Lastly, let me in all earnestness say a kindly word to young men. You are just beginning life; everything is before you; and perhaps you feel, as indeed you ought to feel, that as you grow in years you wish to grow in true manliness and independence. Very well; take a kindly word of advice from a stranger; it is this, always be civil to everybody. A little civility goes a long way, farther often than you think. Be civil to your superiors, and they will think the more highly of you for it. Be civil to your equals, and they will respect you for it. Be civil to your inferiors, and they will look up to you for it. It costs very little to give a civil answer, and we often have reason afterwards to regret an uncivil word, uncivilly spoken. I do believe that this is a most important thing in going through life. We so constantly hear whole masses of men classed together and unfairly judged because of the conduct of one of their number who may chance to have been met. I have so often heard railway porters, for instance, described as a most civil class, and no doubt they find their civility paying. Above all, reader, to look at it from a higher ground, civility is pleasing to God. Of Christ it was said, "When He was reviled, He reviled not again[#];" and if He set us this example of civility it was to shew us that we can be truly manly, and truly independent, and at the same time truly civil, and truly Christian in heart. [#] 1 Pet. ii. 23. *HONESTY.* "’Tis but a flash that spans the sky, A few short hours of joy to wreathe: Reader! this moment you and I Might cease to breathe! Then, live more worthy of a soul Implanted by a Hand Divine! Press onward to a richer goal! While yet there’s time! He who can so secure his fame, Has nobly filled his narrow span, And future times shall write his name, _An honest man!_" _John Burbidge._ "Honesty is the best policy" is a saying we frequently hear. And we may have said, "Ah! that’s all very well for thieves and such like, but it doesn’t apply to me." Reader, you may be honest, strictly honest in the sight of man, but are you strictly honest in the sight of God? You may never have taken so much as a pin that did not rightly belong to you, but are you quite certain that you have never taken of the things of God?