A merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you, dear children! This
little volume comes to you as a holiday gift, and in its pages we have
endeavored to show you that true and lasting happiness can be found only
in doing good to others. Let the lesson sink deep into your hearts. Even
the least among you can do much good. Look around you. Do not wait for
some great opportunity to offer, but with willing hearts and busy hands
perform the most trifling acts of usefulness to others. Continue to do
this throughout the year, and we will promise you that when another New
Year dawns upon the earth, you will look back with rejoicing, giving
thanks to your Heavenly Father that you have found that true happiness
which can never be taken from you.