THE CHILDREN'S CORNER.

White Ribbon, Volume 28, Issue 327, 18 September 1922, Page 15

THE CHILDREN'S CORNER.

•V.LADNKSS OF HEART.” This in the message of Spring to us. All the birds are feeling this, as the> .-it m theii wonderful newts, waiting patiently for the wee birdies to burst out of their eggs. All the ) tables of the >ear lambs, bunnies, colts, and calves are frisking in the Helds, full of hajv pin ess. The trees and flowers, just freshly dressed in their new guy dresses, are also as happy as ever they can b Everything in Nature is showing forth gladness of heart, and thankfulness for the bright, warm sunshine. after the cold winds of winter. So let us all thankful too, and never give a single grumble about anything from morning to night There are some folk who grumble if the porridge is cold, or the toiust burnt, and there are otheix who grumble about their lessons or their work. We don't want to be like them, do we? %No, we want to lx- like the birds and flowers and trees, ail so full of gladness of heart that there is no room for even the smallest grumble.

Then the joy that is in us will flow out in smiles and kind words and helpful deeds; and we shall be doing our part in making the world a happy one. \ll Nature plays her part so valiantly that we humans must learn from her how to ilo likewise, and how to reflect Heaven’ n gladness of heart just as brightly tut the blue sea of Spring relbs ts the blue of the radiant sky. M. B. WAIJjACK. If any little word of mine May msike a life the brighter. If any little song of mine Ma> make a heart the lighter, (Jod help me . peak the little word. And take my bit of singing. And drop it in some lowly vale. To set the echoes ringing. If any little love of mine May make a life the sweeter, If any little care of mine Mhv make a friend’s the fleeter. If any little lift may ease The burden of another. Clod give me love, and care, and strength, To help my toiling brother.