The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-08-22
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

| Ihucy fules over tWO-thlrds OF the
universe, the past and the future, while
reality is confined in the present.
Some there are who gaze intently into
the well of truth, but only in hopes OF
seeing their own image reflected there.
To work out our own contentment we
should labor not so much to increase
our substance as TO moderate our de-
sires.
Faith supplies TO its possessor Jesus
and the fullness there is In him, and
transmutes every conceivable evil into
blessing.
The good things of the saints are not
dispensed out OF the basket of common
providence, but out Of the ark OF the
covenant.
We must not speak all that we know,
that were folly; but what a man says
should be what he thinks, otherwise ii
is knavery.
Men get fond of the very defects of
woman they love-as they do of chocO-
late and tobacco-though horribly un-
palatable at first.
Before paper came into use, letters
were written on wooden tablets made
from Doc or beech wood, and hence is
derived the word book.
AS good almost kill a man as kill
good book; he who kills a man kills
reasonable creature; but he who de-
strOys good book kills reason itself.
When our souls shall leave this dwell
ling, the glory of one fair and virtuous
action Is above all escutcheons on our
tomb or silken banners o'er us.
Man carries under his hat private
theatre, wherein a greater drama is
acted than is ever performed on the
mimic stage, beginning and ending in
eternity.
John Wesley says: sect all you can
without hurting your soul, body or
neighbor; save all you can and give all
you can; being glad to give aud ready
to distribute"
Good sense is the body Of poetic ge-
Mus; fancy, its drapery; motion, its
life; and magnetism, the life, that is
everywhere, forming all into one grace
full aud intelligent whole.
They who are ignorantly devoted to
the mere ceremonies of religion are
fallen into thick darkness; but they are
in still thicker gloom who are solely at
tached to fruitless speculations.
The soul may be compared to field
of battle, where the armies are ready at
any moment to encounter. Not single
vice but has more powerful opponent,
and not one virtue but may be overborne
by combination of vices.
Ambition is to the mind what the cap
is to the falcon; 1t blinds us first, and
then compels us to tower by reason of
our blindness. But, alas when we are
at the summit OF vain ambition, we
are also at the depth of misery.
The history of the world teaches no
lesson with more impressive solemnity
than this: that the only safeguard of
great intellect is pure heart; that evil
no sooner takes possession of the heart
than folly commences the conquest of
the mind.
The higher rose the waters of the
deluge, the higher the ark was lifted on
their bosom; and thus, as the floods of
affiiction rise in the soul that carries
Christ, 1t will be lifted buOyantly above
them-nearer heaven and everlasting
happiness.
1t is far easier to feign respect when
we do not feel 1t, than to express IL
when we actually do; for which reason
frank, straightforward people always
appear hypOcritical TO suspicious ones.
The very fear Of seeming deCeitful
makes us seem so.
We do not please God more by eating
bitter aloes than by eating honey. A
cloudy, foggy, rainy day is not more
heauenly than day of sunshide. A
funeral march Is not so much like the
music of angels as the song of birds on
May morning.
What books you will chose as your
intimate friends will depend upon your
humor and taste. DR.. Guthrle's choice
seemed to me charming. He told me
that he read through four books every
year-the Bible, 1.-The Pilgrims Pro-
gress," four of Sir Walter SCOTS
novels, which he reckoned as one book,
and fourth book, the title of
which 1 have forgotten, but think it
was "Roblnson CrusOe." You will
choose some books because they soothe
and quiet you; some because they are as
luNlkOI dJlllk 40 bhO oOlIlt
because they amuse you by the shrewd-
ness of their humor; some because they
give wings to your fancy some because
they kindle your Imagination.
1t is no exaggeratlon to say that
health Is large ingredient in what the
world calls talent. A man without 1t
may be giant in intellect, bat his deeds
will be the deeds of a dwarf. On the
contrary, let him have a quick circula-
tion, good digestion, the bulk, thews
and slnews of man, and he will set
failure at defiance. A man has good
reason to think himself well off In the
lottery Of life II he draws the prize of a
healthy stomach without mind rather
than the prize of fine intellect with
crazy stomach. But Of the two, a weak
mind In a herculean frame Is better
than q giant mind with crazy consti-
tuition. A pound of energy with an
ounce of talent will achieve greater re-
suits than pound of talent with an
ounce Of energy.
There are many troubles In life which
must be endured by the sustaining help
Of patient fortitude. They come sooner
DR. later, In one shape or auother, to all.
Among them are such things as loss Of
fortune, untoward circumstances, dc.
reated plans, blighted hopes, bereave.
ment, the narrowing interests and the
loneliness of later years. These minge
and are interviewer with the brighter,
more joyous experiences Of humanity,
and together the darkness and the light
are blended in the personal history Of
every member of the race. But e. ere is
! set of annoying and vexatious things
which most people make a meri. of
bearing serenely, yet which should sim
ply be set aside and lifted out Of the
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