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COMMON THINGS
od, I would pray that I may always
keep
The joy of common things that
thrills me now
A rain -drenched robin singing on
his bough,
he shy, small thoughts I think he-
fore I sleep.
arm cookies, and a brimming cup
Of ritilk,
The scent of lavender and apple
bloom
"The fresh cool odor of a new clean-
ed room,
And pussy -willows, shiny soft as silk.
The firelight gleaming on my copper
bowl,
The smooth worn leathers of my
books to touch.
May fame or fortune never count
. so nnsch
That these lose power to satisfy my
soul.
—Eula Gould, in The American Girl.
"If we are ever going to find
happiness," a woman remarked the
ether day, "we shall have to look
for it in the common, everyday
things of life."
And is not that true? Very -few of
us ever have or will ever meet very
extraordinary experiences. These
are reserved for the select few and
even if they were more common who
can say that the great mass of peo-
ple would be any happier? What
brings happiness, is it not the ordin-
ary things of life, the enjoyment of
association with loved ones also'
friends; the joy of achievement in
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out work; the enjoyment of health?
The ordinary things that come to
most of us make tip our happiness
and if we do not take our happiness
thus offered we are likely to' miss it
altogether.I
If we have wit to do it we can add
to Our happiness by adding to that
of others; we can pick up enjoyment
from almost any circumstance if we
are on the alert for the, possibilities.
On the other hand do we not . all
know people who Italie all the neces-
sities for the making of happiness
but who are not happy? They are
always wishing their circumstances
different; wanting the moon, per-
haps, or something just about as ins
accessable, while letting the days
slip by without extracting from them
the enjoyment they should.
There are circumstances which are
difficult to meet; which for the time
being obscure the sun :of happiness
and make the whole future dreary
and full of sorrow. I am rot think-
ing of these great sorrows just now
When they come—.and they come to
most one time or another—they must
be met with all the courage and for-
titude which can be mustered. Even
then, if one is not "wounded in his
courage" .it is possible to carry on
without making the atmosphere dark
for all wise come in contact with us.
But when no great sorrow is gnaw-
ing at the heart, when it is just the
little vissititudee of life which trouble
us we should endeavor to meet then
in such a spirit as not to rob us of
all our peace and make us wet blan-
kets upon the happiness and the joy
of others.
Did you ever try the experiment
of looking for at least one beautiful
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SLEEP AND HEALTH I arteries contract and more blood it
Considering the amount of time ' diverted to the brain.
that we spend in bed and the large Generally we rest better when
part of our lives that is passed in things are quiet or when the only
sleep, it appears that, by the time noises are those to which we are ao-
we reach adult life, we may fairly custom(' If we are used to certair
claim to be experienced sleepers. noises, absolute quiet may keep on
The art of going to sleep is a habs awake. That is why the city dweller
it. Most adults go to bed as a rou-
tine, and such a routine favours the
habit of going to sleep readily. The
amount of sleep that is required by
different individuals varies. The
need of each individual for sleep is
proportionate to his physical and serves as a real restorer for many
mental work. people. At night, our bedroom should
What causes sleep has not been be quiet and dark, with the air kept
determined. Nerve cells are active cool and fresh. The bed-olothe•
as long as we are awake. As a re. should be light and the sheets free
cult of their activity, waste pro- irons wrinkles. As we turn in our
• duets or fatigue substances are pro- sleep many times, the position we
duced and these, acting as a mild assume in going to sleep is of no im-
drug, may be the cause of sleep, It , portance, but the bed -clothes should'
is also suggested that life moves in not be fixed so tightly as to interfere
a rhythm of activity and rest. Sleep, with these natural movements,
as the best form of rest ,is a part of We may rho without sleep fey r
this natural rhythm. time, hut if this is long -continues
We know, from common expel, exhaustion eventually occurs. We
ience, that when blood is drawn from would die more quickly from the
the brain to other parts of the body lack of sloop than from the lack of
we become sleepy. This feeling yve food. Sleep is needed to allow the
experience after eating when more of body to recover from fatigue, Sleer
the blood, supply is diverted to the is essential to health.
abdomen to play its part in the di. Questions concerning Health, ad.
gestive process. When we are in a rh•sassd to the Canadian Medical As.
warm room, the arteries of the skip snriation, 184 College . Street, Terme
dilate and we become drowsy; poling to. will he answered personally by
wake;us as theskit letter.
