Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-07
THE DAILY PRESS.
RRLIGIOUs MISCELLANY.


repeated in the experience of an individ-
ual. The place consecrated to parental
love by the innocence and sports of child
hood is the only home Of the human heart
AN HONEST LIFE.-The poor pittanoe Of
seventy years is not worth being villain
for. What matter is it if your neighbor
lies in splendid tomb? Sleep you with
innocence. Look behind you through the
track of time A vast desert lies open in
retrospect wearied with years and sorrow,
they sink from the walks of man. You
must leave them where they fall; and you
are to go little further and you will
find eternal rest. What ever you may
have 10 encounter between the cradle and
the grave, every moment is big with events,
which come not in succession, but burst
ing forcibly from a revolving and unknown
cause, fly overthis orb with diversified in
tluence.
WHICH WAY DORIS THE TREE LEAN.--"If
the tree fall toward the south or toward the
north, in the place where the tree falleth,
there it shall be-" (Eccl. Il; 3.) There is
a solemn meaning couched under this me-
taphor. The tree will not only lie as it
falls, it will also fall as it leans. And the
great question which every one ought to
bring home to his own bosom, without a
moments delay, in this, What is the mclina-
ton Of my soul Does it, with all its af-
fections, lean toward God, or from him p
j. j. GmHey.
HOME AFTER BUSINESS HoURs.-The road
along which the man Of business travels in
pursuit of competence or wealth is not a
macadamized one, nor does it ordinarily lead
through pleasant scenes and by well-springs
rf Ealirlf tlp IT IL n rOr1yh
and rugged path, beset with "wait-a Bit
thoIns, and full of pit falls, which can only
be avoided by the exercise of watchful care
and circumspection. After each days jour
ney over this worse than corduroy turnpike,
the wayfarer needs something more than
rest. He requires solace, aud he deserves it.
He is weary Of the dull prose of life, and
athiIst for the poetry. Happy is the bust
ness man who can find that solace and that
poetry at home. Warm greetings from low
irg hearts, fond glances from bright eyes
that
''Mark our coming,
And look brighter when We come"
the welcome shouts of children, the thousand
little arrangements for our comfort and en-
ioyment that silently tell of thoughtful and
expectant love; the gentle ministrations that
disincumber US into an old and easy seat be-
fore we ere aware of it-these and like tok-
ems of affection and sympathy constitute the
poetry which reconcile us to the prose of
life. Think Of this, We wives and daughters
of business men. Think of the tolls, the
anxeties, the notifications and wear that
fathers undergo to secure for you comfortable
homes, and compensate them for their trials
ty making them happy by their own fire.
side.
If ever you were in a passion did you
not find reason sfterward to be sorry for it,
andwill you again allow yourself to be guilty
of weakness which will certainly be in the
same manner followed by repentance, be-
sides being attended with pain?
There are many that set a crown of glory
upon the head of Christ by good profession,
that plat crown of thorns upon the head of
Christ by evil conversation. By the words
of cur lips we may assume religion; but it is
by the works of our lives that we adorn re-
ligion.
When you punish your boy bring him to
entire submission; and when this is done
show him that it was not choice, but neces.
sity, duty, that influenced you, and treat
him with kindness and confidence, that he
may see and feel that you love him still.
If you have seen man misbehave once, do
not from thence conclude him fool. If you
find be has been in a mistake in one particu-
lar, do not at once conclude him void of un-
Outstanding. By that way of judging you
can entertain q favorable opinion of no man
on earth, nor even Of yourself.
A good way to avoid impertinent and
pumping inquiries, is by answering with an
other question. An evasion may also serve
The purpose. But a lie is inexcusable on any
occasion, especially when used to conceal
the truth from one who has no authority to
demand it.
If you walk in the unpaved road of licen-
tious looseness, the world will not go back
ward, like Shem and Japheth to cover your
pakedness, but will march forward, like
cursed Ham, to uncover your nakedness.
One hour of the SUMS eclipsiDg attracts
more eyes 10 view it than all its glorious
shining.
If you want to gain any mans good opin-
ion take particular care how you behave the
first time you are in company with him.
The light you appear in at first, to one who
is neither inclinaole to think well or i'll of
you, will strongly prejudice him either for
or against you.
Every one doth not live like Christian
that looks like a Christian. 1t is said too that
some Christians tongues should be larger
than their hands; that they should carry a
lantern before others, and yet tread in the
makes good profession, should be sure al
ways to make his profession good.
GcoD FOR EVERY BoDY.-Marryin is agood
thing, it is a CRATE thing as Aunt Jane ses
q CRATE institushion, chow she noes can't
tell, for she never had a chance to try; itE
good for every body. Are you old-marry
it'll make you young, (Or you'll die tryin' to
pear so.) Are you young-itll make you
old. In fact, it is sOoted to ev'ry and emmy
body. It's a brier rose hedge that society
has get up to keep folks inside the bounds
NV good behavior; and tho I've had ups and
downs in il, and no all about it, still say A.,
hooray for marryin'! It's good for every
body.
A CoMPARIsoN.-A pleasant, cheerful wife
is rainbow set in the sky, when her hus'
bands mind is tossed with storms aud tenn
pests; but a dissatisfied and fretlul wife, in
the hour of trouble, is like one of those 6ends
whe delight to torture lost spirits.
The sweetest and most satisfactory connec.
tions in life are hose formed between per.
sons of congenisl minds, equally linked to-
gether by the conformity of their virtues
and by the ties Of esteem.
Every thinking man will look around him
when he reflects on his situation in this
world, and will ask: "What will meet M '
ease2 What is it that want? What will
satisfy me2 / look at the rich-and SEE
Ahab, in the midst of all his riches, sick a
heart for a garden of herbs. | see Dives
after all his wealth, lifting up his eyes il
hell, and begging for drop of water to coo
the rage Of his sufferiDgsl / see the ricl
fool summoned away in the very mOmen
when he was exulting in his boards If
look at the wiaa-T see Snlomnn with al