The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-12
FOOO FOR THOUGHT.

very young men, ike young fruit
trees, require frequent trimming.
Every man Is ga man after Gods own
heart" for the functions that he does
best.
We must not look around on the uni
verse with awe, and on man with
scOrn.
Aspirations after truth and virtue
are pledges and beginnings Of lmmor-
tality.
what does education often do? 1t
makes straight-cut ditch OF a free
meandering brook.
The man with a shabby overcoat is
the first to complain Of the heat OF the
northward soaring sun.
II there Is any person to whom Won
1eel dislike, that Is the person of whom
you ought never to speak.
1t Is always safe to learn, even from
our enemies; seldom safe to venture to
instruct even our friends.
There are two classes who do not
bear prosperity--one Of them being
those who 10 not get Il chance.
No man is called on to lose his own
balance tor the advancement of the
world In any particular direction.
| What struck you most In the saua-
torial regions9" asked gentleman Of
Il traveller. "Ths SUM-" vs. the reply.
DO you know on what bushes little
peace, faith and cont,ntment grow?
20 a-berry1ng early and late after
| Them.
Much charity which begins at home
! IL TOO feeble 10 get out doors, and much
ttlat begins out doors never gets into
The home circle.
That life is long which answers lifc's
great end; the Tree that bears no fruit
deserves no name; the man OF wisdom
IL the man OF years.
Dependence is a perpetual call upon
humanity, and greater incentive to
tchuerness and plLy than any other
moLtve whatsoever.
IL God has taught us all truth in
Ceachlng Us to love, then he has given
, Us an interpretation of our whole duty
In our own households.
lie who initiates what is evil always
goes beyond the example that Is set;
On the contrary, he who initiates what
Is good always tails short.
| "What Is wist,om?" asked a teacher
OF class OF small girls. A bright
eyed little creature arose and answered
"lh formation or the BRAIN"
The world Is beehive In which we
are all hunting Tor honey; the few are
successful, buC the many only receive
stings and pains III the effort.
The only thing American about
Drass Danu Is the way small boys pad
dle through mud and dust to calcll
enough ol Lhe tune to whistle.
10 tll the sphere which Providence
appoints is true wisdom; to discharge
trusts faithfully y and have exalted ldeas,
that ls the mission Of good men.
Our true acquisitions lie only in our
charities. We gain only as we give.
Tnere is no beggar 80 destitute as he
who can afford nothing to his neighbor.
First among the things to be thank
ful for Is a thankful spirit. Some peo-
plo would grumble aG the acconlOda-
tions LII heaven If they ever got there.
| Our endeavors are In vain without
Gou's blessing, yet in vain shall he
challenge blessing that endeavor not.
Sloth IL no less guilty than covetous-
ness. ..
In the light Of eternity we shall see
that what we desired would have been
fatal TO us, and that what we would
have avoided was essential to our we'll
being.
1t Is not the poetry, the splendid I'M
ages, the lofty moral of the Scripture
that makes 1t 4 two-elged sword, but
It's living truth and It's practical ap-
plicatiOn.
Time ts the greatest innovator, and
II time OF course alters all things to the
worse, and wisdom and counsel shall
not alter them to the better, what shall
be tho end?
|
"But then, o my friends, if the soul
Is really immortal, what care should be
Caken OF her, not only In respect OF the
portion Of time which Is called life, but
OF eternltyi"
Keep your promise to the letter; be
prompt and exact, and 1t will save you
much trouble and care through life,
ana win for you the respect and trust
OF your friends.
A woman dreamed that she saw her
husband kissing a certain neighbours
wife, and she awoke and struck him
across the face anu broke his nose.
Man Is nowhere safe.
| love my friends very much, but |
find that 1t IL Of no use to 90 to see
them. hate them commonly when
am with them; they belle themselves
and deny me continually.
| w hCu wv lluSo lCufHCu 10 OIICf uD
| every duty connected with our situa-
ton III life as a sacrifice to God, q set
tied employment becomes just as set
Gled as u habit Of prayer.
Christianity Is no thing of modern
birth, to emu in death; it is older than
time and will continue on beyond time;
born out OF God anu his eternity, trail
ing on the path OF Immortality.
Well! WELT Soleo terto, sacco d,itto
Qtalian proverb), many full sack
comes from a crooked turrow, and he
who will be captain of none but honest
men will have small hire to pay.
We speak OF the snow as an image of
death. 1t may be this, but it hides the
everlasting life under It's robes-the
lie to be revealed liz due time--wl,en
all cold shadows shall melt away be-
fore the ascending sun and shall not
| be unclothed, but clothed upon, and
mortality shall be swallowed up Of
lie.
Whatever your sex or position, life
Ia a hattla in which Won are to show