Sermonets

SERMONETS There are men who have been good all their lives, but have never done much good. Never pull yourself up by trying to pull somebody else down. You are sure to get a worse tumble than the other fellow. Besides, it's wrong. Join the M. I. A., the Sunday Schools and Prof. J. H. Paul in creating a public sentiment looking to the protection of bird-life in our mountains and valleys. Birds are among the best friends we have. When we are tossed into dark corners and thrown into exceedingly hard conditions, yet evidently required to do as excellent and productive work as when we enjoyed greater advantages, our wisest course is to labor on and sing. Roger Bacon said: "If I might control the literature of the household, I would guarantee the well-being of the church and state." Dr. George H. Brimhall says : "More yellow streaks are put into men by reading yellow literature than were ever born in them." What a man says in meeting does not always count; but if the old dog and the cat follow 'round after him, purring and laughing when he stoops to stroke them, you can depend upon it that he has lots of good streaks about him, streaks that make him a man you can trust. — Farm Journal. The number of automobiles in actual use in this country will this year very likely reach the grand total of 1,000,000, valued at about $1,000,000,000. The figures give a startling idea of the stupendous growth of the automobile industry in the past few years, and of the change it has wrought in our national life. There are three good reasons why a boy or man should not use tobacco: (1) it is against the counsel of the Lord; (2) it is a waste of means and precious time, and (3) it is a serious injury to his physical body. I will not take my hat off to a person who sucks a pipe or cigarette. I think the smoker should be made ashamed and contemptible in the eyes of men. — President Joseph F. Smith.