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Household
Economics'
and cheering thing each day? You'd ings. Judged by the books and mag
be surprised howmany more than
azines being published and the this
one you can usually find. sion stations being opened, Christ':
ItESEI{AIL' truth is still multiplying,
International Uniform
Sunday School Lesson
' March 12
JESUS MINISTERING TO THE
MULTITUDE
GOLDEN TEXT "The Seas of man
came not to be ministered unto,, but
to minister, and to give his life a
ransom for many."—Matthew 20:28,
LESSON PASSAGE: Math 6: 30--
44.
Because I have been sheltered, fed
•By thy good care,
I cannot see another's lack
And I not share
My glowing fire, my loaf of bread,
My roof's shelter overhead,
That he, too, may be comforted.
Because love has been laviashed so
Upon me, Lord,
A wealth I know that was not meant
For the to hoard.
I shall give love to those in need,
The cold and hungry clothes and feed
Thus shall I show my thanks indeed,
A Vacation Planned, 30-32
How completely free irons fanatic
ism was the Man of Galilee! There
have been . religious leaders who
sought to validate their teaching by
defying physical laws. but Jesus ac-
cepted physical laws and obeyer'
them.. He knew that his disciples
wets only flesh and blood. They had
to live in bodies and both body ane
soul could bo incapacitated by fat-
igue. The disciples had been sent
cut on a trial missionary journey.
Their hearts had been saddened by
the death of John the Baptist.
Crowds were about them so that they
could not possess their own souls—
even their meals were interrupted—,
so Jesus told them to come apart into
a desert place to rest. They boarded
ra desert shore. I
a Nett toe
,hip and
is no crime to take a holiday. The
hardest workers need a holiday the
most. Over a long period the ma-
jority of people can do more v tk ir
six days a week than in seven, and in
eleven months a year than in twelve.
Teaching Out of Doers, 33-34
Because of the shortness of the
Canadian summer, Christianity in our
land is largely an indoor religion. We
warship in churches. We study in
Sunday Schools. It is exceptional to
have open air services and only e
relatively small number of people ge
to summer schools. Much of the
teaching of Jesus, however, was giv-
en out of doors,—on hillsides, on
lakeshores and on the road. Jesus
finds the stillness of the country just made many reference; to natural ob•
as disturbing for a time as the new jccts—the birds, the flowers, the
comer to the city finds his rest grain, the sunset, hew his heart
troubled by the noises of the city would go scut in pity to slum dwellers
streets. in our great eities, or even to office
A rest at noon, or forty winks and factory workers where sunlight
and fresh air are denied! To sail the
sea and to tramp the bills, to gaze damage was dyne except to the most
at a sunset or the stars is good for tender plants such a-, corn or toma-
health, but it also has an influence toes. It is found also that as the
siren the soul. Beauty is a eevelatie' cleared land is extended and more
of 'God. Nature is God's handiwork. soil is cultivated, with better drain -
We learn cf the Worker by his work. arse and air circulation; the danger
from. late spring and early autumn
frosts is rapidly disappearing.
