. The gate beautiful. d the leg badly broken. Theboy bore the setting patiently without awhimper. The mother slipped out of the roomto hide her own tears—she couldnt stand itas well as her boy did. Outside the door sheheard a faint sound and hurried back, almosthoping to find him crving.[28] Cl^e Call to i^raijse My boy! she said, do jou want some-thing? I thought I heard you call. Oh, no, mother, he said, I didnt just thought Id try singing a bit. Andhe went on with the you have pain, or struggle, or a heavyload, or a great anguish, dont complain,dont cry out, dont sink down
. The gate beautiful. d the leg badly broken. Theboy bore the setting patiently without awhimper. The mother slipped out of the roomto hide her own tears—she couldnt stand itas well as her boy did. Outside the door sheheard a faint sound and hurried back, almosthoping to find him crving.[28] Cl^e Call to i^raijse My boy! she said, do jou want some-thing? I thought I heard you call. Oh, no, mother, he said, I didnt just thought Id try singing a bit. Andhe went on with the you have pain, or struggle, or a heavyload, or a great anguish, dont complain,dont cry out, dont sink down in despair,dont be afraid—try singing a bit. Trust Godand praise. [29 Ci^c J^ejsireis of Ci^t f^tart [81] *Cast out all envy, bitterness and hate;And keep the minds fair tabernacle hands with Pain, give greeting unto Grief,Those angels in disguise, and thy glad soulFrom height to height, from star to shining star,Shall climb and claim blest immortality. [32 CHAPTER THIRD Ci^e ©cjstrcjs of €.\)v i$tan. HE test of ones character isin the things one dehghtsin. Hence also ones de-sires are prophetic of onesfuture. We will grow intothat which we long for. Inone of the Psalms we read, Delight thyselfin the Lord; and he will give thee the desiresof thy heart. Most of us would like to havethis promise for ourselves. In the ArabianNights Entertainment is the strange storyof Aladdins lamp. The son of a poor widowin China became possessed of a magic lampand ring, which commanded the services ofcertain powerful genii. By rubbing the lampwith the ring, Aladdin got whatever hewished, and grew rich and great. But thatis only an impossible story of magic. Yethere is a promise which seems to tell us of away in which we can get everything we wish.[33 1 Ci^e dEiate TBeawttful Delight thyself also in the Lord; and hewill give thee the desires of thy heart. It isnot by rubbing a ring on a lamp that we canget what we desire. Religion is not Magus thought it was, and tri
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