The pathway of life ; Intended to lead the young and the old into paths of happiness, and to prepare them for a holy companionship with him whose kingdom is as boundless as his love . * a plainfriend, and to keep his friend from jealousy the Duke said: You can have 232 THE PATHWAY OF LIFE. all I have if you will stand twenty paces off and let me shoot at >ou onehundred times. No, no, said his friend. Well, said the Duke, to gain all my honors I faced on the battlefieldmore than a thousand gunshots fired not more than ten paces off. A minister of small congregation complained to a minister o


The pathway of life ; Intended to lead the young and the old into paths of happiness, and to prepare them for a holy companionship with him whose kingdom is as boundless as his love . * a plainfriend, and to keep his friend from jealousy the Duke said: You can have 232 THE PATHWAY OF LIFE. all I have if you will stand twenty paces off and let me shoot at >ou onehundred times. No, no, said his friend. Well, said the Duke, to gain all my honors I faced on the battlefieldmore than a thousand gunshots fired not more than ten paces off. A minister of small congregation complained to a minister of large congrega-tion about the sparseness of his attendants. Ah, said the one of large audience,. HARD TIMES.—Fvoui the Paifitiiiq; by Hubeti Herkomcr. * my son, you will find in the day of judgment that you had quite enough peoplefor whom to be held accountable. A SUBSTITUTE. Substitute for jealousy an elevating emulation. Seeing others good, let us tryto be better. Seeing others industrious, let us work more hours. Seeing othersbenevolent, let us resolve on giving larger percentage of our means for charity. THE PATHWAY OF LIFE. 233 May God put congratulations for others into our right hand and cheers on our lipsfor those who do brave and useful things. Life is short at the longest; let it allbe filled up with helpfulness for others, work and sympathy for each othersmisfortunes, and our arms be full of white mantles to cover up the mistakes andfailures of others. If an evil report about some one come to us, let us put on themost favorable construction, as the Rhone enters Lake Leman foul and comes outcrystalline. Do not build so much on the transitory differences of this world,


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