West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-05-29
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

| VIC" ~" N"iCc, hstVu NJ once 10 what
it teaches.
Nothing so sdorns the face as cheer
iulness; when the heart is In flower,
lts bloom and beauty pass to the fea-
turcs.
He who boasts that his heart has re.
manned whole, confcsses that he has
only prosaie, out-of-the- way corner
heart.
To be unkind or rude To others and
yet expect To be treated by them with
courtesy and affection, Is absurd aud
selfish.
Look at the pages of your own heart.
and you Will see dim reflection of
what the recording angel has written
about you.
The more man knows about a SUBJ
jeot the greater Will be his charity for.
ana sympathy with views differing
! from his own.
The wise man is happy when he gains
his own appreciation, aud the fool when
no recommends himself TO the applause
OF those about him.
Truth. and purity, like 30 MANY yems
In the life and example of the good
man, cannot but shame aud condemn
error and vice I'm others.
lt is easy enough To make sacrifices
Tor those we love, but for our enemy we
nave to struggle and overcome self.
Such a victory is noble.
Those who, without knowing ua.
think or speak evil Of us, do us no
harm; IL IL not us they attack, bur the
phant I'm OF their own Imagination.
Politeness may prevent the want OF
Wit and talents from being observed;
Dut wit and talent cannot prevent the
discovery OF the want of politeness.
thoughtfulness for the comfort of
those about us, pleasant smile, a kind
Word-theso are the Ingredients of
which good manners are chiefly com
posed.
Anybody can soil the reputation of
nm individual, however pure and chaste
Dy utterlng suspicion that his enc
niles VIII believe aud his friends never
hear of.
IL you. wish success In life make
perseverance, your bosom friend. ex
perience your Wise counsellor, caution
your elder brother, and hope your guar
dian genius.
Unselhsh people are always polite
because goo1 manners are only the alb
sence of seliishness. They are the
doing unto others as we would wish To
Dc uOnc unto.
80 much are we the slaves of the
world, that we sometimes hesitate TO do
an action which IL prompted by the
heart, fearful that 1t may be mistaken
by others for folly.
He that sympathlses I'm all the ham
piness of others perhaps slmself enioys
the safest happiness, and he that Ia
warned by all the folly of others has
perhaps attained the soundest wisdom.
There Is good advice enough extant
Tor the population Of three worlds like
ours" said an old preacher; "what we
need most Is to have this advice prac-
tically worked up into good exam Pies"
Life has many Ills, but the mind'that
views every object In the most cheer
ing aspect and every doubtful dIspens-
alton as rePlete with latent good, bears
within Itself powerful and perpetual
antidote.
Religion gives to virtue the sweetest
hopes, 10 unrcpenting vice, jusC alarms.
TO true repentance, the most powerful
consultations, but she endeavors above
all things TO inspire I'm men love, meek
ness and pity tor men.
COntentment produces, I'm some meas
ure, all those effects which the alchem-
lat usually ascribes TO what he calls the
philosophers stone, and ii 10 does not
bring riches IL does the same thing by
banishing the desire for them.
TO ascertain the length of a day and
night multiply the hour mt which the
sun rises by TWO; the result will be
the length OF the night. Multiply tho
hour at which the sun sets by two, and
tie result will be the length OF the day.
Nothing Is easier TO a man Of genius,
nothing - more certain proof and part
Of 1t, than TO compose what raises mems
wonder and admiration; nothing more
dlincult than 70 show them distinctly
the simplest and most obvious truths.
Every man stamps his value on him
| self. The price we challenge for our
selves is given us. There does not live
on earth man, be his station what IL
may, that says "1 desplse myself
Man Is made little or great by his own
will.
The fountain Of content must spring
up In the mind, and ne who has 40 Int
tie knowledge OF human nature as TO
seek happiness by changing anything
but bis disposition will waste his life
I'm fruitless efforts and multiply the
griefs which no proposes 70 remove.
People make a great mistake about
heaven. They think IL begins up yonder,
but it really begins down here. If you
are happy In the basement-story you
are fitted 20 enjoy the other stories.
But Is you whlne and moan here, heaV-
en- Itself connOt change your mood.
II we long to bring forth all the
fruit OF the Spirit, lot us strike our
roofs deep and wide m private prayer.
Ihat faith and support, that strength
and grace which we seek Of God I'm Sc
cret, that they may be excused In the
hour Of need, God will In that hour
give us before men.
a great supply indicates great
charge. Oh that some would thinl. OF
this a man has grown richer than he
used TO be. Brother, with more barley
and straw you ought 10 keep more
drOmedaries. I mean that God does
not send the corn for the mice 70 de-
strOy, but he means 1t TO be eaten.
4 woman may be handsome or re-
markablY attractive In various ways,
but II she is not personally neat she
cannot hope 70 win admiration. fine
clothes will not conceal the slattern.
A young woman with her hair always
I'm disorder and her clothes hanging
about her az II suspended from prop,
Is always repulsive.