South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-01-23

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From the Pittsburg Conference Journal
"PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE"
gre sayings Of a good man are new
er forgotten (; and may We not add, 81
word fitly spoken is like apples o
gold in pictures of silver" Some si1
years ago, we we're present at camp
meeting where Lorenzo Dow attend.
ed, and this was the las. time his Sc
pulchral voice was heard in this quar-.
ter ofthe western region. Eager tt
improve the time, we had an interview
with him. and we can never forget the
impressions made upon our mind
when taking our leave Of him-upon
asking him to preach in our neighbor.
hood, he replied, in these four en-
phatic words, s.paddie yoar os0n ca
noe"
How many times since have these
words stared US, as it were, in the face,
and presented 10 US moral almost at
every step in lifs-paddls your own
canoe.
Where we see individuals meddle-
some and Troublesome, Interfering with
business which ought not to concern
them +; where we behold members Of
the church creating disturbance a.
mong themselves, then it was that old
I,orenzs's words came in full force,
aid we we're constrained to say
paddle yonr 0,0n canoes
When we have neglected our duty
as a steward, and omitted to tell what
we thought was wrong in some of our
preachers, then it was we neglected 10
paddle our canoe.
When we have refused to take up
cur cross and follow our Saviour, thro'
evil as well as good report-when we
omitted our duty again, in striving to
do all in our power to create funds,
and thus be dlligent aud faithful, we
have been forced to exclaim "why did
we not paddle our canoe"
May all who read this, at least pad.
die their o,cn cnnoes.
VIRGIL THE STEWARD.
Habit.-Habii sooner or later,
makes every thing tolerable, and even
necessary. Priyation in this way be-
comes more agreeable than enjoyment,
and pain itself an indispensable excite
ment. The sufferer under chronic
disease endures more in one hour, than
man in health in week !; bu. be is
not necessarily more unhappy. Stuff.
ering is with him substitute for action,
and were he suddenly cured, he would
ieel ennni till he had substituted some
effect, in itself painful, in its place.
The old tenant in the Baslile lamented
his restoration to light. The epicure,
compelled BY i'll health to give up the
pleasures of the table, finds, after q
certain time, his simple diet becomes
as agreeable to him as bis precious
lnxury. We can accustom ourselves
TO any thing, even to idleness, which is
the hardest lesson of all.
The great Chancery lawyer, Ire.
vor, among his other qualities, was a
great lover of ECONOMY. He had din :
ed by himself one day, at the Rolls,
and was drinking his wine, when his
cousin Roderic was unexpectedly in
troduced by side door. "You ras-
cal |" exclaimed Trevor TO his servant,
shave you brought my cousin Rodsric
Lloyd, Prothonotary OF North Wales,
Marshal to Baron Price, and hun
.sdred grand things, up my back stairs Z
Take him instantly down my back
stairs, and bring him up my from.
stairs" In vain Roderic remonstrat.
ed; and while he was being conveyed
down the back and up the front, his
honor removed the bottle and glasses.
laundering through North Wales.
From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
Something really neU PA gentle
man called at this office one Of those
cold days last week, and proposed to
warm our sanctum for US by new
heating apparatus, in couple of hur-
les. He only wished TO put up his
heater, and set it going just for our
special comfort and edification. But
as it was about the hour OF our depar-
ture, we begged of him to excuse US