Do Good and Joy Is Thine: A Poem

LIFE OF ST. PAUL FOR THE YOUNG. 455 them with awe. The next day they sailed to Neapolis, the harbor of Philippi, ten miles distant. The apostle's ship carried Christianity from Asia to Europe. In time other ships bore it to America; and still other from both countries to other lands, even back to Asia where it started. The Macedonian cry still comes from all heathen lands to all Christians everywhere, as truly, though not in the same way, as it came to Paul in Troas. [to be continued.] DO GOOD, AND JOY IS THINE. (For the Improvement Era.) If you are seeking to be great, To carry deeds of worth and weight, Learn first this lesson most divine, Do good, and joy is thine. If you would cheer the aching heart, To the oppressed a balm impart, Learn this one fact in early prime, Do good, and joy is thine. If you would lift the weight of woe From him whose steps with age are slow, To this grand truth your acts incline, Do good, and joy is thine. Or would you wipe the dimming tear, From eyes that look for love and cheer, Let these few words your thoughts entwine : Do'good, and joy is thine. No grander lesson e'er was taught, No heart could claim a nobler thought, Than this — no motto more sublime — Do good, and joy is thine. Sarah E. Mitton. Logan, Utah.