OPENING ODE A goodly thing it is to mast In Friendship's cirgle bright, Where nothing stains the pleasure sweet Nor dims the radiant light. No unkind word our lips shall pass No envy sour the mind, But: caich shall sesk the common weal, The good of all mankind. THE MARY STEWART COLLECT "; KEEP us O Lord from pettiness; let us be large in '| thought, in word and deed j ' Let us be done with fault finding and leave off \ self sseking ; | May we put away al1 pretence and meet each | other face. to face. without self pity and without prejudice ; May we never be hasty in judgment and always generous ; Teach us to put into action OUr better impulses \ straightforward and unafraid j | Let us take tims for all things i make us SrOwW calm, sereneée, gentle ; . . Grant that we may realize that it 18 the little things that create differences i that in the big things of life we are one And may we strive to touch and know the great human heart common fo U" all, and O Lord God let us not forget to be kind.