The earth’s a gentle place When Spring first breathes anew, And lifts its smiling face To say that Winter’s through. The sun that paints the skies, Which Winter grays conceal, Bids nature to “Arise!” And breaks the ice-tong’s seal.  What song of hope is ours As heaven’s grace is shed On hilltops crowned with flowers […]

I paid a dime for a package of seeds And the clerk tossed them out with a flip. “We’ve got ‘em assorted for every man’s needs,” He said with a smile on his lip. “Pansies and poppies and asters and peas! Ten cents a package and pick as you please!”   Now seeds are just […]

Gossip seems to be popular, but it is always a waste of time, generally inaccurate, and frequently vicious.  One who indulges in it exhibits low breeding and empty brain, devoid of substantial or constructive thinking.  Uncertainty, rumor and scandal are its vehicle.  It cuts and slashes, and leaves raw bone of distrust, suspicions and heartaches.  […]

There are things that come through the gates of tribulation. There are traits of character, which seem to find no other mode of entrance into life, such as gentleness, tact, sympathy, and strength. Though we may desire a life of tranquility and joy, it still remains true that few of us would choose for our […]

When in the beginning of the years, God mixed in man the raptures and the tears And scattered through his brain the starry stuff, He said, “Behold! Yet this is not enough, For I must test his spirit to make sure, That he can dare the vision and endure. “I will withdraw my face, Veil […]

Do you believe only in the things you can see? It is the thing not seen that is the most important — a house is a thing seen, but a home is a thing unseen; a brain can be seen, but a mind is unseen; you can see a mother’s face, but not the love […]

Running like a gulf-stream through the sea of time, comes the affirmation that God has manifested Himself to man, and the best men have affirmed it most persistently.  Wherever this affirmation has made its way, the icebergs of scepticism have disappeared, the temperature of virtue has risen, and the sweet fruits of charity have ripened.  […]