The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-20
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

VIII petitions that do not move the
heart of the Suppliant move the heart
OF Omnipotence?
"A good constitution Is like a MONEY!
box-its full value is never known until
1t has been broken.
Taking penny that does not belong
TO one removes the barrier between in.
tegrlty and rascality.
The raven Is like the sianderer. seek
Ing carrion to feed upon, and delighted
when feast Is found.
Humility Is tho Christians greatest
honor, and the higher men climb the
further they are from heaven.
The tree Of the cross being cast into
inc "aters or aiiltction has rendered
them wholesome and medicinal.
Good prayers mover come creeping
home. am sure I sha11 receive either
what ask or what l should ask.
n work Of art Is said to be perfect In
proportion as 1t does not remind the
spectator Of the process by which it was
created.
There ia frequently more love In II
frown than their could be in smile
"As many as l love, l rebuks and
Chasten."
Old mems lives are heightened shad-
ows; their evening sun falls coldly on
the earth, but, the shadows all point to
the morning.
Ihe column Is IN emblem Of faith: it
springs from earth to heaven; the arch
symoolizes Mercy-it dcscends from
heaven to earth.
foSthumous charities are the very
| essence OF selnshness, when beuueath-
ed by those who, when alive, would
part with nothing.
The angels may have wider spheres
OF action, may have nobler forms of
duty; but right with them and with US
Is ore and the same thing.
There Is little pleasure IN the world
tnat Is true and sincere besides the
pleasure Of doing good. am sure no
other Is comparable to this.
Books are the true Jewelers.. They
give to all who faithfully use them the
society, tho spiritual presence, of the
greatest and best Of our race.
There exists in human nature, when
loyal to conscience, a power to noutrai-
'%e error, ana to incorporate within It.
self What ls pure and ennobling.
| We classify our wrongs, and tie up
our miseries with red tape; we pity
| people ny decimal', and put our statis-
tics away with satisfied conscience
Low many million of mon have
trampled out love and solemn vows,
ana Dy giving way to strong drink have
crushed loving hearts, made happv
homes desolate, and at last filled drunk
arabs gravesr
Whatever your sex or position, life Is
battle in which you are to show yo;ir
pluck, and woe be to the coward
whether passed on a bed of sickness
or in the tented field, 1t Is ever the
same fair flag, and admits Of no dis
tinctiOn.
Do not aspire to be a great story
teller; an invcterate teller of long
stories becomes very tiresome. 10 tell
ono or two witty, short new stories,
appropriate to the occasion, Is about ali
Tint ono person should inflict on the
company.
Lot the soul bo turned as strenuou
toward good as 1t usually q toward
evil, anu you will find that the simple
love Of goodness will give incredible
resources to the spirit in the search
after truth. Love, with Intellect, will
perform miracles.
If love and affection could be won
with gifts and jewels, then, indeed, love
would have its price; but 1t Is not 80.
Affection springs from the heart only;
no gifts con produce 1t. A chlld's love
Is won moro truly by parents fond
embrace and kiss than with glltterins
toys.
That may be right which is not pleas
ant and that pleasant which Is not
right; but Christ's religion Is both.
There ts not only peace In the end Of
religion, but peace In the way.
DO not spend your time In talking
scandal; you sink your own moral ma
ture by 80 doing, and you are, perhaps,
doing great injustice to those about
whom you talk. You probably don't
understand the circumstances. Wore
they understood, you would be moro
lcnient.
Hope is flatterer, but tho most up
right Of all parasites; for she frcquenCs
tho poor mans hut, as woll as the pail
acc Of his superior.
BY cultivatfng the beautiful, we
scatter the seeds Of heavenly flowers;
belonging to humanity.
10 cultivate the sense OF the beauti-
ful Is but one, and themost cffectual, of
tho ways of cultivatine IN appreciation
Of the divine goodness.
DO not indulge in satire; no doubt
you arc witty, and you could say a,
most cutting thing that would bring
the laugh OF the company down upon
your opponent: but you must not allow
1t, unless to rebuke some impertinent
fellow who can be suppressed IN no
other way.
The best part of one life Is the per-
formance OF one's daily duties.. Ali
higher motives, ideals, conceptions,
sentiments, III man are of no account
If they do notcome down and strength
Ell him for the better discharge Of the
dnt es which devolve upon him In the or
dirary affairs Of life.
An excess Of excitement and defi-
cheney OF enthusiasm may easily char.
acterize the same person or period. \,
EN- ihusiaam is grave, inward, self-con-
trolled; mere excitement is outward,
fantastic, hysterloal, and passing In Il
moment from tears to laughter; from
one aim to Its vcry opposite.
A cunning man Is never a firm man;
bur an honest man is; double-minded
ma n Ia alwaV9 l1nStahl0 q man 0f faith IA