, 1840-11-07

HtHt UtgTees
Oct. 7th, 1910. Fl
Literary Gleanings.
ALWAYS HAPPY.-An Italian bishop, strup.
Cling through great difficulties without repiH.
ing, met with great opposition in his episco.
pal functions without betraying the last i'm.
patience. One Of his intimate friends. who
highly admired those virtues which he though,
u mp"sSIhle T." intimate. once asked the pre-.
late 1t lie could impart the secret nf being
always easy. "Ycs.' replied the old man.
81 can teach you my secr't. and with great
iacIlIlv. 1t consists in maxim a right use of
my eyes," His friend begged him to explain
himself. "Most willingly. returned the hish.
op. sin whatever state ] am, first look I'D
to heaven. and remember that nv PRINCIPAL
business here is To get there; | then look
down upon the earth. and call To mind how
small a space | shall orcnpv in it when I
come 10 he inferred; ! then look around in
the world. and observe what multiiudrs there
are IN nl RESPECTS more unhappy than nv.
Self. Thus ] learn where true happiness ia
placed. u here all ar ares must end. and
what little reason | have 10 repine or com.
plain.
The hnmnr nf turning every misfortune
INTO Il judgment, proceeds from wrong no
lions ol religion. which in is own nature
produces good Will towards men, and puts
the mlid"St construction upon every act
Tint betIllS thrm. In this case, therefore
It Is not religion ihrt Sours a mans temper,
hut II Is his temper that snurs his religion
People "i gloomy. unchperfuI imaginaiinns
"r at enrI"uS. malignant temners, whatever
kind at lie they are engaged in. will diScnv
or '!leir natural iinciure of mind in all their
Thoughts. words and actions. As the finest
VINE has niien The taste at the SDil. 81 even
the most religious thoughts often draw some-
thing that Is particular from the constitution
of the mind in which they drisp. When
holly or superstition strikes in with this nat
uraI derravIty at temper. il is not in the
power, even "f religion itself. 10 preserve
tie character oil the person who is possessed
with It. from appearing highly absurd and
ridiculous. -[Ahiision.
look upon the great as n set of good ma.
tured misguided people, who are Indebted TO
n>, and not 10 themselves. fMr all the h,ppi-
ness they enIE. For ouEsjraSnre. anil not
Their own. Hex sweat rfnSer Il cunbrnus
heap at tinrrei for nnr ptaasuur Inc lackeved
tam. III" SOW ptrl ling plrennt. with ill
IN" gravity of grandeur. mo, es in. review:
Il >In.!c cont. or a angle fogrrnan. Answers
all the pnrprSrsnt The most ind,lent refine
inent rs well: and those who fays -exsnky.
may be SAID tn keeaansTpr Ieir6&r:peas-
IRE, and the other n;Aeteenr e,ssstSstsr ours.
SO true is the observSHsn sf-Ca1f1nins. that
we take greater pains to persuade others
hat we are happy thanin endeavoring to think
so oursclves.-[GohlSmith.
There are not more cripplcs cGme out of
The wars than there are from great services;
some through discomfort lose their speech
some their memories. Others their senses, or
their lives: and | seldom see n nan thorough.
" discontinued, bur | conclude lie has had The
iiv"r" i some great man. have known
"l such as have been for twenty wears to-
gcther within IL month of good employment
never arrived ut the happiness of being
OF any lhing.-[Steeie.
Those who propagate evil reports. fire.
invent them; and it is no breach of
charity 10 suppose this to be ALWAYS the case
no man who spreads detraction.
have Scrupled to produce it.; and he
who should dItfuSe poison in u brook. would
scarce he acquitted of Il malicious design.
he should allegp that he received il
# another Who is dung the same elsewhere,
Airenturer.
The WY Il" wealth is as plain as the wa,
!" market. IL depends chiefly IN two words,
industry and irngalItv; that j., waste neither
me nor money. but make the hest use of
10Th. Without industry and frngaIity, moth
NJ will do, and will. them every thing.
Frankfin.
Cain NAV he temporary and uncertain;
nut ever while You live expense is constant
md certain: il is easier to build two CHM
than to keep one in fuel.-Ibid.
Never hold any one by the button, or
the hand, IN order to be heard out: for If
people are unwilling To hear you, yen had
hattar h,l1 v,ur tnp,p,a thap than