The strong man will bear his troubles in silence, but the weak one whines about them and fancies they are the worst. If you stop to consider how this earth would get along without you, and that it did without you a long time, perhaps you would quit kicking and give others a rest from your complaints. A little kicking may be useful, but too much of it lands a man outside the reach of opportunity. A GOOD WOMAN THE GLORY OF MAN Man’s Best Friend and Counselor When God created Adam, it was found that he had no helpmeet, so woman was created to be his companion. St. Paul says: “The woman is the glory of man,” and still farther elaborating the idea of the helpmeet says: “Neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.” That is as much as saying that the man and the woman must stand side by side in this world as companions and helpmeets toward the glory of the Lord. The Holy Scripture is full of allusions to good women. Thus: “A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband,” 2 Prov. 12, 4. “Her price is above rubies,” Prov. 31, 10. “Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.” As the mother of the Christ, woman, in the person of the Virgin Mary, has been put upon a high pedestal for a pattern and a model to all good women. Her part in the world may be well explained by the words of the orator: “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.” The greatest deference and respect is the due of every woman, since she is the mother of the race, and its guardian and protector when in the helpless period of infancy. The most beautiful and unanswerable tribute to women is paid by King Lemuel in the words of the prophecy that his mother taught him. It is to be found in Proverbs 31, and includes the entire chapter of 31 verses. EDUCATE YOUR CHILDREN It can not be doubted that education is the father and mother of opportunity and success in life. You may know this from your own deficiencies, therefore, give those belonging to you a chance at opportunity and success by educating them. You bring helpless beings into the world; you see them growing up amid modern surroundings that demand education, and it can not be possible that you will permit them to become weeds in the human garden—useless incumbrances to be thrown out upon the garbage heap. It is the right of your children to be educated to fit some sphere in life. They are yours, and look to you to aid them. Besides, whatever you do to educate your children must redound to your own advantage. Some people are jealous because their children know more than their parents. If your mind runs that way you come within the condemnation: “He that provideth not for those of his own household hath denied the faith; he is the companion of the destroyer.” Think this over and let it sink into your mind.