The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-16
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

Words are to actions only the sawdust
Of the club of Hercules. ~ t-.}
1t is only for innocence that solitude
can have any charms. f .. ...a7f
Creditors and poor relations never
call at the right moment. >,
No man ever yet looked on the dark
side of life without finding It. y "1
Manner ID ono of tho greatest engines
OF influence ever given to man,. ~
Flattery Is a false coin which haa cir
culation only through our vanity.
Conscience is tho voice Of the soul;
the passions arc the voice of tho budy.
The longer I live the more assured |
am that most men live in mortal terror
of themselves. .A.g t,,.s. ~ a.,
In the pursuit Of virtue exercise gives
strength. The moro wo advance the
less fatigued we are.
She that has no one to love or trust,
has little to hope. She wants the radi-
Cal principal OF happiness. tor NgBl
Lift not n foot until you have pre-
viously learned the nature OF tho ground
on which you are to tread
Every saint is Gods temple, and he
who carries his temple about him may
go to prayer when he pleaseth., 3s
| If l might control the literature OF
well boing of the church and state.
Gentility is said to be eating meat
with silver fork when the butcher is
not paid. ..!, ..,.sar,+a4ass
| Hidden virtues are often desplsed,
tnasmuch rs nothing cxtols 1t In Our
| eyes. s3'H.. ~ '..f
Bodily enjoyment depends upon good
health, and health depends upon tenn
| pcrunce. .t.-.vn.r,
| The man who studies to be revenged
only manages to keep his own wounds
green. 'iafl' go
No evil is insupportable but that
which Is accompanied with conscious
ness of wrong. ,.. .un ..,
When peoples feelings have got
! deadly wound they can't bo cured by
| favors.
knowledge will always predominate
over Ignorance, as man governs the
other animals. ,.r ..... .ta.
There are few doors through which
llberality, Joined with good humor,
cannot find it's way.
a cross word ia little thing. but 1t
has made many q mans destiny for
good or for evil. ,., ". lts
DO thy best to honor God in the use
| Of this worlds currency, but make 1T
hot Iny wealth. .. ,,
Itisnou doctrine, however scriptural,
or views Of truth, however enlightened,
that saves us, but our lord jesus
Christ. . -, fi, .aln l...
Show me the man who would not 20
sITowsy yUssu31e ~Mifua n &fAf4Ill.t aud / will
mitted there. ..%'
The purest Joy is unspeakable; tho
! most impressive prayer Is silent; and
the most solemn preacher at funeral
ls the silent one whose lips are cold.
A lcgalist hears the command, and
looks to himself for strength to obeyit.
An obcdient believer looks Mt tho COM
mand by faith, and to God for strength.
No man, or body Of mon, can look
slightingly on culture; and no Chris
tian Church can be healthy If It's first
thoughts are not for the abandoned and
the poor. N. '3''''.'
Men may live amidst enmities, but
will not escape the enmity and pursuit
Of their own sin. This shadow at their
heels will not leave them, which means
destruction. ''' ."'
If you will calmly consider the ac-'
| tlons of some mon, you will be persl-
AIDED thcy are morally insane, 80 utter
ly unconscious do they appear that they
are doing wrong.
Our passions act as tho winds, which
pr0pel tho vessel; our reason Is tho pi-
| lot that steers her. Without the winds,
| she would not move, without the pilot,
she would be lost III
They who are ignorantly devoted to
| the nero ceremonies Of religion are fall
len into thick darkness; bat they are
In still thicker gloom who are solely
attached to fruitless speculations. 5
II tho mind, which rules tho body,
ever SO far forgets itself as to trample
| upon Its slave, the slave never forgets
or forgivcs the injury, but at some time,
will rise and smlto Its Opprossor. !sthS
Such as are still observing upon 9TH
ers are like. those who arc always
abroad at other mons houses, reform
Ing everything there, while his own
| runs to ruins.
All animals, when in health, derive
qualification from the food and drink
agreeable to them. But the mari's
Highest epjoyments are intellectual
and spiritual. ,,..,4..t. i.,,,a..
Mems native dispositions are most
| distinctly perceived whilst they are
children and when they are dying-as
tho sun Is best seen at his& rising and
MS scttlng. "a scG ataE q ~ I3If% MOD!
Men or great parts are, often unfor-
tnnate in the management Of public
business, because they are apt to 20 out
OF the common road by the quiakness
Of their imagination. rs tal e a AtfJ
Itisa duty to con tend earnestly for
''tl,e faith,' is, however,, very far
from being duty to fight every scare
crow and bard every spectral error
that chances to appear a
| Tho voice Of Paganism is the plaintive i
or ihepassionate Outcry Of the prisoner.
Tie voice Of Christianity is the assur-
anco of the Deliverer or the triumphaht
song Of the delivered. .s
Kindness seems to know Of soine SEE
sret fountain OF JOY In the soul whicll
1t can touch without revealing its l0-
cality and cause to send its waters up- {
ward and overflow the heart. s 81 ss,e. AZ
Such is the state of life that none are
happy butby the anticipation of change.