Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 221, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1913 — Sweetest Things of Life. [ARTICLE]

Sweetest Things of Life.

The best things are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties y*t your hand, the path of God just before you. Then too not grasp at the stars, but do life’s plain common work as it comes, certain that dally duties and daily bread are the sweetest things of life. A night’s sleep, what a miracle of mercy it is; and a new day with the waking up of health to face it; aye, even a pleasant meal with one’s household, Is not that worth a thanksgiving? Or an Interesting book, an hour with an old friend, a Sunday’s quiet resting after a strained and weary week, or some new light of Interest or meaning in one’s favorite line of study—it Is such things as these for more than great special blessings, wffich make up the sum of happy things, if one would but think of them more, and not always be taking them as a matter of course, which would fill out days with thanksgiving.—Brook* Herford