The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-08
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

secure defense.
| No rank can shield us from the i'm
partiality Of death. i' 20
| The power of eloqucnce is sometimes
superior TO military force. }s..}r, y
| 1t is In the power Of the meanest TO
triumph over fallen greatness. n
| a strong VIII does man more good
In this life than lively Imagination.
| wisdom Is pedestal from which Gu
| Wy nor malice cannot hurl the occupant.
| AS too long retirement weakens the
mind, 30 too much company dissipates
| 1t.
| IL is sad 20 see 50 many walk In the
dark themselves who carry lanterns
tor otliors. ,.H' =. .,si
| uewto refuses justice to the defence
less Will make every concession to the
powerful.
Men usually follow their wishes tIll
SUFFERING compels them to follow their
| Judgment. ra:'r Mur4 lHP lu.;
Some mourn more tho shame which
sin brings than tho sin which brings
the shame. .'. '.'" "'.. '".'l"
Truth and virtue can do less In tho
| world than their false, well-acted coun
terfcit can do owl. H. uNGT
Every saint is Gods temple, nnd'h
| go to prayer when he pleaseth.
Most Of their faults women owe Co us,
| while we arc indebted to tilonl for most
| OF our better qualities. Dye. .l}.
There Is only one thing that Is more
| terrible than to say Il mean thing, and
that is to do one.
1t is all very well TO be promising
youth, but the hard part Is to keep your
| promise In after life. %. ...... 81. -
| Preserve the privacy OF your house,
MARI age state. and heart, from rela-
| ttves aud all the world.
| Don't conildc your secrets to per-
son OF noble lineage, because the old
adage says that "Blood will tell ."1a
AS sins proceed they ever multiply
| like figures In arithmetic, the last stands
for more than all that went before
| IL Is q fact Of history that the rurest
and noblcst life on Gods green enrth
has been born Of the Christian faith.
Pleasure is sometimes only change
OF pain. A man who has got the gout
feels first rate when he gots down to
rheumatism. ...@- n-
| My advice Is to consult the lives Of
| other menas we wOulda loOking-glass,
and from thence fetch examples for
oar imitation. %"
| DO not go to your hands to work. or
| to your feet to walk, or to your head to
| think, before you hive gone, to your
knees to pray. ,.D .......
| Wo,take lessons in art, literature-u
t!o"*a!n! !hi9ys; ~, !1H.. tl'et Nigh sS"s"
Forgotten aif =, - 80" -
| n poor relation Is iikc Il tit ot the
gout, for tho oitener he comes the long
er lie stays, and by and by he viii cUmie
| 10 stay nil The timc. s "t'Iut
When you can say OF II man that his
religion has got hold Of his pocketbpok,
YOU may b. reasonably, sure that hi,
religion Is the right ktnl.
A bad habit is like a cat In that II has
| nine lives. And like cut also You
must Kill it nine times before you Gan
be sure that it isidcad. ;, Ta.,yy
,Patrimony mny be defined as some
thing which everybody Il glad to get.
There Is only one thing which has
greater charms, and that Is matrinony.
A great many story writer's who Hood
the market with theil trash .couldlKe. a
large sum for their last novel, It. they
would only promise tlinL It, should be
the last. n ~ -.'I I"I I'HH !f#t"."t
Rich people can better afford to ho
religious than 9th rs--ior they can
compel their servants, to keep the fasts
OF the church while t ~ themselves
keep tho icasts. '"'>1
1t ls a somewhat sal fact that aomo
tpcople nave u higher polish on lsfletr
boots than on their manners. IL their
heads were only where their, feet are
how they would shine.
If we would haye powerful minds,
we mustthink; IT We Would have faith
ful hearts, We must love II we would
have strong muscles, we must labor.
These INCLUDE nearly all that istvalua-
bic Ii, this life. ''"''' i''8' s'E'I
The man who processes to believe
that evil is only the under side OF good,
the datk side Of the moon, and properly
. component, part Of human life, will
never have the satisfaction 0f dying
from inflammation Of the brain. -
All things must change. Friends
must be torn asunder and swept along
In the current of events, to- see, each
other seldom and, porchance, no more.
Forever and ever In the eddies OF time
ana accident we whirl away. est4d
We all love pleasure and abhor,sor-
row. Noi0no Will CHOOSE a. arcloddyi sky
aud q rough path; but those evils have
their good parte, and those who really
long Tor peace and happiness VIII try
TO find outand cx4ract them, instead Of
hurrying along resentfully or.wtth
forced igayety,p m,,p1 o;iisas5sjf
The old theory, about, getting up, ear
ly Is, at last, happily exploded, One
can now 60 to bed and get Tip when he
pleases without having that fatai,pro.
verb fang Ia his teeth. The8higher
philosophy tells us that. even liz we do
"shOrten our days" as the saying Is,
by getting up late, we at least lengthen
our nlghtsby the same process.
4"Blcsscd are tho pure in heart for
they, shall SEQ God!''i Syhenq In the,
better life to come, no doubt, but there
also, and with d most satisfying Vision,
| You are like one whom a Kind and
faithfnl gdideis leading along aalenely
and dangerrus road through the; dark
ness Of the night. The form, Of your
guido sou can scarcely see, but his..;
words ot comic It and assuf fance are fna
YOUR ears MI the W fiilo; you trust him,
fSryo kno%as % he Z psrfsstly knSws S,gs
ssyou 70 along, Nov and then, as the