Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-07-31
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

A good conscience Is able to bear
very much, and 10 very cheerful In ad.
versity. .s. ...t. r...,.
A mans own good breeding Is the
best security against other peoples Ill
manners.
Thank Godl our troubles come like
rain, chiefly sideways; there is always
shelter. ta1t.oHn T3
A bold fight against misfortune will
often enable a man to tide over a tight
place and put ruin to flight. tiba
Would we but profit by the expert
ence of others we should have the roy
al road TO the palace Of wisdom. af@
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. 1-2 i.1fin@
Nothing exasperates more than con-
siderate, quiet hatred; q passionate ha-
tired does SO far less.
When society begins to profit by q
mans misfOrtunes, his difficulties do
not soon terminate.
What we have to do In this world Is
not to make our conditions, but to make
the best OF them.
Virtue maketh men on the earth ia
nous, in their graves glorious, and in
heaven immortal. sas ~
Public opinion is produced by the
vagaries OF master minds reflected from
the mirror Of fmultitudinous inanlry.
Those who have been duped are to.b
feared, rs they are apt to consider man
kind debtors for their own follies.
We must not speak all that we know,
that were folly but what a man says
should be what he thinks. otherwise lt
is knavery. s.-sa 'Asitd s-issa.rts'A =
Faith. dies when charity ceases to feed
Its flame, and 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 qllIcksand natures, from
which every Aew wave washes out the
old impression. ss--..--.-.-.-a..u.uun.uu
ftheIe is anything more poignant,
than body agonizing for.want OF bread
lC is soul which Is dying Of hunger
for light. n fssf.f 8 ,fsTie.7 7at9
A gentle person is like a river 6ow-
Ing calmly along; while passionate
man Is like the sea, casting up mlre
and dirt continually. a 1M gg0tg
Having home that Is all preaching
and no pleasure-al duty and no fun
ls dull old trade-mill which will drive
the children away sooner or later.
The force, the mass OF character,
mind, heart or soul, that man can put
into any work, is the most important
factor In that work.
Being sometimes asunder helkhtens
friendship. The greatest cause Of the
frequent Quarrels between relatives is
their being so much together.
Man Is in friendship what woman a.
In love, and the reverse, namely, more
covetous of the object than OF the feel
ing for it. sfa t.sr-,g
When people have resolved TO shut
their eyes, or to look only on one side.
it Is Of little consequence how good
their eyes may be. TaqcT asifgE
That melancholy which is excited by
objects Of pleasure, or inspired by
sounds Of harmony, soothes the heart
instead of corroding tt.
Give man such heart mn the Son
Of God describes IN the beatitudes, and
whole universe OF sorrow cannot rob
MIN OF MS DlesseQness.
at all ages novelty hath charms In
deed, bat IN mature life it In tinRed 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 It over and skim it ar the bottom.
The grass gets It's dew nearly all th',
year round, and that Is more than I'll Q
most men can say However, some O.
US are very fortunate, for our just dues
are exactly what we dOn't want % have.
That things are not so I'LL 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 in the mill OF adversely
make better spiritual material than
those who are disciplined only by plenty
and success.
If a man be gracious and courteous to
strangers, It 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 migerably out that
take laughing for rejoicing; the seat Of
it is within, and there is no cheerful
ness like the resolution of brave mind.
1t is a most important lesson, and too
little thought off, that we learn how TO
enjoy ordinary life, and 70 be able to
relish our being, without the transport
of some passion. or the qualification of
some appetite. }-tf,t
AS the dress of one who has passed
several hours In garden retains some
what of the perfume of the flowers, so
person who spends much time in the
company of the good will inhale from
his person the Odor Of virtue. sna
The river Jordan is not the only
pleasant water that empties itself into
a dead sea. Some of the 'sweetest
currents of our lives are fated to end
there. Let US look TO 1t that we are not
borne thither on their limpid BOSOM.
You cannot make yourself better by
simply resolving to be better at some
time or other any more than farmer
can plough his field by simply turning
it over in his own mind. A good reso-
lutlon is fine starting point, but 40
terminus 1t has no value. tF
After all, real greatness consistaAof
character, and character Is a thousand
times more influential than culture
Holiness is the glory and alse the pow
er of man. Nothing is TO be compar-
ell as to influence with Godlikeness and