It is generally coneeded that the
amount of growth is measured up by
the rainfall and that the maturity of
the grain is' in direct. relation with
the amount of sunshine. Over a per-
iod of 15 years the average monthly
m•ecipitation during the five grow-
ing months was 2.84 inches and
from 1919 to 1933 inclusive. an av-
erage of. 206 hours of sunshine was
reerrded monthly during the same
five growing months. Both, the
rainfall and the hours of sunshine
are considered sufficient for a good
growth and perfect maturity 'of
grain,
Jesus Lived to Serve
The Son of man came not to be
ministered unto but to minister. His
whole life was one of service. He
served people because he loved them
and saw possibilities 'in them. He war
willing • to help them with food; with
healing, with truth, with love'accord-
ing to their special need. His aim
was not the honor he could win for
himself but the service he could ren-
der to others. It wee out of his own
experience that. he uttered the bea-
titude quoted by Paul. "It is snore
blessed to give than to receive." Je-
sus taught the 'multitude because be
had compassion upon them. He fed
them from the same motive and his
followers should display the same
practical social sympathy. This car
be done in the name of man as well
as in the name of God. The Son of
man came to minister.
Questions For Discussion -
1. Can churches afford to leave re-
lief work solely to government agen-
cies?
2. In our home and church budgets
do we pay enough attention to "the
fragments"?
3. Cicero said, "Economy is of it-
self a great revenue," Haw?
4. Which is snore important—wltai
you believe, or what you do?
5. Why must Christians concern
themselves with economies?
6. Why are there bread lines when
food is going to waste?
'1.. Is it ever wrong be give?
THE FROZEN NORTH
There are people travelling
through Northern Ontario or who
have come in for a short stay, who
carry tales that the district is not
suitable for farming and that it
freezes every month of the year.
Since the provincial government her
been advertising the district for col-
onization, the prospective settler
would be interested to know if this
title is ,justified.
The agricultural possibilties of a
country are usually determined by
the quality of the land to be farmed,
the average temperature prevailing
during the growing season, the frost
free eseriod, the precipitation, the
amount of sunshine, and, better still,
by the success cf these already es-
tablished in farming operations.
The Dominion Experimental Sta-
tion at Kapuskasing, Ontario has
gathered considerable information
cencerning the weather since its es-
tablishment. For instance, over a
period of 16 years, the mean tem-
pernture during the five growing
months, May 1 to September 30, was
56.4 degrees, which is only 6 de-
grees below the average for the Cen-
tral Experimntal Farm at Ottawa.
The frost -free period was 103 days
in 1932, 125 days in 1931 and lit'
days in 1930, compared to an aver-
age of 73 days over a period of 15
years. Many times, however, the
temperature registered as the killing
est was only 32 degrees and no
Give Them Foo:, 36-40
Jesus had compassion on the mul-
titude because they were leaderless
and had no living religious faith. Iie
taught the people who followed him
around the lakeshore, bet he also fed
them before they returned home. Ai
the meat they would have missed on-
ly one or two meals. In the light o?
this incident how can Christians to.
day feel complacent when children
are under -nourished and when many
mothers in bountiful Canada scarce-
ly know where the next meal is to
came from? All the higher achieve-
ments of man in science, commerce,
edncatinn and religloe are dependen'
epee an adequate food supply. God's.
mrevision' has been bountiful. There
ds plenty of grains and fruits, yet
thousands are in wane because of the
greed of a few, because of the malad-
ministration et' leaders . and because
some poenle lack the compassionate
l,eatt of Christ. It is plain evidence
of mismanagement if any one, in Can-
ada lacks, food. shelter and clothing
There is plenty for all.
A Parable of Truth, 41-44
There has been much discussion as
to the method whereby Jesus fed
the multitude. The miracle of the
multiplying of the loaves and fishes
however,' is relatively . insignifiean'
c.omnaved with the way in which the
truth of Christ has spread At' the
most only a few thousand heard Jo-
1 se)) teaching that day among the
hills, but his° truth has become the
bread of life to millions offollow-
ers theough the ages. There' is
something inexhaustible in his teach•'
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs --Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful
and Ins piring-
BABY.,
You have snared Beauty in a shin-
ing way
Glamor of words unheard your eyes
can sway—
Meaning 'of airy flight, , of silken
wings,
Stirs your small hands to eager,
rhythmic things.
No longer does a rose elude so much—
Your lips know both its fragrance and
its touch.
