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YEARS, THE UNRETURNING

Each day the tide flows out and in, Each day the gray ships leave, Each night the mute-lipped stars appear, Each night the waters grieve; But from their distant harbor home Toward which our hearts are yearning, No more with laden ships of dreams We see the years returning.

Each year that passed the silent bar Went out beyond forever; Tho on the heights we watch and wait, The ships are sighted never; But in our hearts old memories Come to the heart's discerning, And comfort us if nevermore We find the years returning. (Text.)

—, The Sunday-school Times.

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YOU

The personal note in these verses (author unidentified) gives force to the advice they contain:

The world is waiting for somebody, Waiting and watching to-day; Somebody to lift up and strengthen, Somebody to shield and stay. Do you thoughtlessly question, "Who?" 'Tis you, my friend, 'tis you!

The world is waiting for somebody, Somebody brave and strong, With a helping hand, a generous heart, With a gift of deed or song. Do you doubtfully question, "Who?" 'Tis you, my friend, 'tis you!

The world is waiting for somebody, The sad world bleak and cold, When wan-faced children are watching For hope in the eyes of the old. Do you wond'ringly question, "Who?" 'Tis you, my friend, 'tis you!

The world is waiting for somebody, And has been for years on years; Somebody to soften its sorrows, Somebody to heed its tears. Then doubting question no longer, "Who?" For, oh, my friend, 'tis you!

The world is waiting for somebody, A deed of love to do; Then up and hasten, everybody, For everybody is you! For everybody is you, my friend, For everybody is you!

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YOUTH OF THE HEART

If we would keep our spirits young we should learn this lesson from the trees, by Richard Kirk:

Master, I learn this lesson from the trees: Not to grow old. The maple by my door Puts forth green leaves as cheerily as I, When I was taller than this selfsame tree, Put forth my youthful longings. I have erred, Standing a bleak and barren leafless thing Among my hopeful brothers. I am shamed. I will not be less hopeful than the trees; I will not cease to labor and aspire; I will not pause in patient high endeavor; I will be young in heart until I die.

—Lippincott's Magazine.

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YOUTH, USEFUL

A newsboy of only fourteen lately did heroic rescue work in connection with the disaster at the Alexandra docks extension, in Newport, Monmouthshire, England, descending sixty feet under the fallen and broken timbers to clear the way to where the bleeding and crippled laborers were lying. The lad with two hands to help, and with a clear brain and a loving heart, is a very important factor in this busy and often troubled world. (Text.)

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YOUTHFUL TENDENCIES

One of our illustrated papers presented a picture in a late issue that painted a very definite moral. It was labeled "Man in the Making," and showed two well-grown boys in a trolley car, one crowded in a corner and reading "Dead-Eye Dick," and the other sitting up thoughtfully and studying his geometry.

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