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

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to oyerwork your tongue.
, To love In order to be loved In return,
is man; but to love for the pure sake Of
) loving, is almost the characteristic of an
angel.
Kind words do not cost much. They
never blister the tongue or lips, and we
have never heard of any mental trouble
arising therefrom.
Every mans experience of to-day is
that he was a fool yesterday and the day
before yesterday. Tomorrow he will
most likely be of the same opinion.
The disesteem and contempt of others
is nseparable from pride. 1t is hardly
possible for us to overvalue ourselves,
but by undertaking. our neighbors.
If man does not make new acquaint-
ances as he advances through lie, he
will soon find himself left alone. A man
should keep his friendships in constant
repair.
Music is the art of the prophets, the
only art that can calm the agltations of
the soul; it is one of the most magnifi.
cent and delightful presents God has
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Duty, though set upon by thorns,
may still be made staff, supporting
even while it tortures. Cast 1t away,
and, like the prophets wand, itchanges
TO a snake.
If only those things can be denomi-
mated the goods of man which are in
struments for his benefit, how few are
the goods even of the richest man
among us.
The great business of a man is to i'm
prove his mind and govern his manners;
all other projects and pursuits, whether
In our power to compass or not are only
amusements.
Riches are gotten with pain, kept
with care, and lost with grief. The
cares OF riches lie heavier upon a good
man than the Inconvenience of an
honest poverty.
Less wisdom is required in realizing
fortune than is necessary to use it pro-
perly. A man of one idea may accumu.
late money, but it takes broader mind
to spend 1t judiciously.
Parents are commonly more careful
to bestow wit on their children than
virtue, the art of speaking well than
doing well but their manners ought to
be their greatest concern.
Children are very nice observers, and
they will often perceive your slightest
detects. In general, those who govern
children forgive nothingin them, but
everything in themselves.
No good writer was ever long neg
lected; no great man overlooked by men
equally great. Impatience is proof of
interior strength, and a destroyer of
what little there may be.
The action of the soul is oftener in
that which is felt and left unsaid, than
in that which is said in any conversa-
tion. 1t broOds over every society, and
men unconsciously seek for it in each
other.
81 have no time to devote to my chill
dren," says the business man, with a
sigh; for he really feels the privation
OF their society. But the excuse is an
insufficient one; he should make time
let other things go; for no duty is more
Important than that he owes his Off
sping.
We all have to 60 through a great
deal in our lifetime, if we would do any
good or be in any way worthy. In this
as In many other things, fear of encoun-
tering is the surest way of meeting; and
those who are bravest in bearing are for
the most part the least troubled in the
end by the bother of minor things.
FOrbearance is the key note of married
life. There can be no great discord, no
large diVergences from tunefulness, so
long as the husband forbears and the
wife forbears. Now, this cannot be at
tained without some labor. Results are
approached gradually in character, as
they are in making sandhill.
Man is like an engine-it will run
well and long If it is well oiled. Con-
tentment and cheerfulness are the oils
which keep the nerves from wearing
out. Busy men and women think that
time taken from toll for sleep and re-
creation is time lost. 1t Is really the
cement put in to FIJI up the joints to
keep out the weather, and preserve the
building.
If there is one lesson which history
and revelation unite In teaching, 1t is
this-that goodness and wickedness ever
have been, and, as long as the world
lasts, ever will be, mixed up in this
state of our existence-that social pro-
gress and civilization Will never make
goodness universal, eradicate vice, or
bring the flesh into final subsection to
the spirit.
To adopt the rule once given to talk
alive girl by a friend who knew the
world, "Never speak of yourself, and
never say anything which is unneces-
sary," would seem at first likely to
make Carthusan monks and nuns of us
all; yet it is to be questioned whether
the advice were not wise. There are
always people who like to talk. and good
listeners are rare.
No secret sin ought to have "night-
key" to Its doors. No wicked practice
should have access at Its back windows.
Many and many SLY temptation will
present itself at the door decently clad
sin the white robe" and with smooth
word on Its tongue. The dangerous
sins are those which are "genteely
dressed" Wherefore the Master SOL
EMMY cautions us to watch for with
prayer.
Avoid idleness, and fill up all tn
spaces of thy time with severe and uso.
full employment; for lust easily creeps
in at those emptinesses where the soul
is unemployed, and the body Is at ease;
for no easy, healthful, idle person was
ever chaste If he could be tempted. But
of all employments, bodily labor is the
most useful and OF the greatest benefit
for driving away the devil.
have often wondered how It is that
every man loves himself more than all
the rest of men, and yet sets less value
on his own opinion Of himself than on
the opinion of others. If, then, q good