Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-06-11
From the New York Herald.
Chat by the Way.

because Cle LOrQ Ola not give you more
than to be grateful for what he did give
you.s
You can put it down as a solemn
truth that If your religion has failed to
sweeten your temper you have the
wrong article.
Life is warfare, in which too many
of the army are to be found under cover
of friendly fence in the rear. We all
want honor, but we reason with Falstaff
and say, whats honor of Thursday
to him who died of a Wednesday The
people who win are those who take the
motto of the Imperial Guard 1.-THE
Old Guard dies, but it never surrenders."
We like that church best which toler-
ates our sins and does not interfere with
our prejudices. We resemble the little
lgirl who wanted to visit her grandma
because ''she made lots of gingersnaps
and always kept them on the lower
shelf"
Religion and money are more closely
related than many people think. If
your religion makes you feel liks giving
your money as well as your sympathy
it is safe to conclude that you have been
thoroughly converted, but if it makes
you feel like giving your sympathy and
y y =
try again.
Don't be satisfied with one good deed
or one victory, but string them together
like so many pearls. one after the other.
A soldier came to Sir Charles Napier
saying, "Sir Charles, we have taken a
standard" He thought his share of the
work all done, but Sir Charles expressed
his appreciation of what had been &C
complished, and then quietly added,
. 'sNow go and take another
"What is holiness?" asked priest,
when examining the children in one OF
}, our ragged schools. A little urchin
spoke better than he knew when he re-
j. piled, please, your reverence, it's to be
clean inside"
These few lines, which Whittier
!. wrote in an album, are like beautifully
cut diamond, whose value it would be
very difficult to estimate -
Our lives are albums, written through
e With good or i'll, with false or true
And as the blessed angels turn
A The pages of our years,
God grant they read the good with smiles
And blot the bad with tears.
Some of the gentlemen who, because
% they have contracted a persistent habi
l. of "bOrrowing," have taken up theil
residence at Sing Sing, are compelled te
d take their morning exercise with bal
ar and chain attached to one of their legs
,r It is suggested that they are making
themselves acquainted with Locke OF
the Understanding.
- There is too much religion in TIL
Il world which resembles that enjoyed by
IL the Spanish soldier, Narvaez. Whel
he Law in the agonies of death the prizes
& came to administer the last rites ant
IS consultations Of the church. The frs
10 question was, "My s3n, dc you forgiv'
your enemies ?" The sick man turnet
toward the priest his languid eyes ant
"a replied, "Father, if die forgive them
!. but if get well let them look out TO-
~ themselves"
Mr.. Johnson, the famous G0l0rel ora
re tor, whose periods have sometimS
l. graced these columns, has again Geliv
of cred himself He is willing to admi
a the truth of the old verse to certain
extent only.
II IT'S very good world that we live In,
n To lend, or to spend, or to give in;
But to beg or to borrow, or to get mans own
In 'Tis the very worst world that ever was known
His views are sometimes slightly
tinged with heresy, but we carefully ex
IS clude these parts of his discourse. ant
20 reproduce those which express undis
g puted truths. He says :-"BreddeH,
lr nab notiss dat some OBJ you talks 'bou
dis yer world like it was vale oh tears
q You pears to be in an orful hurry to gi
q to glory. You is tired of the trubbIe
ID an serrers OBJ dis life of hoe cake an,
ia hominy, and is anxious to play on d.
r harp of tousan' strings Now, bred
dren, all dat will do for 'casiopal Sc
l. sions of protracted prayer meetin', blu
N 1t don't work worth picayune in or
at merry times. ! hab lived long, but m,
Of old eyes nebbcr yet see one OBJ you da
of was willin' to leave dis mis'ble worl
widout long warmth / hah nbsarve,
r. dat wen youse very sick you all takes
70 heaps Of medicine and does yer best Il
10 git we'll. YOuse willin' to die to NOR
II rer cos yer knows well huff dat to NOR
10 rer is mighty uncertain date. 1t is
berry convenient time ter die, cos /. neb
Der comes. Shakspurr tells dc truf
is when he says, It's better to bear d.
l. reumatiz Wat you've got dan fly to an
D odder climate where tings may be
S. sight worse Now let an ole man, VIII,
ct don't git much for preachip', tell yer It
stop dis ebberlastin' whinin', and t
n.y. stay on dis yer earth jes as long as We
N can, fur if yer were called on ter play
h on de angels harps all OBJ suddel
= >. yer'd probably play de wrong tune"