The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-07-26
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

his own.
The best portrait Of happiness is
laughing child.
Reprove thy friend privately, com.
mend him publicly.
Quickness Of intellect is no proof OF
solidity; the deepest rivers flow on the
smOOthest.
1t is a noble species of revenge to have
the power of a severe retaliation and not
to exercise il.
A thousand evils do afilict that man
who hath 10 himself an idle and unpro-
6table carcass.
The less a man knows, the higher he
tries TO climb on other peoples ladders.
-DdnJury Ne,oS.
Charity under divine impulse may re.
lieve suffering. Charity under divine
wisdom will prevent it.
Those whose business It is to deal
with men In the aggregate are apt to
lack in divldual sympathy.
A great many have tried to be great
men and failed, but nobody ever tried
to be good man and failed.
AS riches and favor forsake man, We
find him to be fool; but nobody could
find 1t out in his prosperity.
There are lying looks as well as lying
words, assembling smiles, deceiving
signs, aud even a lying silence.
Every human being is intended to
have character of his own, to be what
no other Is, to do what no other can do.
The great Frederick once cried out to
his retreating troops, "Why doyou run
you blackguardsI DO you hope to live
fOrever?"
That may be right which is not plea.
SAINT, and that pleasant which is not
right, but Christ's religion is BOTH
Ndtthea0 Henry.
Many men resemble glass-smOotn
aud slippery and fiat so long as one does
not break them, but then cussedly cut
ting, aud every splinter stings.
But one false step, one wrong habit,
one corrupt companion, one loose prin-
ciple, may wreck all your prospects,
and all the hopes of those who love you.
Every thinker, thinking honestly,
will add something to the truth, how
ever hostile to our views of truth his
theories may be at any given time.-
ChddUicb.
Men who are unequal to the labor of
discussing an argument, or wish to
avoid it, are willing enough to suppose
that much has been proved because
much has been said.
Give work to the able-bodled, give
food and shelter to the sick, give SYM
pathy to the distressed, and consolation
to the afflicted, but beware how you
give aims TO the lazy.
1t is said that "the daughters of In
dia are unwelcOmed at their birth, un.
taught in childhood, enslaved when
married, accursed, as widows, unla-
mented when they de-"
1t is with nations as with individuals,
those who know the least of others
think the highest of themselves; for the
whole family of pride and ignorance are
incestuoUs, and mutually beget each
other.-COLtOn.
AS folly on one.stde, though it should
enjoy all it can desire, would, notwith-
standing never be content; so, on the
other, wisdom ever aCquiesces with the
present, and is never dissatisfied with
its immediate conditions.-Montdigne.
The shortest and surest way to live
with honor in the world is to be in
reality what you would appear to be;
and if we observe we shall find that all
human virtues increase and strengthen
by the practice and experience of them.
An intelligent reader does often find
out, in other mems writings, other per-
fectiOns, and invest them with better
sense and higher construction, and
more quaint expression, than the author
himself either intended or perceived
MOntdigae.
have heard a good story of Charles
Fox. When his house was on fire, he
found all efforts to save it useless, and
being good draughtsman, he went up
the next hill to make drawing of the
tire-the best instance of philosophy
ever heard of.-SOuthey.
If we take in hand any volume of
divinity, or school metaphysics, for in
stance, let us ask does it contain any
abstract reasoning concerning quantity
or numberP No. Commit it, then, to
the flames, for it can contain nothing
but sophistry and illusion. n.--Hume.
COleridge, when young man, was
lecturing TO acritical audience, and was
violently hissed on account of some of
his novel propositions, but, nothing
daunted, he retorted: "When a cold
stream of truth is poured on red hot
prejudices, no wonder they hiss"
Affections are governed by God, both
as to time, number, nature and measure.
In measure, when 1t shooteth forth thou
wilt debate with it: "He stayeth his
rough wind in the day of his east wind"
Our times, therefore, and our condl-
tions in these, are in the hands of God,
yea, and so are our souls and bodies, to
be kept and preserved from evil while
the rod of God is upon us.
Trouble, like strong electric light,
casts another color over the formerly
dark scene, and we discover what we
had forgotten. Trials work degree Of
tenderness of spirit, anG so make the
sin conspicuous to the weeping eye and
troubled heart. Many aman when in
greet trouble about other matters has
also begun to be in deep distress on ac-
count Of fsin.-SpmgeOn.
He that loses his conscience has moth
ing left that is worth keeping. There
fore be sure you look to that. And In
the next place look to your health, and
If you have it, praise God and value II
next to a good conscience; for health Is
the second blessing that we mortals are
capable of, blessing that money can
not buy, therefore value 1t, and be
thankful for it.--Izddk Walton.
Much has recently been said about
tampering with letters. TO avoid this
calamity a safety envelope has been In
vented. On the flap of the envelope