The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-11-14
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

) and dlstastes; and adversely is not with
out comforts and hopes.
No man can keep long locked up In
his heart strong desire TO DO good; it
VIII show Itself IN action.
Some OF the grandest things which
have been achieved were by those whom
we thought our interiors.
Narrow not your mind to your own
sel1shness, but give II broad Held for
your fellow men 10 work in.
What men want is not talent but pur-
pose; In other words not the power 10
achieve but the will 10 labor.
A sour heart will never make a sweet
life. Plant the crab apple where you
will, 1t will never bear plppins.
The chief properties Of wisdom are to
be mindful OF things past, careful OF
things present, provident of things to
come.
We must row with the oars we have
and as we can not order the wind, we
are obliged TO sail with the wind that
God gives.
The infidel Arab said, al will lose my
camel and trust In God" The man of
iaith says, Il will tie my camel and
trust in God"
There is no merit where there is no
trial and, I'LL experience stamps the
mark OF strength, towards may pass for
heroes, faith for falsehood.
The narrOw-minded ask, is this one
OF our tribe, or is he strangerY But
TO those who are of noble disposition
the whole world is but one family.
Character is the eternal temple that
each one begins to rear, yet death only
can complete. The finer the architec-
ture, the more fit for the indweliing of
angels.
With every eXertiOE, the best man
can do only moderate amount of good;
but IL seems in the power of the most
contemplate individual to do lncalcu-
liable mischief.
Anxiety is the poison of life the par
ent OF many sins and OF more miseTles.
Why, then, allow 1t, when we know
that all the future is guided by
Fathers hand?
The exercise of Approbativeness is
specially blameable when person aims
al the esteem and affections of people
by means in appearance honest, but in
their end pernlclous and destructive.
1t is not worth while to think too
much about doing good. Doing the
best that we know, minute by minute
and hour by hour, we insensbly grow
to goodness as fruit grows to ripeness.
Sterne says in his Koran: 81 never
drink can not do it on equal terms
with others. 1t costs them only one
day, but me three: the first in SHINING,
the second in suffering, and the third in
repenting.
True honor results from the secret
satisfaction of our own minds, and is de-
creed us both by religion and the suf-
frages of wise men-it is the shadow of
wisdom and virtue, and it is inseparable
from them.
Two of the most precious things on
this side the grave are reputation and
life. And yet, strange to tell, the most
contemplate whisper may deprive us
of the first, and the weakest weapon of
the second. Be more anxious, then, to
deserve a good name than to possess it.
Make not hungry soul sorrowful,
neither provoke man In his distress.
ReprOach not a man that turneth from
sin, but remember that we are all wor-
thy of punishment. Do good unto thy
friend before thou diest, and according to
thy ability stretch out thy hand and
give to him.
Nature made us just, that we might
share our goods with each other, aud
supply each Others wants. We can in
no way assamilate ourselves so much
with the beneficent disposition of the
Creator, as by contributing to the
health, comfort, and happiness of our
fellow creatures.
How the universal heart of man
blesses flowersl They are wGeathed
round the cradle, the marriage altar,
and the tomb. The Persian in the far
writes his love In nOsegays; while the
Indian child of the Far West claps his
hands with glee as he gathers the abun-
dant blossoms-the Illuminated scrip
lures of the prairies. The cupid of the
ancient HindOos tipped his arrows with
flowers, and orange flowers are bridal
crown with us, nation of yesterday.
As bees sting not the flesh, il smeared
with honey, opposition and wrath even
are bafiied by love. "Prepare your
selves as the athletes used to do for their
exercises; oil your mind and manners
to give them the necessary suppleness
and flexibility; strength alone will not
do" This advice of Chesterfield sprung
from policy, not love. A child may
veil his seltiishness in honeYed words
and fascinating smiles. Bonaparte
studied manners with Talma the actor;
and Mirabeau, one of the most hideous
and wicked OF men, possessed a wizards
spell that bound to him men, and women
too, as the serpent charms the dove.
We never wake in the morning but
we want strength for the day ; we never
90 to bed at night without needing grace
10 cover the sins of the past. We are
at all periods of life; when we begin
with Christ in our journey days we med
10 he kept from sins and follies. la
middle life our needs are greater, and
in old age we are needy still. SO needy
are we that in lying down to die we
need our last bed to be made for us in
mercy. so needy are we that if Jesus
had not prepared mansion for us In
heaven we should have no place to
lwell In. We are full of wants, as the
iea Is full of water. We must keep
hose two adjectives close together In
our confession, 81 am poor and needy"
agree with the great scholar Bengel
hat death should not become spiritual
parade, but should be regarded as the
natural close of our ordinary life; the
final note of the psalm of which each
lay has been stanza. We ought 30 to
live that to die would be no more re-
than for man In the middle
Of business to hear knock at the street
lOOr, and quietly TO step away from his