Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-03-18
DeloctiOMD.


We should act with a. much energy
Is those who expect everything from
themselves and We should pray with a.
much earnestneas a. those who expec,
everything from God.
1t is much easier 70 think right with
ont doing right than to do right without
thinking right Just thoughts may and
often do fail Of producing just deeds; but
Just deeds are sure to beget just thoughts.
Let no condition surprise you, and
then you cannot be afflicted in any. A
noble spirit must not vary with his for
tune. There Is no condition so low but
may have hope, none SO high that is out
of the reach of fears.
1T was good saying of Seneca, Sc
live with men as if God saw you. Regu-
late your actions by this golden rule, then
shall you acquit yourselves to God and
man, and hereby comply with both, either
out of fear or shame.
The faults and follies of most men
make their deaths gain; but thou ar,
also man, full of faults and follies,-
therefore, sorrow for the dead, or none
shall weep for thee, for the measure Of
charity thou dealest shall be poured into
thine own bosom.
Wherefore, friend and scholar, hea,
the words of Wisdom whether she speak
eth to thy soul in the full cords of reve
lation, in the teaching earth, or air, oil
sea in the still melodies of thought, or
haply, in the humber strains that would
detain thee here.
Error is hardy plant it fourishetl
in every soil; in the heart of the wise and
good, alike with the wicked and foolish
for there is no error so crooked but 1t hatf
in it some lines of truth; nor is any poi
son so deadly that it serveth not some
wholesome use.
The sting of pain and the edge O
pleasure are blunted by long expectation
for the balm and the gall are alike diluted
| in the waters of patience; and often thou
suppest sweetness ere the cup is dashed
from thy lip; or drainest the gall of fear
while evil is passing by thy dwelling.
-Jeer not others upon any occasion i
they be foolish God has denied them un
derstanding; if they be vicious you ought
to pity, not revile them; if deformed
God formed their bodies. and will you
scorn his workmanship Are you wiser
than your Creator
The moment man gives way to in
ordinate desires, disquietude and torment
take possession of his heart. The proud
and the covetous are never at rest but
the poor and the humble possess then
souls in the plentitudc of peace.
If opinion has cried your name up, let
modesty cry your heart down, lest you
deceive it, or it deceive you. There Is
no less danger i'll great name than in q
bad one; and no less honor in deserving
of praise than in the enduring of it,
1t is good to know much and to live
well but if we cannot obtain both, it is
better to desire piety than wisdom; for
knowledge makes no man happy, nor doth
blessedness consist in intellectuals. The
only brave thing is religious life.
The sly suggestion toucheth nerves
and nerves contract the fronds, and the
sensitive mimosa of affection trembleth t.
its root ; and friendships, the growth OF
half a century, those oaks that laugh at
storms, have been cankered in a night by
worm, even as the prophets gourd.
Man iveth from hour to hour, and
knoweth not what may happen influences
circle him on all sides, and vet must be
answer for all his actions for the being
that is master of himself bendeth events
to his will, but a slave to selfish passion il
the wagering creature of circumstance.
If the love of the heart is blighted,
it buddeth not again: if that pleasant
song Is forgotten, it will be learnt no
more; yet Ioften will thoughts look
back. and weep over early affection
and the dim notes Of that pleasant song
will be heard as a reproachful spirit.
moaning in Eolian strains over the des-
est of the heart, where the hot siroccos OF
the world have withered its one oasis.
-Love,-what a volume in a word, an
ocean in a tear. What concentrated JOY
or woe in blest or blighted love For it is
that native poetry springing up indigo
nous to Mind; the hearts own country
music thrilling all its chords the story
without an end that all the angels throng
to hear. The word, the king of words,
carved on Jehovah's heart.
A man too careful of danger liveth
in continual torment, but cheerful ex-
pec.er of the best hath fountain of Joy
within him; yea, though the breath OF
disappointment should chill the sanguine
heart, speedily it gloweth again, warmed
by the live emhers of hope though the
black and heavy surge close above the
head for moment, yet the happy buoy
ancy of confidence riseth superior To de-
spair.