A Year Of Beautiful Thoughts Author:Jeanie A.B. Greenough A Year of Beautiful Thoughts. To My Loved and Loving Bertha. Beautiful Thoughts. January i. But now abideth faith j hope, love, these three and the greatest of these is love. i COR. xiii. 13 R. v.. A HAPPY New Year to all Happy may it be through all the frosty winter days, the breezy March, the budding spring-time, and the blossoming summer, hap... more »py through the golden autumn days, and happy through the Christmas month, to the very end i How can it be made truly happy May it not by walking hand in hand with the beautiful angel, Love Love will make us wish nothing so much as to please our kind heavenly Father who loves us and watches over every moment of our lives. Love will make us gentle and helpful to every one about us, and kind to every living thing Let us ask God to send the Love-angel to walk at our side, and we shall surely have a happy year. THE CHILD AND THE YEAR. Said the child to the youthful year, quot What hast them in store for me, giver of beautiful gifts, what cheer. What joy dost thou bring with thee quot quot My seasons four shall bring Their treasures fbe Winter s snows, The Autumn s store and the flowers of Spring, And th amp lt Rummer s perfect rose, 7 8 A Tear of Beautiful Thoughts. quot All these, and more, shall be thine Dear child, but the last and best Thyself must earn, by a strife divine If them would st be truly blest. quot Would st know this last best gift Tis a conscience clear and bright, A peace of mind which the soul can lift To an infinite delight. quot Truth, patience, courage and love, If thou unto me canst bring, I will set thee all earth s ills above, O child, and crown thee a king. quot CELIA THAXTER. January 2. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. ECCL. ix. 10. quot MOTHER, quot said Anna, on New Year s day, quot my teacher wants me to choose a text to be my motto for the coming year what shall it be quot quot It is hard to choose among so many good texts, quot said mother quot how would you like Whatsoever thy hand fmdeth to do, do it with thy might amp lt Whatso ever includes everything, every duty, every kindness, every self-denial, everything that you are able to do. quot quot That is just the thing said Anna quot I will have the text printed and hung up, to remind me of my what soevers. quot quot Here is one of my whatsoevers, quot thought she, the next day, as she saw a little lost child crying, and led her home. quot Here is another whatsoever, quot and she helped a poor lame woman to cross the street. She found her quot whatsoevers, quot as she called them, every day, helping mother, father, sister, brother, every one who needed her kindness. Boys and girls, try to find whatsoevers, with wide-open eyes, and to do them with your might, for Jesus sake. A Tear of Beautiful Thoughts. 9 - LOVE S GARDEN. There Is a quiet garden From the rude world set apart Where seeds for Christ are growing, This is the loving heart. The tiny roots are loving thoughts, Sweet words, the fragrant flowers. Which blossom into loving deeds, Ripe fruits for harvest hours. Thus in our hearts the seeds of love Are growing, year by year And we show our love for Christ our Lord By loving His children here. ELLEN R. FIELD. January 3. The words of the pure are pleasant words. PROV. xv. 26. ONLY a few sweet loving words, that is all but, coming from the heart and going to the heart, they would brighten many a, life, and comfort many a soul, as the speaker of them little knows. Let us not be so chary of them. MARY H. PERKINS. PLEASANT WORDS. If any little word of mine May make a life the brighter, If any little song of mine May make a heart the lighter, Gocl help me speak the little word And take my bit of singing And drop it in some lonely vale To set the echoes ringing IO A Tear of Beautiful Thoughts. January 4. Children s children are the crown of old men and the glory of children are their fathers. PROV. xvii. 6. I ASKED a little boy last evening if he had called his grandpapa to tea...« less