The Book of Ideas

              good water inside the fence. Drink if you are thirsty. " Availing himself of this, he noticed another sign on a bench which said, '''Rest if you are weary." A little farther inside the fence he saw a sign on a basket of apples saying, "If you like apples, help yourself." Later, he noticed a man m~arby, so he asked him to explain the signs and the man replied, "Well, it's this way-the water in the well was going to waste and we had more apples than we could eat, and the bench was in a nice shady spot, so I thought we could share these things with others." As Foss trudged away, the road was no longer tiresome and he was no longer weary. Soon after he wrote the poem, which is so beautiful and so well loved by all. In Matthew 25, Verses 35-41, we read, "For I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you took me in, naked and you clothed me, was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer Him, saying 'Lord when we saw thee and hungered and fed thee? Or thirsty? and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger and took thee in? or naked and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King answered and said, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brothers, ye have done it unto me." We can talk Friendship, we can preach Friendship, we can advocate Friendship, but it avails nothing if we do not exemplify Friendship. It is . the Cryingneed of the world today, and in the words of Ella Wheeler Wilcox:
"So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, When really all this sad world needs Is just the art of being kind." "The clock of life is wound but once, And no man has the power To tell just when the hands will stop, . At a later or early' hour. 'Now' is the only time we own So live, love, work with a will
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Leave not too much to do tomorrow
The clock may then be still."

The Way You Look at TlUngs I am sure that everyone will agree that uncertainty adds zest to living and, should make us enjoy even more, the. things we have, the many blessings we share. Many people spend most of their lives living in the past, or else in some castle of dreams of the future, though we know that the past is written off and the future has yet to be recorded. Today is the day we live. Life is a stage, and every one has a part to play. Even the one who has the smallest part in this great play, contributes much to life. In praising famous people, we are apt to overlook the most important smaller roles carried out by the ordinary people in everyday life-the kindly word, the friendly smile, the word of encouragement. The beautiful imitation roses being made today, are so close to the real thing that one can only be convinced when they are in your hands. 36