December 13

Ye are all the children of light and the children of the day.—I THESS. v, 5.

There's plenty of sunshine to spare for us all, Then into our lives let us take it;

The world, though brimful of the glorious light, Can be dark, if we choose so to make it.

We must open our hearts, let the sunlight pour in, And light up the dark, dreary places;

With sunshine without and sunshine within, Nevermore shall we see gloomy faces.

We should seek out the lives that are clouded and sad, Where sunshine perchance hath ne'er entered,

And give to them freely from our brimming cup, Where sunshine and peace long have centered.

Oh! all the world over there's light for us all, Then into our lives let us take it;

The world, though brimful of the glorious light, Can be dark, if we choose so to make it.

MARY L. BRINE.

A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.

VICTOR HUGO.

Take thy self-denials gayly and cheerfully, and let the sunshine of thy gladness fall on dark things and bright alike, like the sunshine of the Almighty.

JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE.

The habit of looking at the best side of any event is worth far more than a thousand pounds a year.

SAMUEL JOHNSON.