The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-16
FOOD FOR THOUGHT. ,


shalt have Joy,
good conscience Is able to bear
very much, and Is very cheerful in ad-
versty. n,.. m... t.tIr"0 -
A mans own good breeding is the
best security against other peoples i'll
| manners.
Ihank God! our troubles come like
rain, chiefly sideways; there Is always
shelter. .a ..-'l DGI
A bold fight against misfortune Will
often enable man to tide over tight
place and put ruin to flight. 'rlr
Would we but profit by the expert
once OF othors we should have the roy
al road to the palace Of wisdom. ,r
| Philosophy triumphs easily enough
over past and future evils, but present
evils triumph over philosophy. ~
There are only two heavehs-one
above IN glory, the other below In the
broken heart. ......,,,,,
Nothing exasperates more than a con-
slderate, quiet hatred; d passionate ha-
Creu does so far less.h ''' -.j'" ,..
| When society begins to profit by
mans misfortunes, his difficulties do
not soon terminate. .n...
What we have to DO In this world Is
NOT to make our conditions, but to make
Virtue makoth mon on the earth "a
! NOUS IN shcir graves glorious, aid in
heaven immortal. ~
Public opinion is produced by the
| Yagarios of master minds reflect cd from
| the mirror Of multitudino ds inanity.
Those who have been duped are to be
feared, as they are apt to considers man
KIND debtors for their own follies.
Wo mi, st bnt s,ooly NJ @l,,r ,,,,
that were folly; but what Il man saws
Should bc what he thinks. otherwise it
| Is knavery. ..",J ~
Faith dies whom charity ceases to feed
It's flame, and strength decays just In
proportion rs cheerful hope fails to
quicken the energies Of the mind.
Some people mover have story to tell,
because OF their qllicksand natures from
which every Aow wave washes out the
old impression. ..... ......,...,~ ,.,tI
If there is anything moro poignant,
| thana body agonizing for want Of bread
1t 10 soul which is dying of hunger
| lor light. .l''" 'jHi
| "A gentle person Is like a river flow
| Ing calmly along; while a passionate
man Is like the sea, casting up miro
and dirt continually.
Havlng home that is all preaching
anu no ploasurc-all duty anu no fun
Is u dull old trade-mill which wiil,driye
| inc children away sooner Or later.
| The force, the mass rot character,
mind, heart or soul, that man can put
into any work, Is the most important
factor In that work. Hala,H
| Being sometimes asunder heiehtens
friendship. The greatest cause of tho
frequent quarrels between relatives Is
their being so much together.
Man ls In friendship what woman Is
In love, and the reverse, namely, more
covetous of the object than Of the feel
ing forit. .... ..,--,
When people have resolved to shut
| tho1r eyes, or to look only on one side.
1t is OF little consequence how good
their eyes may be.
| That melancholy which Is excited by
objects OF pleasure, Or inspired by
sounds of harmony, soothes the heart
instead of corroding 1t. ,''
Give man such heart as the Son
| or God describes In the beatitudes, and
u whole universe of sorrow cannot rob
him of his blessedness. .,,.,.
| At all ages novelty hath charms in
decd, but In mature life 1t Ia tinged with
sadness, owing to the premonition that
wo 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 1t over and skim it at tho bottom.
Tho grass gets It's dew nearly all tho
year round, and that 10 moro than I'll Q
most men can say. However, some OF
us are very fortunate, for our Just dues
are exactly what we don't want o have.
That things are not so Ill with you
and me as might have been Is half Ow-
Ing to the number who lived faithfully
a 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 man be gracious and courteous to
strangers, It shows that he Is a citizen
Of the world, and that his heart is no
island cut off from other hearts, but a
continent that Joins them. 81,
True joy is a serene and sober emo
tlon; and they are miserably out that
take laughing for rejoicing; the seat Of
1t is within, and there is no chearful-
ness like the resolution of q brave mind.
1t 10 a most important lesson, and too
little thought off. that we learn how to
SiJoS oANAh"l AkO1 Ailu w w dVlc W
relish our being, Without the transport
of some pas sion. or the qualification OF
some appetite. tEg e'- ti
AS the dress of one who has passed
several hours In a garden retains some-
what Of the perfume Of the flowers, so q
person who spends much time In the
company Of the good will inhale from
his person the odor Of virtue. d
The river Jordan is not the only
pleasant water that empties itself into
4 dead sea. Some OF the 'ssWeetest
currents" Of our lives are fated to end
there. Let us look to 1t that we are not
borne thither on their llmpid bosom.
You cannot make yourself better by
simply resolving to be better at some
time or other any more than q farmer
can plough his field by simply turning
it over in his own mind ). A good reso-
luton Is a fine starting point, but as a
terminus 1t has no value.
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