Essence of light and wonder of the
dawn
Have blessed your smile and laid their
joy thereon—
Your Babyhood holds constant magic
sway,
You have snared Beauty in a, shining
way
The Dominion Exnerimental Star
tion would be nleased to supply any
pdditinnal infarm atine concerning
the weather 'records,the growing of
crops, etc. of Northern Ontario.
ACCIDENTS AND
COMPENSATION
During the month of ' February
there were 2,733 accidents reporter'
to The Workmen's Compensation
Board, as eompa'ed with 4,023 for
the same month last year and 2,643
in Janaury, 1933. The fatal case'
numbered 13, as compared with 27
last February.
The total benefits awarded amount-
ed to $295,771.11, of. which $243.069.-
05 was for compensation and 552.701.-
16
52.701:16 for medical aid. Total benefits in
January, 1933 were $237,056.88.
Faith without works is about. ae
useless as a watch without wheels.
—,Amy Campbell.
WHEN YOUNG MELISSA SWEEPS
When young Melissa sweeps a room,
I vow she dances with the broom!
She curtseys in a corner brightly,
And leads her partner forth politely.
Then up and down in jigs and reels,
With gold dust flying at their heels,
They caper. With a whirl or two
They nialce the wainscot shine like
new:
They waltz beside the hearth, and
quick
It brightens shabby brick by brick;
A gay gavotte across the floor,
A Highland fling from door to door,
And every crack and corners clean
Enough to suit a dainty Queen.
if ever you are full of gloom,
Just watch Melissa sweep a roam.
---Nancy Byrd Turner,
cetit==t,
WINTER NIGHT
Even this q has its uiet hour s musiC
We walk across the bright and level
ground
path the
And in our1 thin ice crank,.
C
and clatters,
To make a crystal tracery of sound.
The wind cries briefly, sweetly down
the meadow,
Wakens a singing in the frosty trees,
And weaves among the brittle red -
brown grasses
bier delicate end subtle harmonies.
Hearing a faint, a deeply -hidden
whisper,
We come upon a silver -muted stream
Whitely shining, edged with points of
tinsel,
Captured in a sudden crystal dream
—Anita Laurie Cushing, in The
Christian Science Monitor.
Gf
SNOW
Snow, I love thee net;
Thou art too fiercely chill,
And all too eft deceiving
With thy piled drifts, white and stili,
Where feathery softness hides
Griot power to kill.
But there are times when my beauty -
loving
Eyes admire thee,
As when thy pure drapes are thown
O'er blackened field and shivering
tree;
Yet even as my eyes admire
My heart grows chill
With thinking of thy piled drifts,
white and still.
Where feathery softness hides
Grins power to !dill.
—.Hazel Forrest, Niagara Falls, Ont,
SEEKING BEAUTY
Cold winds can never freeze, nor
thunder sour
The cup of cheer that Beauty draws
for me
Out ef those azure heavens and this
green earth,
I drink and drink, and thirst the
more I see,
To see the dewdrops thrill the blades
of grass,
Makes my whole body shake; for
here's my choice
Of either sun or shade, and both are
green.--
A
reen. -A chaffinch laughs in his melo-
dious voice.
THE TOKEN -HEART
In the old farm chimney
Jane and I espied
A poor shrivelled sheep's heart,
Black and mummified.
Tucked away upon the shelf,
'Wher'e the flue begins,
We found a sheep's heart,
Stuck full of pins.
How it came to be there
None Could discover;
Nor who had stuck the pins in it
To plague her faithless lover.
Who the jilted maiden wee
And Who the truant swain,
i could only wonder,
Aedlikewise Jane. ,
"How she must have suffered!"
Said Jane with a sigh—
"She probably deserved to,
And more," quoth I,
"When she drove a pin home
Diel he feel a pain?"
