"IN THE EASY CHAIR."

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11359, 10 April 1915, Page 9

"IN THE EASY CHAIR."

(Contributed.) THE MORAL ATMOSPHERE OF HOME Though a stranger, it had been many, many years since he had felt so much at one tvit.li. anv household—almost it seemed to him like, a return to his old home. For perhaps nothing has more, cffect on a. sensitive, receptive mind than lias " moral atmosphere." while those, sweet, subtle associations, which are tho aftermath of a happy childhood . are more readily awakened by this native air of the soul than by things which can be actuallv soon. ! , Souls in given pastnros of tho watered lands, Faint ni!<rri:n souls, wayfaring through the saaids, , Abide with Thee, and in Thee are at re.st. —O. Rossetti. V Perhaps there are more true saints in broadcloth than ever there wore in .snekelot.h. And onco let a man haw an honest desii» to help others to bocome better, and be is sure to find tho way to their hearts if he is sympathetic. Only he must learn, as St Paul did, that he must become all things to all men, that hp may win them: nnd not fancy he is going to make all men become just like himself. A loving spirit, however sorely tried, cannot- fail to win some happiness. It is blest in giving, even if tho bliss of taking seldom falls to its lot.

« ¥ Ts ii not. strango tha.t in the contents of Life., the victor sometimes feels himself beaton. and owns his victory to bo an unsnsweted defeat after all. Especially so wjion his purpose and his method of gaining his end liS-Hio boon mean and unworthy. # * ft " Yon toko things too much to heart. We all make mistakes—but. other people forgot thom. And 'Jonah days' i«rmio to everybody. Never mind. This day's dono. nod thorn's a- new-finer coming to-morrow with no mistakes in it. Yot, ,1,« you used to say yourself: •' Every morn is a fresh beginning, Every mom is the work! made now." # •' In the elder days of Art HuiUlers wrought with greatest care, Each mi mi to and unseen pn.rt— For the gods see everywhere."