SUBJECT INDEX. Ability--"Valueless Things" ..................... 157 Adversity--"The Burned Book" .................... 169 Allurement--"The Deceitfulness of Sin" .......... 130 Appetite--"The Key to Failure" .................. 25 Bravery--"The Pilgrims" ......................... 190 Broadness--"A Strange Old Epitaph" .............. 202 Character--"If Washington Lived Today" .......... 76 Cheerfulness--"A Merry Heart" ................... 139 Children--"Messages to the Children" ............ 145 Common People, The--"The Story of a Hat" ........ 160 Conceit--"The Story of a Kite" .................. 199 Conduct--"Our Hands" ............................ 193 Conscience--"The Thief of Character" ............ 88 Constancy--"The Wounded Tree" ................... 58 Conversion--"The Desert and the Mountain" ....... 112 Courage--"Flying" ............................... 175 Danger--"The Mountain Climber" .................. 100 Death--"The Doorway" ............................ 67 Destruction--"The Open Saloon Door" ............. 103 Devotion--"Johnnie Appleseed" ................... 121 Diligence--"The Blessedness of Work" ............ 64 Discouragement--"True Success" .................. 37 Dissipation--"Young Men, Ahoy!" ................. 154 Error--"Two Men" ................................ 184 Evil Habits--"The Cigarette Face" ............... 82 Faith--"Christopher Columbus" ................... 85 Fortitude--"A Firm Foundation" .................. 61 Fruitlessness--"Bring Forth Fruit" .............. 151 Giving--"The Christ-Child" ...................... 43 Gladness--"Turn Over a New Leaf" ................ 34 God's Love--"The Puzzle Picture" ................ 70 Gossip--"The Brook" ............................. 127 Haste--"The Simple Life" ........................ 106 Helpfulness--"Reflecting Our Blessings" ......... 115 Home Training--"Mother" ......................... 94 Honesty--"The Hollow Tree" ...................... 181 Humility--"The Fruits of Riches" ................ 40 Ideals--"Two Men" ............................... 184 Industry--"A Busy Life" ......................... 28 Kind Words--"The Man Who Finally Heard" ......... 172 Labor--"The Blessedness of Work" ................ 64 Light--"The Mountain Climber" ................... 100 Love--"Hidden Sunshine" ......................... 118 Meditation--"The Thief of Character" ............ 88 Narrowness--"A Strange Old Epitaph" ............. 202 Nature--"The Puzzle Picture" .................... 70 Needy, The--"The Christmas Stockings" ........... 22 Obstacles--"Tree Surgery" ....................... 187 Optimism--"The Two Faces" ....................... 19 Patience--"The Burned Book" ..................... 169 Patriotism--"Our Country's Flag" ................ 163 Perfection--"The Perfect Life" .................. 148 Perseverance--"Flying" .......................... 175 Pluck and Luck--"A Busy Life" ................... 28 Politeness--"The Story of a Hat" ................ 160