West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-11-08
NO. 9.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.


climb high enough to see beyond it.
Women arc extreme In all poir T..
They are better or worse than men.
Great souls hold firmly To heaven aud
! let the earth roll on beneath them.
Peace Is such a precious jewel, that
would give anything for It but truth.
Act well at the moment, and you have
| performed good deed To all eternity.
Where one is tagged, hungry, and de-
| pressed, the worst seems most probable.
Death is the funeral of all sorrows
and evils, and the resurrection of all
joys.
| Nothing is further from the earth
than heaven; nothing Is nearer than
heaven to- earth.
The great problem of life Is for each
inan to do his share of the worlds
work and keep we'll.
He who has created us with a thlrst
after the knowledge OF Him will GER
tainly satisfy that thirst.
Never promise anything unless YOU
are quite sure you can give what you
say.
Certain sermons are more calculated
TO weaken faith than To render men be-
| levers.
Only what we have wrought Into
our characters during lifo can we take
away with us.
There Is no right faith In believing
what Is true unless we believe IL because
IL is true.
venture not to the utmost bounds of
even lawful pleasures; the limIts of
good aud evil Join.
| IL you wish To have good house to
| i've In when you are old, you must lay
brick every day.
No one can ovor-estimate his own
| weakness, or the dangers TO which he
Is continually exposed.
EVIL, is like rolling-stone upon
mountain top. child may first im-
pel-a giant cannot stop.
What other dungeon is SO dark as
ones hoartp What other TAILOR SO In
exorable as ones self.
Every good and holy desire; though
IL may lack the form, hath, In itself, the
substance and force OF n prayer.
We do nor believe immortality be-
| cause we have proved IL, but we forever
| try to prove IL because we believe IL.
II man has transgressed one law,
| ana speaks lies, and SCOTS Mt another
world, there Is no evil no will not do.
The direct and proper act Of faith IL
| oI perpetual use and necessity, and then
most when there Is least of assurance.
To do for man what ho can do Tor
| himself were not wise--not good for
mans growth either In knowledge or
virtue.
Keep the head cool by temperance I'm
all things, and the feet warm by actual
exercise In the discharge OF important
duties-deeds of kindness.
A philosopher never deems any man
beneath his notice, Tor there Is no mind
that cannot furnish some scraps OF In
tellectual entertainment.
Gentleness which belongs to virtue
Is to be careiully distinguished from
the mean spirits Of towards and the
iawniDg assent of sycorhants.
The angel who ministers to a diving
beggar may hold himself az highly
honored as he who keeps the gate OF
heaven.
Internal conflicts are the heritage of
superiority. IL Is so easy for small
headed stupidity to take no thought for
for the morrow.
man whe has a Axed purpose to
which he deyotes his powers, is invul-
nerablO. Like the rock I'm tho sea IL
splits the troubles of life, and they
eddy round him In idle foam.
There Is much greatness of mind In
the owning Of good turn as In the do
ing of 1t; and we must no more force
requital out of season, than be want
ing In it.
Pride is seldom delicate 1t will please
Itself with very mean advantages; and
envy feels not its own happiness, but
when II may be compared with the
misery Of others.
pleasures will be disputed; but il IL
still To be examined what pleasures are
harmless. The evil Of any pleasure Is
not In the act Itself, but I'm It's conse-
quenOcs.
The beginning Of hardship is like the
first taste Of bitter food IL seems for "A
moment unbearable, yet If there is
nothing else 90 satisfy our hunger we
take another bite and dnd 1t posi- BILE TO
go on.
Whatever comes out of despair can
not bear the title Of valor, which should
be lifted up TO such height that, hold
Ing all things under itself, IL shou Id be
able to maintain its greatness even In
the midst Of miseries
There is no despair so absolute a.
that which comes In the first moments
ofour first great sOrrow--when we have
not yet known what it is TO have suffer-
cd and be healed, 20 have despaired and
have recovered hope.
A religious life Is not a thing that
spends itself like bright bubble on the
rivers surface. II Is rather like the
river itself, which widens continually,
and Is never so broad or deep as where
II rolls into the ocean Of eternity.
The smallest motion is Of importance
In nature. The whole substance Of
the sea moves when we throw In a peb-
BILE. So in the life Of grace, the most
trihing action has y bearing ia It's con
sequence upon the whole. Everything
then is important.
The truth Is precious as it Is divine.
The truth rs precious, because nothing
else is so near mans present and future
welfare. There Is not sin, crime or
bad thing in the world, but, sweep
away the dust of the earth around It, Il
stands upon lie, and fslsehOod is the
foundation Of all evil.
The more quiet and peaceably we get
on, the better-the better for ourselves,
the better for our neighbOrs. In nine
cases out Of ten, the wisest course Is-
II man cheats you, TO cease dealing
with him; If ne Is abusive, quit his
company; ii he slandcrs you, take care
10 live so that uObOdv will bplfevo hin,