To run off with my darter,

An’ not like neighbor Lochinvar,

On hoss-flesh, as he orter.”

—JOHN TROTWOOD MOORE.


Humor is a great thing, but it has never yet won a battle, built a city or bred a horse.


The Meaning of Sorrow

By Rev. W. D. Capers, Rector St. Peter’s Church, Columbia, Tenn.

“Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept Thy word.” (Ps. 119: 67.)