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pany would come, the afternoon was
so bright after the severe weather, so
I put on a fresh dress and collar,
stirred the fire in the sitting room
and awaited visitors. To pas s the
time agreeably, for I was alone, I
took several volumes of Edgar Poe's
works from the book case and looked
over them. I read some of the poems.
My attention was arrested by a strik
ing frontispiece picture. I turned to
the story it illustrated, The Pit and
the Pendulum. The description of the
prisoner was strange and thrilling, but
I wondered why the world preserved
such stories. It seemed to me that
only a crazy person or cne under the
influence of liquor or drugs could
have such conceptions. I often th'nk
it better not to read than to read hor
rible stories. The good I concluded
to be gotten from the written thoughts
of people is to broaden the mind and
sympathies. This story seemed to il
lustrate the horrors of the inquisition.
There have been cruel tyrants who
were merciless, and it is the Chris
tian’s place to tell the world of J<~sus
and his love. This story also is a
good illustration of the slavery and
thralldom caused from evil habits, es
pecially strong drink and opiates, and
poor Poe was given to these habits.
A beautiful little book I read during
Christmas was sent me by my dearest
friend. It was An Attic Philosopher.
I enjoyed it so much. It was so
soothing and gentle. I was reminded
of a good friend I once had, who was
alone in the world yet his kindly feel
ings to everybody prompted many
thoughtful acts of helpfulness.
My blooming flowers were killed
and also my geraniums which 1 kept
in my room, but there will be other
flowers in spring. There are always
new joys to compensate for joys de
parted. The best cure for loss and
sorrow is work. Forgetfulness of se ] f
in vigorous, earnest work is a cure fol
low spirits. Going out to my flower
beds the other day I cut the limp nar
cissus flowers and pulled up the frost
killed annuals and trimmed the roses
and had fertilizer put on the bushes.
So bright spring will soon be here and
other flowers will bloom. When kind
Mother Nature teaches us these, les-
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sons of compensation, can we not
trust and believe that there are new
joys after this life is over?
I was so glad that Tom Lockhart
had so many gifts and letters Christ
mas. He is surely a hero. I hope to
have all his books some day.
Friends, are we going to allow our
Mater’s delightful talks and short sto
ries to remain unbound in beautiful
sheaves of printed volumes? Those
of you who have preserved them or
some of them help her to arrange
them into books and booklets.
I could write on and on, but must
close for the present. Sincerely.
MATTIE HOWARD.
LEFT ALONE.
Dear M. E. B. and Household
Friends: I write today from a home
made desolate by death. On the first
of February my dear husband passed
away. For two years he was nearly
helpless, but he was a great comfort
to me. I loved to work for him —he
was so good and appreciative. My
home now is so lonely. I miss him
more than I can tell. I wish we could
have gone together, but Gcd knows
best. He had lived but three score
and ten years; on the 19th of this
month he would have been seventy
six. He was not afraid to die. Often
in pain and weariness, he would ex
claim; “How long, dear Lord, before
the end?’’ Yet his sensitive nerves
shrunk from the agony of the last
hour. He prayed that his death might
be easy and God heard his prayer.
The end came peacefully and pain
lessly, and now he dwells where pain
and sorrow cannot come. I know it is
best and I w-ill try to be resigned. But
a little while and I will go to him.
yet oh, the loneliness and the aching
sense of loss. I am too worn out to
write much; I just feel the need of
telling my sorrow to the dear House
hold friends and asking them to send
me loving thoughts that will help me
to bear my burden. As soon as I can
I will write something for the House
hold. God bless you dear friends and
keep you from the sorrow of bereave
ment.
THE OLD WOMAN.
The Golden Age for February 11, 1909.
SUCH AS I HAVE.
It was the Sunday school lesson
about the healing of the lame man at
the Beautiful gate, and a dear old
preacher who was a visitor at a cer
tain Sunday school taught the Bible
class that day, and as he brought out
the different thoughts of the lesson,
all else seemed to fade into insignifi
cance reside this one great truth; that
of using our God-given talents for His
glory and the good of humanity.
“Silver and gqld have I none,’’ says
Peter, “but such as I have give I unto
thee.”
“Such as I have.’’ The writer lost
sight of the beautiful story of the
healing of the lame man, and even
the great sermon of Peter on that
occasion, and memory swept back to a
time when this same servant of
Christ, had brought comfort to a sor
rowing heart by giving “Such as I
have.” Only a few words from God’s
blessed word, a tear of sympathy, and
a tender prayer, but they brought com
fort to the sorrowing, and grace to
bear other burdens —blessings which
no amount of silver and gold can buy.
And now the lesson for each of us,
“Go thou and do likewise.” But some
will say, “I can’t quote Scripture and
pray, as did that preacher.” This may
be true and yet the Book teaches us;
“As every man hath received the gift,
even so minister the same, one to an
other.” We are taught again that
“there diversities of gifts,” and while
some are given to be apostles, and
some prophets, and some teachers, and
to some the gift of healing, or the
working of miracles is given, that
“without love all these gifts profiteth
nothing.”
The “love that worketh no ill to
his neighbor” and is therefore “the
fulfilling of the law.” May we not all
possess this gift, and may we not man
ifest it by a sympathetic spirit, a kind
word, or a smile of encouragement?
This is truly a God-given gift to
“know how to speak a word in season
to him that is weary”; and yet this
gift may be ours, because we are told
to “covet earnestly the best of gifts.’
“Such as I have.’ Love, kindness,
sympathy, peace and joy, “freely ye
have received; freely give.” PERI.
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THE HEN PERVERSE.
The little mater suggested that. I
tell something about my chickens—a
prolific subject—and a provoking one
—sometimes.
No pen (not even a goose quill) can
trace the comings and the goings of
one especial hen who scratches in the
garden thereby causing to “come up”
the seeds I have patiently planted, and
who persists in making her nest in the
queerest and most uncanny places. I
am never surprised on tracing up a
cackle, to find a nest made of an open
drawer, and filled with eggs, laid all
unknown to me. She disdains a coop,
as a comfortable hen house —would
rather go out in an open field to make
her a nest, utterly regardless of the
watenful eyes of the greatest egg de
. stroyer, her flock has ever known,
the perverse crow-, yet notwithstand
ing all this she pays back in many
ways for what she eats and scratches
up. I have 250 hens and 75 roosters.
There are not many of them but pay
for their keeping. They are made up
of Brahmas. Black Spanish, the White
Sea Island (my grandmother’s people
brought these to this country) with
so many other mixtures that no names
are needed. They have laid since Sep
tember 125 dozen of eggs (get 25c per
dozen). They all love me and I love
them.
ANNIE L
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