Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-15
GOLDEN WORDS.

! II IuGl Nlu LNL hli3N 'iH'f.'..i'. '.
more, they would be more humble
Keep good prineiploa, and Lhc5 sud
keep you.
He who spends all his timciu port
is like one who wears nothing hu'
fringes, and eats nothing but aTcces
Sin, all sin, is fruitless; it blossom
fair but always deceiycs. "Whal
fruit had ye in those things whereof
we are now ashamcd"
The pebbles in our path weary @
and make us foot sore, more than the
rocks, which only require a bold clloi
to surmount.
The road ambition travels is tN"
narrow for friendship, too crooked iul
love, too rugged for honesty aud too
dark for conscience.
Any one can DRIFT. But 10 'at"
prayer, religious principle, cIuc.'-
ness Of purpose, constant WatcHiaG u"
resist the evil of this world-to stri.
gle against the tide.
Ifyou wish success in life, MAKE
perseverance your bosom Igicnd, e..
perience your elder brotbtf, and h"ie
your guardian genius.
1t is the great joy Of III. Gospel
indeed, it is that which makes li 'i"-
pei, that il is for any and every poo!
sinner who will believe.
Enjoy the blessings Of llis day ~
God sends them; and the evils btr
patiently and sweetly For lli '"ty
only is ours; we are dead to yesterday,
and are not born TO tomorrow.
Few parents like to he told OF Gl
faults OF child. The reason i uitEI-
Gus. All faults are hereditary or 'du
cational, and in either case 60 pom.
the finger at the child, is, iudWlWiy
to reprOve the parent
The approaches Of sin are iiH, iilr
conduct of Jael; it brings butter ia u
lordly dish; it bids high for the -uu
But when it has been fascinated aud
lulled the victim, the nail and lbo
hammer are behind.
You have only a day to spend upo
earth; act in such way that youm,y
spend it in peace. Peace IS The fIuH
of love; for to live in peace, it is uccc1-
sary to put up with many things.
He that lives in perpetual suspicion,
lives the life of q sentinel never 30.
lieved, whose business it is to look olt
for and expect an enemy, which il aH
evil not very far short Of perislIiuS -
him.
In the depths Of the sea the wa5c
are still; the heaviest grief is l.u
borne in silence; the deepest low" q l".
through the eye and touoh the puct,
joy is unspeakable; the most ilup.r.
sive preacher at a funeral Is the Silent
one whose lips are cold,
A man who will stab at au..J.,
reputation, by insinuatiou or hu.ut.
is far worse than a thief Goods 5uu
may replace, but character once lu-l
is all but irredeemable, aud as q great
writer has said, word is enough tp
ruin man.
True joy is a serene and somlu mu-
ton; and they are miserahIy deceived
that take laughing for rejoicing. tur
seat of it is within, and There Is ID.
like the resolutions of
brave mind, that has fortune under ja
feet.
Let us accept different forms ai so.
liglon among men, rs we accept a.i-
ferent languages, wherein there f.
still but one human nature eHW rI
Every genius mas most n9"ei M hi.
own language, ana every htHii I'D It.
OWN reilsioh'
1t is not always III the most d.-a-
guished exploits that mems VIRTUES oi
vices may be discerned; but frequently
an action ofsmall note, short Saving
or a Jest, distinguishes a person real
character more than fields Of carnage.
OF the greatest pattiea'
You cannot repent too sJJv. iu,n
is no day like to-day. Yesterday
gone; tomorrow is Gods, mot gWu
own. And think how sad twill Ire p
have your evidences to seek, "Uya
your cause is to be tried b. have yur
oil to buy, when youshould have it O.
burn.
A man who is allowed to grow u.
with his mind entirely ncIected L..