The Republican journal., 1876-09-14
Jewels of Thought and Devotion

Beyond the parting and the meeting
shall be soon.
BEYOND the farewell and the greeting.
Beyond the pulses teyer-beating,
shall be
Love, rest and home;
Sweet hope,
Lord, tarry not, but come.
Beyond the ost-chain and the fever
shall be
BEYOND the rock-waste and the river,
Beyond the ever and the never
shall be
Love, rest and home
Sweet hope,
Lord, tarry not, but come.
Humiliation is guest that only comes to
those who have made ready his resting place
and will give him a fair welcome. [Ouida
Happiness is having what one likes content
ment is liking what one has; but contentment
IS only the pale ghost OF happiness. Miss Pal
frey.
Ones most formidable antagonist is himself:
and if there be seven or more of him, the con
test may be long and the issue doubtful. "a.
Bronson Acot.
| bescech you to treasure up in your hearts
these my parting words: BE ashamed to die
untIl you have won some victory for Humanity
Horace Mann.
Every true thought is star of light which
shall never cease TO shine in the worlds firma-
ment. MiSts may obscure it for il time but
they never can eXtnguish its brightness.
The great beauty and propriety of the ancient
Eastern salutatlon, ''peace be to thee" is very
emphatlcal, lllasmuch as the best blessings of
life and all the social affections depend upon
peace.
The heavens are IA print from the pen OF
Gods perfection; the world is Il bud from the
bower OF his beauty; the sun is a spark from
the light Of his wisdom; and the sky is IL bub-
bic on the sea of his power
a man diseased in body can have little ioy of
his wealth, be it ever 50 much A golden
crown cannot cure the headache. nor a velvet
slipper give case to the govt, nor a purple robe
drive away burning fever.
Does not Gods providence obscure itself be-
hind veil of second causes; and if we would
see HIM IN all that is occurring around us, must
we not stoop underneath it, and so i'm one sense
hide the world from our view,
Habits, though in their commencement like
iiny lines OF spider, trembling at every
breeze, may IN the end prove as links of tenn
pered Steel binding deathless being to eter-
nal felicity or woe. Mrs. Sigourney.
lie that will do no good offices after Il disap-
pont1nent must stand still and do just nothing
at all. The plough goes on after a barren wear !;
and while the ashes are yet warm we raise a
new house upon the ruins of a former. TSeneca
One great and kindly thought from retired
and obscure man may live when thrones are
fallen and the memory of those who filled
them obliterated, and, like an undying fire,
may illuminate and quicken all future genera
tons.
If you ask me which is the real hereditary
sin of human nature, do you imagine shall
answer pride, or luxury, or ambition, or ego
tism? No; | shall say, Incidence. Who con
quers Incidence will conquer all the rest. In
deed, all good principles must stagnate without
mental activity. Zimmerman.
Talent is something, but tact is everything
Talent Is serious, sober, grave and respectable ;
tact is all that, and more too. 1t is not sew
enth sense but it is the life of all the five. 1t
is the open eye, the quick ear, the judging
taste, the keen smell and the lively touch; it is
the Interpreter Of all riddles, the surmounter
OF all difficulties. and remover OF all obstacles.
W. p. Scargill.