. Christian herald and signs of our times . and then on theroad, and I know how grumpy and queerthey can be. Why, at this moment, 1think of one who made it her chief busi-ness in life to interrupt the young peopleof her family in the evening between nineand ten. stepping in at the parlor door,with a reproving expression on her severeold face, and saying, Its quite time,Ellen, that your friends excused clock shows that you ought to be inbed. Which. I humbly submit, wasmost exasperating and quite unpardon-able, though it had to be endured. The best achievement for any of us,older or youn
. Christian herald and signs of our times . and then on theroad, and I know how grumpy and queerthey can be. Why, at this moment, 1think of one who made it her chief busi-ness in life to interrupt the young peopleof her family in the evening between nineand ten. stepping in at the parlor door,with a reproving expression on her severeold face, and saying, Its quite time,Ellen, that your friends excused clock shows that you ought to be inbed. Which. I humbly submit, wasmost exasperating and quite unpardon-able, though it had to be endured. The best achievement for any of us,older or younger, is to learn period is full of perturbation. Thereis little rest in our hurrying, striving we rly toward the end of the centurythe pace is tremendous and my friends, let us possess our soulsin such calmness as is possible to thosewho dwell in a fortified place. When youtake into account that most of our fric-tions are about petty and piti-ful things, that our fault-find-ings and quarrels at home. leave only a hurt and wound-ed spot to slowly heal, andthat never without a scar,that most of our tempests 11 j_|er paceare like the famous one in ateapot, it is hardly worth our while to beworn out to so little end and profit. We may better be amiable so thataround about us there is always anatmosphere of sunshine. We may aswell, day by day, exercise, as occasionaffords opportunity, the homely virtue ofpatience. Let us cultivate repose of man-ner and quietness of mind. You and Ican get through any amount of work ifOnly we do not suffer ourselves to beagitated, and vexed, and hurried. Then-is no secret of beauty equal to a heartwhich stays ever in the bosom of infinitepeace. When thou ha*t thy God For every blessing sent,What time will then remain For murmur or lament ? Margaret E. Sangster. A Time of Terror. A thrilling experience in Madagascar isreported by Missionary PeilL He writesAt one station of the Norwegian Missionary Socie
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