Disciplined character in manhood, even though it has been gotten through stern and severe home-training, is better than a childhood and youth of unrestraint, with a worthless manhood as the outcome.

A noble life, bearing God's image, even at the price of much pain and self-denial, is better than years of freedom from care and sacrifice with a life unblessed and lost at the end.

"To serve God and love him," says one, "is higher and better than happiness, though it be with wounded feet and bleeding hands and heart loaded with sorrow." "So much we miss If love is weak; so much we gain If love is strong.

God thinks no pain Too sharp or lasting to ordain To teach us this." It is well that we should understand how to receive trial so as to get from its hard experience the good it has for us.

For one thing, we should accept it always reverently.