West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-05-22
NO. 81.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

1hAh tiidt Oi lHHThlltuue.
The freely only shines when on the
wing. So IL Is with the mind; when
once we rest we darkcn.
As the pearl rlpens In the obscurlty
OF the shell, so ripens I'm the tomb all
the fame that is truly precious.
Every man endeavors with his utmost
care 20 hide his poverty from others,
and his idleness from himself.
Pursue what you know To be attaina-
Die make truth your object, and your
studies Will make you wise man.
Whoever is honorable and candid
honest and courteous, Is a true gentle
man, whether learned or unlearned
rich or poor.
We bear within us the seeds of great
ness; but suffer them to spring up, and
they evershadow both our sense aud
our happiness.
He who tells "A lie Is not sensible how
great n task he undertakes; for he
must be forced To Invent twenty more
To maintain that one.
Character Is power; II makes friends.
creates funds, draws patronage and
support, and opens IA sure and easy way
to honor, wealth and happiness.
Can there be any greater dotage I'm
the world than for one to guide and di-
rect his courses by the sound of bell
and not by his own judgement and dis
Crotlon.
Men are like an old d-fashloned eoun-
try wagon. When loaded, everything
works well and smoothly; with moth
ing In it, IL rattles so IL can be heard
for miles.
wealth may minister to the best part
OF man, but only minister--not master.
When IL usurps the throne and becomes
monarch, II Is of all things most pitliul
aud abiect.
THE way to acquire lasting esteem
is not by the fewness of writer's
faults, but the greatness OF his beauties.
ana our noblcst works are generally
most ieplcte with both.
Death removes the shutters from the
windows of the soul. Why should we
dread his coming, since his work IL TO
let light and air into rooms which are
now dark and suiiocatingp
To do an evil action is base; to do n
good one without incurrlng danger Ii
common enough but IL is the part of a
good man To do great and noble deeds,
though he risks everything.
AS the finest wines have often the
taste OF the soil, so even the most relig-
lous thoughts often draw something
that IL particular from the constitution
OF the mind In which they arise.
We should not despair of the good
ness OF the world If we do not happen
10 see IL Immediately around us. The
atmosphere Is stlll blue, though 40 much
of IL ~ enclosed In our apartment Ia
cOlorless.
Few seem to have any opinions OF
their own, or to think for them yes.
Like dead fish, they 90 with the stream
and tide; what others think right they
think right, and what others call wrong
they call wrong too.
If we would begin ut the right end.
ana look with as much compassion on
the adversitics of some IA we do with
envy at the prosperity of others, every
man would find cause TO sit down con
tentedly with his own burden.
II any man Is rich and powerful, he
comes under the law Of God by which
the higher branches must take the
burning of the sun and shade those that
are lower by which the tall trees must
protect the week plants beneath them,
This world of ours Is full of trouble.
Its fair face IL SCARED all over with
graves. But the more he studies II, the
more one maTYels TO find how full the
Bible Is Of consolation. That Ia the best
evidence Of It's authenticity that should
be desired.
When a man misses anything, his
first Idea Is that somebody has stolen it;
and although he ascertains, ninety-nino
times In a hundred, that the loss II
from his own carelessness, still, when
the hundredth time comes he Will lay
II TO thief:
Nature seems to exist for the excel
lent. The world Is upheld by the We
racity Of good men, they make the
earth wholesome. Life IL sweet and
SOlerable IN cur belief In such society.
and actually or ideally we manage to
live without suDeriors.
The foundation of content must
spring up I'm mans mind; and he who
has so little knowledge of human ma
ture as 70 seek happiness by changing
anything but his own disposition, VIII
waste his life In fruitless efforts, and
multiply the griefs which he purposes
TO remove.
Nothing can be more Injurious 70
your peace Of mind than 10 have too
many conildents. You live In abiect
slavery every day, as you are constant
~ fearing that some one of your nu-
merous confidents will reveal secret
you would not have anybody know for
all the world.
There was but one man o. whom the
Egyptians could 20 20 IN time Of famine
when they wanted food. They must 20
70 Joseph. IL was waste OF time TO 20
70 any one else. SO also is there but
one 20 whom hungering souls must 20
II they would not perish forever. They
must go 20 Christ.
Healthy body, healthy appetite, heal
thy feelings, though accompanied with
Of talent, unadorned with
wit and Imagination, and unpublished
by learning and science, will outstrip
In the race for happiness the splendid
Of genius, and the .most
dazzling success of ambition.
DO not Halter; In doing so you en-
barrass those upon whom you bestow
praise, as they may not wish TO offend
you by repelling II, and yet they rea-
lie that II they accept II they merit
your contempt. You may, however.
commend their work whenever IL can
truthfully be done; but do not bestow
praise where 10 Is not deserved.
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