West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-04-10
NO. 81.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

Reason Is the test of tldlcule-not
ridicule the test OF truth.
The best navlgation-steerIng clear
OF the rocks of contention.
Darkness, solitude and remorse are
grim and hateful company.
Politeness has been well defined as
benevolence In small things.
Our actions are our own; their con-
sequences belong To Heaven.
Never anything can be amiss when
slmpleuess and duty tender Il.
Pleasure comes through toll and not
by sclf.lndulgeuee or Incidence.
IL you are toiling I'm an unreuuited
way in lite, think how Christ labored.
No woman Is capable OF being beautI-
ful who Is not incapable of being false.
That laughter costs too much which
Is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.
When one Is tagged, hungry and de-
pressed, the worst seems most proba-
BILE.
Never relate your misfortune, and
never grievo over what you cannot pre-.
vent.
A mans good breeding Is the best
security against other peoples i'll man
uers.
Pedantry consists In the use OF words
unsuitable TO the time, place and com
pany.
In virtue and I'm health we love To he
instructed as well as physicked with
pleasure.
Find earth whore grows no weed,
ana YOU may find IA heart where no err
rors grow.
If some folks had their way about this
world how few people could live COM
Portable In It,.
The Bible has suffered more In the
hands Of honest buuglers than 1t has
from sktptics.
Never be afraid of being In the NIL
noritios, so that minOritics are based
upon principle.
Education begins the gentleman, but
reading, good company, and reflection
must finish him.
One who Is contcntcd with what lac
has done Will never become famous for
what he Will do.
Trouble and pcrpleXlty drive me TO
! prSyer-and prayer drives away per-
! plexity and trouble.
What Is IL To part with IA friend whom
We shall meet again to what IL is.to part
with virtue and hOnorp
What are IA few years OF what men
bhil HOiiOW Nnu DuIutl-DtNllnK 10 un
eternity of blessednessS
Drunkenness places man as much
below the level OF the brute as reason
elevatcs him above them.
Thc scriptures impart to the soul a
holy, marvellous delight. IL Is ln-
deed, the heavenly ambrosia.
The more we do, the more we can do;
the more busy we are, the more leisure
we have.
Calumny would soon starve and die
OF Itself IL nobody took IL In and gave
it lodging.
When man has not good reason
| for doing thing, he has ole good for
letting IL alone.
The more honesty man has the less
he Affects the air OF saint. The aflec-
tation of sanctity isa blotch on the face
Of plety.
Nothing is so wholesome, nothing
does so much for peoples looks, as a
| little interchange OF the small coin or
benevOlence.
Strong In the goodness OF his cause,
| with his back to the throne OF God and
| his foot on the rock of truth, man can
stand against the world.
! The Sunday Is the core OF our civill-
SAAiOiig hNuAtabtN w AnOukHl hil1 TGNGT-
enCe. IL Invites to the noblest solitude
and 20 the noblest society.
In most quarrels there ls fault on
both sides. a quarrel may be COM
pared 10 II spark, which cannot be pro-
/ duced without fiint as well as steel.
! The care Of most people Is how to get
/ husbands Tor their daughters; but my
care Is TO III my daughters TO be good
wives; and then let God provide for
them.
Soap bubbles are niry things, but
. they soon burst. Just so it's with men
| pufled up with vanity. They make a
! show for sCasOn--sail on the current,
/ but soon burst, and nothing Is left of
them.
Whoever thinks Of life rs something
| that cOnld be without religion IS yet
m dOadly ignorance OF both. Life and
| religion are one, or neither Is any
| thing.
one Of the hardest lessons 10 learn In
/ life Is that the man that differs with
| you, not only I'm opinions, but in prin-
| ciples may be as honest and sincere as
/ yourself.
/ The powers Of the mind, when they
/ are unbOunI AMI expanded by tho sun
/ shine Of felicity, more frequently luou-
/ riate into iOllics than blossom into
goodness.
pity the man who can travel from
/ Dan To- Bcor-heba aud cry. 'Tis al
I barren '' And 30 90 is and -o is all the
world 20 him who will not cultivate the
. fruit 10 offers.
] have seldom seen much OstcntatiOu
and much learning met together. The
sun, rising and declining, makes long
shadows; at midday, when he i-high-
. est. none 40 all.
Good intentions arc least the seed
. of good actions and every man ought
. % SOW them, aud leave 60 % the soil
and seasons whether they comc up or
not, or whether hc on any other gath
crs the fruit.
tf any one does not know by personal
experience how much Of heavens
promised rest can be secured for the
soul even now by prayer, he had bot
ter leave every other lesson of life un-
learned till no has mastered that.
Unceasing vigilance Is the only way
oi safety. "While mon slept, an enemy
came and sOwed tires iu the field" So
will it be with our precious fields five