THE COUNTRY BOY'S CREED 



I believe that the Country, which God made, is more beautiful 

 than the City, which man made; that life out-of-doors and in touch 

 with the earth is the natural life of man. I believe that work is 

 work wherever we find it, but that work with Nature is more in- 

 spiring than work with the most intricate machinery. I believe 

 that the dignity of labor depends not on what you do, but on how 

 you do it; that opportunity comes to a boy on the farm as often 

 as to a boy in the city; that life is larger and freer and happier on 

 the farm than in the town; that my success depends not upon my 

 location, biit upon myself — not upon my dreams, but upon what I 

 actually do — not upon luck, but upon pluck. I believe in working 

 when you work, and in playing when you play, and in giving and 

 demanding a square deal in every act of life. 



EDWIN OSGOOD GROVER. 



THE FOOTPATH TO PEACE 



To be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to 

 work and to play and to look up at the stars; to be satisfied with 

 your possessions, but not contented with yourself until you have 

 made the best of them; to despise nothing in the world except false- 

 hood and meanness, and to fear nothing except cowardice; to, be 

 governed by your admirations rather than by your disgusts; to 

 covet nothing that is your neighbor's except his kindness of heart 

 and gentleness of manners; to think seldom of your enemies, often 

 of your friends, and every day of Christ; and to spend as much 

 time as you can, with body and with spirit, in God's out-of-doors. 

 These are little guideposts on the footpath to peace. 



HENRY VAN DYKE. 



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