West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-06-05
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

trust him.
Never rejoice but when thou hast
done we'll.
A good book supplies the place of
companion.
The simple flowers are sociable and
benevolent.
Anger, like rain, breaks upon what
ever it falls.
An evil conscience Is always fearful
and uuquict.
Thou shalt rest sweetly II thy heart
condemn thee not.
Mono have less praise than those who
hunt most after IL.
Content Is better than money, and
just about as scarce.
That glory Is short which Is given
and received from men.
He wall easily be content and at peace
whose conscience is pure.
Thou art not the more holy for being
praised, nor the more worthless for be
Ing blamed.
Every man, coming To an obscure old
age, thinks he would have achieved
wealth and distinction f.
IL Is sweet TO have friends YOU can
trust, and convenient sometimes To have
friends who are not afraid To trust you.
lie that thinks himself the happlest
man Is really so; but he who thinks
himself the wisest man Is the greatest
| tOOl.
That soldier can never answer IL To
God tnat hath not good cause, and
striketh not rather as a justlcer than az
IA soldier.
Many times there comes son that Is
as good with fork as his father was
WIN II rake; as great spend-all AS his
father was get-all.
Possibly the calandar of heaven hath
post-daJe To ours. Such IL Is that as
Gud seldom comes Mt our time; so he
never fails at His own.
No matter how small sin may appear
In the beginning, IL touches, by way OF
conflict and opposition every attribute
for the Divine Character.
God Will so mOrtifY the deeds of the
body by His spirit, that sin shall not
play King in us; the traveller shall not
become the man of the house.
IL was the speech of learned man
IL tnere be but one sigh come from Ii
gracious heart it illls the ear OF God, so
that God hears nothing else.
The happicst man in the world is the
one with just wealth enough to keep
him IN spirits, and just children
enough TO make him Industrious.
We make the greater part of the evil
circumstances Ia winch we are placed,
and then we tit ourselves for those cir
cumstances by process OF degradation.
Falsehood, like poison, will generally
be rejected when administered alone,
but wnen blended with wholesome in
gradients may be swallowed unper-
Ceivcd.
1t is the work Of faith to wrap Itself
In the promises as made 70 us In par
ticulaT; and unless faith be i'm this
way acJuatcd, IL Is 10 comfort, as good
AS no faith.
Thoreau once said ''There Is no
where any apology for dependency.
Away, there Is live while life lusLs,
which, rightly lived, implies divine
satisinCtiOn."
'Tis much easlerstO meet with error
than to ind truth; error is on the sur
face, truth Is hidden I'm great depths;
and the way TO seek IL does not appear
TO all the world.
IL Is our wisdom, by keeping a good
conscience, te keep all clear between US
and heaven, that we may have light
from above, when clouds and darkness
are around about Us.
Those who speak always and those
who never speak are equally unfit for
| friendship. a good portion Of the tai
ent OF listening ana speaking - the
base Of social virtues.
There is not more restless fugitive
upon the earth than he that is cOntinu-
ally pursued by his own guilt; nor "A
worse vagabond than he VINO Is at the
beck of his own lusJs.
Drunkenness is fair spoken devil. a
pleasant poison, sweet sin, which he
Chat hath in him hath not himself, aud
which he that runs into runs not into "A
| single sin, butt wholly turned intoAn
TO achieve independence, you must
practice habitua; frugality, and while
enjoying the present, look out for the
rainy day, and think OF the possibility
OF old age, which needs 70 be provided
for.
No man can be In proper frame Of
mind for the discovery and reception Of
truth vino rs not utterly regardless Of
the question whether his being i'm "a
majority or minority Will be the result
OF mis- Investigations.
AT the day Of judgment we shall see
| an excellent harmony ia this record Of
/ things; and all obscure passages shall
! be made as plain 20 us as IL they were
| written with the most glittering sun.
beam upon wall Of crystal.
We ought always to deal Justly, not
/ only with those who are just 20 as, but
| Likewise with those who endeavor To
/ injure us and this, too, for tear least.
/ By rendering them evil for evil, we
/ should tall into the same vice.
| They wnoare fallen lowest remember
/ Tue heights Of virtue, honor and peace,
/ whose shining they once beheld, aud
\ whose pinnacle they once almost
\ touched. And are we not all I'm some
| sense and some degree fallen2
Warm your body by healthful exer-
/ clse, not by covering over stove
/ Warm your spirit by performing inde-
| pendently noble deeds, not by iguObly
seeking the sympathy Of your fellows,
/ who are no better than yourself.
| The word of the Lord abideth forever:
I His cOuvenant is sure; frs love Is un-
I chanReable; His promises are immuta-
I BILE. Draw nigh unto Him in the fun
I assurance Of faith, and your night OF
\ trouble Will be turned into Joyous day.
| Seek earnestly the faith Of full assur-
ance and as a means TO it practice daily
I the faith Of steady adherence. Love
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