commandments, for this is the whole duty of man."




A LITTLE SERMON TO SCHOOL-GIRLS.

Be kindly affectioned one toward another with brotherly love, in
honor preferring one another.

--_Rom._ xii. 10.

Whose adorning ... let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that
which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet
spirit which is in the sight of God of great price.

--1 _Peter_, iii. 4.


Wherever people are associated together it will always be found that
some are more popular and beloved than others. Taking it for granted
that all my young readers would wish to be lovely and beloved by those
with whom they are associated, I wish to make a short study of some of
those characteristics which always distinguish a lovely or loveable
person, and also of some characteristics which tend to make people
unlovely and disagreeable.

But if anyone should at the outset say, "I do not care whether people
like me or not, I have no particular wish to be lovely or beloved," what
could I answer? Nothing. I could only express my sorrow that the better