West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-05-01
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.


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good constitution Is like n money
boN--its full value Is never known until
IL has been broken.
Taking penny that does not belong
to one removes the barrier between In
tegrity aud rascality.
The raven ~ like the sianderer. seek
Ing carrion To feed upon, and delighted
when feast Is found.
Humility Is the Christians greatest
honor, and the higher men climb the
iurther they are from heaven.
The tree OF the cross being cast into
| the waters of ailiiction has rendered
them wholesome and medicinal.
Good prayers never come creeping
home. am sure shall receive either
what i ask or what should ask.
n work of art Is said to be perfect I'm
proportion as IL does not remind the
spectators OF the process by which IL was
created.
There Ia frequently more love In a
frown than their could be In n smile:
"As many as 1 love, | rebuks and
| chaston." r.-
Old mems lives are heightened shad-
ows; their evening sun falls coldly on
the earth, but, the shadows all point TO
the morning.
The column Is an emblem of faith: it
springs from earth To heaven; the arch
symOolizes Mercy--it desccnds from
heaven To earth.
Posthumous charities are the very
essence of selilshness, when bequeath-
eu Dy those who, when alive, would
part with nothing.
The angels may have wider spheres
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duty; but right with them and with us
Is ore and-the same thing.
There IL little pleasure IN the world
tlat IL true aud sincere besides the
pleasure of doing good. / am sure no
other Is comparable to this.
Books are the true Jewellers. They
give to all who faithfully use them tho
society, the spiritual presence, OF tho
greatest and best of our race.
There exists In human nature, when
loyal to conscience, "A power to neutral
iZe error, and To incorporate within It
sell what Is pure and ennobling.
We classify our wrongs, and tic up
our miseries with red tape; we pity
people by declmal', and put our stalls
Ties away with n Satisfied conscience
How many million of men have
trampled ont love and solemn VOWS.
anu by giving way to strong drink have
crushed loving hearts, made happy
homes des0late, and at last filled drunk
arh's gravesf
Whatever your sex or position, life Is
| battle In which you are 10 show your
pluck, and woe be TO the coward
whether passed on n bed OF sickness
or In the tented field, IL is ever the
same fair nag, and admits of no dis
tinction.
DO not aspire to be great story
teller; an inveterate teller Of long
stories becomes very tiresome. 10 tell
one or two witty, short new stories.
appropriate to the occasion, is about ali
that one person should innlct on the
company.
Let the soul be turned as strenuou Iy
toward good as IT usually Is toward
evil, anu you Will find that the simple
love of goodness Will give incredible
resources TO the spirit In the search
after truth. Love, with intellect, will
perform miracles.
IL love and affection could be won
with gifts and jewels, then, indeed, love
would have Its price; but IL Is not so.
Affection springs from the heart only;
no Rifts can produce IL. A chIld's love
Is won more truly by a parents fond
embrace and Kiss than with glltterinh
toys.
That may be right which Is not pleas
ant and that pleasant which Is not
right; but Christ's religion Is both.
There ls not only peace In the end OF
religion, but peace In the way.
DO not spend your time I'm talking
scandal you sink your own moral ma
ture by 30 doing, and you are, perhaps,
doing great injustice 10 those about
whom you talk. You probably don't
understand the circumstances. Were
they understood, you would be more
lenient.
Hope h n hatterer, but the most up
right Of all parasites; for she frequents
the poor mans hut, AS well as the pal
ace Of his superior.
BY cultiVating the beautiful, we
scatter the seeds Of heavenly flowers;
by doing good, we foster those already
belonging TO humanity.
TO cultivate the sense OF the beauu-
iul is but one, and the most cffectuaI, Of
the ways Of cultivatIng an appreciation
OF the divine goodness.
DO not indulge I'm satire; no doubt
you are witty, and you could say a
most cutting thing that weuld bring
the laugh OF the company down upon
your opponent: but you must not allow
it, unless TO rebuke some impairment
fellow who can be suppressed In no
other way.
The best part OF one life Is the per-
fOrmance Of ones daily duties. All
higher motives, ideals, conceptions,
sentiments, ia man are Of no account
II they do not come down and strength
en- him for the better discharge Of the
duties which devOlvs upon him Ia the or
dirary affairs Of life.
An excess Of excitement and def
cheney Of enthusiasm may easily char
acterize the same person or period.
Enthusiasm Is grave, Inward, self-cOn-
trOlled; mere excitement Is outward,
fantastic, hysterical, and passing I'm a
moment from tears 10 laughter from
one aim tc Its very opposite.
A cunning man is never a firm man;
bat an honest man Is; double minded
man Is always unstable; man Of faith
is firm NJ a rock. / tell you there Is
sacred connection between honesty and
faith; honesty is faith applied TO
worldly things, and faith is honesty
qmckened by the spirit 70 the use Of
heavenly things.