Edna Tide: A Poem

THOUGHTS, THE MASTER POWER. 269 noble and God-like character is not a thing of favor or chance, but a natural result of continued effort in right thinking, the effect of long-cherished association with God-like thoughts. An ignoble and bestial character, by the same process, is the result of the continued harboring of groveling thoughts, Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armory of thought he forges weapons by which he destroys himself ; he also fashions the tools with which he builds heavenly mansions of joy, and strength, and peace. By the right choice and true application of thought, man ascends to the divine perfection; by the abuse and wrong application of thought, he descends below the level of the beast. Between these two extremes are all the grades of character, and man is the . maker and master. Sugar City, Idaho. EDNA TIDE. {For the Improvement EraS) 'Twas like a frail midsummer flower, Tiat blushed and faded in an hour, Amid the blaze and heat of day, That thou didsi flower and fade away. To show amid eternity That we had learned to cherish thee, Take back to the celestial bowers The spirits of these lily flowers That dot thy grave, like flakes of snow — Sweet symbols of the flower below. When our life's sun sinks in the west — Wht-n day is o'er, to share thy rest, We'll gather slowly to thy side, Sweet little stranger, Edna Tide; And wake with thee, when night is gone. At the first blushing of the dawn. Theo. E. Curtis. Salt Lake City, Utah.