The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-23
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

right than to reign on the side OF the
wrong. Success, which Is the result
or wrong doing, brings curse with 1t.
He that waits for repentance waits
Tor that which can not be had as long
as 1t is waited for. It Is absurd for a
man to walt for that which he himself
has to do. IS ..ht
Do not allow thyself to be carried
away by anger. Angry words and
nful looks are sins. Reply to thine
enemy with gentlcness. Opposition to
peace Is a sin. 7..'.
The way to acquire lasting esteem is
not by the fewness of writer's faults,
but the greatness of his beauties, and
our noblest works are generally most
replete with both.
The ordinary employment of artiflce
is the mark of pretty mind; and 1t al
most always happens that he who uses
1t to cover himself in one place uncoyers
himself In another.
Preserve your conscience ALWAYS soft
and sensitive. If but one Gin force it.
self into that tender part Of the soul and
dwell there, the road Is paved for a
thousand iniqutties.
Capricious, wanton, bold and brutal
lust Is mcanly selfish; when resisted,
cruel; and, like the blast Of pcstilentiai
winds, taints The sweet bloom OF ma
tnre's falresc forms. .......
lie that Is found reasonable in one
thing Is concluded to be 80 In all; and
10 think or say otherwise is thought so
unjust an affront and so senseless q
censurc that nobody ventures to do it.
| There arc some truths In regard to
which we are not warranted to ask the
why. They shine In their own light;
ana we feel that we need no light; and
we ask no light whore with to see them.
Tho pain which conscience gives {.
man who has already done wrong is
soon g;t over. Conscience is n coward,
and those faults it has not strength
enough 10 prevent, 1t seldom has JUS
tire enough to accuse.
Unseliish and noble acts are the most
radient epochs in the biography of
souls. When wrought In earliest Touth
they lie IN the memory Of age like the
coral islands green and sunny amidst
the melancholy waste Of ocean.
| 1t Is easy in the world to live after
the worlds opinion; 1T Is easy in soli-
Lllde to live after your own; but the
great man is he, who, In the midst of
the crowd, keeps within perfect sweet.
ness the independence Of solitude.
AS the reputation Of books in raised.
not by their freedom from delecL, but
The greatness Of their beauties 80 should
that of men be priced, not from their
exemption from fault, but the size Of
those virtues they arc possessed OF.
COntentmcnt produces, in some meas
ure, all those effects which the alchem-
isL usually ascribes to what lie calls the
philosophers stone, and II 1t does not
bring riches, 1t docs the same thing by
u In Itl n m Ino otrn fNp ri,
One who Is injured ought not to re-
turn the injury, as the multitude think:
for on no account can 1t be right to do
Injustice. Therefore. 1t is not right to
rcturn an Injury, or to do evil to any
man, however we may have suffered
from him.
Where men are the most sure and ar
rogant they are commonly the most
mistaken, and have there given reins
to passions, without that proper delib-
Grafton and suspense, which can alone
secure them from the grOssest absurdl-
ties. -
Pluck, not luck, put man ahead in
this world, and leaves a lot Of persons
at tho foot OF the ladder quarrelling over
their peuigrecs, trying to sponge q pass
out Of srme sympathetic friend, or steal
up under the shadow of some self-made
| man. ..
No enjoyment, however ,inconsidera-
bic, Is confined to the present moment.
A man Is the happier for life from .,av-
ing made once All agreeable tour, or
lived for any length Of tlme with pleas
Interval OF Innocent pleasure.
| Not alone to know, but to act accor-
ding to thy knowledge, Is thy destina-
ton, proclalms the voice Of my inmost
soul. Not for indolent contemplation
ana study Of thyself, nor for bruoding
over emotions Of pity-no, for action
was given thce; thy actions, AID thy
actions alone, determine thy worth.
1t is easy to pick holes In other peo-
ple's work, but 1t is tar more profitable
to 40 better work yourself. Ia there a
fool In the world who cannot crticise!
Those whe can t, emselves do good SER
| vice are but as one to q thousand COM
pared to those who can see faults In the
labor of others.
Kind words cost nothing; they are
easier 20 use than any other. They
won't blister the tongne nor aggrevato
the children or servants. People who
talk loud and threaten, use weapons Of
wcaxness Kindness. favored with
love, is the true principle for the home
circle or, indeed, elsewhere. 0H#
L. has been argued that the election
of Incorporate men to high, judicial or
executive stati ons is forbidden in the
Scriptures as in the following verse:
ut Is not--it ls not forhkings TO drink
wine, nor princes strong drink, lest
they forget the law and preverJ the
eau Of the poor and needy. 81
They who remember the benefits be-
slowed by parents are too grateful to
remember their faults. They are hap-
py who can return to father anu HOtli-.
or the care they receive from them In
infancy; still happier they are who can
return their smiles and caressess, and
feel for them the same love they have
received. Old age sometimes becomes
second childhood; Why. should not tiiial
piety become parental love.
Praying and practicins Christs's COM
mandments will keep out sinnipg;
nothing else will .lo IL, Il Positive steps
wi.l save you. When the packet ship.