The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-11
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

the pulpit. W4.1 ''..- ~ ..N'' '.
Hlan has to 60 out and seek his path
| woman's path usually lies close Under
| her feet. ~
When peoples feelings have got a
deadly wound they can't becured by
fayors.
Pleasure Is the mere accident of our
Delng, and work It's most natural and
holy necessity.
Men seldom improve when thew have
no other models than themselves to
copy. nsa la ~'Dli' y -
| You cannot dream yourself into a
character; you must ham niur and force
yourself ono. ...... -Ii'.'' = 81,
10 DC comfortable and contented.
spend less than you earn, an art which
few have i,arncd.
me nrsL ''me man dcccives Won. the
lault Is his; II he dcceiyes yot, The sec
ohd timc, the fault Is your own. ="
People are apt to fall in lovettwith
those who are beautiful at sight. Il. But
tenderness and constancy.
We appreciate no pleasures unless we
are occasionally deprived Of them. So
Restraint Is the golden rule Of enioy-
mrnC.
Civility Is In itself a fortune. for n
courteous man always succeeds in life 81
even when persons of greater ability
sometimes lail. 90. 5F-,,i .. ~. 49,. =
Good temper is like sunny day: IT,
she brightness over everything; 1t
Is lne sweetcler of Toll and the soother
OF disquictudc. %" -! '. 'f77 - NY
r. lnasmucll rs laughter is afaculty be-
slowed excluslvelyupon tnah, we seem
70 oe guilty OF u sort ofringratitude In 3
not eAtrcislAs IL as often as We can. 81,
Car" Is the lot Of life, and he who as
pires to greatness In hopes lo get ril Of
! 1t, is one who throws himselfintoa a fur
nae to. nvoid of a n ,ap,ie,r
Every man carries about With him n
toufhstone, If he will make use Of It, to
distinguish substantiaIgold FROM super
NEAL glittcring. troth from appearances.
Thcro Is pleasure III contem p,lating
good; there is n great PLEASURE in re-.
celvlhg good; bat the greatest pleasure
Is uoll'g! good, which comprehends the
rest. '
The snrcst method against scandal.
is to live 1T down yperseveFaiico In
weii-doing, and by prayer to.Gud. that
ne would cure, The dislcmpered mind OF
those who traduce and injure us.
Some persons moyc through life as a
band OF music moves down tile street,
ningingi out pleasure on every si,le
through tho air to every one, far, and
near, that cares to listen. -
If all were as willing to be pleasant
ana as anxious to please In their own
homes rs they are In the COMPANY or
their neighbOrs they would have the
happiest homes In the world.
Times OF the greatest calamity and
confusion have ever been productive or
the greatest minds The purest ore
comes from the hottest furnace; the
brightest fash from the darkest cloud.
Our eyesight Is the most exq uiste OF
our senses, yet 1t does not serve US to r
discern wisdom; II it did what q, glow
Of love would she kindlo within us and
our lives would be beautif1cd. 2nsnlHN 81
Good words do moro than hardti
speeches; as the sunteams withoutanys
noise will make tho travelsr cast of his
cloak, which all tho clustering winds
could not 90, but only maka him draw
1t closer TO him. t'FaT"TF"H ats SHi'i' :
1t is always safe to learn from, enc o
mics seldom safe to ventare to INSTRUCT,
friends. ,s -. 1.,.l.s,-Nr -;
The industrious bee does not stop 20
complain that there are so many poison
Gus flowers and thorny branches In the
road, but buzzes on, selecting the 4
honey where she can find 1t and pass +
ing by the place where it Is not. ,,,,
Conscience ls your magnetic needle. :
Reason is your chart. But would 5
rather have crew willing to follow
the Indications of the needle, aud Civ Z
ing themselves no great trouble as to
the chart, than a crew that had ever SO
good Il chart and no needle at all. b. q =
, We arelivihgln an atmosphere witch
rather blinds us ito certain9 oldistime ;
truths. But how mYsG, 1t look to. the
angels to see man earnestly praying
for the con version Of the heatlien, who
spends yearly Oh himself whaE would
support fifty ministers. .s .Estl; O! piigt
The mon who succeed without Il q
aid OF EDUCATION are the exceptions.
Common men need all the heip that .
education can give, to put themselves
on level and evenOf the exceptional
men 1t may De SAID that they would
have succeeded still better with the ad-
rantagcs of education.
BY prayer we do not moan the bow!
ing of the head and saying over q few
appropriate words, abut tho yearningi
desire; ,he uplifted heart,, the contrite5
spirit; such Il condition Of life Is Cnris-
tian. A man who answers to this de-
srrlp'ion Is Christian, whefever you't
flnd him. t. El q. bn1}3gf
Praying, reading the Bible and going
to meeting is not religion, any more
than carpenters tools arc u dwelling
house. Erhese Christian duties are the
instrumental In the use Of, which asmani
undcrpins his life, wi h Christianiprinzr
ciplcs, TO bui:d thereon a character Of
righteousness ''@ - '''ss''ItS" tiS
Sin is a bad thing, not alone that It
dishoDnrs God; thnt is''enough--buti ite
debases the God In man. Not alone
that 1t lnjures society; that is enough,
but a man loses his sensitiveness t.,
virtue. Smiles III anihushinthe mind
and heart, ready to spring upon'thee
life inils dangerous moments. siltinust4
It,rsqulrcs q great deal Of resolution,
to break away,fr6m theapathy or adecp
sorrow or q heavy trouble,ian reso-f
lutcly put ones hand to the new or disc
used plow; but the effort ONCE made, H.
there is anything in the individual. he
an ol ,n<, al a