Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-10-07
GOLDEN WORDS.


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A true religious instinct never
deprived man of one single JOY.
lie that loses his conscience has
nothing left that is worth keeping.
We are never like angels TIL our
passions die.
The generous heart seerHs the
pleasure that gives others pain.
The poorest G elucation that teaches
self. control, is better than the best
that neglccts it.
It is very dangerous for any man
to find any spot that is sTeeter to
him than his home
When | devoted to God my case,
my time, my life, did | except my
reputation ?-[Wesley.
BE not sorry that men do not know
you, but be sorry that you are ignor-
ant Of men, COnfucius.
All things whatsoever ye would
that men should do unto you, do ye
even 80 to them. .... .-
Milton says; Truth fg as impos-
sible to be soiled by any outward
touch as the sunbeam
The forest in its beauty lies over
the meadow, like down newly sha-
ken from winters young wing.
Pride is increased by ignorance /;
those who assume the most are usu-
ally those who know the least.
Difference is the most delicate, the
most indirect, and the most elegant
Of all Observation-Disclosures.
We often omit the good we might
do in consequence of thinking about
that which 1t is out of our power to
do.
Think and say all you can of the
good qualities of Others forget, and
keep silent concerning their bad quail
ities.
Posthumous charities ara the very
essence ofsclflshness, when bGqueath-
ed by those who, when alive, would
part with nothing - Cotton.
The bcsetting evil Of our age is the
temptation to sQuander and dilute
thought on thousand different lines
OF inquiry.-LJohn HerscheL.
Laws and institutions are con-
stantly tending to gravitate. Like
clocks, they must be occasionally
cleansed and wound mp, and set 10
true time.
When you see man with a good
deal Of religion displayed in his shop
window, you may depend upon il
he Keeps very small stock of it
within,
The poverty Of the poor man is the
least part Of his misery. In all the
storms OF fortune, it is the first one
that must stand the shock of extrem.
+ity.
We should sill have our flowers o
time, bright spots ia our life Of to-
day, and If possible, brighter mo
men's in expectation for the moC
row.
| More men grow old from havius
nothing TO do. llan from overWoFk
| the running machine will keel
bright for years--tha idle machine
| will BooN rdst out.
BE foithful. Learn that all You
WORK Is done for God, Slight moth
ing. Have the same evidence ofyou
salvation that the little servant cir
Ind, who, when asked how she knew
She was converted, said, "Because
az ccp under the mat"
Tho noblcrt thing on earth is tn
. man Nho rises to the dignity Of sell
mastery. The man who can refus
Indulgence to a clamoriug desire
; can hold tho craving appetite IN
geatiied, and can say to the risin
, passion: "Peacc, be STILL" is her
above Alexander or Hercules.
e There i: an ugly kind of forgive
: ness in this world-a kind of hedge
r hog forgiveness, shot out like quill
Men take one who has offended, m
set him down before the w-pip
; oftheir Indignation, and scorch hin
and burn his fault into him; an
when they have kneaded him suif
ciently with their fiery fists, then
), they forgive him,-Beecher.
II
: When we see d professor 20 hon
s from his trout seat in the church, al
i begin to scold his children, and ca
l. sour giances at his wife, we thin
IS these words msy possibly be too 81,
q ~ true-that Ga religion which nev
@ sufticcs to govern q mau viii new
IS suffice to save him; that which do
y not distinguish him from a wickt
i will never distinguish him from
a perishing world."- Herald of Go
o pei Liberty.
n Longer and more numerous til,
i, were the roads out Of imperial Ron
rs are the lines whereof a cultivat
l. Christian ia the center,-lines th
lo connect him with his neighbors a.
ls those mentally akin, snd then. ru
l. ming to all cornors Of the civiliz
re- wofld lose themselves in@ the infnt
y and otcruel. He affixed center wit
III ont definite circumference, but wi
!, radii innumerabie, HAT ERE the chor
i whcrcon play the magnetic cuwel
eF of ljfe aud according to the nj
'e ssras which they carry or bring {
a a mans gains OF losses, joys OF S,
OF rows, Improvement or declension,
nc alsation or humiliation.
= zE@zNsassgzETssE ~ saEEE<-4laSsa
ia MAKE A BEGINNING ---iIow mah
ur poor, idle heaitatiog, erring outc's
N, auw Gcepi0g, crawling, his VI
~ +hrlu~h tha world. whD nliVl. n;