The Joy Of Giving

When Samuel Budgett, a diatinguished hnglish merchant, was dying, lic said : "Juches I have had as tuuch as my heart oould desire, but I nover fclt any pleasure o thetn for their own sake, only so f'ar u (lioy enabled me to givo pleasure unto othors." Tliis dying confession of a rich mau is worthy of' being noted and reiuembered by every youug aspirant after wealtli. It teaehes the wholesome truth that none but the most sordid natures can find any pleasure in the mere possession of riches No millionaire i.s happy merely because he owns a million oí' dollaiu ürdinarily, that íact entails vexations, cares and duties which burden and disgust him. But when he uses tnoney to feed the hungry, clothe tho naked and instruct tho ignorant, and buil J up the cause of Christ, it becomes a iountain of blessing to bis hcart. " In what condition was the patriarch Job at the end of bis life ' " asked a Brooklyn Sunday school teacher of a quiet looking boy at the footof the class. " Dead," calmly roplied thciiuiet-lookingboy.