July 4

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.—PROV. xxii, 6.

What should little children learn

To ensure the best return,

All in the springtime early?

How to sing when skies are gray;

How to smooth another's way;

How to smile through bitter tears;

How to hope away all fears;

How to carry bravest heart

Cheerily through every part;

How to praise a rival's skill;

How to yield to wiser will;

How to keep the temper sweet;

How to wait with patient feet;

How to let a treasure go

To relieve another's woe;

How to be a little sun,

Shedding light on every one.

Harper's Young People.

The manner of saying or doing anything goes a great way toward the value of the thing itself.

SENECA.

Living without a plan is as foolish as going to sea without a compass in the ship.

Where there is no settled determination to do right, an evil course is more than half decided upon.

Ran's Horn.