The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-02-07
THE DAY BOOK.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB, I, 1866.

WoRps.-Beware of impure words. Filthy con-
versation is fruitful means of corrupting. 1t is
a channel by which the impurities of the heart
may be communicated to another. And we
know who hath said, evil communication
corrupt good manners" Words are an index
to the state of the heart. Hence says Christ
"By thy words shalt thou be condemned and
for every idle word that psen shall speak, they
shall give an account in the day Of Judgment"
There are those whose conversation is filthy and
disgusting. Parents should guard their chill
dren from SUCH They should themselves avoid
every indicate expression, and check the first
appearance of any such thing in their children
Avoid foolish talking and TESTING. Children,
let your words be pure.
BEAUTIFUL THoUeHr.-A writer, whose life
had passed its meridian, thus eloquently dis
courses upon the speedy fight of time.
Forty years once seemed long and weary
pilgrimage to make. 1t now seems but step;
and yet along the way are broken shrines, where
q thousand hopes wasted into ashes footprints
sacred under their drifting dust, green mounds
where the grass is fresh with the watering Of
tears; shadows even which we should not forget
We will garner the sunshine of those years, and
with chastened steps and hope push on toward
the twinkling, where the waters are still and
the storms never beat
THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD. All, this beautifu!
world Indeed / know not what to think Of
it. Sometimes it is all gladness and sunshine,
and heaven itself lies not far off. And then ii
changes suddenly, and is dark and sorrowful,
and the clouds shut out the sky. y
In the lives of the saddest Of US there are bright
days like this, when we feel as if we could take
the great world in our arms. Then come the
gloomy hours, when the fire will neither burn
in our hearts nor on our hearths; and all withou
and within is dismal, cold, and dark Every
heart has its secret sorrows, and oftentimes WI
call man cold when he is only sad
BRAIN Work ExHAUsTING.-It is mistake t
argue from the example of the Bench that maj
may work his brain eight or ten hours a da,
most days in the year without seriously impair
ing his health. Yet men of all sorts and condi.
tons are constantly attempting this impossibl,
fate. Men of business, and politicians anc
students, and journalists, all supply instances O
the fatal sin of the time. 1t takes so long t.
rid the mind of an old habit of looking a
things.-London Saturday Review
RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSIES. man that i.
of Judgment and understanding shall sometimes
hear ignorant men differ, and know well
within himself that those which so diffe
mean one thing, and yet they themselves would
never agree; and if it come so to pass in tina
distance of Judgment which is between mar
and man, shall we not think that God above, tina
knows the heart, doth not discern that frai
men in some of their contradictions, intend the
same thing, and accept both?-Bacon,
KEEP IN GOOD HUMoR. 1t isnot great calamitic
that embitter existence it is the petty vexation
the small jealousies, the little disappoinments thu
minor miseries, that make the heart heavy AND
the temper sour. Don't let them. Anger is
pure waste of vitality; it is always disgraceful
except il some very rare cases, when it is kin
died by seeing wrong done to another; and ever
that noble rage seldom mends the matter.
A railroad president, out west, advertise.
that all persons killed or injured by accident
on his road, may recover by proper process o.
law.
1t would be quite an accommodation to the
public if he would state the process" as sew.
eral persons have been killed lately and we
have heard of none of them recovering.
o.-Gentleman-"I it possible tt
send kiss to Brighton ?" Clerk Oh, yes
sir; but it must be repeated two or three
times, to make it quite sure ?"-Pu,,ch
Some peoples's virtues are only found or
their tembstones.
If "silent fools are like empty wardrobe
under lock and kew" what are noisy ones like