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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, Cal. · Jan 10, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 2.

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WISHES AND WORK.

"It seems to me that I would give anything in the world to make those keys sing as you do," a girl said one evening to a friend. The answer came instantly:—
"You need not give 'anything in the world.' Two hours' conscientious practise every day for five or six years would do it. Would you give that?"
The girl flushed a little, and then looked up, half laughing. "No," she answered honestly, "I know that I wouldn't. I would get tired and give it up in three months. But I thought I was telling the truth. I didn't mean to be insincere."
We never mean to be insincere, and yet is it not true that many of our wishes are not worth the breath it takes to put them into words? For if we wished earnestly enough we should not rest content with sighing—we should set ourselves to win the things we want. In nine cases out of ten patience and perseverance would answer our wishes for us.—Forward.