West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-06-12
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

v.
Anger and jealously can no more bear
TO lose sight of their objects than love.
Work to-day, for you know not how
much you Will be hlndered tomorrow
"A noble heart, like the sun, showeth
us greatest countenance at its lowest
estate.
man may we'll bear his cross pa
uently, whilst on the road TO wear his
crown.
They who are too poor to trade I'm the
Worid, may buy abuadantly IN Gods
Modesty Is to worth what shadow are
TN painting; IL gives TO 1t strength
aud relief.
Hoaveu's gates are wide enough 10
admit every sinner in the universe who
IS pcnitent.
Gods shelp seems long. because we are
short. A short walk seems long 10
feeble knees.
No man can ever hope to know much
who doesn't begin by Knowing that he
knows nothing.
We believe that Gods power ls with.
out limit; why should we not believe
the same OF his mercy2
Domestic rule Is founded upon truth
and love. If IL has not both of these
u h nothing better than n despotlsm.
Good men have the fewest fears. He
has but one who fear To do wrong. lie
mas thousand who has overcome that
one.
There il In Christianity light enough
Tor those whe sincerely wish TO see 1t,
and darkness enough TO confound those
OF an opposite disposition.
/ nh. 10,
new fashions, and valueing ourselves
by them, is one of the most childish
! pieces of folly that can be.
Ballads are the gipsy children of song
born under green hedgero wa, IN the
leaty lanes and by-paths OF literature.
In the genial summer time.
Jesus liz said To have maryelled only
twice. Once Mt the faith of the cen
| turioL, the other time nc the unbellsf
Of the people of his own city.
Feelings come and go like light troops
Following the victory OF the present;
but principles, like troops of the line,
are undtsturbed and stapd fast
IL the Lord careth for thee. be thyself
at rest; for II he care, why shouldst
thou care too5 His providence will
provide IL thou sincerely trust It.
One quiet example of salntly living
has more power In any church or I'm any
community than the loudest talker
there Is about entire conservation.
Tho covetous man lives rs If the
world were made altogether for him
and not he for the world; to take I'm
everything and part with nothing.
mAa!'otirPhSy" alg .UWdiGJ1e, OF. .tAe
suffice that they are wholesome. It is
not required In physlc that 1t should
please, but heal.
Every man has In his own life follles
enough, In his own mind trouble
enough, In 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-
nobllng claim on the mind.
Death to a good man Is but passing
through dark entry, out Of one little
dusty room I'm his Fat hers house into
another that IL fair and large, lightsome
aud glorious, and divinely entertain
ing.
Good service IL prompt service. 1t
| ceases TO be favor when he, upon
whom the service is conferred, has lost
in patience and hope deferred what he
might have bestowed I'm love and grati-
tude.
There Is no mean work save that
which Is sOrdldly selfish; there IL no
| irreligious work save that which II
morally wrong, while In every sphere
of life "the post Of honor Is the post Of
duty"
The cultured man Is free from preju-
dlces, which are the most didicult 20
eradicate from the heart whose soil has
never been loosened or fertilIzed by
education; they grow there rs firm as
weeds among rocks
Love, when founded In the heart.
will show itself in thousand unpre-
medltated sallles of fOndness; but
every cool, deliberate exhibition Of the
passion only argues little understand
ing, or great insncerlty.
What man I'm his right senses, that
has the wherewithal TO live free, would
make himself slave for superfluities2
What does that man want that has
enough Or what IA he better for
abundance that can never be satisiledY
When we are young we waste a great
deal Of time in imagining what we will
DO when we grow older; and when we
are Oiu we waste an equal amount
OF time In wondering why we waited
so long before we begin 20 do anything.
You can train the eye TO sec all the
bright places OF your life, and 30 slip
over the hard ones with surprising
ease. You can also train the eye to
rest on the gloomy spots, in utter for
getfulness OF all that Is right and beau
tiful. The former Is the better educa-
tiOn.
The man who takes HIS place in this
world, whether TO preach in a taber-
nacle, sing In a colosseum, or build the
waste places, having clear view Of his
work settled conviction Of duty
who believes what he asks others 10
believe, anil lives what he todches--
Will find an open door 70 success.
None can live well until they get
God into their lives. The one thing
that makes men great is TO realize that
q ID has an internal plan, and TO enter
into &C., give ones self 70 it, trusting 10
HIN the final Issues. His work Is tuen
the object Of life, aud faith in Him be-
comes resistlegs courage and exhaust
less patience.
There it a great deal Of difference be.
tween mOdesty and bashiulness. The
latter is q terror OF being approached