The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-04-26
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

EVIL Is like nightmare; the instant
you begin to strive with it, to bcstir
yourself, it has already ended.
The cXcesscs OF our youth are drafts
upon our old age, payable with interest,
about thirty years after date.
When a true genius appears III the
world you may know him by this sign,
that the ounces are all In cOnfetlcrucy
against him:
How great ones virtue best ap-
pears by occasion Of advcrsity; for oc-
caSl0nS do not make man frail, but
show what he is.
The ordinary employment Of artificc
Is the mark Of petty mind; and it al
ways happens that he who uses it to
cover himself in one Place nncovers
himself I'm another.
1t is with nations rs was individuals.
Those who know the least of others
tht"k the highest Of themselves, for.
the whole family of pride and ignor-
ance are incestuous and eventually be-
get each other.
Witty sayings are as easily lost as
the pearls slipping off Il broken st ny
but word of kindness is seldom
spoken in vain. 1t Is seed which,
even when dropped by chance, springs
up As flower.
Christianity is being like-mindcd
with Christ; considering Him our
sanctitication rs we'll as our redcmp-
ton. 1t Is cndcavoring to live to Him
here, that we may live with Him here
after.
The happiness Of your life depends
upon the quality of your thoughts,
therefore guard accordingly, and Jake
care that you entertain no notions un-
suitable to virtue and unreasonable To
nature.
1t were better to have no opinion of
God 1T all than such al opinion as is
unworthy Of him; for the one is unbe-
lief aud the other is contumely; aud
certainly superstition Is the reproach of
the Deity.
We love peace rs we abbor pusillani-
NIFTY; but not peace at any price.
There is peace more destructive Of
the man hood Of living man than war is
destructive Of his mental body. Chains
arc worse than bayonets.
Satire is sort of glass, wherein be-
holders generally discover everybody's
face but their own; which is the chief
reason for that kind of reception It
meets In the world and that so very
AS those that pull down private
no 'scs adjoining to the temples of the
gods prop up such parts rs are contig-
uous to them, so, In undermining basil
tulncss, due regard Is to be had to ada
cent modcsty, good natureand human-
ity.
Af;cr friendship and love come be-
ncvolence and that compassion which
united the soul to the unfortunate. 1t
Is well known that this Is particularly
the share of women. EVERYTHING dis
poses them tn tenderness and pity.
1t is not so easy rs philosophers tell
us to lay aside our prejulices mere vo-
iltion cannot enable lis to divest our
selves Of long established feelings, and
even reason is avcrse to laying aside
theories 1t has once been t.l, ,,ht to adj
mirc.
We arc ruined not by what we really
want, but what we think we do; there
fore never go abroad in search OF your
wants; if they be real wants, they will
come home III search of you; for he
that buys what lie does not want will
soon want what hc cannot buy.
The men who succeed without tho
aid OF education are the exceptions.
Commcn men need all the help that ell
ucation can give, to put themselves on
level; and even Of the exceptional
men 1t may be said that they would
have succeeded still better with the ad-
yantagcs Of education.
a man who has duly considered the
condition of his being will contentcdly
yield to the course Of things; he will
not pant for distinction whore distinc-
ton would imply no merit; but though
Oh great occasions he may wish to be
greater than others, he will be satisfied
IN common occurrences not to be less.
A life full of good works Is the only
way on thy part to answer the mercy
OF God extended to thee. God hath
had mercy on thee, and hath saved thee
from all thy distresses. The heart that
is fullest Of good works has In 1t least
room for Satan's temptation. Every
promise In tho Bible is thine to
strengthen, quicken and encourage thy
heart.
It Is vain. You cannot thrust re-
ligion out Of the he8rt. If It be
dream, it is dream that is Of mightier
power than waking life. But 1t Is not
u dream. 1t Is tho profoundest reality
Of our nature, the impulse at bottom Of
all intellectual 4uestionings, the spring
VI IoptS iiSSo3 OhO ShJ VI W
its invisible Lord. ~ ~
We know with what an excellent
nicely the skillful engraver can repre-
sent the forms he designs to produce;
but 1t is essential to his art that the
substance he engraves upon should be
suited to receive the impression. What
could he do on the surface of coarse
tile? SO God rcilnes the heart, to fit 1t
to receive his lovely image, and then,
by the operation Of his Spirit, COM
plctes the glorious work. lg1.yssss,s
Beware Of anger Of the tongue; con-
troll the tongue. Beware of anger Of
the mind. Practice virtue with thy
tongue and with thy mind, Byrotlec-
ton, by restraint and control, a wise
man can make himself an island which
no flood can oYerwhelm. He who con-
quers himself Is greater than he who In
battle conquers a thousand men, He
who Is tolerant with the intolerant,
mild with fault-ffnders, and free from
passion with tho passionate, him I call
indeed wise man. E5fj ts$
When consider the 'multiti,fle T,f a.