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loves so well; and MaryVmay suddenly be flashed to her 

 from some thought^of another's mind and left as indelibly 

 upon her own as upon the page before her, again we say : " By 

 the magnet of loving! sympathy draw your children from 

 themselves unto you and from thence you can lead them to 

 ivhither-so-ever you choose. 



But while we are Igiving attention to these individual 

 weeds, pruning and caring for the second growth of the 

 world's forest let us not forget the forest itself. 



The world has u-eeds. Not a breeze is wafted to us, but 

 bears the thistle down of humanity from all shores and 

 from under all suns. 



The world needs men. Men of broad brow, broad brain 

 and broad understanding. Who can grapple with the 

 issues of the hour, never so complicated? Where shall these 

 be found if not among those who go out to meet the day 

 with heads bared to the invigorating wind borne athwart 

 dew laden clover fields, who drink inspiration off hill and 

 dale stretching out in wide expanse, and who can look 

 straight up into God's blue with no foul smoke of the world's 

 engines obstructing their vision. 



The world has need of men strong of heart, and strong of 

 faiih. Where will she look for these if not among the 

 ones who go through life heart to heart with nature, believ- 

 ing and trusting in her, taking her tiniest seed and her 

 two-leaf sprout and placing them gently in the earth, year 

 by year and year by year building up their strength, until 

 at last their homes are sheltered by towering crowns of 

 swaying larch and sturdy Arbe Vitce. 



The world has need of purity. Where will this be found 

 if not among the ones who know the purity of flower as 

 found in their choice fruits; purity of color as found upon 

 the rose that needs no painting; purity as extended in the 

 lily cups they handle with care. 



Surely where much has been given much may rightfully 

 be looked for in return, and ye a?^e men placed upon your 

 honor. 



Mrs. J. B. Day then gave a recitation, "The First Settler's 

 3-H. 



