Beautiful Answers

A pupil of the Abbe Sicord gave the. followitig extraordinary answers : "What is gratituder" "Gratitude is the memory of the heart." "What is hope ?" "Hope is the blossom of happiness." "What is the diffcrence betweon hope and desire ?" "Desire is a tree in leaf, hops is a tree in flower, and enjojment is a tree in fruit." "What is eternity?" "A day without yesterday or to-morrow - a line that lias no end." "What is time ?" "A lino that has two ends ; a path which begins iu the oradlo and ends in the tomb." "What is God ?" "The necesary being, the sura of eternity, the machinest of nature, the eye of justieo, the ■wa'.chmaker of the universo, the soul of the world." "Doet. God reason ?" "Man reasons, bocauso he doubts ; he deliberates - decides. God is ouiniscient ; He never doubts - He, thereforo never reasons."