West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-09
NO. As.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

We are haunted by an ideal life, aud
it Is because we have within us the be-
ginning and the possibility OF Il.
man owes his success In his life
work To the woman who walks beside
him.
The sweetest thing on earth isa lit
tie child when IL has learned to know
and love.
How contagious Is the laugh of some
people; how jarring that OF others,
like playing on worn out piano.
After friendship aud love come be-
nevolencc AMI that compassion which
unites the soul to the unfortunate.
The saddest word of tongue and pen:
I'm going to pay, but | can't tell
when"
is not decided that women love
more than men, but IL is indisputable
that they love better.
Nature has sown IN man seed orknow-
ledge, but they must he cultivated To
produce fruit.
man that keeps riches aud enjoys
them not, Is like an ASS that carries gold
and eats thistlcs.
when man speaks the truth YOU
may count pretty surely that he posses
os 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 BEE stnmps I'm your way
over which you may stumble.
The shortest and most direct road To
popularity l. for man To be the same
That hc wishes To be taken for.
The innocence and purity OF child
hood brings bitter heart paugs To the
Sin-hardened man aud worldly woman.
Love sees what no eve sees: 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 the lat
ter,
IL the loved ones would come back To
earth only long enough for us To be for
given, itwould relieve many remorse-
less heart.
The object of all ambition should be
to be happy at home. II we are not
happy there we cannot be happy else
where.
Ii Is better to wear out than TO rust
out. We must not only strike the iron
while IL hot, but strike until IL is made
hot
1t Is "A curious fact that on the track
OF knavery misplaced switch will be-
found somewhere, and 1t Is sure to
wreck the train.
Show me man who cares no more
Tor one place than another and will
show you In that person one who loves
nothing but himself.
IL Is wonderful what strength and
boldness of purpose and energy of will
come from the feeling that we are In
the way of duty.
As the grave grows nearer, my thcol-
ogy Is growing strangely simple; and
IL begins and cnds 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 God.
How strange that the stratas of love
and hate lie so close together that lt
takes but little TO bring the latter upper
most, when under the pressure of un-
Kindness or Injustice.
Generosity during life is n very diff
ferent thing from generosity in the
hour Of death. One proceeds from gem
uine liberality and benevOlence, the
o her from pride or fear.
blush Is Natures alarm at the ap-
prOach Of sin and her testimony TO the
dignity of virtue; IL Is sign which
Nature hangs out to show where chas-
tity and honor would dwell.
Genius that succumbs to misfortune,
that allows Itself TO be blotted by the
slime Of slander, and the other serpents
tnat infcst society, Is so much the less
genius, for neglect Is but the fiat TO an
undying future.
II our weak, puny hands could reach
up and rend the sun from his throne
to-day, then were the same but little
thing to do. It's the Far-On, the great
Unattainable, that feeds the passion we
have for "a star.
The cold chain Of life presseth heay-
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 aud the
iron bands broken down.
There are acts that u ed no poet TO
make poems Of them, for they Will live
ttIOiikll dktN anu ages Oli W tbtIUlbYs
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.
Childhood enters life at the east, com
ing In like a young swallow beneath
the caves, and being little, he stands
erect under tine low curved roof. out
he goes into the middle of the world.
Now swells the dome above him and
manhood T.. erect still. But westward,
westward l. the word, and by and by
he bends mis- head beneath the roof.
They say he Is old, that life is nearly
over-that he Is looking for "A place to
sleep but IL is only that he may clear
the rafters. Low and lower does he
bend, until with form quite doubted,
he creeps out just between heaven and
earth, and 10 seen no more.
IL is necessary 20 success that there
should be an aim. Most every man
VINO has hit mark in this world. set
his mark when boy and set IL high.
n YOU aim at the curbstOne you will
never hit the weathercOck on the Col
legiate Church spire. Set your mark
early. AIM high. Aim as high as
heaven. Have noble and q high am