Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-25
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
Few men are quite fit to live.

The oldest verse In existence-the
Universe.
Ignorance has no light; error follows
a false one.
There is no grief like the grief which
does not speak.
He who blackens others does not
whiten himself.
1t Is good sign when man is glad
that God see him.
A fine coat may cover a fool, but
never cOnceals one.
Ignorance is subject for pity, not
laughter.
knowledge Of mankind Is necessary
TO acquire prudence.
Darkness, sOlicitude and remorse are
a grim and hateful company.
The test of moral character ia no in
falllblllCy but recuperatiVe power.
Often reserve that hides a bitter
humiliation seems to be haughtIness.
A great experience transforms. We
must even be more or less than our old
selves.
When human mind gets down 20 a
deep In rut of thinking it is hard to
lift 1t out.
Flowers sweeten the air, rejoice the
eye, INK us with nature and innocence,
and are something TO love.
This is the present reward of virtuous
conduct-Uhat no unlucky consequence
can oDllge US 10 regret il.
Integrity without knowledge is weak
ana useless, and knowledge without in
tegrity is dangerous aud dreadful.
1t is so hard for us to understand why
our friends do not feel our wrongs so
poignantly as we do.
The improved and piOus way of Cos
siping is TO sweeten scandal with the
treaele of homilizing inferences.
Nothing in all this social universe is
so utterly thrown away and trodden un-
Ger foot as dishonored woman.
Hero making is a woman's work:
even your sensible and practical woman
must take 10 hero making sooner or later.
Envy and malice are devils that drive
possessed souls into the contemplation
OF that which aggravates their madness.
The metaphysics Of salvation are NOT
so much consequence, when one is en-
gagged in the practice OF actually say
ing men.
1t Is one of the advantages Of women
can change front on the instant, when
they see fit.
There is no safe ground for a good
sound preacher. but to attack ancient
wickedness and the sins and supersti-
tlons OF foreign cOuntries--zy-----yz~
he who sees evil in prospect meets it on
the way; but he who catches it by re-
trospection, turns back TO find it.
The humble man, though surrounded
with the scorn and reprOach of the
world, is still in peace, for the stability
of his peace restest not upon the world
but only God.
He who begin by loving Christianity
better than truth willprOceed by Loving
his own sect or church better than
Christianity, and end In loving his opIn-
ions best of all.
knowledge cannot be acquired with
out pain and application. Itis trouble
some, and like digging for pure waters,
but, when once you come to the spring,
it rises up to meet you.
It Is better that JOY should be spread
over all the day in the form of strength,
than that it should be concentrated in
TO ecstacies full of danger, and follow
ed by reactions.
| heart-treasures of charity, piety, tenn
perance and soberness. These treas
ures a man takes with him beyond
| death, when he leaves this world.
A mans nature is best perceived i'm
privateness, for there is no affectation;
il passion, for that putteGh u man out
of his precepts, and in anew case or ex-
pertinent, for there custom leaveth him.
The beginning of hardship is like the
| first taste of bitter fOOd-it seems for a
m ment unbearable; yet, if there Is
nothing else to satisfy your hunger, we
take another bite and find it possible to
| 20 on.
When one sin is admitted, it is gener-
| ally found that it hath q companion
| waiting at the door; and the former
will work hard to secure the admission
of the latter, in which it generally sue
| ceeds.
Women govern us; let us try to rem
der them more perfect. The more they
are enlightened, so much the more we
shall be. On the cultivation of the
minds of women, depends the wisdom
of man.
Make up your mind what you intend
todo. Sitdown and count the cost. Do
net undertake more than you can per-
form. 1t is unwise to commence work
that you are not able to finish in due
| season.
oh, how full of error is the judgment
of mankind! They wonder at results
when they are ignorant of the reasons
They call it fortune when they know
not the cause, and thus worship their
own ignorance turned into deity.
Let those who are appointed to judge
| of the character of others bear in mind
there own imperfections, and rather
strive by sympathy to soften the pang
arising from a conviction of guilt, than
| by misrepresentation to increase 1t.
Vice is very prolific. A lie hates to
be alone, and must have company. de
who tells one lie is sure to tell another
to cover up the first, and third to
cover up the other two. After that he
becomes accustomed to it, and stops
| counting.
Make use of time, If thou lowest eter-
nifty; know yesterday cannot be recall
ed. tomorrow cannot be assured; to-
day is only thine; which. if thou pro-
crastinate, thou losest; which is lost
forever. One to-day is worth two to-
mOrrOWs.
A farmer likes field that is filled with
corn. not one that grows with resplen-