Items of Interest.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 451, 8 December 1904, Page 7

Items of Interest.

KEEP close to thy Best Friend, and He will refresh and cheer thee.— Spurgeon, Whenever wo lift at another man's burden, we gain more strength to carry our own. ■ . Your, daily duties are part of your religious life just as much as your devotions. —H. W. Beecher. The more a man is united within himself, and becometh inwardly simple and pure, so muph the and higher things doth he understand without labour.— Thomas a Kempis. If there be evil, let us remember that we are not looking at a tragedy that we may bewail over itj but living in a time of difficulty that we may work. —T. T, Lynch. The man who can make up his mind quick makes up other people's minds for them. Decision is a sharp knife that cuts clear and straight and lays bare the fat and the lean ; indecision, a dull one that hacks and tears and leaves ragged edges behind it. Say «yes 'or 'no ' —never ' perhaps.'- G. H. Lorimer. Are not all true men that live, or that ever lived, soldiers of the same army, enlisted under heaven's captaincy, to do battle against the same enemy~-the empire of darkness and wrong ? Why should we misknow one another, tight not against the enemy, but against ourselves, from mere difference of uniform? —Carlyle. Thoughts do not need the wings of words To fly to any goal; Like subtle lightnings, not like birds, They speed from soul to soul. Hide in your heart a bitter thought, Still it has power to blight; Think love, and though you speak it not (j It gives the world moro light. —Ella Wheeler Wilcox. There lived once a young girl whose perfect grace of character was the wonder of those who knew her. She wore on her neck a gold locket whioh no one was ever allowed to open. One day, in a moment of unusual confidence, one of her companions was allowed to touch its spring and learn' its secret. She saw written these words: ' Whom having not seen, I love.' That was the secret of her beautiful life. She had been changed into the Same Image.—Henry Drummond. Be groat in act, be stirring as the time, Ba fire with fire, so shall inferior eyes, That borrow their behaviour from the great, Grow great by your example, and put on The dauntless spirit of resolution,' A pacred burden is the life ye boar ; Look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly ; Stand up, and walk beneath it steadfastly, Pail not for sorrow, falter not for sin, But upward I onward 1 till the goal ye win. —Keeble. Child-days control history and destiny; child-traits, lead to character, and determine its rank and excellence: the childspirit is the secret of world-wide influence oven over the most violent and cruel natures. The future man is in the child. It is a mistake for parents not to control their children and teach them the proper ways. Parents must not trifle with childdays. Whenever you have the childcharacter, you have the highest style of character possible. If you want to have a greater power over people, possess the spirit of the child —the simple trusting spirit. Sometimes parents have found that the best way to cure a lying and deceitful child is by placjng the utmost trust in it. —Dr. A, T. Pierso.n