The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-15

And DER their sleep sublime,
he shadow of the Steeple moves
From morn till yespeI- chime.
ON every mound in solemn shade
Its lmagcd cross doth lie.
A. goes the sunlight to the west,
or rides the moon on high.
Youth holds no society with grief. Earn.
idt>.
Character is perfectly educated will no
ya>.
My heart is its own grave. Miss l.. E. Lam
don
70 sad. fresh, the d4y> That are no more
.Tenny>on.
Things past may be repenled, bur NOT re
called. LWy.
Woman last al the cross and earliest at the
grave. +. ;. Barrett.
Passions are As easily eyaded as impossible
10 moderate. Montague.
Pain addeth zost unto pleasure and teaches
The luxury OF health upper
The only sin which We never forgive in each
other Is difference of opinion. Emerson.
never wonder to see men wicked bat
often Wohder 10 see them not ashamed I~wft.
The saddcst failure, in life come from the not
putting forth OF the power To succeed Whip
pie.
Predominant opinion, are generally the opln-
IONS OF the generation that l. vanishing. Dis
Iael.
More shillings conceded in tht. making of a
shirt would double the relation OF mankind.
John els.
1t i usually piece OF moral cowaf,ilce W hen
we run from a hard place to an easy one, or
from dangerous post TO smIgly sheltered
one. Many lives become utter failure. from
sim Ia t.lpl tf, .AI
one of the most important requisites of a holy
III" Is patience. And by this we do not mean
merely meek and quiet temper when one is
personally assaulted and injured but Il like
meekness and quetness OF temper in relation
10 the moral and religious progress in the
world. pr. pham.
The vicissitudes Of lille suffer lis not to be
eated ny any present good fortune or to adj
mIre that felicity which is liable to change.
luury carries for every man MANY various
md uncertain events i'll it, bosom. ESolon.
No trait OF character is more valuable than
The possession of a good temper. Home eau
never be made happy without it, 1t i, like
hoWerS SprngnS up i'll our pathways. rev ".
me and cheering Us. Kind words and looks
are the outward demonstrations patience and
Iorhearanre are the sentiments within.
The whole law i impressed on the gracious
soul; every part of ii Is written over upon the
renewed near. And. though remaining COR
rlption makes such bots in the writing, that
ottentimcs the man himself cannot read it, yet
he that wrote Il can read it at all times il i,
never quite bIotted out, ror can it be. What
he has written he has written, and il shall
stand
That was capital adj, ice the Rev a fred Tav-
lor gave his fellow Chautauqllans in Il recent
address. He babe them " l) wash, and be
'ean; l'l eat, and be strong; .3) sleep, and be
cheerful. til exercise, and be muscular: (j)
look mp ana be hopeful" These recipes are
not patented. All Christian workers are well
come to use them, and some need to.
am Old enough now 10 look back with some
cl'acity Of observation for forty years; and |
riln see III the progress Of society most marked
evidence Of the higher general Intelligence, the
greater aptitude for looking at things rs they
are, and Tor not allowing strange, absurd no
mons to take possession OF the nina; while
again, can trace, even within the last ten
vars, IN a most remarkable manner. the prev
alence OF a desire 10 do things right for the
rights sake, and moi merely because they are
polite. DR.. W. r. Carpenter.
The difficulty which most people have in re-
iigion is to bring the thought of God into their
daily WeS. His very greatness makes it hard
~ connect hm with homey, everyday mat
terS. We get some sense OF Him in church, or
III the prayer-meeting, or in rare hours of ex-
allied feeling. But when we 90 into the busy
world, where most of our life is spent, God
fades away into heaven, that is farther of than
the blue sky above our heads. This is il ,reat
loss to us. 1t is neglect on our part OF our
highest opportunity. God walks with us in
closest nearness, at every moment.