Identifier: 101169498.nlm.nih.gov
Title: The American Tract Society's almanac for the year of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 1861 : being the first after bissextile, and until the fourth of July, the eighty-fifth year of the independence of the United States : calculated for Boston, New York, Washington, and Charleston, and four parallels of latitude, adapted for use througout the country
Year: 1861 (1860s)
Authors: American Tract Society (Boston, Mass.)
Subjects: Religion
Publisher: Boston : American Tract Society
Contributing Library: U.S. National Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons, U.S. National Library of Medicine

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h service ended, all the girls sought lady Bell;They were proud to walk in company with one who dressed so well;But the smile of God was resting on a sweeter far array,And, through all that summer Sabbath, angels walked with Nelly Gray! Kindness in Little Things. — The sunshine of life is made up of verylittle beams, that are bright all the time. In the nursery, on the play-ground, and in the schoolroom, there is room all the time for little acts ofkindness that cost nothing, but that are worth more than gold or silver. Togive up something, where giving up will prevent unhappiness ; to yield, whenpersisting will chafe and fret others ; to go a little around, rather than comeagainst another ; to take an ill word, or a cross look, quietly, rather than re-sent or return it, — these are the ways in which clouds and storms are keptoff, and pleasant sunshine secured even in the humble home, among verypoor people, as in families in higher stations. THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETYS ALMANAC. 23
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THE HOME OF THE ADAMS FAMILY. The first resting-place of the Adams family, when they came seeking ahome in America, was at Quincy, Massachusetts. Upon the monument inthat town, raised by President Adams, Senior, in memory of Henry Adams,the progenitor of the family, are the following words : He took his flightfrom the Dragon Persecution in Devonshire, England, and alighted witheight sons, near Mount Wollaston (Quincy). John Adams was born in the venerable-looking house which is shownin the center of the engraving, on the nineteenth day of October, old style,173j. When quite young he was not particularly fond of study, andat one time his father gave him what he at first esteemed the privilege ofworking at ditching in the meadow at the back of the house two days, in-stead of attending school. He said afterwards, with reference to that work, If I have since gained any distinction, it has been owing to the two dayslabor in that abominable ditch. In 1770 he was chosen representative for Bo

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