The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-05-10
Jewels of Thought and Devotion.

My little son, who looked from thoughtful ewes
And moved and spoke in quiet grown-up wise
Having my law the seventh time disobeyed
struck him, and dismissed
" 18th hard words and unkissed-
Ills mother, who was patient, being dead
Then, fearing lest his grief should hinder sleep
| visited his bed
But found him slumbering deep
With darkened eyelids and their ashes vet
From his late sobbing wet.
And |, with moan
Kissing away his tears, left others OF nv own;
For on table drawn beside his bed
de had put, within his reach,
boX OF counters. and red -yened stone.
4 piece of glass, abraded by the beach
And SIX or seven shells,
bottle with blue bells
And two French copper coins ranged there with
careful art
10 comfort his sad heart
SO when that night | PRAYED
10 God, | wept and said
An. when at last we lie with tranced breath
Not rexing Thee in death
And Thou rememberest of what TOYS
We made our lows
How weakly understood
Thy great commanded good
Then tatherly not less
Than |. whom Thou hast nodded from the CLAY
Ihoult leave thy wrath, and say:
i VIII be sorry for this childishness"
ocII tluSI Is lnt essence OF lerOlSln.
jealousy dislikes the world to know it.
When all else is lost the future remains
The innocent seldom find uneasy pillow.
Fmthtlllness and fidelity are the highest things
Who gives a trihc meanly is meaner than the
trihe.
We read the book of experience only backward
and ind 1t punctuated as God willed
lis mercy to have that taken from us which
takes us from God.
Every man has in himself a continent of undis
covered character. Happy is he who acts the 60
IuInbus to his own soul
Man without religion is a creature of circum
stances; religion Is above all circumstances and
Will hit him up above them
If we look upon life as gift of DAYS, only one
!" be used and improved at time all its duties
can be done all its burdens borne.
The most civilized are as near to barbarism as
The most polished steel is To rust Nations like
metals have only superficial brilliancy
Many persons are Judged harshly by the world
because they allow no eye hut Gods to see into
The inner sanctuaries of their hearts
When all is summed up, man never speaks OF
himself without loss; his accusations of himself
are always believed, his praises never. [Montagn
Men rather trust to their eyes than their ears
the effect OF preceptS therefore, slow and tedious
whist that OF examples is summary and etfectual
weak point answers that whatever other faults he
may have, this fault at least is no part of his char
actcr.
lhey say that if a bee wasp or hornet stipes il
Is nearly always ut the expense of life Thus q
Slanderous tongue will ultimately damage its pos
SCISSOR more than its victim.
Over dress leads to false expectations and con
hrms deceittul vanity which prompts to pretence
81 wealth, and all the iniquitous means by which
1t may be supported.
The grandest and strongest natures are ever the
caimcst merry restlessness is the symbol OF
ifalhtieS not yet outgrown The repose of power
u ITS richest phase and its clearesr testimony
Though thou seest another openly offend o,
even commit some enormous sin. yet thou must
not from hence take occasion to value thysef TO,
thy superior goodness for thou canst not tell how
long thou will be able to persevere in the marrow
path OF virtue All men are trail but thou shoulds,
reckon none SO frall as thyself. Thomas A Kempis
The man who stands upor his own soil, who
feels by the laws of the land in which he lives
by the laws of civilized nations-he is the riphtf
and exclusive owner of the land which he tiIls is
by the constitution Of our nature, under whole
some influence, not easily imbibed from any othel
source. Edward Everett.
1t would not be worth while to live if we were
To die entirely. That which alleviates labor and
Sanetihes toll is to have before us the vision of
better world through the darkness of this life
That world is to be more real than the chimerl
winch we devour, and which we call life. 1t is the
supreme certainty of my reason, as it is the su
preme consolation of my soul.
1t will be said, and it may be said with truth
mat great measures cannot be carried without DO
htlca party; yet the country and the world would
be the gamers if we had large number of indie
pendent men who simply aim ut what is best No
doubt this requires seltsacrifce; butmore has been
done for mankind by single martyrdoms than by
successful combinations [Dean Howson