The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-10-20
GOLDEN WORDS.

| He that lacks time to mourn, lacks
time to mend.
There is probably no one sin upon
earth that withholds so many souls
from Christ as liquor drinking.
! y boulevard around Utica is propor.
ell. 1t will make drive triffe over
eight miles in length.
In maliciously pointing out faults Of
another person, you may incite him 70
| to discovery of your own.
a wise man will desire no more than
he NAV get justly, use sOberly, distri-
butte cheerfully, andleave contente,lly.
The happiness of the human rsce in
this world does not consist in our be-
ing devoid of passions, but in our
learning to command them.
1t is not enough TO believe in what
you maintain; you must maintain
| what you believe, and maintain it
because you believe
Without belief in personal immor-
tality religion is surely like an afsh
resting on one pillar, like a bridge
ending in an abyss.
! The poverty of the poor man i. the
least part of his misery. In all this
storms of fortune, it is the first that
must stand the shock Of extremity.
Laws and institutions are constantIy
tending TO gTavitatc. Like clocks,
they must he occasionally cleaned and
wound up, and sct TO true time.
When you see man with a good
deal ofreligion displayed in his shop
window. You may depend upon il he
keeps very small stock of il within.
However many friends you have,
do not neglect yourself; though you
have thousand, nOtone of them lovrs
You so much as you ought to love Four-
self.
Preserve your conscience alwavs
soft and sensitive. Ifbut ono sin forrs
its way into that tender part of ths
soul and dwell there, the road is paved
for thousand iniquitics.
Known unto God are all future events
and contingencies. ] have thrown
myself blindfold, and trust, without
reserve, into his almighty hands.
Give without grrdginS. II il not
enough that YOU simply give. You
must do il beautifully Yourgcnero.-
ity must not be clownish. II must he
fine. Ii must be noble. Wea to bs
easy To he entreated.
There is perennial noblcncS-, and
even sacreGncss, in work. Were hc
never So hcnighted, forgctfui of hi,
high calling, there is always hope in
man that actually and earnestly works;
in idlcness alone is There perpetual
despair.
Poor men are perpetual Sculincls,
watching in the depth Of night against
the inccS~ant assaults of want: while
the rich lie stored in secure reI,ose, and
eompassed with large abundance.
A husband should not chill an en-
wife, and, above all, should
never separate himself from her favor
ite topic when she loves him we'll
enough TO try and share il with him.
OF all the duties, the love of truth,
with faith and constancy in IL, rankS
first and highest. Truth is God. To
love God and tn love the truth are one
and the same thing.
BE not diverted from your duty By
any idle reflection tho silly world may
make upon You. for their censures are
not i'll your power, and consequently
should not be any part of your concern. b
A transccndent faith, cheerful
trust, turns the darkness OF night into
a pillar of fire, and the cloud by dsy
into a perpetual glory. They who
thus march on are refreshed even in
The wilderness, and hear streams If
gladness trickling among the rocks.
Happiness flows out, not in-man il
happy not for what he Possesses, but
for what he is, and the Christian life
is Il well springing up in the soul, not
in external influences, but in a we'll
founded consciousness of trust in God
and hope in Jesus Christ.
Flowers teach us the tenderness Of
Gods character. If He had made
nothing oftlis kind, if His works had
been for bare utility, and had consist
ri of coarse and more substantial crea-
ions only, the tender side of the Di-
vine character would have failed of
he revelation it now has in nature.
O wives and mothers, be wise before
/ is too late. Live so as to enjoy every
lay of your life. Ten years hence, or
,ven tomorrow, you may die. Live so
hat your presence will gladden. the
ives OF your dear ones, more than
of your hands can win for
hem.
The habit of dissipating cvery seri- :,
1us thought bya series OF agreeabls
is "a fatal to happiness a.
virtue, for when amusement is uni
iormIy substituted for objects of moral
md mental interest, we lose all that
,levates our onioyments above the
,caleof childish pleasures.