The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-08-15
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.


In itself. Sunshine doeC not have more
marked effect on all around.
lfyou begin by apologizing for what
cannot be defended, you will end by
defending what cannot be apologized
for.
Satan's promises are like the meat
that fowlers set before birds, which is
not meant TO feed them, but TO take
them.
1t is doubtful II man could, by any
possibility, do his noblest or think his
deepest, without a preparation of suf-
fering.
| esteem greatly the ignorance of
man who believes and cOnfesses his
knowledge to be confined to what he
knows.
1T is far from being one of the best
features Of human nature, that, while
we love those whom we have benefited,
we often hate those who have benefited
us,
The unknown Is an ocean, and con-
science is the compass of the unknown;
thought, meditation and prayer are the
great mysterious pointings Of the nee
die.
Few men know the force of habit. A
cobweb-a thread-a twine-a rOpe-a
cable. Venture not upon the first; the
last is nearly past human effort TO sun
der.
The best application for the improve
ment of the countenance is a mixture
in equal parts of serenity and cheerful
ness. AnOlnt the face morning, noon
and night.
Whenever you commend, add your
reasons for doing so; it is this which
distinguishes the appreciation of a man
of sense from the flattery of sycophants
and admiration of fools.
Man is only weak by the dspropor-
tion there is between what he can and
what he is willing to do; the only way
he has TO increase his strength is to re-
trench many of his desires.
A Chinese proverb says, "Great souls
have strong wills; others only feeble
wishes" The prOverb might have added
that good health makes the will strong,
while feeble bodies weaken it.
The sweetest life is to be ever making
sacrifices for Christ; the hardest life a
man can lead on earth, and the most
full of misery, is to be always doing
his own will, and seeking to please
himself.
Religion, like all other wholesome
growths, loves the sunlight and the air,
if we keep 1t In our cellars 1t will
WI hnr in alo tnl lu
and coloress shoot, that will bear DO
healthy fruit.
The law imprinted on the hearts of
all men is to love the members OF so.
ciety as themselves. The eternal, uni
versal, Interchangeable law of all beings
is to seek the good of one another, like
children of the same Father.
AS folly on the one side, though 1t
should enjoy all 1t can desire, would,
Notwithstanding, never be content; 50,
on the other, wisdom ever acquiesces
with the present, and is never dIssatis-
fled with its immediate conditions.
The friend who pardons a wrong, ac-
quires a superiority that wounds the
seli-love OF the pardoned man, and how
ever much the latter may admire the
generosity of the giver, he can love as
he had previously done-no more.
If you are wise man you will treat
the world as the moon treats it. Show
it only one side of yourself, seldom show
yourself too much at time, and let
what you do show be calm, cool and
polished. But look at every side of the
world.
Kind words and smiles, and genial
greetings and good wishes, are seeds
that thrive and bear fruit, each after
its own kind. Cheerfulness is like the
Widows measure Of meal-the more
spent the more remains, and both the
receiver and giver are enriched.
IL is astonishing how much one with
out money may give. A kind word,
helping hand-the warm sympathy that
rejOices with those who weep. No man
or woman is so poor as not to be able to
contribute largely to the happiness of
those about them.
We have nothing of our own but our
will all the rest is no. ours. Sickness
deprives us of health and life; riches
are taken away from us by violence;
the talents Of the mind depend upon the
disposition of the body; the only thing
that Is truly our own is our will.
The goodness which struggles and
battles, and goes down deep and scars
high, is the stuff of which heroism is
made, by which the world is salted and
kept pure. 1t is the seed whicn bears
fruit in martyrs, and makes men nobler
than their nature-the demi-gods and
the prophets of better time.
We have but the trials that are Incl
dent to humanity; there is nothing pc
culiar in our case, and we must take up
our burdens in faith of heart that, IL we
are earnest and tritle not with tempta-
ton, God will support us, as In the vast
fidelity of his providence, he has sup
ported others rs heavily laden as our
selves.
Guilt, though 1t may attain temporal
splendor, can never confer real happi-
ness; the evil consequences of our
crimes long survive their commissions,
and, like the ghost Of the murdered,
forever haunt the steps OF the malefac-
TOR; while the paths Of virtue, though
seldom those of worldly greatness, are
always those of pleasantness aud peace.
individuals are not overlooked or for
gotten in the multitude. Individual
IL noticed. Individual piety
Is rewarded. Jeremiah was not lost In
The midst of corrupt age. Daniel and
his friends we're remembered in their
captivity and raised to great honor. In
4 world Of transgressors one faithful
friend of God will not be forgotten,
though he be the humblest of all.
Give us the country for true happi-
ness, true men and true women. No
no false pride, no hypoc-
rlsy, pure air, pure vegetables, pure
water, pure milk and, in short, every
hing that is calculated to make one
,annv mud contanted can be found