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SUNDAY-SCHOOL TEACHER—"Now, Jimmy, I want you to memorize today's motto, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

JIMMY—"Yes'm, but I know it now. My father says he has always used that as his motto in his business."

TEACHER—"Oh, how noble of him! And what is his business?"

JIMMY—"He's a prize-fighter, ma'am."—Life.

Let us proportion our alms to our ability, lest we provoke God to proportion His blessings to our alms.—Beveridge.

In this world, it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.—Beecher.