The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-10-10
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.


that has power with God.
False friendship is like the parasitic
moss which feeds on the life Of the tree
which 1t pretends to adorn.
An enemy that disguises himself un-
der the veil OF friendship is worse than
one who declares open hostility.
Nothing is beneath you II 1t is in the
direction of your life; nothing is great
or desirable If II is of and away from
that.
There is only one thing better than
tradition; that is, the original and eter-
nal Life out Of which all tradition took
Its rise.
The Beloved is of such a nature that
he will admit of no rival, but will have
thy heart alone, and sit on his own
throne as King.
We shall all be held responsible, not
only for the evil which we do ourselves,
but for the evil which we might prevent
Others from doing.
A contemplative life has more the ap-
pearance Of life of piety than any
other; but 1t Is the divine plan TO bring
faith into activity and exercise.
However uncomfortable the circum-
stances OF our life may be, the qualities
of character which we seek to cultivate
In them are ours TO choose.
We should always be careful on whom
we confer benefits; for If we bestow
them on the base-minded 1t is like
throwing water into the sea.
Such as hear disObliging discourse,
and repeat it again to the person con-
cerned, are much mistaken If they think
TO oblige them by such indlscreet conf
dences.
Liberality, courtesy, benevolence, un-
seltishness, under all circumstances and
toward all men-these qualities are to
the world what the linchpin is to the
rolling chariot.
Think not that pleasure which God
hath threatened, nor blessing which
Heaven hath cursed. True spiritual Joy
and pleasure come only by following
that which is good.
The face of the earth is not apt to
frown at success; no, it is too ready to
break into smiles at any gigantic pros
perity, no matter how dark the means
by which it was attained.
A golden rule for a young lady is to
converse always with your female
friends as though gentleman were of
the party, and with young men as if
your female friends were present.
The sweetest life is to be ever making
sacrifices for Christ; the hardest life a
man can lead on earth, the most full of
misery, Is to be always doing his own
will and seeking to please himself.
AS storm following storm, and wave
succeeding wave, give additional hard
ness to the shell which lncloses the
pearl, so do the storms and waves of
life add force to the character of man.
Lord, who shall abide In thy taber-
nacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy
hillI He that backbiteth not with his
tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor,
nor taketh up "a reproach against his
neighbor.
The inquiry of truth, which is the
love-making or wooing Of it; the know
ledge of truth, which Is the presence of
it; the belief of truth, which Is the en-
joyment of it, is the sovereign good of
human nature.
1t is better that those who shine as
lights in the world should burn down,
and be consumed for others, than to be
snutfed out and laid away in some dark
corner. The faithful unto death shall
rpceive the crown of life
Elegant houses do not make homes.
Splendid mansions do not insure love
against accidents. Snowy equipages
do not roll people toward heaven,
whether heaven begins in the here and
now, or in the hereafter and the far off.
Whatever is highest and holiest is
tinged with melancholy. The eye OF ge.
MUS has always a plaintive expression,
and its natural language is pathos. A
prophet is sadder than other men and
he who was greater than all prophets
was "a man of sorrow and acquainted
with grief"
Genius is a steady fire to which pa
tience, industry, carefulness and caution
serve as the appropriate fuel. Another
htful fame which manifests itself with
some has been mistaken therefor, and
the world has gone needlessly astray,
and many career made worthless In
The dwelling Of the Lord is not con-
fined to any one place. Reside where
we may, we may regard our dwelling,
if we are believers, as one room in the
Lords great house, and both In provi-
dence and grace find a soul contentlng
store supplied to us as the result of
living by faith in nearness to the Lord.
The church that has no social life is
al ways apt to have no true life of any
kind; and the church whose social life
is so like in spirit to that of the world
at large that one can only tell church
sociable from an ordinary party by
label, is apt to develop life which is
worldly and Christless. The social
of the church may be as
truly "means of grace" as the prayer
meetings, and il should be the business
of the pastor and people to make them
so.
Do | take in the full meaning of these
terms of disclpleship to the Savior, and
am / willing deliberately to meet them.
on divine strength to enable
me to be faithfulP Do l daily feel my
dependence; daily deny myself all that
the Master forbids; daily endeavor, In
all things to cherish his spirit and live
as he lived? In all the difficulties,
trials and sorrows of life, do look to
him for strength and endeavor to be
faithful unto death that may at last
receive crown of lifep
This little life-boat of an earth, with
Its noisy crew Of mankind, and all their
troubled history, will one day have
vanlshed-faded like cloud speck from
the azure of the-alll What, then, is
manP He endures but for an hour, and
is crushed before the moth. Yet, In the
being and the working Of faithful
man is there already Gas all faith, from
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