The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-02-29
GOLDEN WORDS.


Youth beholds happiness gleam-
ing in the prospect.
Danger should be feared when
distant, and braved when present.
There is kind Of magic in truth
which forcibly carries the mind
along with it.
The charity which seeks notorie-
ty ceases to be charity and becomes
ostentation.
A man who is not ashamed OF
himself, need not be ashamed of his
early condition in life.
In youth, yea, in manhood, we
should cultivate mind and character
to the utmost, for we know not for
what end God may have destined
us.
Men often attempt, by the light
of reason, to discover the mysteries
of eternity They might as well
hold up a candle to see the stars.
To live in this high noon Of the
ninteenth century is no trihe. Ev-
cry human being has mission to
fulfil, and ought to feel the necessi-
ty of action,
Cunning, when it is once detect
ed. loses its force, and makes q man
incapable of bringing about even
those events which he might have
done.
Cunning is a sort Of short sight
edness, that discovers the minutest
objects which are near ut hand, but
is not able to discern things at Il
distance.
We should be careful to deserve a
good reputation, by doing well; and
when that care is once taken, not to
be over anxious about the success.
In the Scriptures we are told that
faith has subdued kingdoms, remov-
ed mountains, wrought righteous
ness, obtained promises and posses
sion of all things.
Men in common form their judg-
ments ofreligion more by what they
see in the professors of it, than by
the profession ITSELF Andrew
Fuller.
The greatest ornament of an illus
trious life is modesty and humani-
ty, which go great way in the char
acter even of the most exalted prin-
ces - Napoleon.
We celebrate nobler obsequies to
those we love by drying the tears OF
others than by shedding our own
and the fairest funeral wreath VIZ
can hang on their tomb, is not SC
fair as fruit Offering ofgood deeds
- Jean Paul.
l am fully convinced that the sou
is indestructible, and that its activity
will continue through eternity. Ii
is like the sun, which, to our eyes
seems to set III night; but it has in
reality only gone to ditluse its light
elsewhere. - Goethe.
The last, best fruit that comes to
late perfection, even in the kindliest
soul, is tenderness toward the hard,
forbearance toward the unboaring,
warmth of heart toward the cold,
philanthropy toward the misan-
thropic.-- Jean Paul.
To use books rightly is to 60 to
them for help; to appeal to them
when our own knowledge andpowor
fail; to be led by them into wider
sight, purer conception than our
own, and receive from them the uni
ted sentence of the judges and
councils of all time against our soli-
tary and unstable opinions - Rus
kin.
Multifarious reading weakens the
mind more than dong nothing, for
it becomes necessity, at last, like
smoking; and is an excus. for the
mind to lie dormant whilst thought
is poured in, and runs through a
clear stream over unproductive
gravel, on which not even mosses
grow. 1t is the idlest of idleness,
and leaves more of impotency than
any other f. w. Robertson.
The true art of being agreeable is
to appear well pleased with all the
company, and rather to seem well
entertained with them than to bring
entertainment to them. A man thus
disposed may not have much learn
ing, nor any wit; but if he has com
mon sense, and something friendly
in his behavior, it conciliates mems
minds more than the highest parts
without this disposition Addison.
Men give me credit for genius.
All the genius I have lies just in
this: When have a subject in hand
1 study it profoundly. Day and
night it is before me. l explore it
in all its bearings. My mind be-
comes pervaded with it. Then the
effort which 1 make the people are
pleased to call the fruit of genius.
It is the fruit of labor and thought.
Il Alexander Hamilton.
The whole difference between n
man of genius and other men, it has
been said thousand times, and
most truly, is that the first remains
in great part child, seeing with
the large eyes Of children, in perpet-
ual wonder, not conscious of much
neutrality-suspicious., rather, OF
infinite Ignorance, and yet infinite
power; fountain of eternal admi-
ration, delight, and creative force
within him meeting the ocean OF
visible and governable things
od him Ruskin.