My Work

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904 IMPROVEMENT ERA.

importance of discreet selection of books. Only such literature should be read as will lead the mind to right thinking, which is thebasisof right action. What will the benefit be? should be asked before any book is read. And these, also: Will this book awaken thoughts that will help me onward and upward in my chosen vocation? Will it help me in the building of a noble char- acter? Only such books as can answer, Good, and Yes, to these questions are worth reading. The Bible and Church books stand first on the list to give this answer.

MY WORK.

I come to thee, Lord, for strength and patience To do thy will; Help me, Father, in this world of duty, My place to fill. I may not go and labor in thy vineyard, Where through long hours Brave men and women toil, and from thy presses The red wine pours.

My work at home lies with the olive branches; My field is there To train them fitly for the heavenly garden Needs all my care.

I may not in the woods and on the mountains Seek thy lost sheep At home a little flock of tender lambkins 'Tis mine to keep.

Thou givest us, thy servants, each our life-work; No trumpet tone Shall tell the nations in triumphant pealing How mine was done.

But 'twill be much if, when the task is over, Through grace from thee, I give thee back, unharmed, the precious treasures Thou gavest me.