The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-07-14
GOLDEN WORDS.
Love God and serve him.

Love GOu and serve him.
If men did but know themselves
more, they would be more humble.
Sin, all sin, Is .fruitless; it blossoms
fair but always deceives. "What
fruit had ye in those things whereof
We are now ashamed?"
The pebbles in our path weary us,
| and make US foot sore, more than the
rocks, which only require bold effort
| to suTmOunt.
The road ambition travels is two
narrow for friendship, too crooked for
love, too rugged for honesty, and too
dark for conscience.
Any one can drift But it take
prayer, religious principle, earnest
ness Of purpose, constant watching 10
resist the evil of this wOrId-tO strug-
gle against the tide.
If you wish success in life, make
perseverance your bosom friend, ex-
perience your elder brother, and hope
your guardian genius.
1t is the great joy Of the Gospel
indeed, it is that which makes it Cos
pei, that il is for any and every poor
simmer who will believe
Enjoy the blessings Of th.s dsy n
God sends them; and the evils bear
patiently and sweetly For this day
only is ours; we are dead to yesterday,
and are not born to tomorrow.
Few parents like to be told Of the
faults OF a child. The reason is Ohvi-
Ous. All faults are hereditary or edu-
catiOnal, and in either case to point
the finger at the child, is, indirectly
to reprOve the parent
The approaches Of sin are like the
conduct OF Jael; it brings butter in a
lordly dish; it bids high for the soul.
But when it has been fascinated and
lulled the victim, the nail and the
hammer are of1ind.
You have only a day to spend upon
earth; act in such way that you may
spend it in peace. Peace is the fruit
OF love; for to live in peace, it is neccs-
sary to put up with many things.
He that lives in perpetual suspicion,
lives the life of sentinel never re-
ieved, whose business it is to look out
for and expect an enemy, which is an
evil not very far short Of perishing by
him.
In the depths Of the sea the waters
are still; the heaviest grief is that
borne in 4lence; the deepest love flows
through the eye and touch; the purest
joy is unspeakable; the most impress
sive preacher at a funeral is the silent
one whose lips are cold.
A man who will stab at another's
by insinuatiOn or inUendo,
is far worse than a thief. Goods you
may replace, but character once lost !
is all but irredeemable, and as a great |
writer has said, a word is enough To- |
ruin man.
True Joy is serene and sOmber mo- |
ton; and they are miserably deceived |
that take laughing for rejoicing; the !
seat Of it Is within, and there Is nc !
like the resolutions Of /
brave mind, that Misfortune under it, I
feet.
Let us accept different forms OF re-
liglon among men, as we accept diff /
feFent languages, wherein there Is
still but one human nature expressed. !
Every genius has most power i'm his /
own language, and every heart I'm its
own religion.
1t is not always In the most distin-
guished exploits that mems virtues or
vices laY nay be diiseerped; Rllt1 l1 tEe4fEeeFpGdlg Ee
Or a jest, distinguishes a persons real |
character more than fields Of carnage,
Dr the greatest battles.
You cannot repent too soOn.-There
IS no day like to-day. Yesterday is
gone; tomorrow is Gods, not your
own. And think how sad it will lie to
have your evidences to seek, when
sour cause is to be tried; to have your
Dil to buy, when you should have it to
burn.
a man who is allowed 70 grow up
With his mind entirely nelected, has
inflicted upon him a grievous wrong.
He is cut off from the sweetest and
lOblest sources Of happiness; and even
{ he is regarded simply as an agent
or the production Of wealth, be is
made by ignorance comparatively
ISeless and inefficient
When Hannah Moore visited Mrs.
iarrick, after the death OF her hus-
Jand, and expressed surprise ut heI
,reat compOsure, the widow answered,
'GrOans and complaints are very well
or those who are to mourn for little
While; but q sorrow that is to last for
ife will be neither violent nor roman
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