Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-04-20
SUNDAY Reading.

A PERSONS good breeding is the best
security against other peoples i'll man
ners.
Tue ruin Of most men dates from
some idle hour. Occupation is an ar
NOR to the soul.
Peace is the evening star of the soul.
as virtue is its sun, aud the two are
never far apart,
Mans nature runs to either herds or
words; let him seasonably water the
one and destroy the o:her
Art surpasses strength and patience
and reflection makes those things possi>
BILE which, in the first instance appear
almost lnzurmouniable.
Sincerity is speaking as We think, be,
lieving as we pretend, acting as we pro
TESS, performing as we promise, and
being as We appear to be.
If you have performed an act Of
great and disnterestcd virtue, conceal
1t; if you publish it, you will neither be
believed here nor rewarded hereafter
Christians praise God too little. They
grow barren and wither unless they cul>
tlvate the spirit of praise. 1t is good
exercise to recount the meTcics os God,
TO think of his loving kindness,
We should not despair OF the goodness
of the world, if we do not happen to see
it Immediately around US. The atnos-
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it as is inciosed in our apartment is col
orless.
Many favors which God hath given
us fayel out for the want Of hemming,
through our own unthankfnlIness Tor
though prayer puichascth blessings
giving praise doth deepen the quiet pos
session OF them--Futter.
A mans dealings must be honest and
upright. Let his yea be yea, and his
nay be nay. Let him be rigidly exact
when he has to pay, and forbearing
when he has to receive. He must not
at all delay just payments AMI if he
has been obliged to sue another, aud
has received judgement in his favor, let
him be mercliul, patient ard folbear-
Ing.
TIE race Of mankind would perish
did they cease to aid each other. From
the time that the mother binds the
child's head till the moment that some
kind assistant wipes the death damp
from the brow Of the dying, we cannot
exist without mutual help. All, there.
fore, that need aid, have right to ask
their fellow mortals. No one, who holds
the power Of granting it, can refuse it
without guilt.
The more tenderly and warmly one
loves so much more does he discover in
4 himself defects rather than charms, that
render him not worthy of the beloved
Thus are our little faults first made
known to W, when we nave ascendcd
the higher steps of religion. Tac more
we satisfy the demands of conscience,
the stronger they become. Love aud re-
ligion are like the sun. by mere day
light and torchlight, the air Of the apart
ment is pure and undisturhed by sin
S3iO puAbiNiG Dub itb III dDu
bow dust and notes are hovering
about
Place young lady under the care Of
a kindheartcd, graceful lady, and she,
uncopciously to herself, grows to a
graceful lady. Place boy in the es-
tablishment of thorough, straight-for-
ward business man, and the boy becomes
. q self-reliant, business man. Children
are susceptible creatures, and circum-
stances, scenes and actions always i'm
press them. AS you influence them
not by arbitrary rules, not by stern ex-
ample alone, but in thousand other
ways that speak through bright scenes
soft differences and pretty pictures. Sc
will they grow. The instinct is in them
Give them an inch and they will 90 a
mile. Allow them The privilege and
they will make your homes beautiful.