The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-04-11
FOOD FOR THOUGHT,

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easily loves, also easily forgets.
Let not the emphasis of hospitality
lie In bed and board, but let truth, love,
honor. and courtesy flow In our deeds.
Do right and fear no one; thou mayst
be sure that, with all thy consideration
for the world, thou wilt never satisfy
the world.
} There are some who would sacrifice A
stout heart to a stubborn will, and
would rather die martyrs for sin than
servants TO truth.
Time has laid Its hand upon my heart
gently, not shifting it; but as a harper
lays his open palm upon his harp, TO
deaden its vibrations.
The man who looks wise and does
foolish things is even reckoned more
sensible than he who looks a fool, but
acts like man of wit.
We never know the true value of
friends. While they live we are too
sensitive TO their faults; when we have
lost them we only see their virtues.
God gave you that gifted tongue of
yours and set 1t between your teeth 20
make known your true meaning to us,
not to be ratified like muffin mans
bell.
Precept and example, like the blades
OF pair OF scissors, are admirably
adapted to their end when conjoined;
separated they lose the greater portion
of their utility.
The happiness of your life depends
upon the quality of your thoughts;
therefore guard accordingly and take
care that you entertain no notions un-
suitable to virtue.
Before we allow ourselves to find
fault with any person behind his back.
we should ask ourselves these three
questions: l. Is IL truep 2. Is it kindP
3. Is 1t necessaryP
Let us never forget that every station
in life is necessary; that each deserves
our respect; that not the station itself.
but the worthy fulflment of its duties,
does honor TO the man.
Laz mess grows on people. 1t begins
In cobwebs, and ends in iron chains.
1he more business man has, the more
he is able to accomplish, for he learns
to economize his time.
We often speak of being settled i'm
lie; we may as well think of casting
anchor in the midst of the Atlantic
Ocean, or talk of the permanent situa-
tlon OF stone that is rolling down
hill.
Those men who understand the value
OF woman's advice have learned a
valuable lesson. 1t is a wondrous ad-
vantage to men In every pursuit or vo-
cation to secure an adviser in a sensible
woman.
You cannot be buried in obscurity.
you are exposed upon grand theatre
to the view of the world. If your ac-
tlons are upright and benevolent, be
assured they will augment your power
and happiness.
Do little helpful things. and sneak
helpful words whenever you can. They
are better than pearls and diamonds to
strew along the roadside of life. They
VIII yield far more valuable harvest,
as you will find after many days.
The human heart is like milestone
in mill; when you put wheat under
IL, IL turns and grinds and bruises the
wheat into flour; if you put no wheat
In, 1t still grinds on, but then it is
itself it grinds and slowly wears away.
A cheerful wife makes happy home
because the emotion is contagious, and
almost unconsciously the household is
happy In response, because every mem
Der of the family is cheered by the
genial influence of the wife and mother,
Old age is lease nature signs only
as a particular favor, and it may be, to
one only In the space of two or three
ages, and then, with pass to boot, to
carry him through all the reverses she
has strewn in the way of his long ca
reer.
81 am missionary In my nursery"
once observed Christian mother. six
pairs of little eyes are daily watching
mammals looks as well as listening to
her words. and | wish my children
never to see in me that which they may
not initiate"
If you have feeling of hate or re-
venge, subject 1t to severe process of
mental chemistry examine into its ma
ture, Its uses, its philosophy, and before
you have finished the scrutiny, it will
probably vanish like volatile essence
into the air.
Always say kind word If you can,
If only that 1t may come In, perhaps,
with singular opportuneness, entering
some mournful mans darkened room
like beautiful FREELY, whose happy
circumvolutions he cannot but watch,
forgetting his many troubles.
Hobbies should be wives not mis-
tra uyill 10 70 hau
than one at time. One hobby leads
you out of extravaganza a team of hob.
bies you cannot drive till you are rioh
enough to find corn for them all. Few
men are rich enough for that.
AS amber attracts straw, so does
beauty attract admiration, which only
lasts while the warmth continues; but
virtue, wisdom, goodness, and real
worth, like stone, never lose their
power. These are the true graces,
which are linked and tied hand in hand,
because 1t Is by their influence that
human hearts are SO firmly united to
each other.
Here and there may be found man
strong enough to breast the stream of
bad circumstances into which he has
fallen. But very few can do 1t, espe-
cially after they have once begun to
float downward. The only help for
them lies in pulling them clean out,
and, moreover, what's more important
still, in launching upon new stream
Of external influences flowing the oppo-
site way.
The brave only know how to forgive;
It Is the most refined and generous
pitch of virtue human nature can arrive
1t. Cowards have done good and kind
lctions-cowards have fought, nay even
buta coward never forgave.
It is not In his nature; the power of