To My Wife

Not in the sentiment of dedication alone,
offering to you what I may have done, but
in simple acknowledgment of obligation
to you

Elizabeth

best gift of God and inspiration of man




Under the title of "A Sermon For To-day" these short essays, on the art
of every-day living in the light of eternal life, were published by
_The Chicago Sunday Tribune_, through a series of years, and were
regularly printed in the Sunday editions of a group of the great
dailies. The short sentences were also published with the Sermons
under the head of "Sentence Sermons." The courtesy of _The Chicago
Daily Tribune_ in permitting the publication of these "sermons," with
such changes as have seemed best, is gratefully acknowledged.




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