Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-12-11

: AS the body Is purified by water, SO
. Is the soul purified by tr1th.g
; Human life is everywhere. "A state in
which must Is to be endured.
: Far Ohappier are they who always
. know what they Will do. =. s .-.,,-
The best thing in the world is to be
able to live above the world.
,dis Everybody knows good counsel ex
cepg-him7that hath need Of it. ts7h7e
He who can take adYiceis sometimes
: superior to him who can giyeit
! + Divine vengeance comes with feet of
lead. but strikes with ths hand of iron.
! Life is comedy te him who thinks,
and tragedy TO him who feels.
Surely half the world must be blind,
they can see nothing unless IL glitters,
f. man, when he rises In the morning.
llltte knows what he may do before
night. 49,.
/ All things are admired, either be-
cause they are new or because they arc
not great. -...4..-.r .-i.a
| o-Human life Is everywhere a state
in which much is to be endured and
little To be enjoyed. - 9 Fs1y
/ A little less money and little more
1 good character would improve hosts OF
people vastly! -: r. .s4se '-ise
Our best intentions, even when. they
have been most pradently formed, fail
often In their issue. 'rtiE
4-TLe miles to heaven are few and
short and the glorious end will come
soon. Is 50 raa ss8fe9 -st ~
Many a, man has been tlined ont lof
his religion, and his politics, aud his
manhood, almost. e.z ,,..'..' +. rs rs
Go your way AID dom 't trouble about
your neighbors. A man never peeps
through keyhole Without ffndfng
something to yex him. .~a,r. 80. -
1t is vastly Better to have little with
contentment than riches with worry.
The ass that carries yeu is worth more
than the horse that throws y6ts PES 81
Ruin is the only cure for ruin with
some people; there Is nothing but the
Irecoit that comes of disgrace chat will
save man Of vanity aud egOtism.
There is. an emanatiOn from the heart.
In genuine hospitality which cannot be
described, but 10 Immediately felt, and
puts the stranger at once at his ease.
:. THERE'S no actien OF man In this life
which is not the ibeginAIng of SO longa :.
chain of consequences, as that no hu-
man providence is high enough To give
US prospects TO the end.
lie who lean9g and makes no. use OF
ass whether lie cArFTts -Uri rrrssA-a,-ssi4h-
library or a bundleaof faggots Pa
The Chinese, awhoni5irsmight be wellSs'
to disparage less and initiate more, seem
almost the only people among whom
learning and merit 1iSvethe ascendency
and wealth is. not the standard of osti-
nation. eh ssss7 -afsrsssa e.Es ~ 'tat
You meet in this world with false
mlrth aS often as with false gravity;
the grinning hypocrite is not a more
uncom non character than the groaning
one, and from a full mind as from an
empty head.
1t were better to have no opinion. of,
God at all than such an opinion. as Is
unworthy OF Him; fog the one Is nn-
belief and the other Is contnmely; and
certainly superstition is the reproach
of the Deity. &l11 Is II. =
Witty sayings are as easily lost as
the pearls slipping of q broken string,
but.a word or kindness y seldom spok-
en- i'm vain. 1t is a seed which, even I
when dF0ppedby chance, springs .npas
q flower. .Ge acL
1he great moments of life are but
moments like the others. Your doom
is.spoken in q word or two. A single
Iloo6 from the eyes, amere pressure OF
the hand may decide it, or50f the lips,
though they, car not speak, ea1aca \ fn.
l4ssA All men and women are yerilysf as
Shakespeare hes said of them, merely
pla yersy when we see them upon the
stage of the worldI-that is, when they
are seen any where except I'm the free
dom and unaffected intimacy 0fprivate
life. v~@ -+-+' s>''s% '&sss -
when people core to see us, we foolA
ishly prattle, lest I'VE. be inh0spitable.i
But things said for, conversation are
| chalk eggs. Don't say things. What
you are stands over you the while, and
tnunders SO thatsI can't hear what you
say TO thecontraryss aaos stI .altip
Examine your. lives, weigh your
motives, watch ever your conduct, and
you will not take loRg.to learn or dis
/ cover enough TO make yon entertain
i charitable opinionsol others, Be harsh
la your Judgment of self be tender IN
your Judgment of Others. 70 .s.-7A'1
Marriage means renunctatiaai6 6s we'll
as acceptance; !, it means giving sas well
4 as receiving; il means Serying as, well
as being served; 1t means patience ms
/ we'll nope; it means Submission as
Eweh s.ass sbeingl submitted unto. 1t
means, : la short, that the wedding day
Is the fsgiRning, not the end.
/ IT overs abstain from careSses, and
! bateps from insults whilstA they sit in
one .parior with common. friends.
Would we codify the laws that should
reign in households, and whose daily
iran sgression annoys ana mortifies us,
and degrades our household life, we
\ must learn. TO adore every day with
sacrifices.
,Accustom yourself to think vigorous
.Ilv. Mental capital, like pecuntary, TO
be worth anything must be well In
, yested-musT be rightly adjusted and
: anplied. and TO this end careful and
/ deep thought is necessary If great re-.
llsufts are looked for. There is no such
II thing as standing still in this world.
: -EChange is the eternal law of nature.
How many, adorned with all the rar-
3 Eitics of intellect, have stumbled on the
r l-entrance inte life, and have made %
4 wrong choice on the very thing that
) was to determine their course forever,
r This is among. the reasons, and perhaps
r ir is the principal one, why the WISE
and tho happy are two distiact classes
Of men. -es