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something which places him ahead of all others”.

Emilie T. Massey’s selection was, “A Rosary
of Joys”, by Annie Johnson Flint.

“There are so many sorrows in our lives,
Oh, let us take the little joys we find
And thread them like a string of pearls,
To count them o’er and keep them all in mind.

A day of sunshine when we looked for rain,
A sudden birdsong when the skies are gray;
The first frost painted leaf that flutters down,
The breeze that blows some vexing thoughts away;

The sleep that bears us from toil and care,
And gives new strength to meet the day’s demand;
And oh, above the rest, the faithful friends
Who always love and always understand.

Yea, life hath many sorrows for us all,
And hearts grow faint with long-continued ill;
But let us clasp our rosary of joys
And hold them in our dear remembrance still.”

Harriet I. Lea had a single good paragraph
entitled, “Happiness”.

“Laughter is not only contagious; it is inspiring
and among the minor moralities it holds a high
place. We may question the right of any man to
by gloomy since there is always more light than
shadow in every life. But, surely, we must
assert the duty of happiness because it effects
the common life. A happy person makes
all around him happy. Nor is it difficult
to cultivate this grace. With wide-open eyes
the sensible man can certainly see enough
to make him glad. Nature in all her beauty;
the sunlit landscapes on the pages of the
history of the past life; the friends, the daily
comforts of God’s love, are enough to make
one ashamed of grumbling. It is well for us to know, and
it can be frankly spoken, that the cross, complaining, gloomy
man is as bad for the moral health of a community as
the thief or the drunkard.”

Anna Gilpin Hickok, who spends part of every