The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-08
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

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ls none more holy, than that of true
obedience.
The necessities that exist are in gen
er"i created by the superfuities that
are enjoyed.
1t often happens that those of whom
we speak least on earth are best known
In heaven.
Unhappy is the man for whom his
own mother has not made all other
mothers venerable.
Hopo is like the wing Of an aneel
soaring up to heaven and bearing our
prayers TO the throne Of God.
There is always hope in man th at
actually and earnestly works.
Whenever you find man who has
nothing to do you will notice that he Is
equal to the task.
1t is easy to run down the accom-
pl1shments of your neighbor, but hard
or to run ahead of them.
1t Is great deal better to do kindly
deed to man when he Is living than
70 weep over him when he Is dead.
A clear conscience is like a corner
lot. Everybody would like to have It.
ont few are willing to pay the price.
If we were all permitted to put our
own valuation on ourselves there
would not be low priced man In the
world.
The man who acts on impulse will
nnd himself when near the gonl lust
three PAGES behind the man who acts
Oh conviction.
M1serles como unbiGden and alwavs
stay too long while joys must be
| sought for and when found are ant tn
slip away unawares.
Here 1s very serious question for
our morallstS III u man is as good IA
MS word and his word Is good for moth
Ing how good Is he?
The man who at the end of this life
has IL receipt In full Of all demands
iromimen, will have more than an or,li-
nary amount OF credit to begin tho next
life with.
knowledge can be acquired without
pain and application. 1t is trouble.
some, and like digging for pure water;
out when once you come to the spring.
IL rises up to meet you.
The beginning Of hardships ia liko
the first taste of bitter food-lt seems
TOR moment unbearable; yet, If there
ls nothing else to satisfy our hunger.
we take another bite and find it possi-
bic to 20 on.
Whatever facilitates our work Is
more than an omen; it Is cause of
success. This Is one of those pleasing
surprises which often happen to aoJive
resolutions. Many things djtllcult to
design prove easy to perform.
We ought always to deal Justly, not
only with those who are just to us, but
likewise with those who endeavor to
injure us; and this, too, tor tear lest,
ny rendering them evil for evil, we
should fall into tho same vice.
In forming a judgment, lay your
hearts void OF foretaken opinions; else,
whatsoever Is done or said will be
measured or said by wrong rule; like
thom who have the jaundice, to whom
everything appeareth yellow.
NO language can express the power
ana beauty and heroism and MAJESTY
OF mothers love. It shrinks not
"hcrc man covers, and grows stronger
where man fnints and over the wastes
OF worldly for tunes sends the radiance
OF Its qucnchless fidelity like q star in
| heaven.
If thou desire to see thy child ylrtu-
Gus, lot him not SEQ his fathers vices:
thou canst not rebuke that in children
that they behold in thee; till reason be
ripe, examples direct more than pre-
cepts; such as thy behavior is before
my children's faces, such commonly is
1heirs behind their parents backs.
When doing what Is right, the heart
Is easy, and becomes better every day;
out when practicing deceit, the mind
laoors, and every day gets worse.
The only happiness in this worlds
slft that IL really worth the having, Is
The happiness which springs up, free
and unsought, by the wayside Of duty.
Some one has said that sincerity is
speaking as we think, believing as we
pretend, acting as we profess, perform
ing as we promise, and being as we ap-
pear. r.H
We often esteem In the world those
who do not merit our esteem, and ne
glect persons of true worth; but the
world is like the ocean--the pearl is in
Its depth; the sea-weed swims.
BE not diverted from your duty by
any idle reflections the silly world may
make upon you, for their censures are
not In your power, and they conse.
quontly should not be any part of your
concern.
Look on slanderers as direct enemies
Of civil society, as persons without
nOnor, honesty, or humanity. Who
ever entertalns you by pointing out tho
faults OF others, designs to serve you In
similar manner.
Avert your gaze from the crosses of
che future, you see them without the
softoning, sustaining grace which ac-
companies them when they reach you.
Let all your eff)rts tend to bearing the
Gross Of the present moment.
The history of the world teaches us
no Lesson witch more impressive SOL
smnity than this; that the only safe
guard is pure heart; that evil no
'ooner takes possession Of the heart
than il fully commences tho conquest Of
he mind.
The most careful education In the
world can only direct for the time; it
Annot change the inner current by
which we shape our course. We must
I'll make or mar ourselves by that self
Hlncation, that moral choice Of good or
vii. which is the real individuality of
each.
Whatever instruction is reaped from
history may be reaped from a news
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