The Republican journal., 1877-10-18
Jewels of Thought and Devotion.

Jewels of Thought and Devotion.
One day, Ilaroun Al Raschid read
\ book wherein the poet said
Where are the kings and where the rest
OF men who once the world possessed!
They're gone with all their pomp and show
Theyr gone the way that thou shalt go
80 thou who choosest for thy share
The world. and what the world calls fair
Take all that it can give or lend
But know that death is at the end :"
Haroum Al Raschid bowed his head:
Tears fill upon the page he read.
Henry W Longtelow.
From the lowest depth there is a path to the
loftiest height. [Carlvle.
Honesty coupled to beauty is to have fancy Il
sauce to sugar shakespeare.
History is neither more nor less than biography
on a large scale [Larnartnc.
Prefer loss before unjust gain. for that brings
grief but once. this forever iChilo
What is becoming is honest and whatever is
honest must always be becoming. Cicero.
History makes haste to record great deeds. but
often neglecs good ones. Hosea 5alou.
Knowledge is proud that he has learned SO
much. Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
lCowper
Let wickedness escape AS it may at the bar. it
never fails OF doing Justice upon itself: for every
guilty person is his own hangman. Seneca
Most historians lake pleasure in putting into the
mouths of princes what they have neither said nor
ought to have said. Y oltairc.
Honor is hut the reflection of a mans own az
tiOns, shining bright in the face OF all about him
and from thence rebounding upon himself l5outh
Thou art in the end what thou art Put on wigs
with millions OF culls SET thy foot upon ell high
rocks. Thou abidest ever-what thou art. Goethe
tontentment abidcs with truth And vou will
generally suffer for wishing to appear other than
you are, whether ii be richer greater or more
learned. The mask once on becomes an instrument
of torture.
great philosopher says in OF his letters
II have told You of the Spaniard who always put
on his spectaces when he about to cal cler
res- that they might look the bigger and more
tempting In like manner | make the most of my
enjoyments; and though | do not east my cares
away pack them in as little compass as can,
and carry them rs convenient us can for myself
and never let them annoy others.
Mans rights do not include the right to all the
comforts OF home without any Of the work or
worry. self sacrlfice OF thoughtfuness and we'll
doing incident to its creation and maintenance. 4
good many men think they have done their full
duty if they pay the bills, more or less grudgngly
But one might as well try to warm room with
fireplace and Il pair of slver-plated andirons and
no fuel or fire, us 20 make a home with money.
The money simply makes place for the home: To
complete 1t. the man must put i'll himself and the
best part of himself at that.
t.illl ,nl a., a
his name, lis blessed time when, lookin. back
the follies sins and mistakes of past lite-too
late, indeed, to remedy. but not too late to repent
we may put off earthly garments by one.
and dress ourselves for Heaven. Griefs that are
heavy to the young are to the old calm and almost
joyful, tokens of the near and nearing time
when there shall be no more death. neither sorrow
nor crying, neither any more pain Even though
walking in darkness for while the aged have the
sure promlSe-'At eventide it shall be light -"
Some men move through life as band of music
moves down the street, hinging out pleasure on
every side through the air to every one far and
near, that can listen. Some men ill the air with
their presence and sweetness, as orchards in De
tober days fill the air with perfume of ripe fruit
Some women cling to their own houses. like the
honeysuckle over the door vet, like it, swceten all
the region with the subtle fragrance of their good
There are trees of righteousness which are
ever dropping precious fruit around them. There
are lives that shine like starbeams. or charm the
heart like songs sung upon holy day. How great
bounty and blessing it is to hold the royal gifts
of the soul, so that they shall be music to some
and fragrance to others, and life to all II would
be no unworthy thing to live for, to make the
power which we have within us the breadth of
other mems joy; to scatter sunshine where only
clouds and shadows reign to fill the atmosphere
where earths weary tollers must stand, with
brightness which they cannot create for them
selves, and which they long for, enjoy and appre-
ciatc. Every Day Sermons
We have always pitied the little girl at the opera.
who as she lay back in the luxurious chair Of the
box, utterly weary, and sleepy, and bored, at an
hour when she should have been snug in bed was
asked why she came; ''Oh. | must, YOU know"
yawned the little lady, languid ten wears before
her time, we have season tickets" The trouble
with great many older people is that they have
season tickets" for the good things of life and so
do not half enjoy them Now, in my complete
equipment for happiness in this life, must be
reckoned body, mind and soul capable of receiv-
ing and interpreting peasurable sensations and Of
being moved by high and noble emotions. The
decree of pleasure that one finds in reading the
Bible or Shakespeare depends upon the truth or
the poetry within herself The song stirs respon
sive music in your heart, or the singer sings in
vain. If there be no sensitive plate in your mind,
to receive and hold impressions of beauty You will
never picture. The OK, despite the develop
ment theory, never beheld a sunset. 1t is this
capacity for receiving happiness through pure sen
sations, that prevents the good things of life from
being selfishly appropriated, BY one of those ire
pealabe clauses Of the law of compensation. which
in a measure rights the mis- adjustments of the
world the best gifts of God and nature remain free
to those who can enjoy them. The season ticket
holders often find their sensitiveness and zcst
gone, and as the years go on they add continually
to the list of things that money cannot buy nor
opportunity furnish. Golden Rule.
At Marion, Mass, the other day, Miss
Lucy NJ. Nye was welded to Hiram Nye.