"I hope not," I answered,
"I hope so!" said Jane—
"I hope so, I hope so, I HOPE sol"
Said Jane. -Ralph Wotherspoon;
The banks are stormed by Speed-
well, that blue flower
- 'So like a little heaven •with one
star out;
I see an amber lake of Buttercups,
And Hawthorn foams the hedges
- round about.
The old oak, tree looks now so green
and young
That even swallow; perch awhile
and sing:
This is that time of year so sweet
and warm,
When bats wait nor for stars ere
they take wing.
As long as I love beauty I am young.
Am young or old as I Iove more
or less;
When Beauty i; not heeded or seems
stale,
My life's a cheat, let Death end my
distress,
—William Henry Davies.
cCICO
PLEASURE
What thea is Pleasure?
It is like ice a flame
Leaping and quivering,
Writhing, flickering,
And
changingS
shape;
Vanishing in smoke,
Yet there again;
Never a moment
Of time the saute
Eye cannot measure,
Nor thought record,
It; forret and motion,
Or follow the whims
Of its wavering game.
What else is Pleasure?
Half -suspected,
A fugitive scent,
h'ront leaves and grasses.
Laden with memories
Of childhood hours;
A summer humming
The ear scarce heed.;
A ripple shivering
Among quiet reeds.
So fleeting is Pleasure,
So frail, so shy.
So hard to grasp and measure
So quick to die.
—R. C. Trevetyan.
,ta=lr=ge
EACH DAY
I goes to churrlt on `today an'
listens to de text.
I
It sho'ly help, any feelin's when my
mind is getting vexed.
De Sabbath religion puts a calmness
in de heart—)
But everyday religion needs a chance
to do its part.
Dar's de. Monday religion when you's
get to go to world,
And de Tuesday religion when you
mush' stop to ishirk.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday an'
Saturday as well
Needs everyday religion 'thout
ringin' of do bell.
One day a learnin' 'bout de goodness
an' de light;
De other six a-showin' dat you got
, de lesson right. •
Sunday brings us comfort wif de
beauty and de rest,
But de everyday religion is what puts
you to' de test.
—Selected.
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Com^ J�0
GOING AWAY
On the short night before the day
On which I had to go away,
For sorrow that I had to go
I could not sleep at all, and so
I rose to view again the scene
Where happy I had been.
Sadly, it seemed, on every leaf
And every stone (as though my
grief
Had, with the moonlight, touched all
these!)
The moonlight lay. The friendly trees
Stood all so still, it seemed my woe
At going they must know,
And then the birds began to sing.
Oh, never so enrapturing
They sang before unto my ears.
They sang the dubious ease of tears
Into my eyes, the while I named
Them o'er — and morning rosier
flamed
Through the wan east—the ones I
knew
By name. But named and nameless
drew
A mesh of poignant singing round
The house- were joy I'd found.
Sandpipers on the silver beach
Were Wining gaily tech to each
Beyond a mesh of robins' notes—
Our robins rf the orange throats,
And first a mocking -bind must mew,
i illSong-sparrows.
Then h 11 at tt .too,
And 1i tle finches broke my
Because I must depart.
I hear then singing, singing yet.
An - till I die shall i I forget
et
t
How h:wds breuaht in that tragic day
On which I went away.
a
—Frederick Niven.
STATISTICS PROVE
Statistics prove so many things --
The size of towns, the height of
thing
The age of h'd, r n the sellceis,
The skull e ms f fools..
The salariee rersons net.
The noxa r f °
The vseelsis letses
The 7-e'4 end sle.ege
A., tlenes ,. .. ,.:hinge arra; ve
I: :stem -. _.ati...ee ;revs,
Areset'r:
pr.-aise sa
Measured mn a sin eye.
Or preleed the e e .e tf a sig':.
Seetistiee rete? eaught .he gterm
That (lenses en a meadow stecem.
Or weiche.i the enthe.., of a b, -d
In forest :ti :t: devoutly ly hear':
Sin, benign, a e1 heeraser,
How nrech eta.,=.t., cane: prove!
—Sent` Observer.
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