West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-13
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
Few men are quite it to live.


a false one.
There is no grief like the grief which
does not speak.
lie who bmckens others does NOT
whitcn himself.
lt is good sign when a man is glad
that God see him.
\ fine coat may cover "A fool but
| never ConCcals one.
lgnorancc is II subject for pity, not
/ laughter.
\ knowledge of mankind Is necessary
to acquire prudence.
Darkness, solicitude aud remorse are
grim and hateful company.
The ,est OF moral character Is no in
iailibility but rccuperative power.
often reserve that hides "A bitter
humiliation seems To be huughtiness.
\ great experience transforms. We
must even bc more or less than our old
| selves.
When human mind gets down TO "A
| uecp In rut of thinking it is hard To
| lit IT, out.
Flowers sweetcn the air, rejoice the
| eye, link us with nature and innocence.
ahd are something TO love.
! This is the present reward of yIrtuous
! conduct-that no unlucky consequences
can oblige Us to regret It,.
! Integrity without knowledge is weak
and useless, and knowledge without in
| tegrity Is dangerous aud dreadful.
IL Is so hard for us to understand why
our friends do not feel our wrongs so
| poignantly as we do.
The improved and pious way of gos-
siping Is to swccten scandal with tho
trcaclc of homilizing infercnces.
Nothing I'm all this social universe Is
so utterly thrown away and trodden un-
| Ger foot as dishOnorcd woman.
Hero making Is a woman's work;
even your sensible and practical woman,
must take To hero making sooner or later.
Envy aud malice are devils that drive
! poss, sscd souls into the contemplation
of that which aggravatcs their madness
The metaphysics of salvation are not
so much consequence, when one is en-
! gagged tn the practice of actually say
! ing men.
IL ~ one of the advantages of women
/ that not pretending To he logical, they
can change front on the instant, when
! they see fit.
There Is no safe ground for good
sound preacher, but To attack ancient
|
uons OF foreign countries.
The business of life II to 90 forward
lac who sees evil i'm prospect meets II on
the way but he who catches IL by ro-
| trOspcctiOn, turns back To find H..
The humble man, though surrounded
with the scorn and reproach of tho
world, Is still In peace, for the stability
| OF his peace restest not upon the world
| bur only God.
He who begin by loving Christianity
better than truth will proceed by loving
his own sect or church better than
! Christianity, and end In loving his Opln-
ions best of all.
knowledge cannot be acquired with
out pain and application. ltIs trouble
some, and like digging for pure waters,
but, when once you come To the spring,
10 rises up to meet you.
IT. Is better that Joy should be spread
| over all the day In the form of strength,
! than that IL should be concentrated in
! TO ccstacies full of danger, and follow
! ed by reactions.
There are treasures laid up I'm the
hcart-treasures of charity, piety, tom
pcrancc and soberncss. These treas
ures man takes with him beyond
death, when he leaves this world.
a mans nature is best perceived I'm
priyatcncss, for there is no aifectatlon
H. passion, for that putteth man out
of his prcccpts, and i'm new case or ex-
pertinent, for there custom leaveth him.
The beginning of hardship IL like the
] first taste Of bitter fOOd-it seems for "A
IN mcnt unbearable; vet, If there Is
nothing else TO satisfy your hunger, we
take another bite and find IL possible TO
| 90 on.
When one sin is admitted. II IL gener-
ally found that il hath companion
waiting at the door; and the former
| viii work hard to secure the admission
Of the latter, la which IL generally sue
! Cccds.
Women govern us; let us try to rem
der them more perfect The more they
arc enlightened, so much the more we
shall be. On the cultivation OF the
| minds Of women, depends the wisdom
Of man.
Make mp your mind what you intend
| % do. SltdOwn and count the cost. DO
/ net undertake more than you can per
| form. lt is uuwisc 10 commence work
/ that you are not able 10 finish I'm due
season.
ON, how full Of error Is the judgment
/ OF mankind They wonder at rcsul
/ when they are ignorant Of the reas)l =.
/ They call it fortune when they know
/ not the cause, and thus worship their
| own ignorance turned into q deity.
Let those who are appointed to Judge
| Of the character Of others bear In ninu
/ there own impcrfcCtious, and rather
/ strive By sympathy 20 soften the pang
/ arising from conviction Of guilt, than
/ by misrepresentation 10 increase &C..
Vice e. very prolific. A lie hates to
. bee alone, and must have company. He
/ who tells one lie is sure TO tell another
to cover zap the first, and n third to
/ cover up the other two. After that he
becomes accustomed 20 it, and stops
| counting.
Make use Of time, lf thou lowest eter-
nifty; know yesterday cannot be recall
ed. tomorrow cannot bee assured to-
I day Is only thine which. If thou pro-
/ cra-tuatc, thou lOsest; which Is lost
forever. One to-day is worth two to-
mOrrows.
A farmer likes field thstis filed with
corn, not one that grows-with resplen-
. dent pOppics; he likes grass that is
| pure grass, tit for the service Of the
beast upon the hills, not that which Is
I mixed with buttcrcups. So when we
/ 20 tO the sanctuary TO- is not flowers we