West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-12-20
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

/ ult NuNl never eNNa,
Virtue Is the safest hclmct-the most
secure defense.
No rank can shield us from the i'm
pNrtiality OF death,
The power OF oloqucncc Is sometimes
superior 80 military force.
IL IS In the power or the mcancst ,o
triumph over fallen greatness.
strong will does man moro good
In this life than a lively imagination.
Wisdom Is 4 pedestal from which en-
w nor malice cauuot hurl the occupant.
A. too long retirement weakcns the
| mind, so too much compasy dissipatcs
IL.
ltjs'ad 80 see SO many walA in the
dark them selves who carry lanterns
tor others
lie whorrru,cS justice To the defence
less Viii make every concession to the
| powerful.
Men usually follow their wishes ill
sulcriug compcls them To follow their
| Judgment.
Some mourn more the shame which
sin brings than tho sin which brlugs
the shame.
Truth and virtue can do less In the
world than their false, wcll-nctej uouu.
| tcricit can do evil.
Every saint is Gol's temple, and he
who carries his temple about him may
go {" PRAYER when he plcascth.
Most Of thcu faults women owe To us,
! while We urV indebted TO thcm for most
OF our better qualities.
There Is only one thing that T. more
! terrible than tu say mean thing, and
| That IS TO do one.
IL T. all very well TO he promising
youth, but the hard part is To keep your
! promise lu alter life.
Preserve the privacy Of your house.
marr age state, and heart, from rcla-
lives aud all the world.
Don't cUntidc your secrets to "A per
son OF noble lineage, because tho old
adagc says that BLOOD viii tell"
As sins proceed they ever multiply;
! like figures In arithmetic. the last stands
for more than all that went befOrcIt.
1t Is Il fact OF history that the urest
and nOblest liic on Gods green earth
has been born of the Christian faith.
Pleasure Is sometimes only change
OF pain. A man who has got the gout
feels hrst rate when he gets down To
rheumatism.
My advice Is To consult the lives OF
other men as We would II lookIng-glass,
/
our imitation,
DO not go to your hands To work, or
| To your feet to walk, or to your head TO
think, before you have gone to your
! knees TO pray.
We take lessons In art, lltcraturc--a
thousand things; but that high sens
of honor. mans Obligation to man |,
! forgotten.
y poor relation IL like NJ of the
! Rout, Tor the Ottencr he comes the long
| er lio stays and by ana 10y he viii come
to stay all The time.
When you can say ora man that. his
religion has got hold OF his pocketb1ok,
! you may he reasonably sure that hiI
religion is the right kind.
A bad habit is like cat In that IL has
| ninu livcs. Aud like cat also you
must xiii it nine times before you can
! be sure that it ID dead.
| Parimpny may be defined as some
! thing which everybody IL glad 10 get.
There is only one thing which has
! greater charms, and that is matrlmony.
! A great many story writers who flood
! The market with their trash could get
| large sum for their last novel, IL they
woulI only promise thnt IL should be
! the last.
/ INlill pcNDlt Gun DcbltI huOTu JO Ds
! religious than 9th rs-iOr they eau
compel their servants to keep the fasts
! OF the church while ey themselves
| keep the frasts.
II is a sOmcw hat sad fact that some
/ people nave u higher polish on their
! boots than Oh their manners. If their
! heads were only where their feet arc
! how they would shine.
! If We would have powerful minds,
| we must think II wc would have faith
! ful hearts, we must love; if we would
! havo strong muscles, We must labor.
! These include nearly all tIaC Is valua-
! BILE iu this NE.
The man who processes % believe
! that evil Is only the under side OF good,
! tlc dntk side Of the moon, aud properly
a component part Of human life, will
! never have the satisfaction ~ dying
| from Inflammation Of the brain
All things must change. Friends
must be torn aEuudcr and swept along
Ion the current Ot events, TO sec each
other seldom and, pcrchancc, no more.
! Forever and ever in the eddics OF time
aud accident wc whirl away.
We all love pleasure and abhOr gOr-
row. SO one viii choose n cloudy sky
and rough path but these evils have
their good partf, and those who really
long tor peace and happiness will try
t0 find Oul aud cXlract Them, instead Of
burrying along rosentfully or with
forced glyety.
The old theory about getting up ear
| ly is, st lost, happily exploded. One
can nov go tO bed aud get up when he
picpscs Without having that fatal pro-
I vcrD ntug Boo his teeth. The higher
phiiOsOphy tells ne that even if we do
"shoucu our days" j." NJ the saying Is,
by getting up late, we at least lengthen
our night. by the same process.
"BIcsscd arc The pure in heart for
thcv shall see God 90 When2 I'm the
better life 20 come, no doubt, but here
also, and with n most satisfying vision,
You arc like ono whom a kind aud
faithful guide is loading along lonely
pul dangerous rOal through tho dark
ness Of the night. The form Of your
guide YOU can scarcely see, but his
IS Ofd- OF comic ft and assurance are In
your car. all thc while; you trust him,
fur you know that he perfectly knows
thc way. and you commune with him
a. you go along, Now and then, ss tho
ouds break aud the stars shine out
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