The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-29
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

easily detected.
What cannot be repaired is not to bo
regretted.
Example Is always moro eficacious
than precept.
Few things are impossible to dill
gence and skill.
Earnestness of purpose can spring
only from strong convictions.
WHAT'S done we partially may COM
pute; but know not what's resisted.
Let prayer be the key of the morning
and the bolt of the evening.
The tear Of sensibility is the most
honorable characteristic Of humanity.
Exhaust every expedient and then it
will be time to talk Of impossibilities.
Human life Is everywhere state In
which much Is to be endured, and lit
tic to be enjoyed.
shall long to see the miseries of the
world, since the sight Of them is nee
essary to happiness.
The more quietly and peaceably we
gei on, the bctter tor ourselves and our
neighbors.
Men resemble their God In nothing
so much as when doing good to their
fellow creatures.
| knowledge will always predominant
over ignorance, as man governs the
other animals.
Man believes that to be lie which
contradicts the testimony Of his own
ignorance.
feople are sooner reclaimed by the
s!dewlnd Of surprise than by down
right admonition. =
Affection endeavors to correct patu-
raj defects, and has the misfortune of
always missing it.
What you keep to you, you may
change and mend; but words once
spoken can never be recalled.
The excesses OF youth are drafts up-
ON old age-payable with Interest.
ABOUT thirty years after death.
Deeds always overbalance, and down.
right practice speaks more plainly than
the fairest profession.
GOOD counscls observed are chains of
grace, which, neglected, prove haltars
TO strangle Gndutiful children.
Hearts are flowers; they remain opon
to the soft-falling dow, but shut up In
tho violent down-pour Of rain.
DO come and sac us!' sound gery
| we'll; hur how much heart ia there In
1t In many casesp
| Those who have little are always
ready to strike an average with those
who have much.
The flower which we do not pluck Is
the only one which never loses Its
beauty or its fragrance.
Scholars arc close aud fr,loal of THAR
Tor ornament, If they will not serve for
| use.
| Every man Is miserable sinner in
church, but out Of church 1t is unsafe
to say much about it-except to a small
man.
What men term friendship is merely
partnership Of reciprocal interests
and an exchange Of favors-in fact, It
Is but trade In which self-love always
expects to gain something.
How beautiful Is youth; a lIttle
moonshine, few musical water drops,
the strain OF song, and the young
hearts experience poetry as 1t never
could be intrusteu to paper.
However wicked men may be, thew
DO not dare to appear openly the enc
mics Of virtue, and when they desire
to pcrsecute her, either pretend to be-
| 'ieve her false or attribute crimas TO
her.
There is burden of care in getting
riches, fear in keeping, temptation in
using them, guilt in abusing them,
sorrow In losing them, and a burden Of
account at last to bo given up concerns
ing them.
Let no man think lightly Of evil, say
ing In his heart, it will not come nigh
me. Let no man think lightly Of good,
saying In his heart, 1t will not benefit
me. Even by the falling of water
drops waterproof is filed.
Many a true heart that would have
come back like the dove to tho ark,
after the fret transgression, has been
frightened beyond recall by the angry
look and menancing taunt-the savage
charity of an untorgiving soul.
You will confer the greatest benefits
but by exaitlng its souls. For it is bet.
ter that great souls should live In
small habltations than that abject slaves
should burrow in great houses.
1t Is a fatal mistake to suppose there
can be no apostacy from Christ, where
we are not absolutely called upon to
'lenv His name. or to burn incense to
an idol. We deny our Lord whenever,
.ihethat Dcmas, we, through love oI
this present world, forsake the course
of duty, which Christ has plainly
pointed out to us. We deny our Lord
| "HCUOfCI VIC AoAO Uuo bdHCbtOA Ol OuE
countenance, our praise, or our silence
70 measures or opinions which may be
popular and fashionable, but which we
ourselves believe to be sinful In them
selves or tending to sin. We deny
our Lord whenever we forsake a good
man in afflictlon and refuse to give
cOuntenance, encouragement and sup
port to those who, for Gods sake and
for the faithful discharge Of their duty.
arc exposed to persecution and slander.
1t is not enough to be dead unto the
world. 1t Is not enough to be corpse.
You must be q new creation in Christ.
Alivo TO every good work Sometimes
Incidence Is substituted for devotion,
the poor yae'1m We shss
sing, ~ an resting, Lord, In thee,"
when the Master is crying otter them,
go work today In my vineyard. ="
They sing, "Hold the fort, when God