West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-06-19
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.


The necessities that exist are In gen.
eral created by the superfluities that
arc enjoyed.
1t often happens that those Of whom
we speak least on earth are best known
In heaven.
Unhappy is the man for whom his
| own mother has not made all other
mothers venerable.
Hope Ia like the wing of an angei
soaring mp u heaven and bearing our
prayers To the throne of God.
There Is always hope In a man that
actually and earnestly works.
Whenever you find a man who has
nothing To do you Will notice that he is
equal To the task.
lt Is easy to run down the accom-
plishments of your neighbor, but hard
or To run ahead of them.
IL Is IA great deal better to do n kindly
deed To man when he IL living than
To weep over him when he Is dead.
clear conscience Is like "A corner
lot. Everybody would like to have It.
bnt few are willing To pay the price.
IL we were all permitted to put our
own valuation on ourselves there
would not be low priced man ln the
world.
The man who acts on Impulse will
nnd himself when near the goal inst
three PAGES behind the man who acts
on conviction.
Miseries come unbldden and alwava
stay too long while joys must be
sought for and when found are ant To
slip away unawares.
Here Is n very serious question for
our morallsts ;--Ifa man is as good as
his word and his word Is good for moth
Ing how good Is hep
The man who at the end of this life
has receipt in full OF all demands
iromlmen, will have more than an ordi-
nary amount of credit To begin the next
life with.
knowledge can be acquired without
PAIN ana application. It Is trouble.
some ana like digging for pure water;
Out when once you come to the spring.
IL rises up to meet you.
The beginning of bardships IL Ike
the hrst taste of bitter food-It seems
for moment unbearable; vet. If there
Is nothing else to satisfy our hunger.
we take another bite and find 1t posi-
bio To 20 on.
Whatever facilitates our work Ia
more than an omen; IL IL "A cause of
success. This Is one of those pleasing
surprises which often happen TO active
resolutions. Many things dInicult TO
design prove easy TO perform.
We ought always TO deal Justly, nor
only with those who are lust To us' bur
likewise with those who endeavor 10
inJure us; and this, too, Tor fear lest.
by rendering them evil for evil, NE
should fall Into the same vice.
In forming Judgment, lay your
hearts VOID OF foretakon opinions; else.
whatsoever Is done or said will be
measured or said by wrong rule; like
them who have the jaundice, to whom
everything appeareTh yellow.
No language can express the power
anu beauty ana hcrOism and majesty
Of mothers love. IL shrinks not
where man covers, and grows strOngc"
where man faints and over the wastes
OF worldly fortunes sends the radiance
0i ITS quenchless fidelity like star in
heaven.
II thou dasIre to see thy child virtn
Gus, let him not see his fathers vices:
ChOu canst not rebuke that I'm children
JhaC they behold IN thee; till reason be
ripe, examples direct more than pre-
cepts; such M thy behavior is before
tiny children's faces, such commonly ia
theirs behind their parents backs.
When doing what is right, the heart
Is easy. and becomes better every dav.
but when practicing deceit, the mind
labors, and every day gets worse.
The only happiness I'm this worlds
gift that is really worth the having Ia
the happiness which springs up, free
and unsought, by the waysIdc OF duty.
Some one has said that sincerity II
speaking as we think, believing as we
pretend, acting as we profess, perform
ing as we promise, ana being as we al-
pear.
We often esteem In the world those
who do not merit our esteem. and ma
9lcct persons OF true worth but tbe
world IS like the Ocean--the pearl Is i'm
It's depth the sea-wced swims.
BE not diverted from your duty bv
any idle reflections the silly world may
make upon you, for their censures are
not IN your power. and they cOnse-
quently should not be any part of your
concern.
Look on slanderers as direct enemies
Of civil society, as persons without
honor, honesty, or humanity. Who
ever entcriains you by pointing out the
iaults ei others, designs TO serve you In
"A similar manner.
Avert your gaze from the crosses of
the future, you see them without the
soiteninR, sustaining grace which ac-
companies them when they reach you.
Let all your eff jrts tend TO bearing the
cross Of the present moment
The history Of the world teaches us
no lesson with more impressive SOL
emnity than this; that the only safe
guard is pure heart; that evil no
sooner takes possession Of the heart
than it fully commences the conquest Of
the mind.
The most careful education I'm the
world can only direct for the time: it
cannot change the inner current by
which we shape our course. We must
all make or mar ourselves by that self
education, Uiat moral choice Of good or
evil, which is the real individuality Of
each.
Whatever instruction is reaped from
history may be reaped from a news
paper, which Is the history Of the
world for one day. 10 Is the history Of
that world in which we now live, and
with whi ,h we are. consequently, more
concerned than with those which have
passed away, and exist only iu remem-
beancc.
Praise in tho RIGHT r,Iaoo az fho ri,lt