The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-10
VOL. III.-NO. 80.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

Sermons are addressed to men, pray-
or addresses to God.
Beware of being promising hearer
and nothing more.
The wise and prudent conquer diff
culties by daring to attempt them.
Innate rudeness, in spite of restrain,
Will betray itself by awkwardness.
Every man Is bound to tolerate an act
OF which he himself sets the example.
Hide not the truth when you know It,
and clothe not the truth with falsehood.
GrStitude Is the music of the heart.
when Its chords are swept by kindness.
1t Is with life as with coffee; he who
drinks 1t pure must not drain 1t to the
dregs.
The rich are more envied by those
who have little than by those who have
nothing.
1t is the work Of philosopher to be
every day subduing his passions and
laying aside his prejudice.
Have nothing to do with any man in
a passion, for men are not like iron, to
De wrought upon when hot.
A year Of pleasure passes like a fleet
ing breeze, but a moment of sorrew
seems all age of pain
Divine guidance is shown when our
vessel, tempest tossed, keeps steadily
on 80.
Great things are not accomplished by
lule dreams, but by years Of patient
study.
The way to eternal beatltude Is open
to him who without omission speaketh
truth.
Be modest not by undertaking your
sell but by due appreciation Of the
merits of others.
a wise Italian proverb says that
"thcre are those who despise pride with
| greater pride"
Envy makes us see what will serve
to accuse others and not perceive what
may justify.
when tho character Of any one is
discussed, silence in the good-natured
! Is censure.
| Honor and fame from no condition
rise; act well your part, there all the
honor lies.
Wickcdness resides I'm every hesita-
| ton about all act even though IL be not
pcrpetrated.
There Is nothing lower than hypoc-
risy. 10 profess friendship and act
enmitJ tsa sure proof of total depravity.
After an event is lrretrIevable, moth
Ing Is more foolish and absurd than the
discussion Of what might have been
done.
Happiness consists In occupation Of
mind. Small minds require to be oc-
cnpied by affairs. Great minds can oc-
cupy themselves.
The best kind of revenge is that
which is taken by him who Is so gene
rous that he refuses to take any revenge
ut all.
m 1,N NJ, L..
Tor their netghbOrs and turn deaf ear
to scandal are not only very blessed
Dut also very scarce. ''
Sin always begins with pleasure and
ends with bitterness. It is like the colt
which the little boy said was vcry tame
In front and very wild behind.
There are some people who think
that eternal vigilance Is fearful sum
to pay for liberty when sort Of easy
going slavery can be had for half the
price. n
No man has come to true greatness
who has not felt in some degree that
his life belongs to his race, and that
what God gives him he gives him for
mankind.
Benjamin Franklinwas not prophet.
but no prophet ever uttered truer
word, when rightly balanced, than this:
"God helps those that help them
selves.n
The way to honor true man as he
would be honOred, when death forces
others to enter Upon his labors, Is to
continue them rs he would. have done
had he lived.
The worry heart and root Of sin is an
independent and selfish spirit. We
| erect the idol self, and not only wish
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| ourselves.
Humor Is a very important element
In every mans life. Neither man nor
plant thrives in the shade. It Is nee
cssary, however, to see that 1t Is good
humor rather than bad.
| 1t is when our budding hopes are
nipped beyond recovery by some rough
wind, that we are the most disposed to
picture to ourselves what flowers they
might have borne If they had flourish
ed. aglaa
Some mon advertise their lives and
the public are generally Ill appointed
because the advertisements promises too
much; others lot their lives advertise
them, and the public always gets more
than is promised.
AS men are most capable of dlstln-
guishing merit in wOmen, 80 the ladies +
often form the truest Judgment of us.
| The two sexes seem placed as spies upon
each other, and are furnished with diff
ferent abilities, adapted for mutual In
| spection.
A drop Of ink Is a very small thing,
yet dropped into tumbler of clear
water 1t blaokens the whole; and 80
, he first oath, the first lie, tho first
glass, they seem very trivial, hut they
leave dark stain upon one's character.
Look out for the first stain.
t'There Is nothing" said Plato, 80
delightful as the hearing and speaking
Of truth" For this reason there is no ]
conversation 80 agreeable as that of the
man of integrity, who hears without
any Intention to betray, and speaks
without any intention to deceive.
@ The state of mind most lamentable Is
that Of utmost languor. In despair