Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-05-16

he regards as prayer the meanings and sigh,
Iugs OF the heart. Hooker.
My burden is light, SAID the blessed
Eedeemer. \ light burden indeed, which
carries him that bears it. | have looked
through ali nature for a resemblance Of
this, ami seem to find a shadow OF it in the
wings of bird, which are indeed horne 10y
the creature, and yet support her flight To-
wards heayen.-[St. Bernard
1t is with the separate glimpses OF the
Divinity as with the famous Torso Of the
Vatican, the fragment OF some noble statue,
the memorial OF some supeThuman stug-
gle, which Micheal Angelo in the blindness
of his old age used to feel round and round
gathering 10y touch what he could not gain
by sight receiving from the imperfect fag-
ment az inspiration of the unknown whole.
Dean Stanley.
Life we've been long together,
| Through pleasant and through cloudy weather
'TIs hard to part when friends are dear
Perhaps twill cost a sigh or tear
Then steal away, give little warhing.
Choose thine own time,
Say not good night, but in som, brighter lime
M. grr544.L
Make no mar your idol, fer the hest man
must have faults and his faults will insen-
sihly become yours in addition to your own.
This is as true in art as in moralS.-lW W. All
ston.
He that soekoth to he eminent amongst
able men. hath a great task but that Is ever
good tor the public but he that plots to be
the only figure among clphers, is the decay
of whole age.-[ Lord Bacon
Even in the present twilight of our practi-
cal and moral knowledge, we may perceive,
| hy every form of instance, how often the
wisdom OF love, goodness. and simplicity
wins, even in the races of this world, AGAINST
| the wisdom Of crafty and cstute self seeking.
! W. q. Gladstone.
The only way to shine. even in this false
world, is to be modest and unassnming.
| Falsehood may he a thick crust but, in the
course Of time, truth will find place to
break through Elegance OF language may
not be in the power OF US all ; but simplicity
and strairhtiorwardness are. W. c Hry-
ant.
In looking back upon my youth, | see.
metLinks, Wild fruit tree, rich in leaf and
blossom and it is mortifying enough to
mark how very few OF the blossoms have
set, and how diminutlve and imperfectly
formed the fruit Is INTO which even a pro
ductive few have been developed. right
use OF the opportunities of instruction afford
Cd me in early youth would have made me a
scholar ere my twenty-iitth year, and have
saved 10 ne nj least tth tl lhC ttSl years tl
my lie. Hugh Miller.
My son, take ii not grleyously il some think
III Of thee and speak that which thou wouldst
not willingly hear.
Thou oughtesl to be the hardest yndge rt
thyself and to think no man weaker than
thyseii.
Ii thou dost walk spirimally, thou wilt
not much weigh teeting words.
1t is no small wisdom to keep silence in an
evil time and in thy heart to turn thyself 10
God, and not 10 be trouhlei 10y the iudg
ment Of men.
Let not thy peace depend On the TONGUES
OF men for, whether they Judge well Of thee
or ill., :hou art not on that account other
than thyself. Where are true peace and true
glory are they not in Ne,
And he that careth not TO please men, nor
:eareth to displease thom, shall enjoy much
peace.
From iuordinate love and vain fear arisc,h
all dIsquetness OF heart and distinction OF
the mind. Thomas a hempis.
Blessed is the man who has found his
work let him ask no other blessedncss.
Know thy work, and do it and work at it
like Hercules. One monster there 10 in the
world the idle man. Carlyle.
Ii you SOW q handful, Won will leap
hushel ii you SOW the wind you shall reap
the whirlwind. tremble for those Young
men who laugh IN scofiing way, and say,
Il am sowing my Wild oats. You have got
to reap them. | u. l.. Moody.
uiE wArrRWLi
Listen to the WatermiIl all the li,elonz day,
How the creskng q. tn wher! wears the hour
Laugudly tLe wa,er sIie- useless on sui Still,
Never coming back again to the WatermiN
And proFerb Eaunis m mind as the spell is
The mil will never srind With the water that Ia.
passed,
Take the lesson to yaurself losing heart and truc
Golden yeaTs az passing BY. Youth IS la'sius
Try to make tie most Of liz, lose 10 homes, way,
All that Jou van call your lies IN thi; To-Day
Power, Intellect and strength. may not cannot
TIE mil viii never grind with the water that has
passed.
the wasted hour. Of lie that have fitted by
the good We might have cone, lost, without a
Love, that We might ores have savei with tuta
single word
TnOus Ms conceived, tu; rerer penn,i, perlshin-
Tase thc lessen to Your heart take, o hold it
The nil vii never grind with the water tina, hn-
-I-5-l"r G.-rIa, sgG-orgl 5. K,.s't.
Il trust everything under God, said Lord
Brougham, 10 habit, upon which, in all
ages, the law-giver, as well as the school
master, has mainly placed his reliance
habit which makes everything easy and
casts all difficulties upon the deviation from
"a wouted course. Make sobriety a habit
and intomperancc will he hateful make pru-
dence a habit and reckless proiligacy Will be
as contrary to the nature Of the child, grown
On adult, as the most atrocious crimes are to
any Of Your lordshiTs. Give child the
habit OF sacredly regarding the truth Of
carefully respecting the property of others
Of scrupulOusly abstaning from all acts OF
improyidence which can involve him in dis
trcss, and he Will Just AS likely think of rush
ing into an element in which be- cannot
breathe, as Of lying, or cheating, or swear
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