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The words we've said, and the things we've thought,
to be, like stones, in the buildings wrought.
The stones our fate at our birth did hear;
Tis ours to build, and sure work to do.
Heaven help us build our Life Temple true!

M. M. Miller gave us a treat in listening to a
long letter from Lucy Fawcett.

E. Hough. A very pretty poem The Two
Surprises, by R. W. McAlpine in St Nicholas.

Jane T. Porter. Contributed some beautiful begonias
which were much admired.

S. T. Miller. An amusing letter from Lucy
Washington giving her experience on a snow
bound train during the recent Blizzard.

Annie F. Gilpin. "Making the Best of it, an article
so good I should love to have it indellibly
stamped upon the minds of every one the world
over. Oh! The importance of trying to make the
best of what-ever happens. There are those who
place the emphasis of their lives upon the happy
side. Not only are the grave and serious events
of life received in this way, but also the little
every day details, upon which so much of our
comfort and pleasure depends.

Some persons live in a perfect state of
fret and worry. Yet these people may have
no more real cause for repining than the
rest of the world. They are more wretched, it is
true, because they emphasize what is unpleasant
thus making the worst of all they can.