative of friendship to grow old with one’s friend.—Arthur Hardy. GAINING AN ADVANTAGE An opportunity well taken is the only weapon of : advantage.—John Udall. 0 0 0 * FAMILY AND NATIONAL AFFAIRS What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. —Adam Smith.

* * * * THE SALVATION OF GOD The Lord hath made bare his holy 1 arm in the eyes of all the nations; and - all the ends of the earth shall see the i salvation of our God.—lsaiah. * * * * A SWEDISH PROVERB They who wish to sing always find a song. - » * * 1 . * 3 POWER AND CHEERFULNESS l Power dwells with cheerfulness; hope puts us in a working mood.—Emerson. 1 * * * * QUENCHING TROUBLES To go to worldy joys and pastimes to >• quench the sorrows and troubles of our I minds, is the ready way rather to in--3 crease than remove them. —Christopher Love. * i * •* * A WISE MAN He, wise man* concentrated on doing v the job, not .on getting it done. 1 . : —Weston Martyr. " 1' * 0 THE CURSE OF SELFISHNESS '> Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.—Gladstone. »■' * * * * A CHINESE PROVERB

Better not to do a kindness than do it wth the hope of reward. * * * * AIMING HIGH Who shoots at the midday sun, though he be sure he shall never hit the mark, yet as sure he is he shall shoot higher than he who aims at a bush. —Sir Philip Sidney. THE KINGDOM OF THE MIND My mind to me a kingdom is, Such present joys therein I find That it excels all other bliss That earth affords. —Sir Edward Dyer. # * * * A RECIPE FOR A HAPPY FAMILY LIFE If you would have a happy family life, remember two things. In matters of principle, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current.—Anon, .

MOULDING CHANCE Chance comes from Providence, And man must mould it to his own designs.—Schiller. 0 0 0 * THE SPRING There is no time like the spring, When life’s alive in everything, Before new nestlings sing, Before cleft swallows speed their journey back, Across the trackless track. —Christina Rossetti. •*0 0 0 GOOD OUT OF AFFLICTION It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn Thy statues. —Psalm. 0 0 0 0 TRUSTING AND HOPING We must trust and hope, and neither doubt ourselves nor doubt the good in one another. —Charles Dickens. * 0 0 * CONCEALING OUR BEST • PASSIONS It is curious that we should be more anxious to conceal our best passions than our worst. —W. S. Lander. THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT The law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.—St. Paul. * 0 0 0 LOVE OF WORK We must love our work, and not always be looking over the edge of it, wanting our play to begin.—George Eliot. WHEN RESPECT IS GIVEN Worthless things receive a value when they are made the offerings of respect, esteem and gratitude. —Locke. 0 *!* 0 j * THE GLORY OF GOD Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee,—lsaiah. 0 0 0 0 KINDNESS Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning.—Faber. 0 0 0 0 THE POWER OF PERSEVERANCE And many strokes, though with a little axe, Hew down and fell the hardest-timber’d oak. —Shakespeare. * * » * THE MEANS OF SELF-CULTURE Every human being should have the means of self-culture, or progress in knowledge and virtue, of health, comfort, and happiness.—Channing. 0 0 0 # HEAVEN-SENT OPPORTUNITIES The means that heaven yields must be embraced And not neglected. —Shakespeare. THE MOTHER OF VIRTUE True humility The highest virtue, mother of them all. —Tennyson.