West-Jersey pioneer., 1877-08-09
FOOD FOR REFLECTION.


Shall surely reach the dawn.
FOOD FOR REFLECTION.
Occupation is the necessary basis of en-
joyment.
No thoroughly occupied man was ever
yet miserable.
Without the rich heart, wealth is an
ugly beggar.
Truth, like roses, often blossoms upon a
thorny stem.
We have more Incidence in the mind
than in the body.
Be at peace with all mankind, but at war
with their vices.
Think for yourself-and think much
more than you talk.
The virtues are lost in self interest as
rivers are in the sea.
Never put implicit faith in person who
has once deceived you.
A failure in a good cause is better than
a triumph in a bad one.
The man who never made mistake,
never made discovery.
Pride often builds the nest in which pow
erty matches out it's sorrows.
A good heart, good nature and good
health, are the peerless three.
All good theories are made corrupt by
passing through defective souls.
There is no joy like that which springs
from kind act or pleasant word.
Two things inspire us with awe-the
starry heavens above, and the human soul
within.
Watch for opportunities of usefulness.
Every day brings them, and once gone, they
are gone forever.
He that has no resources of mind is more
to be pitied than he who is in want of nee
essaries for the body.
A wise man may be pinched with power.
ty; but only a fool will let himself be
pinched by tight shoes.
The man who has never examined his
own heart, is the only one who can believe
himself free from envy.
Aman that astonishes at first, soon makes
people impatient if he does not continue in
the same enlivening key.
He that blows the Goals in quarrels he
has nothing to do with, has no right to
complain if the sparks fly in his face.
Life is hardly respectable if it has no gen
erous task, no duties or affections that con-
stitute necessity of existing. Every man IS
task is his life-preserver.
Real foresight consists in reserving our
own forces. If we labor with anxiety about
the future, we destroy that strength which
will enable us to meet that same future.
Proportion thy charity to the strength of
thy estate, lest God proportion thy estate
to the weakness of thy charity; let the lips
of the poor be the trumpet of thy gift, lest,
in seeking applause, thou lose thy reward;
nothing is more pleasing to God than an
open hand, and close mouth. r.
Many a man, raised from poverty and OBJ
security, to wealth and honor, can trace his
rise to civility; it is sure to reproduce itself
in others, and he who is always polite, will
be sure to get at least, as much as he gives.
We believe it was Macauley who defined
politeness as benevolence in small things.
The French, who are nothing unless satiri-
cal, declare politeness to be the zero of
friendships thermometer.
Eternity is solemn word and a solemn
world. The soul of man shrinks with dis
may and dread from entering that mysteri-
GUS abode of spirits. And yet all are on
their way to eternity, and must soon enter
it, and enter it alone. But how little think
the gay and pleasure loving, who tread so
near its dark shores, how soon they must
launch away on that untried ocean!
When God lays a new born babe in the
arms of a welded pair, he says, "Take this
child and nurse it for me, and will give
you your wages" The reply of Christian
gratitude and faith should be, 80 God! Thou
hast put Thy noblest work into our hands,
We accept the precious trust. We will try
to stamp on this heart the impress of a god
ly example. We will shelter this life under
Thy mercy seat. We will bear with it as
Thou Dearest with us. Wewill be truthful
that it may not learn falsehood. We will
nurse this soul in infancy with the sincere
milk of love, that in after years it may bear
strong meat for service of God and right
eousness. o God, make our lives in harmo-
ny with Thee, that this life may reflect Thy
image in rejecting oursv' v'-Reo. T. L. Cuy1er.
have no faith in that woman who talks
of grace and glory abroad, and uses no soap
at home. Let the buttons be on the shirts,
let the children's socks be mended, let the
roast mutton be done to turn, let the house
be as neat as a new pin, and the home be
as happy as home can be; and then, when
the cannon balls, and marbles, and shots,
and even the grains of sand, are all in the
box, even then there will be room for those
little deeds of love and faith which, in my
Masters name, seek Of you who love His
appearing. Serve God by doing common
actions in heavenly spirit, and then, il
your daily calling only leaves you cracks
and crevices of time, fill these up with holy
service. To use the apostles words, "As
we have opportunity, let us do good unto
all men. ."-Spurgeon.