November 28

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul from troubles.—PROV. xxi, 23.

Words are mighty, words are living; Serpents with their venomous stings, Or bright angels crowding round us With heaven's light upon their wings. Every word has its own spirit, True or false, that never dies; Every word man's lips have uttered Echoes in God's skies.

ADELAIDE A. PROCTER.

Cross words are meant to make us gentle, and delays teach patience, and care teaches faith, and press of business makes us look out for minutes to give to God, and disappointment is a special messenger to summon our thoughts to heaven. If, when they come, we would seek, not to run away from them, but to learn God's lesson in them, we should soon leave off calling them trying.

SEWELL.