Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-05-27
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
Out of debt, out Of danger.

Our own hands are heavens favorlte
instruments for supplying US with the
necessaries of life.
II che ordinary politician could see
himself as others see him, he would be
surprised party.
Every closet hath It's skeleton If It's
nothing more than the willow frame Of
an empty demijohn.
Young man 90 to the good and Virtu-
GUS for advice, but please don't trouble
us during business hours.
Recklessness is the parent Of misery.
In the Spring the trees leave and ia
the Autumn the flies leave.
The hardest thing In the world to do
so constantly that you can do il well IL
70 mind your own business.
Ii is very dangerous for any man TO +.
find any spot on the broad globe that Is
sweeter TO him than his homo.
Thou shalt not abstain from decelV-
ing Others by word or deed. Thou
shalt speak no word that is false.
Modesty and humility are the sobri-
ETY. of the man; temperance aud chas-
tity are the sobriety of toe body.
No human scheme can be SO accu-
rately projected but some little cir
cumstance may intervene TO spoil lt.
There is pleasure In contemplating
good; out the greatest pleasure OF all Is
in doing good, which cOmprehends the
rest.
A great many people are anxious 10
introduce new religion into the world
who have never given the old one fair
trial.
1t would improve some people very
much il they were as careful of their
daily lives as they are Of their orGhO-
dOXy-
Ii doesn't hurt q good man TO have
his character investigated; neither does
it hurt a gold coin 10 try It's ring on the
counter.
There is pleasure in contemplating
good; but the greatest pleasure OF Ia
is in doing good, which cOmprehends
the rest.
The virtue that man does not pos
sess that he thinks he has, while those
virtues that he does possess seem moth
ing u him.
Tell the boys on the street, tell the
young men on the road TO ruin, that
God loves them, and show them that
you believe it.
Fire, food, mistake or accident may
rob US of our material possessions, but
they cannot get at the treasures OF che
immortal mind.
Education is the one living fOunda-
ton which mus water every part OF
the social garden, or its beauty withers
and fades away.
Good nature extracts sweetness from
everything with which it comes in con-
tact, as the bee extracts honey from
every flower which it visits.
A man of sense viii never swear.
The least pardonable of all vices TO
which the folly or cupidity of man Is
addicted, is that of swearing.
A man may be right In feeling that
the world can co without him, but
every man ought TO feel that the world
needs the best efforts of his life.
If we have the faith to look forward
with the eye OF Him 70 whom thou
sand years are as one day, the sight
will kindlei In each one d divine courage.
What is needed to-day in preaching
is TO simplify and apply the doctrines
of Christianity tnat any man or woman
can understand them and practice them.
We are sowing seeds of truth or er-
ror, of dishonesty or integrity, every
day we live and everywhere we go,
that will take root in somebody's life.
A lie will die of neglect sooner than
in any other way. The only reason
why some lies grow so large and stout
is that everybody pets and feeds them.
Christianity is thing not to be put
! on or off at pleasure. It Is part OF the
| life OF the man-the development of
| new life-and this il takes time to do;
1t is growth.
When q man speaks the truth you
may count pretty surely that he pos
sesses most other virtues. And If he Is
found to be untruthful most other vices
are near at hand.
One contented with what he has done
| stands but q small chance of becoming
| famous for what he will do. He has
lain down to die. The grass Is already
growing over him.
What unthankfulness it Is TO forget
our consultations, and TO look only upon
matter of grievance; to think so much
upon two or three crosses as to forget
hundred blessings.
Never be too presumptuous. Ponder
over this observation; the reason so
many people upset and sink in the
stream of life, is because they put up
more sail than they can carry.
AS holiness if not SO much an attri-
butte of God as the glory of all the Di-
vine perfections, so love must be, not
one elementin minister of Christ, but
the very soul and life of his work.
AS every thread Of gold is valuable,
so Is every minute of time; and as 1t
would be a great folly to shoe horses
(as the Roman Emperor Nero did) with
gold, so it is to spend time in trifies.
Help and give willingly, when you
have anything, and think not the more
of yourself; and il you have nothing,
keep the cup of cold water always at
hand, and think not less of yourself.
| sleep most sweetly when | have
travelled iu the cold; frost and snow
are friends to the seed, though they are
enemies to the flower. Adversely isin-
deed contrary to glory, butit befriend-
eth grace.
We are always doing each other in
Justice, anu thinking better or worse of
each other than we deserve, because
we only hear and see separate words
and actions. We do not see each 9TH
er's whole nature.
Charity thinketh not evil. but sec