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A MERRY HEART IS BETTER THAN MONEY.

HERE was once a poor man, a carpenter, who stood every
day, from earliest dawn, in his workshop hard at work ;
and, as he was one who put his trust in God, to pass away
the time he would sing many a hymn or innocent song,

accordingly as he felt inclined. And he had so clear and strong
a voice that the neighbors required no alarum to wake them in —
the morning.

But this greatly annoyed a rich merchant who dwelt near
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