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

wants Dy topping on our desires Is like
cutting of our feet when we want
shoes.
The spirit Of pity is the spirit OF
genuine courtesy. ltprompts man to
be urgent In his proffer Of kindness to
others.
In science as In life, every man,
strong or weak, carries his burden but
little way, and then gives place to 4
younger.
The blessing OF house is piety. The
honor Of house Is hospitality. The
ornament of a house Is cleanliness,
The happiness Of house Is content
ment.
Wemust calculate not on the weather,
nor on fortune, but upon God and our
selves. He may fail us In the grati6ca-
tion OF our wishes, but never Ia the en-
counter with our exigencies.
No matter how pious men are, the
moment they place policy before prln-
clple they become incapable of doing
right, and are transformed into the
most odious tools Of despotlsm.
We find 10 friendship the assurance
OF good advice, emulation OF good ex.
ample, participation in sorrow, help In
time Of need, and all without being
sought, waited for, or purchased.
l would rather dwell in the dim fog
Of superstition than in air raritied to
nothing by the air pump of unbelief,
In which The painting breast expires,
yainly and cOnvulsively gasplng Tor
breath.
Duties are ours, events Gods. This
removes an Infinite burden from the
shoulders Of miserable, tempted,
dying creature; on this consideration
he can securely lay down his head and
close his eyes.
' II you would be exempt from uneasi-
ness, do nothing which you know or
suspect is wrong; and II you wish to
enjoy The purest pleasure, always do
nything in your power which you
know is right.
Sing Of the nature OF q woman, and
ihen the song shall be surely full OF
variety, old crotchets and most sweet
closes. Ii shall be humorous, grave,
fantastic, ,amorous, melancholy, spright-
ly, one In all and all in one.
Mary true heart that would have
come back like the dove 10 the ark,
after the first transgresslon, has been
frightened beyond recall by the angry
look and menacing taunt-the savage
charity OF an uniorgiving soul.
In respect TO daily worship, we
modern Christians seem TO be less de-
vout than the ancient heather or Mo-
hammedans. Hajji Babi sums up the
difference between the Englishman and
Persian by saying, ave Persians pray
seven times n day, and they-nevsr."
No trait of character is more valuable
than the possession Of q good temper;
home can never be made happy without
II. IL is like flowers springIng up la
our pathway reviving aud cheering us.
Kind words and looks are the outward
demonstrations; patience and forbear-
ance are the sentiments within.
Entireness and illimitableness Is In
dispensable to faith. What we believe
we must believe wholly and without
reserve; wherefore the only perfect and
satisfying object Of faith 1, God. A
faith that sets bounds to itself, that
will trust this far and no farther is
none. 1t Is only doubt taking a nap in
an elbow chair.
And SO, one step higher, man comes
into the realm of sentiment and will.
He sees the grandeur OF justice, the VIC
tory OF love, the eternity that belongs to
all moral nature. He does not then Ia.
vent his sentiment or his act, but obeys
a pre-existiEg right which he sees. We
arrive az virtue by taking its direction
of imposing ours.
Thousands of good people never half
enjoy even enjoyable homes, because
they are always looking ahead, and
never learn the beauty and value OF to.
day. They 90 through life expecting
enjoyment by and by, but without the
art to take 1t as 1t comes. They learn
too late that they passed happiness on
the road without recognizing her.
: There must be all sorts OF lights on
the shores Of time; there must be the
moonlight radiance that never hickers
or goes out; the great glow OF the
noontide sun, the twinkle Of the stars,
and the erratic shoot of the signal 1re.
They shall differ one from another 10
glory, but each shall have its appointed
work, and do 1t well nor can one do tho
work Of another.
Liberallty, courtesy, benevolence
under all circumstances,
and toward all mcn-these qualities are
to the world what the linchpin Is to
the rolling chariot. And, when these
qualities are wanting, neither father
ANh
support from son. And because wise
men foster these qualities, therefore do
they prosper and receive praise.
The past may be compared 10 a great,
pyramid, TO which each
has added layer or stratum,
and from the top Of which each genera.
ton, as 1t emerges into the light Of the
present, may see further than its prede-
cessor. Education is In every age more
difficult than In the preceding. But the
reward increases In exact proportion to
the labor; the higher the pyramid to be
ascended, the wider the prospect to be
obtained.
The love of solitude. when cultivated
In the morn Of life, elevates the mind
to noble independence, but to acquire
the advantages which solitude Is capa-
BILE of a1ording, the mind must not be
to 1t by melancholy and dis.
content, but by dlstaste Tor the Idle
pleasures OF the world, a rational con-
tempt for the deceitiul joys of life, and
Just apprehensions of being corrupted
and seduced by it's insinuatiDg and de-
structive gayetles.
The oak in the middle OF the forest,
II surrounded on every side by trees
that shelter and shade 1t, runs up tall
and slckly; put 1t away from its protec-
tors, and the first blast will overturn
1t. But the same tree, growing In the
open field, where 1t Is continually beat