The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-25
VOL. III.-NO. l28.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

let the earth roll OH beneath them.
| Ieace Is such precious jewel, that
L would give anything for 1t but truth.
Actwell at the moment, and you have
performed good deed 70 all eternity.
Where one is tagged, hungry, and de-
pressed, the worst seems most probable.
Death Is the funeral Of all sorrows
ana evils, and the resurrection of all
joys. ...l... .0.,g.lal'1,1. =
Nothing Is further from the earth
than heaven; nothing is nearer than
heaven to earth.
The great problem of life is for each
man to do his share of tho worlds
work and keep we'll. 90.
lie who has created us with thirst
after the knowledge OF Him will Ger
tatnly satisfy that thirst.
Never promise anything unless YOU
arc quito sure you can give what you
say. ''tG ~ ., tn
certain sermons are more calculated
TO weaken faith than to render men be-
levers.
Onl y What We have wrought into
our characters during life can we TAX.
away with us.
There Is no right faith in believing
what Is true unless we believe 1t because
1t is true.
Venture not to the utmost bounds of
even lawful pleasures; the limits Of
good and OWL join.
!. IT you wish to have goo house 10
t'vc IN when you are Old, you must Law
orlck every day.
NO one can, over-estimate his own
weakness, or the dangers TO which he
is continually exposed.
Evil, Is like rolling-stone upon n
mountain top. A child may first inn
pel-a giant cannot stop.
What other dungeon is so dark as
ones hcart? What other jallor so in.
eNorablc as ones self.
Every good and holy desire, though
II may lack the form, hath, in itself, tho
substance and force OF Il prayer.
We do NOT believe immortality be-
cause we have proved it, but we forever
Try 10 prove 1t because we believe it.
If man has transgrcssed ono law.
ana speaks lies, and SCOTS at another
"orld, there Is 10 evil he will not do.
The direct and proper act, of faith is
OF perpetual use and necessity, and then
'llost whcn there Is least Of assurance.
10 do for man what he can do tor
hlmself were not wise-lot good for
nuns growth either In knowledge or
virtue.
Keep the head cool by temperance In
all things, and tho feet warm by actual
exercise IN the discharge of important
duties-tloeds Of kindness. luuI,
a philosopher never deems any man
beneath his notice, Tor there Is no mint
thMC cannot furnish some scraps OF in
tellectual entertainments. ,Iff'E
Gentlcness which belongs to virtue
Is TO be carefully distingnishedp from
the moan spirits Of towards and tho
awning assent Of sycorhants.
The angel who ministers to o. dying
bcggpr may hold himself us highly
honored rs no who keeps the gate OF
. Internal conflicts arc the heritage of
superiority. 1t Is SO easy for small
headed stupidity to take no thought for
for the morrow, 20 "l'ir =
"A man whe has a fixed purpose to
wlilGii no dcvotes his powers, is invul-
ncrable. Like, the rock in tho ssa it
splits the troubles Of life, ana thev
eddy round him in idle foam.
There Is much greatness of mind In
the owning of good turn as In the do
Ing OF 1t; and we .must no moro force
a requltal out Of season, than be want
ing IN It. ~ A'i - g u
Prldcis sscldom'delicatc; lit will please
itself with very mean advantages; and
envy feels not Its own happiness, but
when 1t may. be compared with the
misery of others. 'th}
The liberty Of using harmless
pleasures will be disputedl;, but it is
still to be examined what pleasures arc
harmless. The evil OF any pleasure is
not IN the act itself, bat In Its consc-
Quonces. 'tlG@HHN .1It8us
The beginning Of hardship Ia like tho
first taste OF bitter food; IL seems for d.
moment unbearable, yet II there is
nothing else to satisfy our hunger we
take. another bite and lind it possible to
90 on. ,|...
VI nitever comes out Of despair cam {.
not boar the title Of valor, which should
be lifted up to such q height that, hold.
Ing all things under itself, It shon III be
nDle TO maintain its, greatness even In
tic midst Of miserics.
There Is no despair so absolute as
that Witch comics III tho first moments
ofour; first great we have
not yet known what 1t ,is to have suffer-
81 81 and llts be healed, to have despaiFed and
have recovered hope. s&4s 7!3e w
~ A religious life la not atthiiig that
spends itself like bright bubble on tho u
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riverits9lf, which tWidens c9ntIIiually
and Is never SO broad or deep as where
itrnlls into the oceanof eternity. 4.t
Tho smallest lhotion Is OF Importance ~
In nature. ,Thaa hole Substance of
the sea moves when we, throw in u peb- s$
Bile. SO, III the life Of grace, the most
tritllng action liaB d BearlnR iii Its con
the Whole.( Every thing M
then lis islmportant.aW AyfIa,l.ik, 4 S II 4
{. The tTnGh. is, precious ,as! !,it, is. divine.
The truth is precious, becauso nothing
eBe 1888 near Than e I'fUsent and future (
welfare There isa not as,sin, ,serinie .ol,ssg
bad4 thing iny the t,%orld !, lbMt; sweep Ss SE
away tho dust Of the earth II round 1t, IT, y y
stands upon d fle, aid falsehood is the:
tofall evil .ssHs ,fsiy92 S'
q The more quiotiand peadeabiy we got Il,
on, the !better-7the betgerIfo for, ourselves,
tee better f9r o,r ael y; ghbSra y = nine
If 'fhaf2 cheats you, to 'tense tdeal ling ~
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