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between brothers, and some day the vast brotherhood will be permanently organized.—

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A man preaching to the inmates of a prison made the remark that the only difference between himself and them was owing to the grace of God. Afterward one of the prisoners approached him and asked: "Did you mean what you said about sympathizing with us, and that only the help of God made you differ from us?" Being answered in the affirmative, the prisoner said: "I am here for life, but I can stay here more contentedly now that I know I have a brother out in the world."

How we might lighten the burden of others if we had and showed more feeling for them, if we followed more closely in the footsteps of our blessed Lord.—

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The story is told, as an instance of Oriental humor, of a little Chinese girl who was carrying her brother on her back. "Is he heavy?" she was asked. "No," she replied, "he is my brother."

For some reason this seems funny to the Chinese; but it is better than humorous, it is sweet and winning. Love makes all burdens light. When one is carrying his brother, he feels little weight. Here is a good text for social workers. If they consider that they are working for mere aliens and strangers, their toil may seem irksome; but if the idea of brotherhood once enters in, the task becomes light. I am carrying my weaker brother, therefore I feel no weight.

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BUILDERS, ANCIENT

The old Egyptians were better builders than those of the present day. There are blocks of stone in the pyramids which weigh three or four times as much as the obelisk on the London embankment. There is one stone the weight of which is estimated at eight hundred and eighty tons. There are stones thirty feet in length which fit so closely together that a penknife may be run over the surface without discovering the break between them. They are not laid with mortar, either. We have no machinery so perfect that it will make two surfaces thirty feet in length which will meet together as these stones in the pyramids meet. It is supposed that they were rubbed backward and forward upon each other until the surfaces were assimilated, making them the world's wonders in mechanical skill.—The London Budget.

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BUILDING THE SOUL'S CITY

Prof. Felix Adler is the author of this poem:

Have you heard the golden city Mentioned in the legends old? Everlasting light shines o'er it, Wondrous tales of it are told. Only righteous men and women Dwell within its gleaming wall; Wrong is banished from its borders, Justice reigns supreme o'er all.

We are builders of that city; All our joys and all our groans Help to rear its shining ramparts, All our lives are building-stones. But a few brief years we labor, Soon our earthly day is o'er, Other builders take our places, And our place knows us no more.

But the work which we have builded, Oft with bleeding hands and tears, And in error and in anguish, Will not perish with the years. It will last, and shine transfigured In the final reign of Right; It will merge into the splendors Of the City of the Light. (Text.)

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BURDENS, BEARING ONE ANOTHER'S

On a railway train running on a branch road from a great city to the suburb, a little incident in complete contrast was noted by eyes quick to see what happened on the road. A woman, evidently a foreigner and very poor, was encumbered by a baby in her arms,