give, even as we hope to be forgiven. We may put ourselves in the place of others, and ask what we should wish to be done to us, and thought of us, were we in their place. By loving whatever is lovable in those around us, love will flow back from them to us, and life will become a pleasure instead of a pain; and earth will become like heaven; and we shall become not unworthy followers of Him whose name is Love. A. P. STANLEY.

Mankind is always happier for having been happy; so that if you make them happy now, you make them happy twenty years hence by the memory of it.

CATTER thus your seeds of kindness,

All enriching as you go;

Leave them trust the harvest giver,
He will make each seed to grow.

So, until its happy end,

Your life shall never lack a friend.

XIII.

PEOPLE

SIDNEY SMITH.

Justice Before Charity.

On justice shall Jerusalem be established, and shall be far from oppression.-Isaiah liv. 14.

That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.-Deuteronomy xvi. 20.

are perpetually squabbling about what will

be best to do, or easiest to do, or advisablest to do;

but they never, so far as I hear them talk, ever ask

what it is just to do. And it is the law of heaven that you shall not be able to judge what is wise or easy unless you are first resolved to judge what is just, and to do it.

Unless we perform Divine Service in every willing act of life, we never perform it at all. The one Divine work, the one ordered sacrifice-is to do justice; and it is the last we are ever inclined to do. Anything rather than that! As much charity as you choose, but no justice. "Nay," you will say, "charity is greater than justice." Yes, it is greater; it is the summit of justice--it is the temple of which justice is the foundation. But you cannot have the top without the bottom; you cannot build upon charity; you must build upon justice, for this main reason, that you have not at first charity to build with. It is the last reward of good work. Do justice to your brother (you can do that whether you love him or not) and you will come to love him. But do injustice to him, because you do not love him, and you will come to hate him.

JOHN RUSKIN.

EACE to the just man's memory—

Let it grow

Greener with years, and blossom

Through the flight of ages,

And hold it up to men, and bid them claim

A palm like his, and catch from him the hallowed flame.

Not on thee, O man, rests the responsibility for the completion of the work (done for God), but neither art thou free to withhold thy allotted share from it.Chapters of the Fathers.

HE question should not be: Can we lay the foundation for something good? Can we alone remedy an abuse? Shall we see the fruit of our exertions in the well-being of the state or society? No, all this depends not on man; it lies hidden in the counsel of God, concealed in sacred and unfathomable fate. But the question we can, nay, ought to ask ourselves daily, is this: Have I done this day that which according to my feeling and apprehension appears the best-the best for the state, the best for those with whom I came in direct contact; out of these two sources results also the best for ourselves. Not what we have attained, but what we have striven to attain, with the earnest employment of all our energies, should give us comfort. If we can truly say, after due self-examination: "I have done the best I could "-this should bring us contentment and peace.

GEORGE FORSTER.

WHAT you can do, or dream you can, begin it;

Boldness has genius, power and magic in it;

Only begin and then the mind grows heated;
Begin, then the work will be completed.

XV.

Love Thyself in Thy Neighbor.

Hear this, all ye people, give ear all ye inhabi

tants of the earth; both low and high, rich and poor together.-Psalm xlix. 1, 2.

ENEVOLENCE is a duty.

ENEVOLENCE is a duty. He who frequently practices it, and sees his benevolent intentions realized, at length comes to love him to whom he has done good. When, therefore, it is said, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," it is not meant, thou shalt love him first, and do good to him in consequence of that love, but, thou shalt do good to thy neighbor, and this, thy beneficence, will engender in thee that love to mankind which is the fullness of the inclination to do good.

EMANUEL KANT.

There are few men who are not ambitious of distinguishing themselves in the nation or country where they live, and of growing considerable with those with whom they converse. There is a kind of grandeur and respect which the meanest and most insignificant part of mankind endeavor to procure in the little circle of their friends and acquaintances. The poorest mechanic, nay, the man who lives upon common alms, gets him his set of admirers, and delights in that superiority which he enjoys over those who are in some respects beneath him. This ambition, which is natural to the soul of man, might, methinks, receive a very happy

turn, and, if it were rightly directed, contribute as much to a person's advantage as it generally does to his uneasiness and disquiet.

O all the good you can,

By all the means you can,

In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.

ADDISON.

XVI.

JF

The Grace of Manners.

God giveth grace to the lowly, and the wise shall inherit honor.-Proverbs iii. 34, 35.

You must

you wish to be loved, love measure. have genius or a prodigious usefulness if you will hide the want of measure. This perfection comes in to polish and perfect the part of the social instrument. Society will pardon much to genius and special gifts, but, being in its nature a convention, it loves what is conventional or what belongs to coming together. That makes the good and bad of manners, namely, what helps or hinders fellowship. For fashion is not good sense absolute, but relative; not good sense private, but good sense entertaining company. It hates corners and sharp points of character, hates quarrel