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ABOUT PEOPLE.


"My half day's work is done, And this is all my part; I give a patient God My patient heart,

"And grasp his banner still; Though all its blue be dim, These stripes, no less than stars, Lead after Him."


Let reverent, joyful thanks be ever given for usefulness in doing and in being. We may lie down tired with our efforts, we may wake more tired, but as we think, "What now?" there flashes across the mind some fresh act of self-sacrifice or of ability to help in some hidden or visible manner, and there comes instant strength to reap fruition. The purpose sends the blood to the weary limbs and the cheer of the heart quiets the aching head. Never too poor, too ugly, too dull, too sick, too friendless, to be useful to some one. Now, one can live, no matter what may be the pain in living; and

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