Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-01-04
OUR FREE LUNCH.

OUR FREE LUNCH
--" The gates Of heaven are low.
arched, we must enter upon our
knees"
-., Never yet WAS soul 40 loath.
some, a sin so deep, that loving
Christ has not stopped and said,
"Come to me-"
-" Every man ha. his weak side;
and II ia very often the case that this
weak side is tho best par. Of the
man."
The pulpit must lead tho pcws,
or the pewa will drive the pulpit
Bopee.
--" All great things are done littls
by little. Atoms make worlds. The
greatest fortune cnnsist Of farthings.
Life is made up of moments"
-" The folly of youth can survive
the teaching of experience, and pas.
sion be strong, despite the might snd
wisdom Of years"
--" Tbs greatest thoughts, il has
been said. spring from the heart but
the maxim il far more true with re-
t, tha o,l,l.at ..ss,Anp
--" No man does his best except
when be ia cheerful A light heart
makc,h nimble hands, and keeps ,hs
mind free aud alert"
--" Religion ls not mere sentiment.
1t is.a vital experience Of the heart, =
resolute exercise of the will, = heroic
service Of lite."
-" Alas how easily does the love,
that is permit tied yield to weariness
and time, but how fatal and enduring
is the love that is forbidden"
-" | have = passion for ballads.
Taey are the gipsv children of song,
born under green hedge, rows, In tho
leaty lanes and by. paths Of literature,
In the genial summertime"
--" Tho harmony and happiness OF
life In man or woman, consists in find-
ing in our voca,ions the employment
Of our highest faculties, and OF ~
many of them as can DO brought in.
to action"
--" Prayer IL not, az many deem IL,
mere traffic with Heaven. Il n com.
munion with the infinite aud Divine,
not clinging to the earth, but An
uplifting of the spirit toward oil eter.
nal things"
-" We recognize goodness where.
ever we find it. "Tis the same hope.
iul influence. henutifying the meanest
"a well A. the greatest service by ita
manners, doing most when least con.
cloas, as If il did not"
---"f'he battle fields uf life lie In am.
bush. We trip on our smiling way
and they give no sign. We turn
sharp corners where they hide in
shadow. No drum beats sound alarm.
The music aud the dre.s. parade 10.
night, the groaning and the blood to.
morrow"
--" The brain Of oars IL 4 master.
worker, whose appliances We do not
one half OF as know; ani this heart
of ours il rare store house, furnish.
ing the brain with new material
eveS hour of our lives and their
limits we shall not know, until thoy
shall end-toge,her."
--Popn'ar theology has ever Taught
tha, Heaven and He'll are locdttiss
but the more reasonable theory begins
10 prevail that that they are simpls
conditions of the sonl and have
learned by experience that il is far
easier To carry around a large heaven
than small hell. - Bopee.
Prayer A an sttribute Of the
spitit, can be exercised anywhere.
There Is no need of koly shrines, OF
consecratcd walls, 10 usher man into
Divine presence and the GLORIOUS AMI
magnificent works Of God call the
soul far more eloqnently To religious
worship, than all the pomp and pride
with which man over arrays the per.
ishable fabric Of his temples."
"A worthy Quaker thus wrote
I"l expect TO pass through this world
but unce II, therefore, there can bs
any kindness can snow, or any good
thing ] can do to any fellow hum.s.
being, let me do il now. Let me not
defer nor neglect il, for will not pass
this way again"
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