ghbors may laugh at the
hawing and jeeing, and jee-hawing, but keep on until you break your oxen
in. No man ever got so he could handle that team but had

A HIGH STANDING ON THE ROAD OF LIFE.

Never discuss other folks' affairs except with the common-sense view of
doing the folks good. Never start out to do a thing which is impossible
of execution. Never start back after you have started out. Never pay the
slightest attention to the criticism of persons who are trying to do
what you are trying to do. When he who has ever done you a kindness gets
angry and addresses you angrily, ponder on every word he says. Pearls
then drop from his mouth. Live in no great regard of the passing
fashion; it may be a very foolish one, and people who are foolish have
a surprising power of perception in pointing to folly in others. Owe no
man other than your good office. Have no pride above your fellow mortal;
he is essentially like you.

THE BAG OF THINGS

in which ye are alike (if each thing were a grain of wheat) would
freight a ship; the things in which you are better than he could be put
into your vest-pocket. Gold does not tarnish, and good names do not soil
easily, though herein custom has something to do with the affair. "The
soul's calm sunshine" however, should spread abroad. It often reflects
hidden beauty in other faces. "Be just, and fear not." You may stand
apparently without honor when you have it most. If you are the man of
good name in your community, you are on the high hill where your people
will gather in time of need, as did the ancients to the rocky acropolis.

WORSHIP.

Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide,
He wales a portion with judicious care;
And "Let us worship God," he says, with solemn air.--Burns.

The good and holy custom of family prayers is, I fear,
dropping into disuse. Our lives are so full of business that a season of
God's service in the morning and in the evening is almost thought to be
an excuse of sloth. But what a sad effect do we see on our youth! They
have quick eyes for cant and hypocrisy. They follow us to church on
Sunday less and less willingly, until finally there is rebellion in
their hearts and irreligion in their souls. Family worship is a fount of
piety pure enough for even the young, who are pure themselves. Into its
depths they look and see only a chastity of spirit reflected. The
machinery and the ambition that adulterate the true faith at