The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-23
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

tue Dcsl Ol lneul. mat Is the only true
and practical philosophy.
No life can be pure In its purpose and
strong In its strife, and all life not be
purer and stronger thereby.
When men grow virtuous In their old
age, they are merely making a sacrifice
to God of the DEVILS leavings.
The voice of conscience is SO delicate
that II Is easy TO stifle it, but it is also
SO clear that 1t is impossible to mistake
it.
He who has no taste for order will be
often wrong in his judgment, and sell
dom considerate or Conscientious Ia his
action.
Make no man your idol, for the best
man must have faults; and his faults
willinsensibly become yours in addition
to your own.
Angelic natures never deride, or there
were derision in heaven at the sight OF
the discord between mems perception
and practice.
when man has nothing In the world
10 lose, he is then in the best condition
to sacrifice for the public good every
thing that is his.
Never respect men merely for their
riches, Dut rather for their philan
thropy; we dOh't value the sun for its
height, but for its use.
There is no burden that the Christian
can have but the burden-bear can en-
able him to rise beneath it, and walk
happily with God under it.
The virtue of patience bears such a
preponderance in the things of God
that we can neither fulfil any precept
nor do any acceptable work without il.
A more glorious victory cannot be
gained over another ma. than this.
than when the injury begins on his
part, the kindness should begin on
ours.
III you wish success in life make per-
severance your bosom friend experience
your wise counsellor, caution vour
elder brother, and hope your guardian
genius.
1t requires great deal of badness
and great deal Of caution to make a
great fortune, and when you have rot
lt, 1t requires ten times as much wit TO
keep it.
Nothing is so greaGan instance of
III manners as flattery. If you flatter
all the company you please none: If
you only Halter one or two, you offend
the rest.
Ihe mind Is nOurished at chean
rate. Neither cold, nor heat. nor are
itself can Interrupt this exercise. Give
therefore, all you can to possession
winch ameliorates even in its old age.
Success in any calling is the result of
a man s love OF and belief in the work
ne mas undertaken. Earnest and con-
sclentious labor often accomplishes
more In the end than brilliant genius.
IL Is difficult to say what constitutes
the beanty of woman. The Sandwich
Islanders estimate women nv their
weight. The Chinese require them TO
have detormed feet and black teeth. A
girl must be tattooed sky blue and wear
noSe-rlng to satisfy South Sea
islander. African princes require
Gnelr brides to have their teeth filed
ike those OF saw. And thus goes the
world, the criterion oil beauty differing
according to latitude and longitude.
AN OLD general, after dreadful de-
ieaC' called together his staff, and in
qulred ABOUT the condition of his troops.
lie was Informed that they were suffer-
ing from nothing but want of heart.
Ihey mad food, but would not bulld
nres to cook it-had all they needed.
out had no heart for the hour, The
general replied, "Unless they conld fiji
thelr minds with hope, all is indeed
lost' Those words might be repeated
aiong g the paths of mankind, for, unless
the heart De kept full of happy antici-
patton, all is already in sad decline.
regard the dignities of kings and
princes as the notes in the sunbeam:
tne value of gold and Jewels as that of
a broken platter; dresses of the finest
silks regard as the scraps of silk given
as presents. l regard the collective
chlllocosm as the letter GA" The dir.
terent expedients In religious practice
regard as a mere raft to carry over
the treasure. / regard the state of ner.
feet mental equilibrium as the trna
standing ground, and all the yarious
forms OF apparitional existence as the
seasons.
Clean hands in matters of monav
among the young certainly ought to he
the Indispensable condition of gentle,
manliness. No man who borrows and
does not pay, and does not care whethor
ne pays or not, Is gentleman. no mat
Ter now witty, or gay, or fine he NAV
DC. 10 speak In good plain English.
the man who dresses himseif Of
another's expense, not knowing how to
pay, not caring whether he paws or not
Is genteel scoundrel! And vet such
Things are done by goOd-natured folks.
Dy klnd-hearted people, by persons who
never probe them morally to ascertain
lead to. "V ''''S
A proper and judicious system Of
reading Is OF the highest Importance.
TWO things are necessary in parusirg
the mental labors of others, namely
not TO read too much, and to pay atten-
Ion 10 the nature of what you do read.
many persons peruse books for the ex-
pressed and avowed purpose of con-
suming time; and this class of readers
forms by far the majority of what is
termed the reading public" Others,
again, read with the laudable anxiety
OF Oeing made wiser; and when this
OBJECT is not attained the disappoint-
ment may generally be attributed either
to the habit Of reading too much. or or
paying insufficient attention TO what
falls upon their notice.
Once after DR.. Stonehouse had
nnishtd preaching, Garrick, the actor.
TOOK him to task for scampering out of
the pulpit so hastily. He said "Notb-
ing can be more indecent than to see
clergyman set about sacred service as if
ne were tradesman and wanted to get
through as soon as possible. Bnt what
books might those be which you had be.
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