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The Song on the Ash-Cart
It was a bright morning in April, and the first song sparrow was busily practicing his cheery spring madrigal. Suddenly, not from the trees in the parkway, but from a near-by alley, came another tuneful pipe. This time the note was unmistakably the care-free whistle of one of the sons of men. The writer instinctively sought out the source of this latest melody, but before he found it the whistle had changed to a happy song; and a moment afterwards from the alley slowly came an ash-cart, and perched thereupon, clothes gray with ash-dust, was the singer! Singing on an ash-cart! One, of course, expected the newly arrived feathered choristers, swinging on a swaying limb, or basking in the bright sunshine, to voice their joyousness; but—singing on an ash-cart!
As the writer pondered this picture, two distinct conclusions were speedily reached: first, that here must be an ash-man who satisfied both his company and the company's patrons; and secondly, that he would not, in all probability, be driving that ash-cart very long. An employee who performs a disagreeable task cheerily is an asset to any employee and a positive joy to his customers. And the one who can "carry on" with a song in his heart or on his lips, when all about him is the evidence of material unloveliness, is surely destined inevitably to be lifted to higher labor.

December 9, 1922 issue
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Charity
LOUISE KNIGHT WHEATLEY
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The Song on the Ash-Cart
JOHN RANDALL DUNN
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The Sunday School
CORNELIA E. BAILEY
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"Peace and joy and power"
ISRAEL PICKENS
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"Thy will be done"
JAMES F. FAIRLEIGH
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Spiritual Creation
SARAH M. DAVIS
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Dreams and Visions
HARRY J. DUNHAM
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Students of Christian Science are quite willing that Christian...
Augustus Long, Committee on Publication for the State of Nevada,
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The task of trying to prove the existence of opposites...
Stanley M. Sydenham, Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England,
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While Christian Scientists have great respect for the motives...
Pearl E. Reames, Committee on Publication for the State of Arkansas,
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The Scriptures unquestionably support the teaching of...
William T. Finney, Committee on Publication for the Province of Ontario, Canada,
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Material man is neither real nor eternal, since he is not...
Robert G. Steel, Committee on Publication for the State of Michigan,
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Mrs. Eddy—pure, gentle, and self-sacrificing—lived a...
Theodore Burkhart, Committee on Publication for the State of Oregon,
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Letters from the Field
with contributions from Lilith May Nutting, Leonard L. Defenbaugh, Harry E. Ward, Pauline Freeman
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Alliance with Good
Albert F. Gilmore
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Patience
Duncan Sinclair
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Our Gardens
Ella W. Hoag
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The Lectures
with contributions from Tina M. Kathary, E. M. Ramsay, Benjamin Everett Lewis, George H. Read, William Justin Tucker
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It is over sixteen years since I first applied to Christian...
Helena Victoria Burness
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About eight years ago I attended a Wednesday evening...
A. E. F. Dolliver
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I heard about Christian Science four years ago
Valdemar Willumsen
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It was several years ago that I first became interested in...
Minnie Campbell
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The healing of a tubercular condition of the glands...
Margaret L. Marshall
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After eighteen years of the study of Christian Science...
Eleanor M. Currie
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By putting into practice the understanding I have gained...
Alice S. Ashby with contributions from Mary Alice Reed
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In grateful recognition of the many blessings I have...
Jolanda Thompson
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Endeavor
LAURA GERAHTY
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from A. C. Backus