Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1839-10-24

CHARAcTERs.-We never inJure our
own characters SO much as when we
injure those of others.
WoMEN.--Those women who arc
most loved by their own sex, are pre-
cisely such as are least sought by the
other.
LIFE, like the diamond in mine, is
sometimes valueless to lis owner until
it becomes estimated by another
SOCIETY AND SoLITUDE.-In society
we learn to know others, but in solitude
we acquire a knowledge Of self.
LOOK WHERE you'RE GoING.-lf you
intend to get married, if you think your
happiness will be increased and your
interest advanced by matrimony, be
sure and "look where you're gong.
Join Yourself in union with no woman
who is selfish, for she will sacrifice you;
with no one who is fickle, for she will
become estranged F; have naught to do
with proud one, for she will dcsplse
you nor with an extravagant one, for
she will ruin you. Leave the coquette
to the fools that hutter around her let
her own fresidc accommodate scold,
and flee from woman who loves a
scandal, as you would fly from the owl
one. "Look where you're going" J"
will sum it all up.
Young Ladies-when you arc sur
rounded by dashing men, when the
tones Of love and the words Of compli-
ment float out together, when you are
excited by the movements of the whrl-
ing waltz, or melted by the tenderness
of mellow music, arrest yourself in the
rosy atmosphere Of delight, and "look
where you're going" When daring
hand is pressing yours, or your delicate
tresses are lifted by him you fancy loves
you when the moonlight invites to
trusting, and the stars seem to breathe
out innocence, listen with caution to
the words you hear; gaze into your
hearts unshrinkingly, and "look where
you re going"
RE-UNIoN IN HEAvEN.-How short
is the earthly history of family A
few years, and those who are now en-
braccd in a family circle will be scat
tered. The children, now the objects
of tender solicitude, will have grown up
and gone forth to their respective sta
tions in the world. A few years more,
and children and parents will have
passed from this earthly stage. Their
name will he no longer heard in their
present dwelling. Their domestic loves
and anxieties, happiness and sorrows,
will be lost and forgotten history
Every heart in which it was written
will be mouldering in the dust. And
is this all Is this the whole satislac-
tion which is provided for some of the
strongest feelings of our heart How
can such transitory beings, with whom
our conncXion is 50 brief, engage all
the love we can feel Why should not
our feelings toward them be as feeble
and unsatisfying as they? But blessed
be God, this is not all or this he has
given us perfect assurance in the Cos
pei of his Son. Though to the eye OF
unenlis htencd nature the ties of domes-
tic love seem scattered into dust, the
spiritual eye of faith perceives that they
have been loosened on earth, only to
be resumed, under far happier circum-
stances, in the region Of everlasting
love and bliss. Though the history Of
family may seem to be forgotten when
the last member of it is laid in the
grave, the memory Of it still lives in
immortal souls, and when the circle is
wholly dissolved on earth, it is again
i'm heaven
Let the memory Of those ovcrsights
by which we have suffered, instruct us
for though past moments cannot be re-
called, past errors may be repeated.
PRocRAsTINATloN is more destructive
to happiness, more baneful to society,
more hostile to virtue and reason, than
almost any other custom short Of active
vice. 1t wcakens the mind, it cheats
the understanding, and induces state
of intellectual imbecility, always in
creasing, and never to be overcome.-
1t is not alone that VIC substitute rcso-
lutions for actions, and spend in deter
those moments which ought |
to he employed in doing services to
ourselves or bencfitting society but
the mental cowardice grows upon us,
and we lose the power even of resolv-
ing where action is necessary, and
where doubt is still more dangerous
than error; pcrplexing our mind with
distressing hesitation, as opposite to ne
cessary caution as real prudence is to
headlong rashncss and blind timidity =
Procrastination has been called "the
thief Of time" 1t is worse-it is the
murderer of mans best friend. Was
all our time filled with the obvious du
ties which present themselves to our
view-engagcd in the harmless plea
sures that at every step lie in our path,
or employed in well directed obscrva-
ton and mora! mprovement--wcro
those vacant moments, which Tcn feel
so burthensome, snatched eagerly for
the requirement Of knowledge, or the
rcciprocation Of benefits, the advantage
to mankind would be, not alone the in
creased enjoyment of existence, but al
so escape from temptation TO evil, and
scrutiny in the path of right.
EDUCATION is the grand equalizer
That is already felt. When till now
did the people, with sense Of moral