Life and Conduct

We often hear the word success used. The great wish that most have in beginning life is that they may be successful. One man constantly asks another the question regarding a thi...

By friends we mean those whom we admit to the inner circle of our acquaintance.--All of us know many people. We are bound to do so; to meet with men of all classes, sects, belie...

"Time," it is said, "is money." So it is, without doubt. But to the young man or young woman who is striving to make the most of himself or herself time is more than money, it i...

We are all of us in close relations to one another. We are bound together in numberless ways. As members of the same family, as members of the same community, as members of the...

Books have an influence on life and conduct the extent of which it is impossible to estimate. "The precepts they inculcate, the lessons they exhibit, the ideals of life and char...

Recreation is another name for amusement. Both words express the same idea. Recreation means to create over again, the building up of the system when it is exhausted. Amusement...

Health means soundness of body and of mind; the keeping of our physical system in such a condition that it is able to do its work easily, without disturbance, and without pain;...

Money has been defined as _the measure and standard of value, and the medium of exchange_. It represents everything that may be purchased. He who possesses money has potentially...

We all know what is meant by courage, though it is not easy to define it. It is the determination to hold our own, to face danger without flinching, to go straight on our way ag...

What is character? What do we mean by it? As when we say such a man is a bad character, or a good character, or when we use the words, "I don't like the character of that man."

The words Family--Home--Household--all express one idea. They imply a relationship existing between certain individuals, a circle or sphere separate from the mass of human being...

The word church is derived from the Greek word _Kuriakon_, the Lord's (from _Kurios_, the Lord), and it has various significations. (_a_) Sometimes it means the whole body of be...

Citizenship is derived from the Latin word _civitas_, the state, and comprehends the duties that are binding upon us as members of the state. The first question then that arises...

Another word for earnestness is enthusiasm. The Scriptural equivalent is zeal. It means putting our whole heart into whatever we are doing. It is a sweeping, resistless energy,...

Temper is the harmonious and well-balanced working of the different powers of the mind. Good temper is when harmony is maintained; bad temper when it is violated. "Temper," it w...

The word manners comes from the Latin _manus_, the hand, and literally means the mode in which a thing is handled--behavior, deportment. Manners may be defined as the pleasing o...

The Bible. Homer. Wilkinson's Ancient Egyptians. Max Von Dunche's History of the Ancient World. Plutarch's Lives. Herodotus. History of Greece--_Grote_ or _Curtius_. History of...