, 1872-12-08
SELECTIONS.

BIZ DUFF PORTER.
Nisapplied and defeated as much Of human
effort is, still it is well to have struggled,-to
have tested cur latent energies.
When Charity walks into the lowest places
Of WANT We see the beautiful purity Of her gar
ments most distinctly.
In order to force mankind to turn their eyes
toward Him, God has willed that no object
should contain within itself the first cause OF it's
existence.
God made blossom-buds in every nature
and, if men do not blossom, they are deficient
in the higher elements.
There is no poverty 60 intolerable as pow
erty Of the heart.
Nature feels no loss, because God is always
present to her.
The eternal round of the sea on every side
has tendency to wear away the edge Of human
thought and perception.
In discourse, we are moved not so much
by what man says, but by what he takes for
granted.
Thousands listen to-day for 3 word which
waits in the air and has never been spolen--a
word Of courage to carry forward the purpose OF
their lives
Mans wisdom consists in cheerful1y using
present comforts, and diligently attending to
present duties.
DO you know SO much yourself that you call
the slave OF the dull face ignorant7
-Whateyer God gives men as stepping stones,
they often make into stumbling blocks.
The athlete who has been trained for the
Olympian goal may never attain it but he has,
at least, gained strength and yigor for life
time.
Duty puts clear sky over every man, into
ing.
1T is fearful to think how the world is get
ting on in material prosperity, and yet how little
people are doing as they ought, even in small
things, and how much farther they are from do
ing al Of which their natures are capable.
Whatever would be injurious to the race
we're all to adopt and carry it out, it is the duty
Of each to shun.
Make your inward wants many, your out
ward wants few, has been the motto Of those Of
strong character.
Woe to every sort Of culture which destroys
the most effectual means of all true culture, and
directs us to the end instead Of making us happy
on the way.
The abrupt movements of the ocean are
ine1p1icable. They form perpetual perhaps.
Nature is, literally, but q WY which God
has Of making known to Us His feelings, tastes,
and thoughts.
When re reflect that life is 40 full Of neg
lected little opportunities to improve ourselves
and others, we shall feel that there is need Of
aspiring after great occasions to do good.
-Doubtless the increasing knowledge Of the
human race will clear up many Q problem too in
tricate for the present age to solve.
Every man carries law and judgment in
himself and there is no such thing as his escap-
ing from it.
Law is sort OF a cock fight, in which it is
the business of injured honesty to get 8 game
bird, with the best pluck and the strongest
spurs.
TO discipline and develop the children of
tho spirit, the immortal powers Of our in1nost
being ia the end OF life.
Some lives are like pond-lilies; you think
you have gathered all the gold and snow Of
them, and, when you go to look for your treas
urcs. behold little plain, brown, folded bud.
Love coming into woman'a nature is like
the last stroke Of the artists pencil to the land
scape.
We glorify the supremacy Of first love, as If
the heart did not require training as varied IS
the intellect.
Heaven may be place for those who failed
on earth.
Gods care is more evident in some instances
than others, to the dim and often bewildered
vision of humanity. Upon such slight instances
men seize and call them Providences; but it
would be gloriously better if they could believe
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