West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-11
NO. 5.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

All human virtues increase and
strengthen by the experience of them.
There is no less grandeur I'm support
ing great evils than in performing great
deeds.
When things are plain of themselves,
asst argument does not psrplex and
coutound them.
lt Is not advisable to get out of doors
without anything ON your head, nor in
To company without anything In II.
As We must render an account of
every Idle word, SO must we likewise of
our idle silence.
Let friendship creep gently TO
height; IL it rushcs to it, IL may soon
run Itself out of breath.
There cannot be greater treachcry
thah hrst To raise n confidence, and
then deceive IL,
Act well at the moment. and you
nave performed good action to all
eternity.
Ii Is our duty to be happy, because
happiness lies I'm contentment with all
the divine will concerning us.
a wrong done us may bc forgiven,
out how we may forgive those whom
we have injured is a grave problem.
Virtue Is an effort made upon our
intention of pleasing only God.
Our own hands are heavens favorIte
instruments for supplying us with the
neccssarics and luXurics OF life.
All men look to happiness In the
future. 70 every eye heaven and earth
seem to embrace I'm the distance.
Every person has two educations-
one which he has received frem others.
ana one, the more important, which he
gives himself.
The greatest evils I'm Tito have had
their rise from something which was
thought of too little Importance to be
attended to.
"knowledgc ispowor." IL IL truth
that is glorious, but at the same time
torrlble. knowledge Ia power, power
for good or evil.
Our striving against nature is like
holding wea'horcock with ones hand;
rs soon rs the force Ia taken oil 10 veers
again with the wind,
When you are sick it comes easy TO
promise all sorts or reformations, and
when you recover IL Is just az easy TO
forget them.
Nothing will make us so charitable
and tender To the faults OF others as by
self-eXamlnation thoroughly to know
our own.
Relations always take the greatest IL
bcrtics, and frequently give the least
assistance.
Avoid tedious circ1lmlocution In Ian.
guagc. Words, like cannOn-balls,
should go straight TO their mark.
We trouble life by the care or death,
and death by the care of life; the one
tormcpts, the other frlghts us.
Modern education too often covers
Tile fngcrs with rings, and at the same
time cuts the sinews OF the wrists.
The remembrance OF beloved moth
cr becomes the shadow OF all our ac-
tons; 1t either goes before or follows.
The law should be to the sword what
the handle Is TO the hatchcL; it should
direct the stroke and temper the force,
Talk of fame and romance-all the
glory and adventure in the world are
not worth one hour OF domestic bliss
IL Is dangerous for one To climb his
faniIy-trce too bigh, for lie is yery.apt
10 get among dead and dcCayed branch
es.
Value the friendship of him who
stands by you In the storm; swarms OF
Insects Will surround you i'm the sun
shine.
We hate TO see boy with the man
ncrs of an old man, we hate worse TO
see an old man with the manners OF
boy
Love cannot fully admit the feeling
that the beloved object may die; ali
passions feel their object TO be as eter-
nal rs themselves.
The man who violently hates or ar
IDENTIFY loves, cannot avoid being in
some degree n slave TO the person de-
tested or adOrcd.
Men trust rather TO their eyes than to
their cars; tho effect Of precepts is
therefore slow and tedious, whilst that
OF examples is summary and eiieCtuql.
My country Is the world my coun-
trymcn arc all mankind; / am I'm ear
nest; J viii not equiYOCate; | will not
retreat single inch; and / Will be
heard.
II is difficult, own, to blend and
unite tranquility In accepting, and
energy in using the facts OF life. But
10 is not impossible; If it be, IL Is inn
possible 10 be happy.
a Jealous soul without meeknoss is
like ship in u storm, in danger OF
wrecks. a meek soul without zeal Is
like ship in calm, that moves not as
fast as 10 ought,
Get your doctrine from the Bible.
Get your example from Christ. a day
Will not pass alter you have closed with
thrisps promise, ere He will meet you
with counsel. Embrace both.
Whether the minister feels the con-
gregatiOn or not, the congregation feels
the minister. often the horse knows
the rider better than the rider knows
the horse.
The remedy for the present thr at
eucd decay Of faith is not more stall
wart creed or more unhinchin2 ac-
ceptancc of it, but profoulder sGirit-
ual life.
The modern sen imcntalism about
Nature is a mark Of discase--One more
symptom ofthe general liver complaint.
tis well enough for a mood or a vaca-
uOI, but not FOR a habit Of life.
No man can succeed in all his under
akings, and 10 would not be we'll for
him tO do go. Things easily acquired
go easily. 10 Is by the struggle 10 costs
that we learn TO rightly estimate the
value,
lie who brings ridlCule 10 bear
against truth finds I'm his hand a blade
without HIT. The most sparkling
and pointed flame Of wit nickers and
expires against the iuCOmbustible walls