The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-21
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

HOW mad 1t Ia IT, hope for content.
ment to our infinite soul, from the
quits of this extremely infinite world
People who cannot heartily love and
nate vii never command the first OF
know the clearing influences Of the
latter.
When man dies, people inquire
what property he has left behind MIN
Angels will ask what good deeds he has
sent before him.
Without bel ef In personal immor-
tality, religion surely Is like IN arch
resting on one pillar, ke a bridge
ending In an abyss. "L
He who would amass virtues. leav,nv
out the guardian virtue humility. il
like a man who leaves a precious dust
exposed to the wind
Believe, and If thy faith be right
that insight which gradually trans
mutes faith into knowledge will be the
reward of thy belief.
Nothing does 80 fool man as extreme
sion. This doth make them fools
+" oh otherwise are rot, and show
them to be fools that arc not.
Temporal afllictlons hide those eter-
nal ble' sings to which they lead, as
temporal erjoyments often cover those
eternal evils which they procure.
You meet In this world with false
mirth as often as false gravity: the
grlnning hypocrite Is not q more un-
common character than the groaninx
one. .. sHliN
II thou art vessel Of gold and thv
brother one ofwood, he not high minded.
II Is God that maketh thee to differ. and
the more bounty he shows the more
numtllty he requires.
The water falls on all creatures: ON
herb, bush and tree; and each draws
up to Its own leaf and blossom acCor
u1ng TO It's special need. SO falls the
RAJ" the law on the many-hearted
r.d.
Ma. J.a proff,red succor from heaven
goes past us, because we are not stand
ing on our watch-tower to catch the
lar otf indications Of it's approach. and
TO Hing open the gates Of our heart Tor
It's entrance. ..... ...-', =
AS boys should be educated with
temperance, so the first greatest lesson
that should be taught them Is frugality.
IL ls by the exercise Of this virtue alone
that they oan ever expect to be useful
members Of society. o.. .,...'..-s.
L.fe's lessons are cut and carved on
thtrgs inantmate-seen In the leaf and
Hover, painted OH the landscape, chan
TED IN the murmurlng brook, heard In
the vlewless wind, revealed in a passing
''o''u VI hh'ttlt h'H eadow.r:W '.'au.a
We are led y(le belief of future
state, not only by the weaknesses, by
the hopes and fears Of human nature.
oue ny the noblest and best principles
which belong TO 1t, by tho love of vir-
tue, and by the abhorrence Of vice and
injustice.
Whether perfect happiness would be
procured by perfect goodness this world
Will never afford IN opportunity OF
dec'dlnR. But this, at least, may be
maintained, that We do not nj ways find
visible happiness in proportion to WIS.,
ible virtue. ~
keli gion is the highest moral author
lty IN human society. see In religion
not the mystery Of the Incarnation, bnt
The mystery Of social order. It con-
meets with heaven nn idea Of equality
whlch prevents the massacre OF the
rich by the poor. -"
Every one Is forward to complain of
the prejudices that mislcad other men
or part rs, as II he we're Tree and had
none of his own. What is the cure?
should let alone others prcjudices aud
examine his own. '
There is In mans nature u secret IN
cltnatiOn and motion toward love of
others, "hich II 1t be not spent upon
some ono or feV, doth naturally spread
lts'f toward many, and maketh men
become humane and charitable. as Is
seen son etmes in friars. '.....
10 hear complaints is wearlsome
alike to the wretched and happy, for
who would cloud by advcntltious grief
the short CLEANS of gayety which life
under his own evils will add to them
the miserles Of another? .
Those who have already all that Lley
can o. JOY must enlarge their desires.
He that built for use, till use is aupplled
must begin to build for vanity, and ex-
tend his plan to the utmost power of
human performances, that he may not
soon he induced to form another wish.
The art Of spreading rumois, may be
compared to the art OF pin-makihg.
There Is usually some truth whion l
IL the wire; as this passes from hand
TO ham. one gives 1t y polish, another
a point, Others make and put on the
head, and at last the pin is completed.
Avnrlce ls a u ,iform ana tractablc
vice. Other intellectual distempers are
ifferent In different constitutions of
mind; that which soothes the pride OF
one will offend the prido Of another;
but to tho favor of the oovetous there
is ready way--brlng money and
nothing is denied.
He that has much to do will do some
wrong, and OF that wrong mnst suffer
the consequences; and II it were pos
sible that he should always act rightly,
yet when such numbers are to judge of
conduct, the bad will censure and
N1 ,nk i,,, k,v Il