John Nagle's philosophy . that lovehas an existence which extends beyond thegrave. The love of friends is the purest andmost exalted element of life, the essence ofthe soul. It is unshaken by prosperity, it istriumphant over misfortune and makes existencesweet. The mother who mourns a child canhave no conception of heaven higher, purer,holier, than a place where she will meet theloved and lost, again. What in life is worth its survival except itbe love? Hope at best is but a wish weddedto faith. But there is solace in the thoughtthat the flower of sweetest fragrance is nour- ished by the tears
John Nagle's philosophy . that lovehas an existence which extends beyond thegrave. The love of friends is the purest andmost exalted element of life, the essence ofthe soul. It is unshaken by prosperity, it istriumphant over misfortune and makes existencesweet. The mother who mourns a child canhave no conception of heaven higher, purer,holier, than a place where she will meet theloved and lost, again. What in life is worth its survival except itbe love? Hope at best is but a wish weddedto faith. But there is solace in the thoughtthat the flower of sweetest fragrance is nour- ished by the tears which affection sheds, andblooms where sorrow may not enter. Ifthis life is but a preparation for another, higherand better, then the best and purest attribute ofthis should be allowed entrance into that realmwhose gates of pearl it has opened. Lovemakes heaven possible and earth pleasant. It isthe great heart of the universe, whose pulsa-tions are charity and good will; the life whichis immortal, the hope that A GIRLS EDUCATION. Girls have their future in their own are too busy with affairs of business,and in planning for the future of their sons, toreflect that girls have a future, which includessomething besides marriage or the prim acer-bity of old maidenhood. Mothers have toomuch concern for the requirements of the pres-ent to demand anything practical in the educa-tion of their children. To dress with taste,appear well at a party, be attractive and prop-erly religious, are the summun bonum in theearly life of a girl, according to the mothersidea. But there are not a few girls whoseeyes rest on the future, and who have a purposebeyond social pleasures and the delights ofyouthful love-making. They are not strivingto cast off all feelings of responsibility, butthey are acquiring strength to be able to dis-charge lifes duties as become women. These are the true women, the leaders of a fashionwhich sinks deep into the current of life anddevelopcs the
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