West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-02
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.


very much, and Is very cheerful In adj
versity.
A mans own good breeding Is the
pest security against other peoples III
manners.
| Thank God our troubles come like
rain, chiefly sideways; there Is always
shelter.
| "A bold light against misfortune will
often enable man To tide over a tight
place and put ruin To hight.
would we but profit by the expert
enoe OF others we should have the roy
III ROAD To the palace of wisdom.
PHILOSOPHY triumphs easily enough
over past and future evils, but present
evils triumph over philosophy.
There are only two heavens-one
above In glory, the other below In the
broken heart.
N"thing eXasperatcs more than con-
sldcrate, quiet hatred; "A passionate ha-
tred does so far less.
when society begins To profit by
mans misfortunes, his difficulties do
| not soon terminate.
what we have To do la this world IL
not to make our conditions, but To make
the best of them.
Virtue maketh mon on the earth fa-
nous, In their graves glorious, aad In
heaven immortal.
fuDlic opinion Is produced by the
| Vagarles OF master minds reflect ed from
the mirror of mu!titudinous inanity.
Those who have been dupcd are To be
feared, AK they are apt TO consider man
klhd debtors for their own follics.
We must not speak all that we know.
that were folly; but what "A man saws
should bo what he thinks. otherwise IL
Is knavery.
Faith dies when charity ceases to feed
its name, aud strength decays Just In
proportion as cheerful hope fails to
quicken the energies OF the mind.
Some people never have story to tell.
because of their qIIicksand natures, from
wnlch every Acw wave washes out the
old impression.
II there Is anything more poignant.
thnn body agonizing for want OF bread
IL Is soul which IL dying of hunger
for light.
"A gentle person IL like river flow-
ing calmly along; while u passionate
man Is like the sea, casting up mire
anu dirt continually.
Having "a home that IL all preaching
anu no plcasuro-all duty and no fun
IL uull old trade-mill which will drive
the children away sooner or later.
The force, the mass OF character,
mind, heart or soul, that II man can put
into any work, Is the most important
factor In that work.
Being sometimes asunder heig h tens
| friendship. The greatest cause of the
frequent quarrels between relatives is
their being so much together.
Man 10 I'm frI ,.,l..
In love, and the reverse, namely, more
covetous of the object than Of the feel
Ing for IL.
When people have resolved TO shut
their eyes, or TO look only OH one side,
IL is OF little consequence how good
their eyes may bo.
That melancholy which Ia excited by
objects OF pleasure, or inspired by
sounds of harmony, soothes the heart
instead OF corrodlug IL.
Give man such heart as the Son
OF God describes In tho beatitudes, and
whole universe Of sorrow cannot rob
him of his blessedness.
At all ages novelty hath charms In
deed, but In mature life It Is tinged with
sadness, owing TO the premonition that
we are drawing on our last resources.
There are some men In the world so
mean that they skim the milk at the
top and then sigh because they can't
turn IL over and skim IL at the bottom.
The grass gets It's dew nearly all tho
year round, and that Is more than tl o
most men can say. However, some OF
us are very fortunate, for our just dues
are exactly what we don't want o have.
That things are not so III with you
and me as might have been Is half ow-
ing TO the number who lived faithfully
hidden life, and rest In unvisited
tombs.
Life Is disciplinary, and those who
are ground I'm the mill Of adyersjty
make better spiritual material than
those who are disciplined only by plenty
and success.
If n man be gracious and courteous to
strangers, IL shows that he Is citizen
OF the world, and that his heart Is no
island cut off from other hearts, but
continent that joins them.
True JOY is a serene and sober emo
tlon; and they are miserably out that
take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of
IL Is within, and there Is no cheerful
ness like the resolution Of brave mind.
IL is most important lesson, and too
little thought of, that we learn how TO
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relish our being, without the transport
of some pas ion. or the qualification OF
some appetite.
AS the dress Of one who has passed
several hours In garden retains some
what Of the perfume of the flowers, so a
person who spends much time in the
company of the good will iuhale from
his person the Odor Of virtue.
The river Jordan Is not the only
pleasant water that empties itself into
dead sea. Some Of the Sweetest
currents" Of our lives are fated 20 end
there. Let US look 10 10 that we are not
borne thither on their limpid bosom.
You cannot make yourself better by
simply resolving 20 be better at some
time or other any more than a farmer
can plough his field by simply turning
IL over In his own mind. A good reso-
luton Is a fine starting point, but as
terminus II has no value.
After all, real greatness consists Of
character, and character Is a thousand
tunes more influential than culture
Holiness is the glory and alse the pow
or Of a man. Nothing is 70 be cOmpar-
ed as 20 influence with GOdlikeness and
Christlikeuess.
Gods spirit Ia wonderfully persever-