Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-08-15
GOLDEN GEMS.

a. GOLDEN GEMS.
..What's we'll begun is half done" :,
The man with good, 6rm health is rich,
o. a loving heart encloses. within itself
an unfading and eternal Eden. 4di sssa
The vessels of mercy areiseasoned with
affection, and the wine of glory is pour
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. Affections, when accompanied by grace,
alter their nature, as wormwood eaten
with bread will lose its bitterness. I,
The keenest abuse of our enemies viii
not hurt us SO much in the estimation of
the discerning. as the injudicious praise OF
our friends: I. -. -, -
Look upward and onward, We learn
to climb by keeping our eyes, not on the
valleys that he behind. but on the noun
tains that rise before u.s. ..oissa.a -.
There is no joy so great as that which
springs from kind act or a pleasant deed,
and you may feel it at night when you
rest, and through the.day about your dali
ly business.
Many true heart that would have
come back, like the dove to the ark, after
its first transgression, has been frightened
beyond recall by the savage charity OF an
unforgiving spirit.
The conversion of Paul started from
higher point than some men reach through
out their lives. He did not begin with
the inquiry. Lord, wilt thou save me :!
but, Lord, what wilt thou have me
to do?"
have often fancied that the main
scheme of the world is to create tender
ness in man; aud have a notion that the
outer world would change if man were to
acquire more of this tenderness.-"Frtcnd
in Council" '17 @s - ea
ssThis little fellow" said Martin Luther
of a bird going to roost, .'has chosen his
shelter, and is quietly rocking himself to
sleep without care for to-morrow's lodg-
ing; calmly holding by his little twig,
and leaving God alone to think of him."
Lord Chesterfield says: For my own
part I really think that next to the con-
sciousness of doing good action, that, OF
doing civil ono is the most pleasing and
the epithet which l should coyet tie most,
next to that of Aristides, would be that
of we'll bred. ss@1E sT1
a smile Is but q little thing
To the happy giver.
Yet full oft it leaves a calm
On life's boisterous river.
Gentle words are never lost,
Uowe'er small their seeming;
Sunny rays of love are they,
Ger our pathway cleaning"
Show us the family where good music
is cultivated, where the parents and child
rem are accustomed often to mingle their
voices together In song, and we will show
YOU one, in aim ost every instance, where
peace. harmony and love prevail, and
where the great vices hareEno Abiding
place. - 7Feisi77ele = 'i,5 taf
-l-. Sometimes, along the gloom
we meet a traveller, striking hands with
whom fe go 5saf 5s 'i'I -
Maketh a little sweet and tender light
10 bless our sight,
And change the clouds around rs and
above ..sff.
INTO celestial shapcs-and this is love.
If any man possessed every qualifca-
ton for success, in life, it is probable he
would remain quite stationary s7aa y,
The consciousness of his powers would
tempt him, to omit opportunities.,. q -
Those who do succeed. ordinarily ONE
their, success to some disadvantage under
which they labor sE asx awe. sti - s,-,c
1t is the struggle against difficulty that
brings faculties into ply-Wather. 7-
A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.-Dr.
Chalmers beautifully says: 1.-The little
that I have seen in the world and known OF
the history of mankind teaches me to
! look upon their. errors.ain sorrow, not IN
anger. When I take the history of one
poor heart that has sinncd and suffered,
and represent to myself the struggles and
temptations it passed through-the briei
pulsat;ons of joy; the tears of regret;
the feebleness Of purpose; the scorn Of
the world that has little charity the desc
Iation of the souls sanctuary. and threat
ening voices within health gone; happt
ness gdne-I would fain leave the errine
soul of my fellow-man with Him from
whose hands it came" -, - f..a.,....t
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