The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-02
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.


deal Of time in Imagining what we will
do when we grow older, and when we
are old we waste an equal amount OF
time In wondering why we waited SO
long before we began to do anything.
He who betrays another's secret be-
cause he has Quarreled with him, was
| never worth the sacred name of friend.
A breach of kindness Oh ore side will
hot justify breach of trust on the
other.
Not by lamentations and mournful
chants ought we to celebrate the fun
eral Of gool man, but by hymns; for
In ceasing to be numbered with mortals
he enters upon the heritage of Il diviner
life.
1t Is easy in the world to live after
the worlds opinion; it Is easy in soli-
tude to live after your own; bur the
great man is he, who in the midst OF
the crowd, keeps with perfect sweet
ness the Independence Of solitude.
They who do not rightly know them
selYes may feel and feed upon false ap-
probation; not L, who 500 myself, and
know very well what Is my due. 1 am
content to be less commended, provided
am better known.
Nothing really succeeds which is not
based upon reality; sham, In Il large
sense, Is never successful; in the life
OF the individual, as in the more COM
prehensive life ofthe State, pretention
Is nothing, and power is everything.
1t Is a mistake to expect to succeed at
farming, or any other business, with
out plenty of good hard work. Some
men may make money without work,
put no homes. man ever made money
without a (rN01 ~ Ia hnc Of J., nlc
or brains. pas
mild, equable, content and good hunor-
ed, be sure that in, his youth he has
been just, generous and forbearing.
| La his old age he does not lament the
past nor dread the future. He Is like
| the evening of fine day.
| Two gifts are offered to men in this
world; they very seldom can have both.
One Is success, with wearlness; the oth-
er failure, with hope. The last is much
the best. The man who succeeds,
finds that his success does not amount
to great deal; the man who fails, but
keeps his hope, Is the happy man,
AS to books. The Bible first and
last. Get your pupils to love the sim
pie, precious truths of Scripture and to
live upon them. Oh for q race OF
true gospel Bible preachers. How
would this please ana honor God. But
! the best preachers must be- eminently
holy. Such men will never fall into
gross errors.
Without the idea Of, God-head regu-
latlng the course OF human destiny, OF
an all-ruling Providence, and the saw
ing and ,redeeming power Of God, tho
history Of the world would be iaby-
rinth without an outlet-a confused
pile of ages buried upon ages--a NIGH
ty tragedy without right beginning
In the deepest night of trouble, and
anxiety, and sorrow, God gives us 50
much to be thankful tor that we need
never cease our singing. With Sll our
wisdom, and prudence; and foresight,
we need never refuse to take lesson III
gladness and gratitude from the happy
bird that sang all night, as ii the day
were not long enough to tell Its joy.
The, strong argument for the truth of
Christianity Is the true Christian; the
man filled with the spirit Of Christ.
The best proof of Chfist's resurrection
Is living church, which itself Is walk
ing in new life, and drawing life from
him who hath overcome death. Before
such arguments ancient Rome herself,
the mightiest empire Of the world, and
tho most hostile to Christianity, could
not stand. ...
1t is true, that there Is difficulty in
the practice Of piety. But this difficult
" does not arise from the piety that Is
Ocgun within us, but from the impiety
that yet remains. If our sensuality
were not opposed to penitenoe, and our
corruption to the Divine purity, there
would be nothing painful In it. We
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which Is natural to us, resists the sup
ernatural agency of grace.
Good manners are the only things
which keep In fashion all the year
round. 1t Is always in good. taste to
say something kindly, ordo generous
deed. The world is so constituted, al
so, that 1t never fails to appreciate
them. You can hardly lift your hat to
a passer-by without compelling him to
10 the same thing, or resist tempta-
ton without receiving the applause
even Of those who have yielded to it.
He who consciously exaggerales does
at the same time blunt the edge of his
conscience. Every 3time he deviates
from or adds to the real state OF the case
he makes himself a worse man. Truth
ls the girdle of character, and he who
loosens that is on the way to looseness
IN other departments Of morality. He
is on an inclined plane, and may some
tlay produce the biggest sensationof, his
lfo by terrible tiasoo. X Forstfe a8npp-
tation is' to go on. pui
Tho mind aud the heart arcs 6sa
house In which we Lake lod dyerss Ehey
may be honest and quiet on, on the
'tter hand noisy alid des.fp seek
ing only to spoil the dwefH1g which
receives them. Let us beware, then, Of
the ideas to which we give hospitality;
let US not pick them at random in any
book or Journal Which falls into our
hands. These are ideas which once
admitted, Gun be dlslodged only with
great difficulty.
The golden chain Chat reaches from
earth to Heaven is the foundation and
capstone Of the 'climax Of all the Chris
tian graces. It;isan immortal mirror
set In the frame Of love, resting Oh
equity and justice. It is the brightest
star In the Christiah's diadem. With
outit our religion lts like body with
/ nllt q aoul our lives mere iceber9s Oh