lovers and the baby's hand in mine!

Little Sermons.

The prophets only dared to preach what other men felt but chose to
conceal.

The Devil is only the personification of the evil things which men find
in their own souls for conquering.

Courage is so rare in the presence of priest-craft that when it once
speaks it fashions creeds for all the centuries.

Caught on the Fly.

A Christian hand achieves more blessings than a religious heart.

If virtue were as expensive as vice, we would all be malefactors.

It takes plenty of grit to keep a proper edge on the tools of success.

There is always a hole for the fellow that wants out, if he is dirty
enough to crawl or dig.

What matters it if the peaches are killed and the wheat crop proves a
failure! The water-melon crop is still ahead of us, and a heaven of joy
in every ruddy heart!

Love and Song.

Ah, Love is no phantom,
Love's never a dream!
One hour in her kingdom
Is life all supreme!
And ever and ever
The scepter she swings
For hearts that are happy
With laughter that sings!

And Song is her sister
That makes for the feet
All the carpets of roses
And blossoms so sweet!

With hands linked together
They wander the ways!
How joyous their kisses
For grief-laden days!

Sooner Sayings.

The race is not to the swift but to the fellow who starts the night
before.

Money not only makes the mare go, but it saves you from standing in line
at the land-office.

A journey made before the proclamation is issued is a valuable
experience and saves much perjury afterwards.

Sooner Sayings.

We'll all go to the Promised Land at the time of the big opening; and
God grant that we get a filing on a fine claim and no contest.

There is no use in trying to sooner past St. Peter. Have your booth
certificate properly signed and ready for inspection or he won't put
your name down on the books.

Don't expect to hold down a claim in the New Jerusalem unless you live
on it. This thing of using two poles and a hole in the ground for a
homestead residence, won't work when you make your final proof.

Caught on the Fly.

Clouds are found where the most flowers bloom: only the desert is a land
of clear skies.

War may be a gentleman's game, but the Devil usually wins the most
stakes before it breaks up.

All the griefs and tears of the world would ce