The New York herald., 1879-08-03
CHAT BY THE WAY.

1t is the business of every man to look up. Busi-
is looking up. and ought all. 1t is better
to keep your eyes the stars and to stumble over
clod now and then than to look down persistenty
that you that the stars exist. As Jer.
rold says if did not into this world to bet
ter ourselves might well have stayed where we
WERE
he who breaches most of Christ to sinners may
expect to preach most sinners to Christ.
Remember, you cannot be suspicious of others
without making others suspicious Of you, and you
cannot spend time in talking against the honesty Of
Others without exciting the feeling that you your
self will bear Watching
Matter is by no means synonymous with dirt al
though the material elements in some religious sys
tens. to judge from recent ecclesiastical trials, par
take largely thereof.
1t is never worth while to make rents in garment
for the sake of mending them, to create doubts
in order to show how cleverly quiet them.
The greatest evils in life have had their rise from
somewhat which thought of too little impor.
tance to be attended to.
There is comfort for spinsers in Scripture. which
tells them that Naomi was $50 years old when she
married. The veterans may still hope.
Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears;
the effect precepts is therefore slow and tedious
while that of examples is summary and effectual.
Every person has two educatons-one which he
he gives himself.
He who spends all his life in sport is like one who
wears nothing but fringes and eats nothing but
A charitable untruth. an uncharitable truth and
unwise MANAGEMENT of truth love are ali to be
carefully avoided by him that would go with right
foot in the way.
Confidence and fear are almost. one thing rather
than two, when speak Of God He that fears
most trusts most He that trusts most fears most.
To none is death little of change as to those
whose life has been one long confidence in God.
Ma" said little girl. "do want to get mar
ried much as the women do?' "Pshawl what are
you talking about7" ''why. ma. the ladies' who
come here always talking about getting married:
the men don't"
Little Freddie undergoing the disagreeable
operation of having his hair combed by his mother,
and he grumbled at the manuuvrc. "Why, Fred
die" said mamma, ''you ought not to make such
fuss. don't fuss and cry when my hair is combed."
"Yes," replied the youthful party, but your hair
amt hitchcd to your head
"Put out your tongue little further" said doc.
tor to fair invalid. "a little further STILL IL you
please" "why. doctor. do you think a woman's
tongue has endy" said the gentle sufferer "An
end. perhaps, madam" replied tho physician. 'but
no cessation"
Score moro for modest minister who halls
this time from the West and refuses the degree Of
u. ID. from 1Iartsve University on the ground that
his literary attanmonts and Biblical learning fail so
far below his own ideal of what man should pos
sess to bear worthly SO high title that his OF
duty to himself compels him to decline the honor
His name is William j. shuey and he is a minister
belonging to the United Brethren Church
We thought Baptist brethren were mistaken
the OTHER day in their piscatorial II not in their
theological views IL they had been the
sion with those jolly old fishermen of Brooklyn
brothers Beechcr ii. NJ. storrs and J. Hyatt smith
last week they would have become converts at once
to the art of fshing These old salts sailed away
from Canarseto to ockaway and back and caught three
bluensh between them-thc Baptist leading the rest
with twothirds OF the catch" They did not build
OF Goals tho beach like their predecessors or
old and cook the newly caught fish. but entered
heartily into the labors OF other men at Huflle Bar
A sunday or two ago an eminent pastor In the City
of churches preached a on t.iu morality in-
vovcd Ia trip 90 Concy Island on Sunday. Now
Act these brc llren tell US how 1t is ut Rockaway