o set the men a good example, and added,
'The practice is foolish and wicked--a vice so mean and low, without
temptation, that every man of sense and character detests and despises
it. We can have little hope of the blessing of heaven on our arms if
we insult it by our folly and our impiety.'

"No, George Washington was not the man to give way under severe
trials. He was not like the kite whose framework breaks or whose paper
covering is torn by the force of the wind. Under these conditions a
kite must dash to the earth. [Draw the rent in the kite with
black. Remove the drawing from the board, invert it, and then
re-attach it to the board, Fig. 85.] But when the trials came to
Washington he arose in his might to meet them, knowing that God would
be with him.

[Illustration: Fig. 85]

"Let us ever remember that God is our strength, just as he was the
strength of George Washington."

"A MERRY HEART"
--Cheerfulness
--Smiles

To Cultivate the Spirit of Cheerfulness is to Bless and Brighten
Other Lives.

THE LESSON--That in no way can we serve those about us better than
by the kind of service which reveals the true gladness of the
Christian life.

The Christian religion is based upon principles which lift us from sin
and its attendant evils of discouragement, unrest, despondency and
suffering, to the higher plane of confidence, hope, praise and love.
It is a religion of good cheer, which God's children must reflect to a
darkened world if they are to fulfill their earthly mission.

~~The Talk.~~

"I wonder how many of us are getting too busy or too lazy to smile. I
see some, who were looking pretty solemn before I made the remark
whose faces look a little brighter now--and some have already broken
into a most gladsome smile. I'm glad of it. Smiles, they say are the
least expensive things we can give to other people, and sometimes they
value them more than silver or gold. But how can we smile unless we
feel like it? That's the question. Well, we will feel like it if we
think right things and do right things, living close to the Master,
even if things do go very, very much awry sometimes. The Bible has a
good many things to say about smiles, and it isn't at all guarded in
declaring that smiles are worth a good deal more than words, unless
those words are very carefully spoken. Here is what we find in the
book of Proverbs: 'A merry heart maketh a cheery countenance.' So, we
find, it is necessary to f