No. 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 726 



Now in addition to the partners duties in financial matters, there 

 are manifold other duties to perform which are just as important 

 to share equally; one of the first of which is the building of the most 

 sacred place on earth, a home. And in order to do this one of the 

 most necessary duties is the harmonizing of tempers, for without 

 this no home can be truly happy. How many allow their tempers 

 to be uncontrolled and think very little about the uuUter, but will 

 say, "I know I have a hasty temper, but it is a common failing." Yes, 

 but did you ever think, that it is a failing that probably causes more 

 misery in the world than any other you can think of and as 



Trifles make the sum of human things 



And half our misery from these trifles springs." 



Take heed to the little things. There was a lighthouse far out at 

 sea; it was there to warn ships wh(?re the rocks were. One night 

 the lamps were lit by the men in charge as usual. Sometime after 

 they were surprised to find there was no light reflected on the water. 

 They examined the lamps inside and found them all right, but on 

 going outside they found the glasses covered with millions of little 

 insects. In the morning they found a ship had been wrecked on the 

 rocks close b}^, and all because these little creatures had covered the 

 glasses of the lighthouse. 



Is this not often true in another sense. You allow your better 

 natures to become covered and dwarfed with the little things of life, 

 as you call them, indifference, selfishness, temper, faultfinding, 

 jealousy, harsh words, and a hundred and one little things that mar 

 the peace and eventuall}^ wreck the happiness of home. Learn to 

 govern yourselves, knowing that he who governs himself is greater 

 than he who takes a cit}'. The motto of a graduating class a few 

 years ago was, "He conquers, who conqu3rs himself." Let each 

 respect the others individually and practice the beautiful unselfish- 

 ness which is thoughtfuluess for others and forgetfulness of self, it 

 is the golden rule perfectly applied. 



Be content to do the duty that lies nearest you and fill the place in 

 the universe God has assigned you. Reach up to a strong, ennobling 

 manhood, and the beauty of a superb womanhood. Ever strive after 

 the higher and nobler things in life, knowing that God has implanted 

 in your hearts the longings and aspirations after greater and better 

 achievement for some wise purpose and by dispensing cheer, sym- 

 pathy and comfort to others you will realize that, 



"All are but parts of one stupendous whole, 

 Whose body nature is, and God the soul." 



Knowing that you pass this way but once how imijortant, that 

 you scatter roses, and forget-me-nots along the way in the form of 

 loving words and kind deeds. The habit of doing good and drop- 

 ping a word of encouragement here and there is what broadens and 

 ennobles life, and makes character beautiful. Everywhere you go 

 you will find some one who needs encouragement, some one whose 

 heart is burdened under a heavy load, some one who needs sym- 

 pathy, some' one who needs a lift. Many a heart has been cheered 

 by a smile or word of sympathy, many a life has been saved from 

 despair by a kind act. Teach these things to your children by ex- 

 ample as well as precept, and you will find they will not soon forget 

 them. A father asked his pastor how he could best train up his 



