West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-04-17
NO. 80.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

truth spoken without charity.
Never refer To- gift Sou have made
or favor YOU have rendered.
! Never anything can be amiss when
slmpleness and duty tender II.
Good temper Is like sunny day; il
sheds It's brightness on everything.
Truth is the foundation Of all knowI-
edge, and the cement OF all societies.
lie that buys What hC does not want.
Will soon want what he cannot buy.
IL often happens that what we yet for
nothing is the dearest thing we have.
II YOU are toihng In an unrcquited
way iu life, think how Christ laGOred.
Nowoman is capable OF being beauti-
tul who is not incapable OF being false.
lie who thinks he has nothing To fear
from temptations Is most exposed to a
fall.
Never relate your misfortune. ana
never grleNe over what YOU cannot pre-
vent.
PcdNntry consists in the use of words
unsuitable To the time, place aud com
pany.
sin produces fear, fear leads to bon
dage, aHd bondage makes al, our duties
irksOmO.
|
boastiul of your own nation, statc, or
country.
Let those who would affect singularity
with success, first determine To be very
singular.
BE constant in what Is good, but be-
ware of being obstinate In anything
! tltt Is evil.
speaking much Is u sign of vanity;
! tor ne that is lavish In words ls IA mig
! gtru in deeds.
The Bible has suffered more IN the
hands OF honest bunglers than 1t has
! from skcptiCs.
Never be afraid Of being In the mi-
noritles, SO that minOriJles are based
! upon principle.
II some folks had their way about
thus world how few people could live
c mfOrtably In II.
What are few years of what men
call sorrow aud burden-bcarng to an
! eternity Of bless ,dnessp
What is 1t to part with a fir cad whom
We shall meet again 10 what IL is topart
| with virtue and hOnorr
An ounce OF generous praise Will do
more TO make man your friend than
pound OF tault-flnding.
No matter what may be your station,
| you can 30 live chat men through you
ana m you snail sec God.
! The best teacher of duties that still
| lie, die dim To us, Is the practice OF
those we seek and have at hand.
r-inqulsitivcness, pure and sim
| pie, Is very exasp1raJlng in many peO-
PIE otherwise very agreeable.
Gods providence may seem slow In
dealing with men, but 1t is helping
them build character for eternity.
Temperate temperance men and wo-
man are needed quite as much as pro-
hibijory laws or police regulations.
Every act OF dissipation and every
III OF drunkenness rJbs the mental
parts OF some portion of their growth.
A man who puts himself on the
ground ofmoral principles, If the whole
world be against him, is mightier than
all.
10 work out our own cOntentment,
we should labor not 30 much 20 increase
our substance, as To- moderate our dc.
sircs.
MOdcstY I'm your furniture, Cquipage,
and words viii show that your mind is
well regulated, and your heart free
from passion.
affections be esteemed; and such thy
| deeds aa thy affections, and such thy
life as thy deeds.
The longer we live and the more We
think, the higher value we learn 10 put
on the friendship and tenderness OF
parents ana friends.
Whenever we have to establish new
rcla ions with any one, Jet as make an
/ ample provision for pardon, or indul-
gcncc ond OF kindness.
Those who can themselves do good
service are but rs one 20 thousand
compared with those who can see faults
iu the lHbor- OF others.
We should round every day of stir.
ing action with nn evening Of thought.
We are taught nothing By experience
unless we muse upon &C..
BE substantially grcatlu thyself, and
more Than thou appeprcat INTO others;
and Jet the world DC deceived in thoe
p- they are boz the llghts Of hcayen.
Ifamau does not make new acquam-
tnuCc as he advances through life. be
viii soon find himself alone. A man
should keep his friendships iu constant
repair.
GOOD nature IS the beauty Of the
mind, and, like personal beauty, wins.
almost without anything clsc-sOms
Jimes, indeed, in spite OF positive de-
Ncicncics.
The happiness of man depends on no
creed and no book; 10 depends ON the
dominion OF truth, which is the Re
iccmcr aud Savior. tho Me4siah and
. thc King Of Glory.
Mems happiness spring mainly from
moderate troubles, which afford the
mind % hc9ltbful stimulus, aud are foj-
. lowed by a reaction which produces
cheerful low OF spirits
o, glorious loughter, thou man-lov-
ing spirit, that FOR "a time doth take
the burden from the weary back, that
doth lay salve 20 the weary feet bruis-
cd and cut by nints and shards.
10 is hard TO personate and act q part
/ long; iOI where truth is not 40 the bot
I tom, nature viii always be endeavor-
Ing 70 return, and will peep out and
/ betray herself one time or another,
There are eras in our spirits exist
cncc, as there are eras in our fortunes,
/ cras, when the fate Of the character
/ hang suspended upon some act of vOli-
| tiOn, some determination Of the viii.
Auambifion 10 excel in pretty things