The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-17
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

II you would not have a1lllction to
visit you twice, listen at once to what
1t teaches.
Nothing so ad0rns the face as cheer.
fulness; when the heart is In flower.
Its bloom and beauty pass to tho fea-
lures.
He who boasts that his heart has re.
manned whole, cOnfesses that he has
only a prosaie, corner
heart.
10 be unkind or rude to others and
YET expect to be treated by them with
courtesy and affection, Is absurd and
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 q sub
Ject the greater will be his charity for.
anu sympathy with views differing
from his own.
The wise man Is happy when ne gains
MS own appreciation, and the fool when
nc recommends himself to tho applause
of those about him.
truth ana purity, like go many gems
IN tho life and example Of tho good
man, cannot but shame and condemn,
error and vice In others.
1t Is easy enough to make sacrifices
orthose we love, but for our enemy wa
nave to struggle and overcome self.
Such victory is noble.
Those who, without knowing ia.
thlnk or speak evil of us, do us no
harm; 1t Is not us they attack, but the
phant I'M of their own Imagination.
pollteness may prevent the want of
VIII ana ta!en:s from being observed;
put wit and talent cannot prevent the
disco very of the want of politeness.
a thoughtfulness for the comfort OF
those about us. pleasant smile, a kind
"ord--tlese are the ingredients OF
which good manners are chiefly COM
posed.
Anybody can soil the reputation of
an individual, however pure and chaste,
ny uttering suspicion that his enc
mics Will bellevo and his friends never
| hear Of.
If you wish success in life make
perseverance, your bosom friend, ex-
| perlcnce your wlse counsellor, caution
your el'ter brother, and hope your guar
dian gonius.
Unseltlsh people arc always polite
oecauSe SooI manners are only the alb
senco Of selhshness. They are the
doing unto others as we would wish TO
be done unto.
| SO much are wc che slaves of the
world, that we somer,mes hesitate to do
an action which Is prompted by tho
heart, fearful that 1t may be mistaken
ny others for folly.
Hc that sympathlses In all the ham
piness of others perhaps simself enjoys
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
for the population Of three worlds like
ours" said al old preacher; "what we
need most Is to have this advice prac-
ttcally worked up into good examples"
Life has many Ills, but the mind that
views every object in the most ci.eor-
| Ing aspect and every doubtful dispens-
alton 's replcte with latent good, bears
within Itself powerful and perpetual
antidote.
| Rellgion gives to virtue the sweetest
hopes, to unrcpenting vice, jusC alarms,
| 10 true repentance, the most powerful
consultations, but she endeayors above
all things to inspire In men love, meek
ness and pity for mon.
Contentment produces, in some meas
urc, all those effects which the alchem-
ist usually ascribes to what he calls tho
philosophers stone, and ii It. does not
| bring riches 1t does the same thing by
banishing the desire for them.
| 10 ascertain the length Of day and
night multiply the hour at which the
sun rises by TWO; the result will be
tho longth Of the night. Multiply the
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,
hochln 6 = more certain proof and part
OF 1t, than to compose what raises mons
wonder and admiration; nothing more
difflcult than to show them distinctly
the simplest and most obvious truths.
Every man stamps his value on him
self. The prico we challenge for our
selves ls given us. There does not live
on earth man, be his station what It
may, that says 81 desp!se myself"
Man is made little or great by his own
will.
The fountain Of content must spring
up In the mind, and he who has 80 lit
tic knowledge OF human nature as to
seek happiness by changing anything
but his disposition will waste his life
In fruitless efforts and multiply the
grlcfs which he proposes to remove.
People make a great mistake about
heaven. They think 1t begins up yonder,
but it really begins down here. II you
are happy In the basement-story you
are fitted to enjoy the other stories.
But Is you whine and moan here, heav-
en- itself connot change your mood.
| If we long to bring forth all the
fruit Of the Spirit, let us strike our
roots deep and wide IN private prayer.
lhat faith and support, that strength
and grace which we seek of God in So
crct, that they may be excused In the
hour Of need, God will in that hour
a great supply indicates a great
charge. On that some would thinl: of
this a man has grown richer than he
used to be. Brother, with more barley
and straw you ought to keep more
dromedarios. mean that God does
not send the corn for the mice to de-
stroy, but he means 1t to be eaton.
a woman may be handsome or re-
markablY attractive In various ways,
| hut If aha Ia not nareOnaltv Ooot aha