The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-07-25
MORAL GEMS.


.mcnt OF society.
Not one false man but does un.
conntable mischief. Cariyle.
Means arc always in our power
erds arc very seldom so.- Fieldtng
Flowers are tho sweetest things
God ever made and forgot to put 6
;soul with.-Beecher.
The only vice that cannot be for.
given is hypocrisy. The repentance
Of II hypocritc is itself Hypocrisy
UazlW.
An humble man is likeagood tree
tho more full of fruit the branches
are, the lower they bond themselves
God has SO madc tho mind of man
that peculiar doliciou'ncss resides
in the fruits of personal industry
IKlberjorce.
lfthat be false what God threat
ems, (oternal punshmcnt,) then that
which he promises, (cternal IiIc,) is
tils also.
Let the day havo a blessed hap.
ttism by giving your first waking
thought into the bosom of God. The
first hour Of the morning is tic rud-
der of the day.-Beechcr.
When Charity walks into the
humble places Of want, wo 500 the
beautiful purity Of her robes most
distinctly.
Men arc often capable Of greater
things than they perform. They
arc sont into this world with bils Of
credit, and seldom draw to their full
1xtcnt.- WalpOle.
| feel that / am growing old for
want of somebody to tell mo that |
am looking as young as cvcl.
Oh arming falschood! There is 4
vast deal of vital in loving words :
Lalder.
Always consult discrction-it is
more discreet to be silent than to
speak when it is not accompanied
Ny sense and reason.
The heart of the afflicted draws
tul it's consolation from the words
oh Lord! The soul receives life and
vigOr at the bare mention Of thy
namc.
This world and the next resemble
tho cast and the west; you canno
draw near to one without turning
your back on the other
lie who has put bourds to our in
telIigence has not put ,ny toour dc.
sircs, SO that we might conceive Il
happiness superior TO this present
life. .'1 --.. ..I
1t is no disgrace MOTTO be able to
do everything; but to u ndertakc, or
pretend to do what you are not
made for, is not only shameful, but
extremely troublesome and vexa-
tious.--Plutarch.
That day in which u han docs not
some good action, rpr acquires
some useful knowledge, should not
DC, ifpossiblo, numbered in the days
OF existence.
a friend should be ont in whose
understanding and virtlo we can
equally confide, and whtso opinion
wo can value at once fori's iustncss
and sincerity.
The created world is hut small
parcnthcsis in eternity, Ind a short
intcrpOsitiOn for Il TIM between
such state of duration d was be-
fore it, and may be after |.
Never dospiso a.man beausc his
employment is humble or lls cloth
ing bad. The bee is an insct which
is not very pleasing to the bye, yet
its hive affords an abundance of
honey. .f.
Ignorance is not so bad Il error;
the former is blank sheet d, which
we may write; but the late is Il
scribblcd one from which vi must
first erase! Ignorance is coacnt to
stand still; but although crrol| moves,
it.gocs in the wrong dircctioi
No process is so fatal d that
which would cast all men inb one
mould. Every human being is in
tended to have a character bf his
own, to be what no other is, 10 do
what no other can do. Our cdimon
nature is unfolded in unboundld adj
versitics. 1t is rich enough fd inf
mite manifestations, and;to we'd in
Vulnerable forms of beauty and
glory.