The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-21
CHAT BY THE WAY.


In the familiar song, beginning
saw de beam IN my brother's eye,
Can't de beam NINE
1t faith that keeps the world on the upward path
The man who begins by doubling everything Is apt
to emo by doing nothing.
sour looks make tho time seem long; but when the
heart is cheerful the hours only notes In merry
piece OF muslc which leave pleasant behind
they trip away.
A guilty conscience makes you feel that every man
you has just oarued your secret and 10 looking
al you with scorniul curiosity.
Although say Of certain persons that their word
IS as good bond, sti naturally prefer the
bond, and feel happy II good Endorsement Is added
SO do words and acts agree
Deathbed repentance Us like those sailors who throw
their valuablcs overheard a storm. Tney wouldn't
do II If they could help H. and sorry That they
must
1t makes very little difference what dialect truth
II told IN; Il has It's weight. The Teut0nic brain
thinks in parallel lines with the gray matter OF the
American brain, II wo may judge by thcse verscs:-
How wish do, lectle Shonny-
Shonny SCHWARTZ
Could remain Won icede poy,
Always Iuii OF lie und shoy
Und DOT Time would not annoy
Shonny Schwartzl
Meier mindt mine leedic shonny-
Shonny Schwartz
Etry day prings someding new;
Always keep dor rIghdl III view,
And paddle, deu, your own canoe,
Sh0nny schwartz
II indicated want Of education in natural history,
but It was certainly very funny whom the young lady
wrote the country 10 say that the cows were all
In the habit Of chewing gum. She had watched lhom,
after their days pasturne, lying down IN tho barn
yard with their jaws IN constant motion. and very
naturally jumped to a conclusion.
Our religion Is greatly like that oil tho Mcthodist
minister, who on being insulted beyond endurance,
qa,cty took oil his coat and white necktic, and cx
claiming. tsfhcre, Meth6dism, just Ito there Tor two
minutes proceeded to u display OF muscular
tivlty which have surprised his opponent
There IL a vast deal Of religion winch is laid aside
for great emergencies and put again when the Pc
cuiiar experience over. and very little OF that kind
which makos a smilo when other people would
be hunting round Tor set OF adJustcrs, Tor which,
there secms TO BIO INN ediato unjust demand.
Tho darky's philosophy OF prayer may not entirely
cover the case, but It Is very pertinent to certain
part OF t. lilo says:-.Jcst artcr DC war; wen It
mighty hard gittn' along TO- do culiud breddren,
'bsarved dat wencbber prayed de Lord to SEN one
OBJ Marse fcytons fat turkeys TO- dc old man, dero
no notiss Of dat partition but wen prayed
dat He would send ole man TO- do turkey, do
matter was tended bcio' up next mornin' for
sartn."
Tners lisa very sensible provcro to this eGect:-"A
man has gone law for tho sake Of justice
vensc. and ioand when toofatc, that tho only per-
son who was perfectly satisfied with the result
the attorney.
This old epitaph Is reproduced with singular rcgu-
larity. II shows how long lived really good thing
ID, and how wiling the world remember truth
when well put
Our life is but a summer day,
Some only breakfast and away;
Otbcrs dinner stay,
And arc iuli led.
The oldest man but sups.
Large Is mis- debt that fingers out the day,
Ito that goes soonest has the least To pay
Ia tho samo way wo keep mind tor generations
those boiled down truths which call proverbs.
They arc chance expressions perhaps, but apropos
that thov become part OF the common language OF
all ciasscs Shakespeare sAid "An that clusters is
not gold" spenscr, In his "Facro Queen" said,
.By hook or crook !" ana Bunyan, In his "Pisrm's
Progress said, ozark as pitch;" ana Smoott said,
"Facts arc stubborn ,hings;'' and swift said, .ha
fellow well metz and Marlowe said, "Love mo n-
tie love mo long !" and Bon Jonson said "Smeli
rst;" and Don Quixoto said, "Honcsty Is tho best
policy" And all thcse pithy sentences have been
picked out OF a vast literature made part OF tho
language OF all classes
Rev. John Jaspers astronomy may DO strictly
biblical but his CHARITY Is not lie seems to BIO over
sum ula tod by the controversy which no has aroused.
brother minister Of color calls in question
his state cnt that tho sun Ho looks with
KIND OF sc0rniui pity his opponent and says, Poor
fellow, he mad betortry ana learn some OF that Scrip
ture that have forgotten" HIS sermons are very
venemcntly delivered. aud abound In passages which
excite hs hearers He nearly drove ms congregation
mad with fright when, In describing hell, he SAID
.'ssmc az q cabbidge a biin pot will do sinner BIO
Tor ebberastin' Ia hell De pot will keep on bn, and
do csbbdgc will Keep on burnin', but ncbbcr burn up
You will all be liko cabbidgc Of you don't repent"
We have good deal OF sympathy with tho poor
woman who bad boon pincnci Dv want oil her days,
anu VINO, seeing the ocean for the nrst time ex.
claimed, swell, I'm glad something that there's
enough OIL"
We are glad to that the Uhiversalsis have set
tied vexed question OF the declared w
OF IS against that the horizon OF eternity vi
DO ,ibcr largely or for long VI ne overcast ~
clouds. rha, matter lxcd do as
please
Folk Adler Ia evidently unhappy. Having no nxed
belief himself he insists that every preacher who pro-
fesses 10 have one Is either duari or hypocrie.
Ho said last sunday that our pupits are nIcd with
narrow biso,s aud shrcwd knaves ana relisious
tramps This, you know, Is tho utterance OF
man who 10 30 isariully tolerant that no do.