The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-08
GOLDEN wOgDs.

the Divinity.IA Addison.
He is most like the gods who want
nothing.-(SOcrates. s f-,y
Man begins with God when hs
gets to the end of himself.
Your troubles easy borne wher
everybody gives it lift. '- .a
Wise books, for half the truths they
hold, are honored tombs.
Leave well alone is . good rule, but
leave ill alone is better. -
Ceeseds die many times before their death
Ihevsliant never taste If dessh bct once. o.
3 -ts lShskspears.
Dare to be true. nothing can need . lies,
fault which needs it must grow tive thereby,
.t (Gsorse Herbert.
Self-ease IL pale; the only rest
IL labor for worthy end.-lWhittier.
Silence is tho perfect herald ofjoy
we're but little happy if could say how much.
When Paul was q Pharisee, he
thought he was blameless; when he
was Christian, the chief of sinners.
1t is a common fault never to be
satisfied with our fortune, nor dis
satisfied with our understanding.
Like beautiful flower, full of color,
but without scent, are the fine but
fruitless words Of him who does not
act accordingly.-[ Buddha. b
Men are often capable of greater
things than they perform. They are
sent into the world with bills of credit,
and seldOw draw to their full extent.
-[Warpole. ..9." q IS a,a. /;
Seest thou man that is hasty in
his words? there is more hope Of a
fool than of him. -. -,
Franklin says: OF all our mfr
mites, vanity Is the dearest to us
man will starve his other vices to
keep that alive.
No man was ever yet convinced of
any momentous truth without feeling
in himself the power as well as the
desire communicating it.-[Southey.
In science read by preference the
newest books /; in literature the Oldest.
The classic literature is always mod
ern. New books revive and redecorate
old ideas old books suggest and in
vigorate new ideas.-[Bulwer.
The blossom cannot tell what be-
comes of its odor, and no man can
tell what becomes of his influence
and example, that roll away from
him, and 60 beyond his ken on their
perilOus mission.
Compromise.-One party cedes half
OF its claims, and the other party half
of its rights; he who grasps most
gets most, and the whole is pro-
nounced an equitable division, per-
fectly honorable to both parties.-
Washington Irving,
A pertinent aud pointed question
is thus asked by Sir p. Sidney:
What is birth to a man, if it shall he
stain to his dead ancestors to have
left such an offspring?
Brethren, We are all sailing home,
and by-and-by, when we are not
thinking of it, some shadowy thing,
men call it death, ut midnight, will
pass by, and will call us by name,
and will say, II have message for
you from home; God wants you; !;
Heaven waits for you." 1t il but q
handbreath.-[ Reecher.
One pound of gold may be drawn
into a wire that would extend around
the globe. So one good deed may be
felt through all eternity. Though
done in the first flush of youth, it
may gladden. the last of q long life,
and form the brightest and most
glorious spot on it, -'f]-<''
Do not let US lie at all. Do not
think of one falsity as harmless, and
another as slight, and another as un-
intended. Cast them all aside; they
may be light and accidental, but they
are ugly SCOT from the smoke OF the
pit, for all that and it is better that
our hearts should be swept clean of
them, without one care as to which
is largest or blackest.-[ Ruskin.
He who should conquer in battle
ten times hundred thousand, were
indeed a hero. But truly greater
hero is he who has but once conquer
ed himself.-( Buddha. a--.: .
AS the sun ripens and sWeetens
fruit by shining upon them, without
which they would be sour and un-
aavory; so it is the sunshine of Gods
love and favor that sweetens all
earthly blessings, without which they
WOulA OO OuS OAOooCo uuu CulS(o W
them that profess them. ~
Comfort and beauty are not the
privileges Of the rich alone. Those
with slender means may have ele-
gance about them, if they will only
study the art Of making the most of
what they have, acting with q brave
disregard Of conventional demands.
A person with good taste and good
sense on the smallest income Is more
than match for wealth, where
these are absent, in making home
happy and attractive, aud extracting
the truest enjoyment out Of life.
1t is the slipperiness of our hearts
that causes SO many slips in our lives.
Conscience cannot be urged or awed
with forgotten truth; but keep it in
the heart and it will keep both heart
and life upright. 1.-THE Oiaw of his
God Is in his heart; none of his
steps shall Slide" Or, il they do, the
Word will recover the straying heart
again: "Peter remembered the word
of Jesus, and he went out and wept
bitterly" We never lose our hearts
till they have first lost the effica-
eious and powerful expressions of the
Word. - ..-.3.' ..-...-.- -
And nothing is more beautiful to
me than the habit of extending greet
ings and kindly welcomes to each
| other. These salutations amount to
but little. 1t does not change a sordid
man into a generous man to say "A
merry Christmas to YOU" A selfish
man is not changed into q benevolent
man because he dispenses . certain
number of gifts, some Of which afe
cheap, and some Of which are dear.
Nevertheless, II does have an effect
on the average Of men, taking one
year with another, on the anniver-
sary of the advent of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ to feel that this
is time to lay aside business and
greet each other socially, and ex-
change gifts.-Beecher. rs
Whenever any one spoke Ill oi
another in the presence Of Peter the
Great, having listened attentively,
he would say Is there not fair side
/ also to the character of the person oi
whom you have been speaking
Come, tell US what good qualities
you have remarked about him. II
all would walk in the steps Of thi,
man there would perhaps be less un.
kind criticism and harsh, -remarki
about our neighbors and friends. II
each one would feel obliged to SPEAK
of their own faults first, perhaps the
faults of others would seem 90 triflina
in comparison that each would fee
that the wisest plan was to keeT
silent,