Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-08-05
GOLDEN WORDS.

action always leads on toanOthcr
He that by the plow would thrive
himself must either hold or drive.
The worst is not, so long as We can
say, THIS is the UCrSt,-Makcp,0tb.
Never open the door to little vice
least great one should enter.
To be angry is to avenge the fault.
Of others upon themselves.
The best receipt for clear complies
iOn-A clear conscience.
If anybody maligns your charactcr
live so that nobody will believe Tic
slan1erer.
God helps those who help them
selves.
Cheerfulness is Il Christian duty,
incumbent on all,
Look before you leap, Think be-
fore you act.
Mans inhumanity 10 man make
countless thousands mourn
Modesty seldom resides i'll Il breast
that is not enriched by noble virtue
A hypocrite is one that neither b.
what he seems, nor seems what he il
How canst thou bca Judge ofanol,-
er's heart, that dost not know then
own.
1t is in our minds and not III our sur
roundings that we must find our hap
piness. ...
There is no genuine culture, no prop
| mn y,ltYaafiat, Vrl,,,l, fr,,l,r.I
religion.
The brightest stars are made to pa
over the darkest hour Of darkest
gloom Of the night.
Without content, We shall find it AL
most as difficult to please others a5Uur-
selves CrCrHcy.
The universe as it unfOlds itself to- a
Christian eye presents 20 marks Of a
coarse and narrow design,
lie that studies books alone Will,
know how things ought to Lc; and lac
that studies men VIII know how
things are.
Most Of the shadows that cross our
path through life are caused 10y atubd-
ing in our own light,
Priceless as the gilt Of uttoraucr
may be, the practice Of silence in some
respects far eXcels it,
The history Of the world tell u.
that immoral means will ever iutri-
ccpt good ends,-COicHdgc.
As riches and iavors forsakc unu.
we discover him to be fool, bl' uD-
body could iindi out III his prosperity.
la BrtYDc,
| Mankind has been learning siz
thousand years, and yet how few hayr
learned that their fellow men arc as
good as themselves.
| Dare to change your mind CONT.
| your error, aud alter your cDudJl f.
When you are convinced you uc
wrong.
If every man would reform hm-gI'.
! the worlds reformation would be COM
pleted, and philosophers would b,
needless.
The sum and suLslauccof uu"pcla.
ration needed for coming eternity B.
that you believe what the Biblc ,c,N
you, and do what the Bible bid Nnu
Whatever you would not VII, y.u.
neighbor to do TO you, do itnot uu'a
him. This is the whole law; the yv..
is merely the exposition Of il,
Living always in the world ulayr
one as unfit for living out Of it, a uj.
ways living out Of it does for living in
it.
When we look upon the tree E.
their strength and grandeur, do mot
despise the flowers because their frag-
rance is all they have to give.
Sweet words fly like honey bees from
thc flower lips of 4 lovely woman, pen
citrate the heart as with the shalt ol
love, and then fill the puucturo with
honey.
Don't shiy,r over last yuma
snow saying Of Arch Bishop Watc-
lcy's, is peculiarly applicable to those
who make themselves miserable ovcI
troubles that are past.
The poor man who cnyicz not tine
rich. who pities his companions in
poverty, and can spare something to
him who is still poorer, is, in the
realms Of humanity, king Of kings.
Shakespeare says at is a good di-
vine that follows his own Instruction..
| can easier teach twenty men what
were to be done, than to be one OF
twenty to follow mine own teacher.
The sea is infinite. 1t beats and
will beat forever, the pulses Of the sky.
God made the land and it was good
he made the ocean and it was grand.
God has not left himself without a
witness in every human heart. Even
the professed Atheist, while pretend
ing to deny his existence, really fear
his power to punish.
Locke iuculcates that "whilc lhu,u
is law in society which is the mc1-
sure of virtue and vice, and in the
State measure ofcrime and innocence,
there is also divine law which ex-
tends over all society and over all
States, and which is tie only touch.
stone Of moral rectitude."
Seek not TO please the world, hu'
your own conscience. The man who
has Il telling within him that lac ha
done his duty upon all occasions, j.
, far better than he who hangs upon Tie
smiles of the great or the tickle favors
of Tie multitude.
t John Wesley says Ilyou cannot
! relieve, do not grieve ire poor. Give
them soft words if nothing else. Pul
yourself in the place Of every pool
man, and deal with him as you would
I God should deal with you.
i The light winged hours bear to ou
; hearts, day and night, tic evidence
: of Gods love towards us; the scasuu
+ with varying roundrepcat the hallow
: cd ministrelsy through all the gran,
sweep of life,
e All earth shows forth too nice ah,
/, delicate an adaptation, too beautiful
u continuation of cause and effect, t,
=, admit even of q thought that III,
Creator has failed in his highest croa
ton.
True, acceptable prayer bring pcac
=, and rest to the soul; brings life
,' strength and JOY to the spirit. Thi
" prayer is the prayer Of full faith az,
trust. Christians, sec too il that it I
n yours,
If Critic, are the scntincls place.
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