The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-07
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

'LVNS, llllll ,l)dClcncC-tn three essen.
tials to happy life.
Human life is everywhere state in
which much is to be endured.
10 possess the gift of hclpfulness is
10 D" the mortgage Of all who need.
Every child walks into existence
through the golden gate Of love.
People must discuss somethlng-it is
the great preventive Of insanity.
When ones heart is full, one is not
apt to drop plummet line into 1t.
Great souls hold firmly to heaven and
let the earth roll on beneath them.
Low as the grave is, only faith can
climb high enough to see beyond 1t.
1t Is not life to live for ones self
alone. Let us help one another.
Let your word be your bond. Good
credit Is fortune to begin with.
Peace Is such precious jewel, that
would give anything tor it but truth.
Act we'll at tho moment, and you have
performed good deed to all eternity.
Death is the funeral Of all sorrows
joys. "
Where one is tagged, hungry, anu
oppressed, the worst seems most proba-
bic.
you have good health YOU have
nlne-tenths Of all the Lord ever gives
to any man.
lie who has created us with thirst
utter knoWlcdgc will certainly satisfy
that thirst.
Certain sermons are more calculated
I" weaken faith than to render men be.
levers. 700'
Men show their character in nothing
more clearly than by what they think
laughable.
The grandcst Of heroic deeds are those
which are performed within four walls
and In domestic privacy.
lle that does base thing liz zeal for
MS friend, burns the golden thread that
ties their hearts together.
Ihey who respect themselves will be
llonorcd; but they who do not care for
character will be despised. r.
Be alweys on your guard against tho
ueYlccs OF wicked men, when you hap
pen 10 come III contact with them.
Some people have softening of tho
Drain, but tho world suffers moro from
those who have hardening of tho heart.
How great ones virtues best appears
ny occasions Of adyersity; for occasions
40 not maze man frail, but show what
he Is. ~-7E"
Rowland Hill said, when he once saw
Doy on rocking horse, "Like some
christians; motion enough, but no pro-
grcss.
Hard words are like hailstones IN
summer, beating down and destroying
WHAT, II melted into drops, they wOnlO
| nourish. ',
Those who dlsbelieve in virtue be-
cause man has never been found per-
1CCt, might nS re0snno bl,, ,1o,., -
because It IS not always noon.
1t is not until the flower has fallen Off
tnat the fruit begins to ripcn. So In
the practical useful begins.
The business Of lie Is to go forward.
he who seeks evil in prospect meets r.
on The way; but ho who catches it bv
fctrospection, turns back to find it.
God demands an account of tho past.
ana that we must render hereafter: He
demands an Improvement of tho nre.
sent, and this wo must attend to now.
The ordinary employment of artif,co
Is the mark of Il petty mind; and it nj
ways happens that ho who uses it 10
cover himself In ono place uncoyers
himself In another. aN.
so lar Is It from being true that mon
arc naturally equal, that no two De0nlo
can DC half an hour together but one
shall acquire an evident superiority
over tho other. -
Time goes ut its own gait, and YOU
cannot hasten 1t by using tho "spur of
the moment" You MAY ask your
friend to "stop II minutc," but neither
you nor he has the power to do 1t.
Speak well of the absent Whenever
you have Il suitable opportunity. Never
speak Ill of them or OF anybody, unless
you are sure they deserve it, and, unless
1t Is necessary for their amendrAent. or
for the safety and benefit of others.
He who climbs above the cares of tho
world and turns his face to his God has
found the funny side Of life. The
worlds side OF the hill Is chill and
freezing to a spiritual mind, but the
Lords presence gives warmth of ioy
which turns winter into summer.
10 live with our enemies as If thew
might one day bo our friends, to be
with our friends as If they might be-
come our enemies, is neither az coordinp
to the nature Of hatred, nor in Iaccor.
dance with The rules Of friendship. It
is not moral, but really a political
maxim.
The man who has an empty cup NAV
pray, and should pray that it may be
filled; but he who has a full cup ought
to pray that ho may hold it firmly. It
needs prayer In prosperity that we may
have grace to use 1t, as truly as 1t needs
prayer In poverty that we may have
grace to bear 1t. ss4t 40
Don't live in hope with your arms
folded. Fortune smiles on those who
roll up their sleeves and put their
shoulder to the wheel tliat propels them
on to wealth and happiness. TCut this
out and carry 1t about with you in your
or at the corner of the streets.
A man Of genius has always some
particular reason for adventuring upon
certain work; he does not take a sub
ject by haphazard, but is moved to it
generallr by circumstances over which
he has no control, invariably by circum-
stances which require to be made known
to the reader before ilo can thoroughly #
comprehend and enjoy tile work In duos- y