Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-03-03
Selections.


They who give willingly love to give
quickly.
God thinks more of the good than o.
the influential.
--Endeavor for the best and provide
against the worst.
Faith is as necessary to the soul al
the sun is to the world.
Conscience in most men, is but the an
ticipation of the opinion of others.
"A Christian pound weighs sixteen
ounces and is at least evenly balanced.
The Christians cup may be brimful
of sorrow; but for him the overlooking
drop is ever added.
The greatest curse to ordinary Chris.
all earthly cares.
One solitary philosopher may be great,
virtuous, and happy in the depths of pow.
erty, but not whole people.
Worldly pleasures are more able to
satisfy the soul than the light of candle
to give day to the world.
"A thousand wishes that we were
glorified saints are'less in Gods eye than
mainly grapple with worldly passion.
When man revolts against the Cos
pei he takes another master-himself
one who renders all inferior masters posi-
BILE.
"A Christian should never plead spir-
ituality for being a sloven. If he be a
shoe-cleaner, he should be the best in the
parish.
Most persons choose their friends as
they do other useful animals, preferring
those from whom they expect the most
service.
Religion is not mere sentiment. 1t
is vital experience of the heart, reso-
lutte exercise of the will, heroic service
of the life.
Bad habits are the thistles of the
heart, and every indulgence of them 10 q
seed from which will spring new crop of
weeds.
Don't be afraid of the storms of time,
knowing that God holds the moral as well
as the physical ocean in the hollow of his
hand.
Melancholy falls upon a contented
life like drop of ink on white paper
which is not the less stain because it has
no meaning.
Sincerity is speaking as we think,
believing as we pretend, acting as we pro-
fess, performing as we promise, and being
as we appear to be.
Engage not hastily, as party, in a
difference between others, but reserve
myself impartial and unengaged, that
thou mayst moderate between them.
We speak evil of others; and should
we not fear the evil they may say of us?
Speak ill of no neighbor, if thou wouldst
not hear what will trouble thee.
Naturalization incorporates into So
ciety the principle of taste, recognizes
slavery and serfdom, and makes labor dis
honorable. Christianity teaches the strong
to aid the weak, and pronounces all equal.
Mems lifes should be like the day,
more beautiful in the evening or like the
summer, aglow with promise, and the
autumn, rich with the golden sheaves,
where good works and deeds have ripened
on the field.
Abstract goodness does not stir OPP
position. So long as piety is only pic
tured as vision, or made to appear as a
sort of sacred episode in history, it
troubles men very little. 1t is only when
it claims personal service that the fight
springs up.
Books are masters who instruct us
without rods and ferrules, without.words
or anger, without bread or money. If you
approach them they are not asleep if you
seek them they do not hide; if you
blunder. they do not scold; if you are
ignorant they do not laugh at you.
Learning will accumulate wonder
fully if you add little every day. Do
not wait for long period of leisure.
Pick up the book and gain one new idea,
if no more. Save that one and add an
other as soon as you can. Says the old
Scotch adage: MANY little makes a
mickle."
We must never fall into the delusion
that the purposes of God set aside the use
of means. l have heard thoughtless or
captious takers say "lf God works out
his purposes. then there is no need for
preaching or any other means" All sim
pleton that thou art, if we teach you that
God works out his purposes by means,
how mad must you be to charge us with
thinking lightly of the means Spur
geon.
How incalculaby would the tone of
conversation be improved if it offered no
exceptions to the example of Bishop Bev
eridge: "Resolve never to speak of a
mans virtues to his face, nor his faults
behind his back" golden rule, the OBJ
seryance of which would Danish fattery
and defamation from the earth. Conver-
sation stock being joint and common
property, every one should take share
in it, and yet there may be societies in
which silence will be oar best contribu-
ton. When Isocrates, dining with the
King of Cyprus, was asked why he did
not mix in the discourse of the company,
he replied What is seasouable do not
know, and what know is not seasonable."
--Curls and cosmetics are all in regui-
sition to enhance the beauty of the '.hu-
man face divine;" but what is the result !?
Youths roses only flee the faster-old age
Will creep ou sP0co, 1ouSo oaAuol nAuo
its wrinkles, nor can it make any face
beautiful. We are decided believers in
the old adage, Handsome is that hand
some does" No face has true beauty if if
does not mirror the deeds Of noble soul.
There is not thought, word or deed that
does not leave its autograph written on
The human countenance; and we care not
wasiass Lind Nature has given her child