In some neglected church-yards there are old inscriptions so
moss-grown and weather-beaten that they can no longer be easily
deciphered. So there are men who in early life were marked by
high and noble principles, which the wear of the world has
almost destroyed in them. They need a thorough regeneration to
revive the old lines and ideals of duty and character.
(2774)
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Like pneumatic tires, the Church needs to be “pumped up” by special
efforts from time to time. The same is true of the individual.
Pneumatic tires, whether on a bicycle or an automobile, always
become more or less deflated in the course of time, even when
there is no puncture and the valves are perfectly tight. All
cyclists and chauffeurs know that a tire needs pumping up, from
time to time, to keep it hard and rigid. This is because the
enclosed air constantly tends to escape through the envelop; the
phenomenon, which is due to what chemists call osmose, is quite
complex and is worth attention. (Text.)--_Cosmos._
(2775)
=Reviving the Forgotten=--See MEMORY RENEWED.