The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-09-19
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

seem tempered, God gives the shorn
lamb little extra courage to bear 1t.
Conversation ought TO be mental mu-
sic, In which diversity Of thoughts In
the unity of humanity makes harmony
Tor the soul.
Habits of meekness, gentleness and
charity, deep, pure and enduring. must
be begun here, that they may be COM
pleted in heaven.
Ii isa great responsibility 10 preach
the Gospel; but he assumes greater
one who refuses TO preach when God
calls him TO the work.
Is 1t just to forget all the Kindness
done us by those with when we live for
little pain, which, after all, may have
been given unintentionally?
What dreadful condemnation awaits
those who, instead of being doers of the
law, set themselves up for judges, with
a biased and censorious spirit.
A virtuous mind in fair body is in
deed fine picture in a good light, and
therefore II Is no wonder that IL makes
the beautiful sex ali over charms.
know great many persons who
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who had much better make it their
business to hear for a while longer.
To the disgrace of men it is seen that
there are women both more wise to
judge what is expected and more con-
stant to bear it when it does happen.
Polished steel will not shine in the
dark; no more can human reason, how
ever refined and cultivated, shine effi-
caciOusly but as it reflects the light OF
divine truth from heaven.
1t should cheer the steps of the SER
want of Jesus Christ as he journeys, to
know that even in darkness his guide is
still with him, and that guide is the
King of the country through which he
is travelling.
tits easy in the world to live after the
worlds opinion; it is easy in solitude
live after your own; but the great man
is he who, In the midst of the crowd,
keeps with perfect sweetness the inde-
pendence of solitude.
You will confer the greatest benefits
on your city, not by raising its roofs,
but by exalting its souls. For 1t is bet
ter that great souls should live In small
habitatlons than that abject slaves
should burrOw in great houses.
Our motives are never quite so good
as we think, and never quite so bad as
our enemies suppose. Our best is in
woven with evil, and our worst, let us
hope, has some strands of good. Only
God can unravel the perplexity.
A tree will not only lie as it falls, but
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question every one should bring home
to himself is this: "What Is the incli-
nation of my soulp Does it, with all
its affections, lean towards God or away
from him2"
1t is they who glorify who shall enjoy
him; they who deny themselves, who
shall not be denied; they who labor on
earth who shall rest in heaven; they
who bear the cross, who shall wear the
crown; they who seek to bless others,
who shall be blessed.
He who climbs above the cares of the
world and turns his face to his God, has
found the sunny side of life. The
worlds side of the hill is chill and
freezing to spiritual mind, but the
Lords presence gives warmth of joy
which turns winter into summer.
In matters worldly, the more occupa.
tions and duties man has, the more
certain is he Of doing all imperfectly.
In the things of God this is reversed.
The more duties you perform, the more
you are fitted for doing others; what
you lose in time you gain in strength.
When you speak evil Of another you
must be prepared to have others speak
evil of you. There is an old Buddhist
proverb which says: "He who INDUCES
in eLmity is like one who throws ashes
TO the windward, which comes back to
the same place and covers him all
over"
Nothing is more fatal to happiness or
virtue than the confidence which flat
ters us with an opinion of our own
strength, and by assuring us of the
power of retreat, precipitates us into
hazard. TO every man there Is point
fixed, beyond which if he passes he will
not easily return.
People make great mistake about
heaven, They think it begins up yon-
der, but 1t really begins down here. If
you can be happy In the basement story
you are fitted to enjoy the happiness of
the upper stories. But If you whine
and moan here, heaven itself cannot
change your mood.
What better is the Christian who gets
no personal communion and help from
his Father than the heather who has no
God2 If it be answered, better In know
ledge and possible access to God In
need; 1t must be added, worse in the
responsibility that cor es from oppor-
tunity unimproved, ( Al known duty
not done.
The great worriers of life are the So
called "litte things" which are from
day to day left unadjusted, till they
fasten their victims like net. The
men who die of "overwork" are not so
much destroyed by their great useful
labors as by the vexatious trilles which
accumulate till they produce chronic
fever and unrest.
We assert the true principle to be,
snake war upon all sin, of every shade
or degree" In Gods sight no sins are
small. What seems to US small sins
may be freighted, nevertheless, with
awful consequences to individuals and
And In any work of re-
form urgreat aim should be to quicken,
not to deaden conscience.
The motives OF the best actions will
not bear too strict an inquiry. 1t Is al
lowed that the causes OF most actions,
good or bad, may be resolved into the
love of ourselves; but the self-love Of
some men inclines them to please others,
and the self-love is wholly employed In
pleasing ourselves. This makes the
great distinction between virtue and
vice.
The present century has witnessed
The most acute and persistent attacks to