Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-07-31
MUCH IN LITTLE
II requires greater virtue to sustain

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II is not so dangerous to do evil 10
most men as TO do them too much good.
- Misfortune does not always wait on
vice, nor is success the constant guest
Of virtue.
Advice TO parcnts-when your boy
cries for stick of candy, just take q
stick to him.
In the adversely of our best friends
We always find something that does
p not displease us.
The surest way Of being deceived is
: to think yourself more clever and more
I cunning than anybody else.
Philosophy tnumphs easily over past
evils and those TO come, but present
evils triumph over philosophy.
> The evil which we do does not draw
upon us so many prosecutions and 80
much hatred as our good qualities.
Old men delight in uttering good
precepts--to console themselves for be-
ing no longer in condition to set bad
examples.
A vain man can never be altogether
rude. DESTROYS as he is of pleasing, he
fashions his manners after those of
others,
a great many men--somc compare
lively small men now-when put into
positions, would be Luthcrs and Colnm-
buses.
"My landlady," remarked man,
''makes her tea so strong that il breaks
the cup" "And mine" said another,
"makes hers so weak II can't run out
of the pot"
In case of hydrophobia the doctors
say cauterize the wound. But we
know of young man bitten by love
who caught her eyes, and it made him
q great deal worse.
Speaking of the sentiment, "She who
rocks the cradle rules the world" a
Milwaukee journal says; ain this place
she is generally colored girl, and we
uOn DeleVe worn OF H.
The model husband lives in Phila-
delphia. He never allows his wife to
do more than half the work She puts
up the canned fruit in the Summer. and
he puts il down in the Winter.
Extinguish vanity in the mind, and
you naturally retrench the little super
huities of garniture and equipage. The
blossoms will fall of themselves when
the root that nourlshes them is de-
stroyed.
Those can most easily dispense with
society who are the most calculated to
adorn it they only are dependent on
it who possess no mental resources, for
though they bring nothing TO the gen.
eral mart, like beggars, they are too
poor to stay at home.
The distinguished Rowland Hill has
said, eve can do more good by be-
ling good than in any other way" Let
us remember this. 1t is not genius
that we most need, nor intellectual
mastership, nor skill in the use Of ap-
paratus, nor tact in communicating
truth These we must not despise.
There is little danger of our doing So
But the Bible-teacher's one great, deep
imperative, indispensable need is
character.
In the church we teach; but teach
ing is the imparting of ideas-that is
all. Training is reducing ideas to hab-
il. Teaching is giving knowledge into
character. And training takes place
in lite outside OF the church. In other
words, those very influences in society
which are generally considered as be.
ing inconsistent with the maintenance
OF a Christian life are the very means
which God has set in the world for the
promotion of Christian life.
A black cloud makes the traveller
mend his pace and mind his home
whereas fair day and pleasant way
wastes his time, and that stealeth the
country. However others may think
of it, yet take it as a mercy that now
and then some clouds come between
me and my sun, and many times some
troubles do conceal my comforts for
perceive should find too much friend
ship in any inn in my pilgrimage !
should soon forget my Fathers house
and my heritage.
The wisest and the tenderest of men
are continually making blunders in
their relations with women especial
ly il they are so fortunate as to occu-
py in any sense position involving
relation TO two women at once. The
relation may be ever so rigbtful and
honest to each woman the women
may be good women, and in their right
places but tho man will find himself
perpetualey getting into the most un-
expected hot water, as man could tes-
tify pathetically, if he were called upon.
1t is pity for a good man TO be
witty, for so many people think he can
be nothing else. With owl-like wisdom,
thus they soliloquize "a good man no
doubt, yet how much better he would
be if he would suppress his wit. II he
would only groan a little more, and
smile great deal less. All well
trouble will come TO him before he dies
at least we hope so-and then he
will find that life is very solemn thing.
1t behoovcs us to do our work upon this
mundane sphere with subdued and
chastened spirit"