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idea that you may meet his views, when you have no thought of doing so, you are uttering a deliberate falsehood: you are holding out hopes which are not to be realised and are preventing him from using all his energies in another direction; for if he has some expectation of help from you, he will less earnestly solicit aid from another.*

-DR. W. W. HALL.

The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.

-BUCKMINSTER.

The charities of the late Mr. Goculdas Tejpal, have been in existence for the last 30 years, and have proved instrumental in spreading knowledge and affording relief to the suffering. Lord Lamington was quick in appreciating the qualities of head and heart displayed by the Bhattia philanthropist in the foundation of his charities. "I certainly think," said His Excellency, "on looking over the details of the trust that it was a most marvellous act on the part of one man to conceive. It was not only an amply and justly provided trust, but it was amply well-conceived and properly thought out by Mr. Goculdas Tejpal. I think it speaks well for his race when a citizen can give so largely on such broad principles and on such a carefully well-developed scheme as has been allotted to this particular trust." This is, indeed, high praise but well-deserved. The Goculdas Tejpal charities maintain a number of institutions. What is essential in the administration of large charities is vigilant and intelligent supervision and the same broad

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sympathy which animated their founders. We are glad to learn that the Goculdas Tejpal Charities are being administered with scrupulous attention to the intentions of the donor and with close vigilance in supervision.*

* From The Gujarâti, of the 6th March 1904.

20. CHEERFULNESS.

Cheerfulness is medicine for the mind.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.

-SOLOMON.

The best cordial of all is cheerfulness.

-DR. MARSHALL HALL.

He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

A pleasant disposition, like oil, in a bicycle bearing, reduces friction, and prevents a world of wear and tear.

Cheerfulness is an excellent working quality imparting great elasticity to the character.

Cheerfulness is an excellent wearing quality. It has been called the bright weather of the heart.

Use all proper means to maintain mental hilarity. This you will do, if you value health and comfort..

Mirth is the medicine of life,

It cures its ills, it calms its strife;
It softly smooths the brow of care,
And writes a thousand graces there.

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad.

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Cheerfulness and diligence are nine-tenths of practical wisdom. They are the life and soul of success well as of happiness; perhaps the very highest pleasure in life consisting in clear, brisk, conscious working: . energy, confidence and every other good quality mainly depending upon it.

-SMILES.

Do the best we may-there will be shortcomings and troubles and vexations all along our life-path; and so we must all make up our minds to take things as they come, or as they don't come, and try to be as cheerful as possible, no matter what happens.

If we consider cheerfulness in three lights, with regard to ourselves, to those we converse with, and to the great Author of our being, it will not a little recommend itself on each of these accounts. The man who is possessed of this excellent frame of mind, is not only easy in his thoughts, but a perfect master of all the powers and faculties of his soul: his imagination is always clear, and his judgment undisturbed: his temper is even and unruffled, whether in action or in solitude. He comes with a relish to all those goods which nature has provided for him, tastes all the pleasures of the creation which are poured upon him, and does not feel the full weight of those accidental evils which may befal him. "THE SPECTATOR."

A smile costs the giver nothing; yet it is beyond price to the erring and repenting, the sad and cheerless, the lost and forsaken. It disarms malice, subdues temper, turns enmity in love, revenge to kindness, and paves the darkest paths with gems of sunlight.

The greatness, that would make us grave,

Is but an empty thing;

What more than mirth would mortals have ?

The cheerful man's a king.

Although cheerfulness of disposition is very much a matter of inborn temperament, it is also capable of being trained and cultivated like any other habit.

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ourselves whether we There are always two look, according as we

make the best of life, or we may make the worst of it; and it depends very much upon extract joy or misery from it. sides of life on which we can choose the bright side or the gloomy. We can bring the power of the will to bear in making the choice, and thus cultivate the habit of being happy or the reverse. We can encourage the disposition of looking at the brightest side of things, instead of the darkest. And while we see the cloud, let us not shut our eyes to the silver lining.

-SMILES.

The man who lives under an habitual sense of the Divine Presence keeps up a perpetual cheerfulness of temper, and enjoys every moment the satisfaction of thinking himself in company with his dearest and best of friends. The time never lies heavy upon him: it is impossible for him to be alone. His thoughts and passions are the most busied at such hours when those of other men are the most inactive.

-ADDISON.

Cheerfulness is a direct and immediate gain,—the very coin, as it were, of happiness, and not like all else, merely a cheque upon the bank.

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