The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-26
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

to live; with God supporting us, we
are strong to die.
We are haunted by an ideal life, and
1t Is because we have within US che be-
ginning and the possibility of It.
A man owes his success in his life
work to the woman who walks beside
him.
The sweetest thing on earth Is lit
tie child when 1t has learned to know
and love. .nI. 70. .. II
How contagious is the laugh Of some
people; how jarring that OF others,
like playing on worn out piano.
After friendship and love come be-
neyolence and that compassion which
unites the soul to the unfortunate.
The saddest word of tongue and pen:
I'm going to pay, bnt l can't tell
when." .. ln,-s ....., ,iri ,,.i
l. is not decided that women love
more than men, but it is indisputable
that they love better.
Nature has sown IN man seed of know
ledge, but they must be cultivated to
produce fruit. s... .. ... ~.
A man that keeps riches and enjoys
them not, Is like an ASS that carries gold
and eats thistles.
| When a man speaks the truth YOU
|
es most other virtues. -. ~ : .. ....
If you sweep your own doorsteps
clean you will have little time to criti-
else those OF your neighbor.
Don't carry your head so high that
| you cannot see stnmps in your way
over which you may stumble. .
The shortest and most direct road to
popularity Is for man to be the same
| that hB WfShaS tO ha n kap for
The innocence and purity of child
| hood brings bitter heart pangs to the
sin-hardened man and worldly woman.
| Love sees what no eye secs; love
hears what no ear hears; and what
never rose In the hear of man love pre-
pares for its object.
People who cannot heartily love and
hate will never command the first or
know the clearing influence of tho lat
| tor, ..n. ....,
If the loved ones would come back to
| earth only long enough for us to be for
given, iswould relieve many remorse-
less heart.
The object Of all ambition should be
to be happy at home. If we are not
| happy there we cannot be happy else
where.
1t Is better to wear out than to rust
out. We must not only strike the iron
while ills hot, but strike until 1t is made
hot. r..l
1t Is a curious fact that on the track
| Of knuvery misplaced switch will be
found somewhere, and it Is sure to
wreck the train.
| Sh"" no" man who cares no more
for one place than anoGner and viii
| show you In that person one who loves
nothing but himself.
1t Is wonderful what strength and
Doldnoss of purpose and energy of will
| come from the feeling that we are in,
the way of duty.
AS tho grave grows nearer, my thuol-
ogy is growing strangely. simple; and
! II begins and ends with Christ as the
only Saviour of the lost.
We must change our lives If we de-
sire to change our hearts. God will
have no regard to the prayers Of those
who have none to His commands.
Faith Is reasons telescope, pointed
toward the worlds that shine beyend
the natural sight; tits the bloom Of the
heart toward Goa.
| How strange that the stratas Of love
and hate lilo 80 close together that 1t
takes but little to bring the latter upper
most, when under the pressure of un-
| kindness or Injustice.
Generosity during life Is very diff
fcrcnt thing from generosity In tho
| hour Of death. One proceeds from gem
uine liborality and benevolence, tho
her from pride or fear. .....;
A blush is-Nature's alarm at the ap-
proach of sin and her testimony to the
dignity Of virtue; it Is a sign which
Nature hangs out to show where ohas-
| tlty and honor would dwell. "t"r Hi
Genius that succumbs to misfortune,
that allows itself TO be blotted by the
slime of SANDER, and the other serpents
tnat infcst society, Is so much the less
genius, for neglect is hut the fiat to an :
"ndying future. aa
1t our weak, puny hands could reach,
up and rend the sun from his throne
to-day, then wore the same but little
thing to do. It's the Far-Off, the great
Unattainable, that feeds the passion we
have for star. e I4t',a n.@ 8
The cold chain of life presseth heav-
lily upon some weary souls, and the sins
Of untrue hearts clog up the air passa-
| ges Of the world; but some time the
| golden gate shall be unloosed and the
iron bands broken down. ,,, ~ .si
There are acts that n ed no poet to
make poems Of them, for they will live
through ages ana ages, on TO eternity.
And when God opens the sealed book,
on the day Of judgment, these poems
! of the history Of lives will be traced In
letters of red and gold beneath the
Masters Autograph. F'3a %#t ''i2sA
Childhood enters life at the east, COM
ing In like young swallow beneath
the caves, and being little, he stands
erect under the low-curved roof. Out
he goes into the middle Of the world
Now swells the dome above him and
manhood IL erect still. But westward,
westward Il the word, and by and by;
he bends his head beneath the rOok
They say he is old, that life is nearly
over-that he is looking for place TO
sleep. but 1t is only that he may clear
the rafters, Low and lower dpcs he
bend, until with form quite doubled,
he creeps out just between heaven and
earth, and 10 seen no more.
It is necessary to success that there
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