Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-11-04
GOLDEN WORDS.

taIo hope is a walking dream.
f.irle and often fills the purse.
who wants content doesn't find
Easy chair
Envy is honor's most secret enc
bilont deeds are better than unprof-
table words
raution is the lower story of pru-
denCe.
"A man is valued as he makes him
seIl valuable
You may find your best friend or
vour worst enemy in yourself.
Ciyiltycost8 nothing-nay, is some
lbbg to your crcdit.-[Puncb.
Dojpa good is the only certain hap
Y Aclion of a mans life.-[Sidncy.
Prove all things; hold fast TO that
wkich ia good.-LSt. Paul.
God hands gifts to some ono, and
Whlspcrs them to others Algcr,
ltisagrcat misfortune not to en-
dnfe MISFORTUNE Bion.
fhose who have not suffered, know
not what they have to gain. 1 Algcr
Hc who waits to do great deal at
once will never do anything Dr.
Johnson.
Prefer diligence before idleness,
unles5 you esteem rust above bright
nes - Plato.
nC is not only idle who does moth
| ipg, but heis idle who might be bet
tercmploycd.- Socrates.
Really to inform the mind is to cor
rect ard enlarge the heart.
a true religious instinct never de-
| plgcd 4 man of one single joy.
Persecution and aN!iction and trial
hasten the iruit-huds of truth.
/ Let your promises be sincere and
within the compass of your ability.
II Hyou want TO glide smoothly, use
I'D oil of patience freely.
\ mind full of knowledc is u mind
IllISt never fails.
/ Sorrows rain brings blossoms and
h|hl l.SoEgs TO the tree Of knowledge.
le that loses his conscience has
hing left that is worth keeping,
earn that happiness is not outside.
kO0d heart and a clear conscience
x happiness, which no richeSaud
| |no circumstance alone ever do,
bCnot sorry that mon do not know
yob, be not sorry that you are igno-
.Iaat OF men- Contucius.
Most of the shadows that cross our
d through life are caused by our
mpding in our own light.
D. daylight can be seen through
||FqRy small holes, SO little things VIII
|lIH stratc a PERSONS character.
fhe greatest charm Of books is,
sihaps, that we see in them that
a.h cr men have suffered as we have.
Borrow gathers around great souls
.IktOrms do around the mountains !;
bA like them, they break the storm
"a purify the air of the pla'J be-
@th them.
\ wife is better chosen by the car
N by tho eye. A good wife is the
Of God and the workmanship Of
good husband. Many blame the
e for their own shiftlcss life.
DO daily and hourly your duty; do
patiently and thoroughly. DO it
a u presents itself; do it at the mo-
nont, aud let it be its own reward.
Nlver mind whether ii is known or
acknowledged or not; bat do not tail
lo1o it.
Bhe greatest man is lac who choos-
esthe right with iuvincible resoln-
Ton; who rcSisls the sorcSt tCmpta-
IONS from within and without; who
S the heaviest burdens cheerful
and whose reliance on the truth
M virtue, on God, is the most un-
lcring. .. r.H
There Is no funeral SO sad to follow
the funeral Of our own youth,
Nhich We have been pampering with
nnd desires, ambitious hopes, and all
fR bright berries that hang in poison
eR clusters over the path OF life.
fhe new friends whom we make
aer a certain age, and by wboln We
81 to fill the places of those whom we
i've lost, are to the earlier ones what
'Ass eyes, false teeth and cork legs are
l9real eyes, natural teeth aud legs Of
N#h and bone. rh.H. t-'.
The best thing to give your enemy
z forgiveness to your opponent tol'
@nce; to friend, your heart; to YOU
eelIdr a good example to father
ference; to your mother, conduc'
at will make her proud OF her son
e yourself, respect to all men, chari
y to God, obedience. 2.
The ever-womanly, the true woman
coming nearer to us; and within
thls smoke and storm of woman
fnts agitation, or in spite oft, there
u appear new and fairer vision o
nature and destiny of woman a
Y earthly companion and our hoav
" helper = Rev. DR.. Osgood.
.>ere is no praying possible TO
IN II. Ntll he becomes again enough
h a chilu MOTTO calculate his raptures
81 1 not to crSsve an equivalent, Il [Johl
."