Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-09

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>-idieness is the stupidity Of the
body, and stupidity II the idlcness OF
the mind.
Why are chickens necks like door
bells? Because they are often wrung
for company.
There's nothing kills man as
roon as having nobody TO find fault
with but himself
When a physician deserts bis pro-
iessiOn for the pulpit the inference Is
that he can preach better than he can
practice.
They went fishing. She looked
langudly at him and said 81 wish
the fish would bite at your hook il |
was fish would
Boys that have been properly
reared are men, in point OF usefulness,
ut s,xtcen while those that have been
brought up in idle habits are nuisances
ut twenty-one.
Justice is the great but simple
principle, and the whole secret 6; sue.
cess, in all government-as absolutely
essential 10 the training Of an infant as
TO .he control of mighty nation.
Many who find the day too long,
think life too short but short as life
is, some find il long enough 10 outlive
their characters, their constitutions and
their estates
We protract the career of time by
employment we lengtben the duration
OF our lives By wise thoughts and use
ful actions. Life TO him who wishes
not TO have lived in vain is thought
and action.
1t is said that dog on wrecked
vessel did not shew any solicitude about
getting place in any of the boats in
which the passengers escaped. That
was probably because he had bark
of his own.
=" am told" said a gentleman to
his friend, "that Ned has married the
girl that discarded him." "0h am
so glad | am delighted ! But, no
why should be ? The poor fellow
never did me any harm
One day Jcrrold was asked about
the talent OF young painter, when his
companion declared that the youth was
mediocre. "The very worst ochre an
artist can set to work WITH" was the
quiet reply.
Rich indeed must be the portion
that includes death in its treasures
not as bar TO keep us out, but as
bridge by which we pass over and
possess our Inheritance. Thus the Ger.
lainiy of heaven. Both worlds are
provided for.
Deceit and falsehood, whatever
eonvenicnces they may for time
promise or produce, are in the sum Of
life, obstacles to happiness. Those who
profit by the cheat distrust the deceiv-
er, aud the act by which kindness was
sought puts an end TO confidence.
The last, best fruit which comes
TO late perfection, even in the kIndliest
soul, is tenderness toward the hard,
iorbcarance towards the unforbearing,
warmth OF heart towads the cold, phil.
anthropy towards the misanthropic
TO diminish envy let us not con.
slider what others possess, but what
they enjoy mere riches may be the
gift of lucky accident or blind chance,
but happiness must be the result OF
prudent preference and rational design.
The intellectual is sort OF rival
to the emotional and when
church gives greater emphasis to the
former, and affords little or no eDcour.
agement to the latter, signs of languor
and inertia soon manifest themselves,
and respectable dullness before long
merges into decent debility"
The modest department of really
wise men, when contrasted with the
assuming air of the young and ignor-
ant, may be compared to the different
appearances OF wheat, which, while its
ear is empty, holds up It's head proudly,
but as soon as 1t is filled with grain,
bends modestly down, and wlthdraws
from observation.
Arc vou No, surnr;sed IN t;nd bow
,ndependent Of money neace of CON.
science is, and how much happiness
can be condensed in the humblest
homo ? A cottage will not hold the
bulky furniture and sumptuous accom-.
dations of a mansion but if God be
there cottage will hold as much hap
piness as might stock q palace. 9I
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saa Mn wi,hon, sin ro,i,d hare LA
s,iIl n reliyion but win sin rsl;,,;on
becomes a sen,,man, G,ll q, al,arnas;ng
r,ar and Lana Chr;s,;an;,, ;s ,ha Ioy
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their rather
Truly Christian lives are ever
beautiful They may not always be
sublime, and piided with sunlight. as
we generally regard these terms. and
yet in another sense they are sublime.
The greatest sermon that was ever
preached, is life ever the same, from
day to day Such life clearly proves
the fact that religion is principle and
not u transilory CLEAN of sunlight that
gilds for little time the path of life.
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