INSPIRING THOUGHTS
HOME LIFE. Id has been well said that a single bitter word may disquiet an entire family for a whole day. One surly glance casts a gloom over the household ; while a smile, like a gleam of sunshine, may light up the darkest and weariest hours. Like unexpected flowers, springing up along our dustv road, full of fresh, fragrance and beauty, so kind words and gentle acts and sweet dispositions make glad the home where peace and blessing dwell. No matter how humble the abode if it be thus garnished with grace and sweetened with kindness and smiles, the heart will turn -longingly toward it from all the tumults of the world, and home, if it be ever so homely, will be the dearest spot beneath the circuit of the sun.
Christian Advocate
* * * * Do not flatter yourself that friendship authorises you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into a relation with a person the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1931, Page 1
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171INSPIRING THOUGHTS Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1931, Page 1
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