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The ills of life, its troubles and its cares, 
Are priceless gifts, which every hour prepares, 
That we may turn them into gold, 
Make them bear fruit an hundred fold. 
With living Faith and Hope, thy kindly guides, 
And Grace celestial ever nigh, 
Plod on thy way and gaze on high, 
When courage fails thee, man, or woe betides; 
Though sad and long thou may’st here toil and roam. 
At last, in joy, thoult reach thy destined Home. 
— Weninger. 
A shrub of the genus Syringa (S. vulgaris), a native of Persia, The 
common Lilac is cultivated for its fragrant flowers, which are purple or 
white. 
“The lilac spreads odorous essence.” 
—Jean Ingelow. 
Good Example. 
“Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.” 
— Goldsmith. 
Tp FI A SOX and authority prove that virtue ought to he practiced. But 
TA. facts alone prove that it is practiced; and this is why examples have 
more power to move our souls, and why our individual actions are of such 
fearful importance for others as icell as for ourselves. 
Therefore Christ, the Lord, Himself says: “Let your light shine 
before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father 
who is in ILeaven.” (Matth. v, 10.) 
