The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-01
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

=" ioee slRhI oI Cilelr OBJECTS than love.
work to-day, for you know not how
much you will be hindered tomorrow.
| A noble heart, like the sun, showeth
| lts greatest countenance at it's lowest
estate,
| A man may we'll bear his cross pa
tlcntly, whilst on the road to wear his
crown.
They who are too poor to trade in tho
Worid, may buy abundantly IN Gods
Modesty is to worth what shadow are
and relief.
Heavens gates are wide enough to
aomlt every sinner In the universe who
ID penitent. ~
Gods help seems long, because wc arc
short. A short walk seems long to
feeble knees.
No man can ever hope to know much
who doesn't begin by knowing that he
knows nothing.
We believe that Gods rower Is with
Out limit; why should we not believe
the same of his mercy?
Domestic rule Is founded upon truth
ahu love. Ii 1t has not both of these
IL Is nothing better than a despotism.
Good men have the fewest fears. He
mas put one who fear to do wrong. lie
has a thousand who has overcome that
one.
There is in Christianity light enough
tor those whe sincerely wish to 500 It.
and darkness enough to confound those
OF an opposite disposition.
The vanity Of loving fine clothes and
new fashions. and valueing ourselves
by them, is one of tho most childish
pieces Of folly that can be.
Ballads are the gipsy children of song
porn under green hedgero ws, IN the
leafy lanes and by-paths of literature.
In the genial summer time.
Jesus Is said to have marvellcd only
twice. Once at the faith Of the CEN
turioL, the other time at the unbeliet'
of the people Of his own city.
Feelings come and 90 like light troops
following the victory Of the present;
but principles, like troops OF the line,
are undisturbed and stard fast.
IT the Lord careth for thee, be thyself
at rest; for 1t he care, why shouldst
thou care too3 His providence Will
provide If thou sincerely trust it.
One quiet example of sanity living
has more power in any church or in ahy
community. than the loudest taIker
there Is about entire conservation.
The covetous man lives as If the
world were made altogether for him
and not he for the world; to take in
everything and part with nothing. ~
.flSUeysaqs' at'o "a sSas92fge i5
suffice that they are wholesome. 1t is
not required in physic that it should
please, but heal.
Every man has in his own life follics
enough, in his own mind trouble
enough, III his own fortunes evil
enough, without being curious about
the affairs of others.
The occupations of men are, unfor-
tunately, for the most part, such that
they shut out all deep thought while
they are going on, and yet make no en-
nobling claim ON the mind.
Death to good man Is but passing
through dark entry, out of one little
dusty room In his Fathers house into
another that is fair and large, lightsome
and glorious, and divlnely entertain
ing.
Good service Is prompt service. 1t
ceases to be a favor when he, upon
whom the service is conferred, has lost
in patience and hope deferred what he
might have bestowed IN love and graft
tuGe.
There is no mean work save that
which Is sordidly selfish; there Is no
lrreligtous work save that which is
OF life "the post of honor is the post Of
duty"
The cultured man Is free from preju-
dices, which are the most difficult to
eradicate from the heart whose soii has
never been lOOsened or fertilized by
they grow there as firm as
weeds among rocks.
Love, when founded in tho hoart.
will show itself in a thousand unpre-
medttated sallies of fondncss: but
every cool, deliberate exhibition of the
passion only argues little understand
ing, or great inslncerity.
What man In his right senses, that
has the wherewithal to live free, would
make himself slave for supertluiticsp
What does that man want that has
enough |? Or what is lie better for
abundance that can never be satisied2
When we are young wc waste a great
deal Of time in imagining what we will
DO when we grow older; and when we
are old we waste an equal amount
OF time In wondering why we waited
so long before we begin to do anything.
fou can train the eye to see all the
bright places OF your life, and so slip
over the hard ones with surprising
ease. You can also train tho eye to
rest on the gloomy spots, in utter tor
getfulness of all that is right and beau
tifnl. The former is tho better cduca-
ton.
The man who takes his place in this
world, whether to preach in tabcr-
nacle, sing IN colosseum, or build the
waste places, having clear view of his
work a settled conviction Of duty
who believes what he asks others to
believe, and lives what he teachcs--
will find an open door to success.
None can live well until they get
God into their lives. The ono thing
that makes men great Is to realize that
G ID has an internal plan, and to enter
into 1t, give ones self to 1t, trusting to
Him the final issues. His work Is tncn
the object of life, and faith in Him be-
comes resistless courage and exhaust
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